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The second session of the WebJunction/Learning Round Table hosted online conference, Trends in Library Training and Learning inspired the over 600 people in attendance! Thank you to Marianne Lennox for her inspiring presentation, Happiness Through Personal Learning. She provided achievable steps to both personal and professional happiness or as one attendee said everything “from scientific [...]
Pavlov, frogs and Twilight metaphors! Jay Turner rocked the opening keynote of the WebJunction/Learning Round Table hosted online conference, Trends in Library Training and Learning. Our brains are recharged from Jay’s presentation, Born to Forget: How to Survive and Thrive the Age of Information Overload. In his inimitably colorful style, Jay linked recent research on [...]
We’re moving into a new month with great anticipation for the upcoming August 10-11 online conference, Trends in Library Training and Learning. In my communications with co-planners (thank you LearningRT!), presenters, members of the production team, and libraries arranging for viewing parties, I’ve come to realize that this online conference most certainly will be greater [...]
Thank you to all who stopped by one of the Project Compass events at ALA! It was a busy weekend for all in New Orleans, so especially pleased to have shared so many of the new curriculum workbooks and other webjunction.org/workforce-resources at each of the events. A special kudos to Bill Erbes, his director, Jill [...]
If you’re headed to New Orleans, we hope to see you at one of these ALA events that WebJunction staff will be attending to talk about Project Compass, the initiative funded by a grant from The Institute of Museum and Library Services focused on libraries guiding workforce recovery efforts. BTOP and Libraries: Spotlight on Workforce [...]
Today’s press release brings news of what’s sure to be our best online conference yet! We’re teaming up with the ALA Learning Round Table to plan and produce our third online conference, Trends in Library Training and Learning: Developing Staff Skills for the 21st Century set for August 10-11. The conference, to include eight one-hour [...]
Free webinar programs have become one of the most popular services of WebJunction, so we’ve made them easier for you to find and share with your colleagues. Click on the new Webinars tab at the top of any page and you’ll be taken to a listing of all upcoming WebJunction webinars. Click on the “Like” [...]
Honored as a Library Journal Mover & Shaker this week, I’ve most certainly been reminded of all of the incredible people who have influenced me in my library journey. While I can’t possibly list and thank *everyone* who I’ve learned with, worked with or been mentored by, I can take this opportunity to urge you [...]
Thanks to all who attended the December online conference, Serving the 21st Century Patron, and special thanks to those who gave us their feedback in the post-conference survey. Building on what attendees told us after last February’s conference, Technology Essentials 2010, we made some tweaks to the format for this one. But, our main goal [...]
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 [...]
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’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 [...]
As part of the ongoing collaboration between IMLS and the Employment & Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL/ETA), WebJunction is hosting this ETA presentation on the new job-seeking tool, mySkills myFuture. Join us on Wednesday, September 29, 2:00 pm ET and hear more about this free online tool that enables job seekers [...]