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Marketing, Online Collaboration, Webinar, collections
Webinar: Shine a light on your digital collections
September 2nd, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?

With such great turnout for last week’s Digitization & Preservation Symposium, I wanted to be sure folks know about the free upcoming OCLC webinar on September 22, Shine a light on your digital collections.

Michael Scott, Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Coordinator, will discuss how she uses everything from social media to WorldCat.org to increase the visibility of their online collections.

Also hear from Suzanne Butte, OCLC Digital Services Consultant, about how other libraries, museums and archives use a wide variety of ways to increase awareness and promote their digital collections.

Register Now for September 22 Webinar»
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Staff Training, Webinar
Webinar: Creating A Virtual Orientation for New Staff
August 26th, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?

We’re heading into a second week of double-header online WebJunction events and hope to see you there! This week’s Digitization and Preservation Symposium was attended by more than 500 people (!) and included the usual buzz of resource and idea sharing throughout. Be sure to review the archive and the questions and links gleaned from chat.

If you missed the first two sessions in the Libraries and Economic Development Series, you can still register for Tuesday’s final session, Going to Your Customer – Outreach and Strategic Partnerships, to learn how to boost your community’s economic development.

And if you’re involved in training of any sort, the second webinar next week is not to be missed. We have Emerging Leader Group N to thank for recruiting the Baltimore County Public Library Virtual Orientation Project for this webinar.

On Wednesday September 1, 2:00 Eastern, in collaboration with ALA Learning Roundtable we’re pleased to host Creating A Virtual Orientation for New Staff. Orienting new staff quickly to your organization is very important. A virtual orientation could be the key to a timely, comprehensive, standardized introduction to your library system. Discover advantages to implementing a virtual orientation for your workplace. Presenters Jean Mantegna, Sandy Lombardo, and Melissa Hepler have also shared their expertise in a recently published case study. Come join us on Wednesday if you want to hear how they planned, tested and implemented this exciting training project!

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Library Management, Library Services, Webinar
Digitization & Preservation Online Symposium
August 23rd, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?
We’re gearing up for Wednesday’s special 2-hour Digitization & Preservation Symposium, from 2:00-4:00 pm Eastern and we hope you can join us! The session will feature presentations on current trends and practical approaches to library digitization and preservation projects. One of the presenters unfortunately had to cancel due to a family emergency, but we’ll have plenty of time for the other presentations and extra time for your questions and comments.

Panelists include:
- Sarah McHugh, Statewide Projects Librarian, Montana State Library, including Montana Memory Project.
- Amy Rudersdorf, Director of the Digital Information Management Program, State Library of North Carolina and lecturer at San Jose State University, School of Library & Information Science.
- Taylor Surface, Senior Product Manager, Digital Collection Services, OCLC.
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Library Management, Library Services, Webinar
Webinar: Prepare and Respond: Partnering with Local Emergency Management
July 30th, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?

Free hour-long webinar on August 3, 2:00 pm Eastern.

Libraries are looking for ways to be better prepared for disaster response and recovery. Join guest presenter Lauren Mandel, research coordinator at the Information Use Management & Policy Institute at Florida State University’s College of Communication and Information, as she introduces a new key service role, Get to Know Your Emergency Operations Center (EOC), to the existing Hurricane Preparedness & Response for Florida Public Libraries Project. The Florida-based project helps libraries throughout the U.S. serve their communities through partnerships with fellow responders (e.g., emergency management, local government and other agencies) and become a safe haven, recovery center, information hub and evacuee resource. Come learn how this project can inform your library’s disaster preparedness plan and how your library can play an important role in community preparedness and recovery by working with your EOC. With updates to service roles and resources since the project’s fall webinar and relevance to any sort of partnership development, you won’t want to miss this session!

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Community Building, Library Services, Marketing, News, Webinar
Libraries grow community economies
July 29th, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?

Free 30-minute webinar series on three Tuesday afternoons in August: 17th, 24th, 31st

Communities across the country are pursuing a burgeoning strategy known as economic gardening, which works to stimulate the development of small business with the goal of growing a healthy, community-scale economy. Libraries can be key players in supporting and facilitating their success. This Libraries and Economic Development webinar series will expand your thinking about the powerful connection. Your host for the series is Shelley Walchak, a mover-and-shaker with the official title of Library Community Programs Senior Consultant at the Colorado State Library.

