Friends of Roswell Library Book Sale Feb. 1–3

admin — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:42:12 -0500

Book sale hours:

Saturday, Feb. 2 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 3 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

A preview party for members of the Friends of the Roswell Library has extended hours on Friday, Feb. 1 from 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. New members are welcome and may join the Friends of the Roswell Library at the door.

For more information, visit www.forl.net, call 770-640-3075 or email roswellgafriends@gmail.com.

Grand opening of Commerce Public Library

admin — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:37:47 -0500

The Commerce Public Library has been in a temporary location for about six months while their 9,000 square foot building was being renovated and expanded.

You are welcome to join us at the Commerce Public Library Grand Opening on February 2nd. Activity will abound from 10:30 until 2pm. Specifically, official remarks begin at 11am, then food, then door prizes and more remarks at 12:15, then a 12:30 magic show! Fun for all!

Building Library Support Within Your Business Communit

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:11:32 -0500

The Spokane Public Library is receiving 5-10 reference referrals per day from the greater Spokane business community, and it is increasing.

Come find out what efforts led to this surge of library usage by the local business community and how you might replicate it in yours.

Participants will learn how to engage with their local business community, develop a sense of what works well to draw them in, and discuss strategies to put the gears into motion!

ABOUT FIRST TUESDAYS

Designed as a continuing-education opportunity for staff of libraries in Washington State, this free web presentation from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., lets attendees share their skills and successes and learn about new topics. The special-subject presentations, lasting about 60 minutes, are recorded so that others may listen at their own convenience.

Jump Start Your Grant Seeking

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:16:19 -0500

Jeremy Smith, GrantStation's communications and technology director, will provide a short tour of the GrantStation website.

He will also talk about how a GrantStation membership can provide you with full access to the website, including a searchable database of thousands of private, corporate, and international grantmakers, as well as a list of current federal grant programs.

Managing Difficult Volunteer Transitions

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:18:38 -0500

What do you do when it's time to ask a volunteer to leave your organization? This webinar will give you the tools to address challenges around difficult volunteers, including volunteers aging in place and entrenched volunteers. You'll also learn how to minimize these situations in the future. Suggestions for determining when a volunteer should be terminated, and making it easier on you, other volunteers, and staff will be presented. The role that risk management plays in these decisions will also be included.

What You'll Learn:

How to prepare your organization for difficult transitions
How to identify transitions that need to be made
How to manage difficult transitions and strategies for ending the volunteering relationship
Know where to go to get resources and help

Who Should Attend:

Nonprofit Volunteer Managers
VolunteerMatch Account Administrators
Anyone in the volunteer management sphere interested in learning about how to manage difficult volunteer transitions

Grantseeking Basics

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:20:51 -0500

Gain an introduction to the world of foundation fundraising.

Are you a representative of a nonprofit organization?

Are you new to fundraising?

Do you want to learn how the funding research process works, and what tools and resources are available?

Learn how to become a better grantseeker! In this class we will cover: what you need to have in place before you seek a grant; the world of grantmakers; the grantseeking process; and available tools and resources.

Streamlining Nonprofit Organizations: It’s All About the Cloud

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:26:46 -0500

You may have heard people talk about the latest advance in technology: “the cloud.” In this webinar, participants will learn what cloud computing is, how it’s changing our work, and how nonprofit organizations can take advantage of cloud-based services (e.g. Salesforce, Google Docs, Dropbox) to enhance their operations in all parts of their organizations to become more efficient with their limited resources and time.

Participants will see real-life case studies of nonprofit organizations that are using these tools every day. We will offer a survey of cloud-based tools that organizations can use within their own organizations in the areas of cross-organizational management, program management, human resources, marketing and fundraising.

At the end of the webinar, participants will leave with a list of tools and resources for further exploration, and with specific strategies about how to incorporate these tools into their day-to-day work.

Takeaways:

List of cloud-based tools for further investigation
Strategies to implement those tools
Resources for additional assistance

Digital Preservation, Part 1: Inventory and Selection

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:49:27 -0500

Digital Preservation is the focus of a three-part webinar series that will help you preserve your digital content. Sponsored by the Nebraska State Historical Society and the Nebraska Library Commission, these webinars will connect you to Library of Congress training modules. The LC’s Digital Preservation Outreach Education (DPOE) program simplifies the complex world of digital preservation into six tasks modules: inventory, select, storage, protect, manage, and provide.

