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We’ve updated the http://www.webjunction.org/hot page on the site for December and wanted to share with you here as well. Subscribe to the Hot Topics Category to stay informed of the monthly update which includes both new and popular courses, documents, discussions, groups, and webinar archives. Contribute today and be spotlighted next month!

Courses

New	Most Popular
5 new courses on Digital Video	Volunteers: Recruitment, Development, and Supervision
Making Decisions Dynamically	Reaching Teenagers
Strategic Approaches to Labor Relations	Keeping Your Library Looking Good
Leading an Effective Business Meeting	Managing Difficult Patrons with Confidence!
Problem Solving: Generating Alternatives Only $15 (60% discount)	Assertiveness from Inside to Outside

If you are affiliated with a WebJunction Partner state, be sure to access these courses via your affiliation’s course catalog to take full advantage of many free and reduced-priced courses. For more information on affiliations, see the User Guide.

Documents

New	Most Popular
Focus on Libraries in Tough Economic Times	Why Public Libraries Close
Challenges and Opportunities with Greying Populations in Rural Areas	Open Source Library Website Initiatives
Karen Schneider Interview	The Customer Focused Library
Internships: For the Student and For the Library	Inventory Computers in TechAtlas for Libraries
Designing the Digital Experience: What is Community?	Comprehensive Guide to Using TechAtlas for the Opportunity Online Grant

Discussions

New or Renewed	Most Popular
anyone training patrons online?	Town Hall: Libraries in Tough Economic Times
Timeline for implementing a CMS	Reaching patrons with digital tutorials
Browser sharing	Pros and cons of hosting our own website vs contracting with a vendor
Web Event Calendars	VHS to DVD conversion
Social Networking	Who’s using social media? Are you?

Groups

Here are some new and popular groups created by members on WJ. See the User Guide if you need help creating or joining a group and to browse other groups, view the Groups tab in search, using “group” for the search term.

Group: Tough Times

Group: Flickr & Libraries

Community First: connecting people & service through the decades

Group: Digital History Projects

Group: StoryTubes including a press release about the project

Group: Drexel University Alumni and Students

Group: Book Discussions

Group: Nebraska 2008 WiFi Connectivity Grant

Group: WordPress for Libraries(wp4lib)

Group: WorldCat.org Librarians’ Corner