Webinar 1: How to Make Your Library Entrepreneur-Friendly
Tuesday, Aug 17, 4pm Eastern/1pm Pacific

Christine Hamilton-Pennell literally wrote the book. She is an articulate proponent of libraries’ support for local entrepreneurs. Learn specific steps your library can take to connect with and support its local business community. If you’re at all intrigued by the concept of economic gardening, this webinar is a must-see. Hamilton-Pennell introduces the strategies and lays the groundwork for their practical application, which will be covered in the following two webinars.

Webinar 2: Turning Your Databases into Business for Your Customers
Tuesday, Aug 24, 4pm Eastern/1pm Pacific

Your library may already have the tools at hand (or close by) to help stimulate economic development in your community and you don’t have to be a trained business reference librarian to use them. Presenters Terry Zarsky and Kathleen Rainwater will give a guided tour through the best databases for small business information.

Webinar 3: Going to Your Customer – Outreach and Strategic Partnerships
Tuesday, Aug 31, 4pm Eastern/1pm Pacific

How do you let the business community know that your library is primed and ready to help? Presenters Suzanne Kaller and Colbe Galston will talk about how to get the word out to Chambers of Commerce, small business development centers, community groups and government entities.

For more information and to access archives and registration:
http://www.webjunction.org/workforce-resources/articles/content/103122377
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WebJunction Calendar Updates
July 12th, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?
As library staff are finding their access to learning inhibited by rising prices and falling budgets, WebJunction is offering more free learning programs and resources than ever before. Join us for these upcoming events!
- Tips and Tools for Technology Planning Tuesday, July 20, 2pm Eastern [Note: this event is being hosted by TechSoup, featuring WJ's Kendra Morgan!]
- How to Make the Most of WebJunction Thursday, July 29, 2pm Eastern
- Prepare and Respond: Partnering with Local Emergency Management Tuesday, August 3, 2pm Eastern
- Helping Job Seekers: Using Electronic Tools and Federal Resources Wednesday, August 11, 2-3:30pm Eastern
- Digitization & Preservation Symposium Wednesday, August 25, 2:00-4:00pm Eastern
- Creating A Virtual Orientation for New Staff (sponsored by ALA Learning RT) Wednesday, September 1, 2pm Eastern
- The Rural Library Trustee: Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships (sponsored by ARSL) Tuesday, September 14, 2pm Eastern
And we’ve announced our second Online Conference, Serving the 21st Century Patron, coming December 1 & 2, 2010. Topics will focus on the changing needs, approaches, challenges and opportunities related to customer service in your 21st Century library. Stay tuned for details coming this fall, but in the meantime, mark your calendars for this free 2-day event!
Online Collaboration, Online Learning, WJ Online Conference, Webinar, groups
Webinar: Expanding Your World Through Web Conferencing
June 22nd, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?

WebJunction’s Calendar is filling up with webinars! Join us in the coming months to explore everything from the Federal Workforce System to digitization & preservation, and from trustees to orienting new staff virtually.

Next Thursday’s webinar, Expanding Your World Through Web Conferencing, will showcase success stories of library staff who are using web conferencing tools to host virtual conferences, produce e-learning activities, collaborate with remote staff, and host virtual meetings. As budgets tighten and as technologies improve, more and more staff are gathering together both online and blended with face2face settings to learn from each other and to get work done. Come hear about the benefits of meeting virtually and learn how a variety of web conferencing tools are being integrated with other technologies and in other settings to overcome both cost and distance. Join panelists Karen Burns, Cindi Hickey and Jennifer Peterson on Thursday, July 1 at 1:00 pm Eastern, for a session filled with experience and expertise in online engagement!

And speaking of online conferencing, mark your calendars for WebJunction’s second online conference coming December 1 & 2 focused on Serving the 21st Century Patron. See you online!

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Infopeople and TechSoup for Library Webinars
June 14th, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?
While we’re working on booking more summer webinars, I wanted to be sure you know about these two free events being hosted this week by our friends at Infopeople and TechSoup for Libraries:

Creating Inviting Low Cost Teen Spaces
Hosted by Infopeople and presented by Linda Demmers
Wednesday, June 16, 9:00 Eastern

Flip-in’ Out @ the Library
Hosted by TechSoup for Libraries
Thursday, June 17, 2:00 Eastern

TechSoup’s product donation program includes easy-to-use Flip video cameras that allow you to share your library and community stories. Find out how public libraries are using this technology as a tool for making connections, recording library events, and sharing knowledge.