The February 6 webinar will focus on the Inventory and Select Modules: The first step in digital preservation is identifying what types of digital content needs to be preserved. Learn the importance of conducting and maintaining an inventory of your digital content and how that inventory will assist you in setting priorities and selecting what should be preserved.

Collaboration: What Works and Why

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:53:18 -0500

It could be argued that collaboration is the quintessential characteristic of the nonprofit sector. Many of our webinars over the past three years have addressed collaboration in one form or another: we’ve offered multiple perspectives on governance, employee relations, volunteering, planning and development as internal collaboration, as well as discussions of collaboration among nonprofits, and between nonprofits and the public and private sectors. In this webinar a panel of consultants will look at the mechanisms of and impediments to various forms of collaboration between organizations and the resources available to pursue collaboration more effectively. To make the webinar more responsive to the interests of the participants we will ask for questions and comments both before the webinar (we will contact registrants a few days before the webinar) and during it.

Takeaways:

How to evaluate different forms of inter-organization collaboration
What approaches and behaviors facilitate success in collaboration
How to decrease the risk of failure

Trustee Orientation

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:54:35 -0500

Washington State Library will be offering online trustee training at three different times in the first week of February. The training will last approximately 90 minutes and will cover the following topics:

Responsibilities of a board member
Roles of a governing library board and an advisory board
Differences between roles of the library board & the library director
Conduct of meetings
Open Meetings Act
What to do when the press calls
Resources from the State Library

Changing the DNA of Scholarly Publishing: The Impact of Born Digital Content on the Scholarly Community Today

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:01:42 -0500

After 500 years of print publishing, the advent of digitization has caused a huge evolutionary leap in scholarly publishing. Content once logically packaged in a book or print journal issue has now quickly evolved not just to an online version of print but into an entirely new digitally-born method of scholarly communication. In this webcast, publishers and librarians will discuss current emerging models for scholarly communication and discuss its future. Damon Zucca from Oxford University Press talks about the transformation of the long-standing print Oxford Handbooks series into a dynamic article delivery service, providing scholarly research reviews in advance of their print publication and offering born-digital content—blurring ebooks and serials into a new format. Vicki Parsons, Head of Collections at Georgia Gwinnett College Library, talks about her experiences developing a library collection for a born-digital institution in a twenty-first century world encompassing both print and online. Rolf Janke, from Sage Publications shares his experiences of transitioning print content into the digital space focusing on how the value of content must not get lost in translation moving into the various digital forms.

Adding Social Media to Your Marketing Plan

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:03:29 -0500

Around every corner you turn these days we hear about social media, bloggers, social networking. The list goes on and on. Using social media is just one tool for developing your organization’s fundraising and marketing strategies. Social media is an entry point and can be used as part of a larger plan to help you achieve your funding goals. Learn from existing success models about how organizations can raise tens of thousands and even millions of dollars through social media. Social media is here to stay. Taking some time to learn more about the multi-channel use of marketing your organization can have a long-term impact on the knowledge about and success of your mission.

Takeaways:

Foundational concepts for using any social media platform
Understand the elements of a social media plan
Learn how integrate social media into your entire organization

How To Add Subtitles to ANY Video Using Universal Subtitles

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:59:45 -0500

Universal Subtitles (Amara.org) lets you and others (such as volunteers) work together to add and correct captions.

If the video is already on YouTube, you may be able use the machine-generated transcript as a starting point, to speed things up. Participants will:

Review the advantages and limitations of machine generated transcription as produced for YouTube videos
Learn to edit and improve captions for videos, including those produced by others
Learn options for streamlining the captioning process
Discuss strategies and considerations for planning and implementing captioning projects

Self-Directed Achievement: if you give library staff an hour

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:14:05 -0500

This webinar shares how staff at the Tooele City Library implemented a "Self-Directed Achievement" model for staff development.

"Set one training goal each week achievable in one hour." This simple directive was given to every staff member of one Utah library in September 2011. The result just one year later? A sustainable, positive culture transformation. The mechanism, called “Self-Directed Achievement,” is a consistent, agile, individualized approach to staff development in a climate of constant change. It champions the basic library principle of lifelong learning. It is achievable for every individual with any level of expertise. And its impact will ripple through your organization from the staff work room to public lounge areas. Following this webinar, you will understand the model, mechanics, individual accountability, and supervisory responsibility involved in this remarkable method...and you’ll want to do it too.

