BlogJunction
WebJunction’s niche in the blogosphere
I don’t know about you, but it doesn’t feel like a “New Year”–let alone a new decade–right now. The economic crisis still grips us all, and libraries are still working furiously to serve the sea of patrons coming in for information, training and support, while simultaneously fighting for the funds, staff and resources needed to [...]
Serving the 21st Century Patron, the second WebJunction online conference, was a huge success! Thanks to all who attended and also to our presenters! The archives for the 8 sessions are posted to the conference page. If you were unable to attend in person, please take advantage of the archived sessions. Just a few highlights: 820 registrants Unique logins [...]
We are passing along this timely announcement from the OCLC Americas Regional Council: “You are invited to nominate those you would like to see shape the future of the OCLC cooperative. Remember, all staff of OCLC member organizations may submit nominations for OCLC Global Council Delegates and OCLC Americas Regional Council Executive Committee positions. All [...]
Marianne Lenox posted to the ALA Learning Round Table blog yesterday about how she and her colleagues at Huntsville-Madison County Public Library are enhancing their learning at this week’s Serving the 21st-Century Patron conference. In true 21st-century fashion, several staff are gathered together with their laptops in hand, participating in both the chat in the [...]
Once a year we take time out of our busy schedule to formally survey and then acknowledge our WebJunction Community Partner administrators. This year we asked partners two questions: 1) What 1-3 programmatic efforts using WebJunction are you most proud of this year? 2) Which partner(s) do you look to for advice/consultation/guidance as you plan [...]
You are invited to attend WebJunction’s second free online conference, Serving the 21st Century Patron, on December 1–2. Over the course of 8 sessions and with 11+ speakers, we’ll focus on the changing needs and evolving approaches related to customer service in 21st-century libraries. Be sure not to miss the final session, Battledecks, which challenges [...]
If you subscribe to Crossroads, WebJunction’s monthly newsletter, you know that we’re focusing on Services to Young Adults and Teens this month. The archive for last week’s outstanding webinar with Jilll Jarrell and Maurice Coleman, Serving the Young Adult Population: It’s not just about video games, is now available. You’ll see from the chat that [...]
We have a special request for you, our library staff community: WebJunction is developing a collection of library technology training resources and assets for all of our members to adapt and reuse. Based on our 2010 survey results, the following topics are most needed for public training: • MS Office • Social Networking • Internet [...]
We’re gearing up for our 2-day online conference in December focused on Serving the 21st Century Patron and in addition to hosting 7 sessions with 11 outstanding presenters we’re experimenting with Battledecks. Peter Bromberg provides a nice definition of Battledecks on this Learning RT blogpost: Battledecks is a fun improv exercise that challenges contestants to deliver [...]
Still reeling from the 2010 joint ARSL/ABOS conference doings and very excited to report with some session followup. I was joined by these fine folks below, to present twice, our session on Libraries and Workforce Recovery. I wanted to showcase a couple excellent resources mentioned during the presentations as well as encourage you to take [...]
I’ve been putting Facebook’s new groups functionality through its paces this week for a non-work-related writing project. What I have noticed is that the improvements they have introduced are very similar to those we added to WebJunction groups functionality this summer. Since it occurred in July, you may have missed our announcement about it: To [...]
Last week, the joint conference of the Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) and the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Librarians (ABOS) was held in Denver. More than 450 attendees from around the country made the trip to participate and hear from a great a group of presenters. The conference was kicked off by [...]
Over the first year with Project Compass, we heard about the many successful ways in which public library staff around the country have responded to the needs of the unemployed. We also heard that library staff could use more training and knowledge to augment their ability to help the struggling workforce. And of course, we [...]
Did you know that as a member of WebJunction, you are eligible for a 20% discount off tuition with Drexel Online? Winter Quarter application deadlines are approaching, so now is a good time to learn more about their online degree and certificate programs. To help you get started, Drexel Online will be holding online information [...]
Have you heard about the Geek the Library community awareness campaign? Did you know that any U.S. public library can implement it locally? Created by OCLC and funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Geek the Library illustrates the fact that everyone is passionate about something—everyone “geeks” something—and that the public [...]