And check out these related resources on WebJunction:
- Young Adults & Teens
- Library Images: Engage, Inspire and Tell your Story webinar archive
- Marketing, including Bilingual Storytime Marketing Video
- StoryTubes
And stay tuned to WebJunction Events for more to come this summer!
Library Services, Webinar
Webinar: Florida Libraries Re-tooling Frontline Staff
May 27th, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?

Knowing how to find and use e-government resources is critical for patrons who need access to information related to unemployment, food stamps, Medicaid, tax forms, health and housing; and many are asking their public library to help them navigate this information. To meet these new and increased demands on frontline staff, libraries in Florida are collaborating with government agencies and social service organizations to provide the best service possible to patrons. Join us for this webinar on Thursday, June 3, at 1 pm Eastern with representatives of Florida libraries, who will share their strategies used to educate both the public and frontline staff on how to access this information and their experiences building partnerships with other agencies in their communities to respond to workforce development needs. Presenters include Nancy Fredericks, E-Government Librarian, Pasco County Public Library Cooperative; Karen Clinton Brown, Library Program Specialist, State Library and Archives of Florida; Sol M. Hirsch, Library Director and Otto C. Pleil, Reference Librarian from the Alachua County Library District.

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Spanish Outreach, Webinar
Webinar: Mission Critical – Serving Spanish Speakers
May 24th, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?

Join us for this webinar presented on Wednesday May 26, at 1:00 Eastern in collaboration with REFORMA. Now more than ever, programs for Spanish speakers at libraries around the country are seeing record attendance and positive feedback from participants. Find out how your outreach efforts and your community can help position the library as critical in the eyes of stakeholders and decision makers. Come hear practical, successful examples of library services targeted to new immigrants, including English Language Learning (ELL), computer instruction, children’s concurrent programming, job search workshops and resources, GED workshops, family literacy programming, and how to successfully communicate with library decision makers, staff, community leaders and officials. Presenters for this webinar include Emily A. Klopstein, Senior Librarian, Hampden Branch of the Denver Public Library; Loida Garcia-Febo, REFORMA President 2009-2010, and assistant coordinator for the New Americans Program and special services at the Queens Library; and Carol Brey-Casiano, Director of Libraries, El Paso Public Library, Past-President of ALA, and Chair of ALA/ Committee on Library Advocacy.

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Webinar: Data on Impact of Library Technology
May 11th, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?

We’ve been talking about this research, now we invite you come hear from the researchers in a free webinar, May 18 at 1:00 Eastern.

Opportunity for All: The American Public Benefits from Library Internet Access

The University of Washington recently completed a nationwide study (funded by IMLS and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) of public access computing in public libraries across the United States. The results of this study are available to all libraries, and can provide a powerful supplement to locally collected data to show community impact from these services. One of the outcomes from the study are a set of indicators that libraries can use to track their own impact from public access technology and also to evaluate policy changes overtime and as part of systematic evaluation of public access technology services.

This webinar will explore some of the ways that data collected about public access computer use can demonstrate the value of your services in the community and provide valuable information about the needs of your constituents. We will also examine approaches that have worked in using the data to influence funding and support for public access computing. Every public library has something to say about this, no matter how small; using the increasingly rich sources of data to support your public access efforts is especially critical in times of short budgets to ensure continued funding and support by the local community.

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George, Library Management, Webinar
Webinar: George Needham on “Accidental Leadership”
April 28th, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?

We’ll be exploring topics related to leadership during the month of May and who better than George to get us started. He’s been mentor and optimistic leader to many in the WebJunction community including a 5 year stint as I’m Curious George.

Join us for a free webinar, Accidental Leadership with George Needham on May 5 at 2:00 Eastern:

Leadership may not be something every library staff member aspires to, but in many cases, leadership is thrust upon the accidental leader unexpectedly. How do you find the internal and external resources you need to lead? What do you do when you’re younger than the people you are supposed to lead? How do you exercise authority without becoming either a tyrant or a pushover? Drawing on nearly 40 years of library experience, George will present some anecdotes, some strategies, some practical advice, and, hopefully, a few laughs as he explores this deeply personal subject.