Social Media and Volunteer Engagement

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:27:53 -0500

Join this free webinar to learn more about social media, and how you can use social media tools to increase your volunteer engagement and expand your volunteer recruitment.

Volunteer engagement is changing. What do you need to know about social media as a volunteer program manager? How can you use social media to promote your volunteer opportunities and recruit volunteers? This webinar will offer an introduction to including social media in your volunteer recruitment and retention plans. You'll see examples of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube pages, as well as blogs that other nonprofits have successfully used to draw attention to their organizations and volunteer opportunities.

You'll also learn about the social media tools available as part of your VolunteerMatch account that can help you promote your volunteer opportunity on other social networking sites.

VolunteerMatch is here to help make it easy for you to recruit volunteers, manage existing volunteers, and promote your organization.

What You'll Learn:

What social media is and why it matters
How to use social media to recruit and engage volunteers
The Do’s and Don’ts of managing social media tools
Where to go to get resources and help

Trustee Orientation

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:29:20 -0500

Responsibilities of a board member
Roles of a governing library board and an advisory board
Differences between roles of the library board & the library director
Conduct of meetings
Open Meetings Act
What to do when the press calls
Resources from the State Library

There is another session on this same day 9:00pm - 10:30pm

Language and Literacy Workshop, Flowery Branch

admin — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:19:37 -0400

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Bright from the Start Partners with the Georgia Public Library Service and Rollins School of Language and Learning to present five free workshops. They are open to childcare staff, public library staff, and parents.

Session 1 - Let's Talk! Building Language Through Meaningful Conversations
This session will explore the TALK strategy as a means of supporting language development. Participants will:

Describe and demonstrate the TALK strategy to build language skills
TALK - Tune in, Ask open ended questions, Lift language, Keep it going

Session 2 - Let's Read! Building Language Through Repeated Interactive Story Reading
This session will explore the types of books appropriate for young learners and explore the READ Strategy to support literacy development. Participants will:

Define and demonstrate the READ Strategy
READ - Repeat, Engage and Enjoy, Ask open ended questions, Do more with the book
Define and demonstrate the concept of Pushing in and Pulling Out language
Describe differences between first, second and third reads PAT Push in (Action and Thoughts) then Pull Out.

For more details please see the Georgia Program for Infant and Toddler Care page

Digitization 101

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:32:57 -0500

Libraries Thriving:

Our online seminar series is one of the major components of Libraries Thriving. As a part of this ongoing series, we have library professionals with varying experiences join us to share their best practices around e-resource promotion and information literacy innovation.

Speaker: Carolyn Runyon, The American University in Cairo

Basic PC Troubleshooting

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:59:07 -0500

Does your library or organization provide computers for the public? Would you like to know more about basic troubleshooting on a Windows PC so you can minimize downtime? This introductory level webinar will introduce you to tips and techniques that will help you understand how to fix common problems.

Join us for this free webinar on Tuesday, February 12 at 11 a.m. Pacific time/noon Mountain time/1 p.m. Central time/2 p.m. Eastern time. The presenter for the session is Joe Olayvar, who is a Technology Consultant for the Washington State Library.

This webinar is part of a series of webinars exploring the Edge Initiative Benchmarks. Benchmark 10, which includes: The library minimizes out-of-service devices.

Panel Discussion: New Graphic Novels for Libraries and Classrooms

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:10:30 -0500

The popularity of graphic novels among readers of all ages continues to soar. Tune in for a preview of hot spring titles and industry insights from both graphic novel publishers and creators in this free, hour-long webinar moderated by Booklist Books for Youth editorial director Gillian Engberg and featuring a panel of representatives from Kids Can Press, ABDO Publishing, DC Entertainment, and Viz Media.

Introduction to Finding Funders

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:01:12 -0500

Learn to find funders for your nonprofit with the Foundation Center's comprehensive funding research tool.

This session provides an introduction to the Foundation Center's comprehensive online database, Foundation Directory Online Professional. Learn how to create customized searches to develop targeted lists of foundations that will match your nonprofit organization's funding needs. We will spend time exploring Power Search, which allows you to search across nine Foundation Center databases – grantmakers, grants, companies, 990s, news, jobs, RFPs, nonprofit literature, and PubHub reports.