He’s also teamed up with Joan Frye Williams and the pair continue to inspire regularly via Infopeople podcasts and *also next week*, an Infopeople webinar, George and Joan on Successful Middle Management.

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PLA 2010, WJ Staff, Webinar
Opportunities to learn about and discuss competencies
March 22nd, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?

We here at WebJunction have been living in the world of competencies for some time now. Not only does our own HR department provide competency statements to use to support performance reviews and individual learning plans, but we also worked to develop and publish a Competencies Index for the Library Field. But beyond these pragmatic details, we are interested in talking with and learning from you about the whys and hows of competencies: Why are competencies useful? How can they be used by job seekers, the currently employed, and by continuous education trainers and human resources departments?

You’ll find a case made for competencies succinctly made by WJ’s Betha Gutsche in this month’s Library Journal, in her article Coping With Continual Motion. We hope this will provide some food for thought.

We’re hosting an informal Party With Competencies event at PLA this Thursday, where we’ll provide some examples of competencies and hear your stories of your encounters with competencies in the library world. And we’ll follow up with a webinar on April 20 to continue the conversation. We hope to see you there.
Marketing, Webinar
Webinar: Library Images and Video
March 18th, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?

I read the latest American Libraries on the bus this morning (it’s a great issue, btw) and Ellyssa Kroski’s excellent article “10 Technology Ideas Your Library Can Implement Next Week” reminded me to blog about the upcoming March 30th webinar with Michael Porter and Jeff Dawson. Ellyssa’s Idea #1 is to create a library video tour. Come join us on March 30th, 2:00 Eastern for a webinar that will help get you started!

Library Images and Video: Engage, Inspire and Tell your Story

In this entertaining and heartwarming presentation you will learn how two librarians teamed up to advocate more effectively (and boldly) while staying true to the personality of the communities, the libraries and the staff they serve. You and your library really can market your services and engage more effectively, and images, video and authenticity can be a key! Learn how you too can use images and video creatively and effectively to inspire Libraryland, engage the communities you serve boost staff morale and get more enjoyment from your job. The stories and lessons in this session will be presented by Jeff Dawson from the Lester Public Library in Two Rivers Wisconsin and by Michael Porter from WebJunction.

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TechAtlas, Webinar
TechAtlas Webinars in March
March 10th, 2010 | Permalink | Comment?
Join us for today’s webinar on TechAtlas Inventory Tools. It’s the first of our March Madness series exploring WebJunction’s suite of tech planning resources available for free from TechAtlas.

Please join us for any or all of the sessions. All listed times are in Eastern, check out timezoneconverter.com to convert start time to your local time zone.

Here are the details and registration links:
- TechAtlas for Libraries – Introduction to Inventory Tools
  March 10, 1:00 – 2:00pm (Eastern time)
  Join us as we explore the technology inventory tool features in TechAtlas. The TechAtlas tools can help your library build a complete inventory of your technology resources – everything from computers to digital cameras. You can even use a great set of automated inventory tools to help make the process easier. Participants will be lead through a live demonstration of TechAtlas and hear best practices about inventory management.
  
  Register for this Session.
- Implementing an Online Help Desk – Event Tracker
  March 16, 2:00 – 3:00pm (Eastern time)
  Event Tracker is a tool within TechAtlas which allows users to create an online “help desk” so they can track all of the requests and solutions to computer troubles in the library. When a staff member reports the problem using the web-based form, TechAtlas notifies the designated technical support staff by e-mail. After the problem has been resolved, there is space in Event Tracker to include the solution. This creates a knowledge base that can be referred to later if the same problem occurs. It also helps you to stay on top of all the technology tasks that need to be completed in the library. Note that you may find the free session on the inventory tools on March 10 helpful, but it is not required.
  
  Register for this Session
- Technology Planning with TechAtlas
  March 24, 3:00 – 4:00pm (Eastern time)
  Join us as we explore the technology planning features in TechAtlas. The TechAtlas tools can help your library build a technology plan starting with defining your mission and vision, creating goals and objectives and all the way through budgeting your expenses. We’ll discuss important tips for libraries that apply for E-rate funds and that are creating a technology plan as a requirement for that program. Participants will also see a live demonstration of TechAtlas and hear best practices about technology planning and how to help lead your library into the future through effective planning.
  
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