What Executive Directors Desperately Need to Know About Fundraising

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:00:03 -0500

Our webinar will focus on addressing the essence of a non-profit leader’s job function – fundraising. This is ironic because the overwhelming majority of executive directors we’ve surveyed tell us it’s the part of the job they enjoy the least. We’ll focus on why EDs struggle with this most essential of tasks and what they can do to significantly direct sufficient time and effort to ensuring organizational sustainability.

Takeaways:

We’ll discuss the ‘convenient truth’ of blaming the economy and why that’s not going to help bring $ through the doors
Take part in a self-assessment survey that will “slot” your position on the ED/fundraising scale
Discover why individual donor fundraising is absolutely vital…even if and when all else fails
Learn about the serious implications inherent in ignoring fundraising to individuals

Engaging Audiences with Data Visualization

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:03:50 -0500

Edward Tufte, Stephen Few, and others espouse graphical purity and simplicity when visualizing data. Yet while "pure" visualizations may function successfully for experts, they are not necessarily useful for communicating meaning to lay audiences. Engaging non-expert audiences is essential to communicating the value of one's data and research. Fortunately, we can draw on principles and practices for engagement from the fields of graphic design, interaction design, and (data) journalism.

Join us for a hands-on webcast presented by Scott Murray author of Interactive Data Visualization for the Web, as he guides you through the framework of three avenues of engagement: aesthetic, narrative, and interactive.

How Libraries can meet the Evolving Needs of Patrons in the Digital Age

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:06:10 -0500

A webinar presenting research from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, providing insight on what types of services Americans value in their library and what types of services they would like to see their library start to offer.

Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, will be joined by digital and library experts to discuss the findings of the Project’s most recent report, Library Services in the Digital Age, which asked a representative sample of Americans what types of services they value in their library and what types of services they would like to see their library start to offer. These findings are critical to informing the conversation on how to advance change in libraries in order to keep them relevant and responsive to communities in our increasingly digital age.

Building a Research Commons in a University Library: Connecting Scholars with Technology, Expertise, and Each Other

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:08:22 -0500

Emory’s Robert W. Woodruff Library opened the Research Commons in the Fall of 2011. The 5,000 square foot space is dedicated to graduate students and faculty who are engaged in collaborative scholarly work which takes advantage of digital technology. This presentation will focus on the mission, the space, and the way the Research Commons takes advantage of its place in the library: the Research Commons provides neutral space where interdisciplinary groups of scholars can work collaboratively. Almost all of the furniture is mobile, enabling users to configure the work areas to suit their needs. This open design also allows scholars to see what others are working on and to be inspired by what they see. These unplanned and serendipitous encounters, along with more formal events, allow the Research Commons to establish and nurture an interdisciplinary community of scholars interested in digital scholarship. Housed within the Research Commons is the Mellon Funded Digital Scholarship Commons (DiSC). The mission of DiSC is to work with scholars whether they require instruction on simple tools or need help planning and executing a larger project.

Crisis Communications for Nonprofits

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:16:13 -0500

Sexual misconduct, embezzlements, sudden changes in leadership, defunding programs, loss of accreditation, compensation issues, misuse of philanthropic funds, labor disputes…

Members of the media have spent their entire careers getting ready to interview you.

Doesn’t it make sense to spend just a few minutes learning why the media doesn’t cover your story or issue the way you want? And when they do, why the story doesn’t look or read the way you think it should?

Especially in today’s world of “gotcha” journalism, with tiny, digital cameras capable of sending hi-definition pictures to YouTube and CNN within minutes and reputational challenges amplified exponentially by Facebook and Twitter, “managing the media” is a necessary skill set for educational leaders.

This fast-paced talk by veteran crisis communications and media specialist Bruce Hennes, from Hennes Paynter Communications in Cleveland, Ohio (www.crisiscommunications.com), will focus on a highly-strategic approach to communicating during a wide variety of situations, offering methods for establishing and maintaining “control of the message,” enabling you to move your message forward or mount a defense against a sudden press onslaught.

Takeaways:

Gain insight into what the media looks for in an interview
Understand how and why the media’s objectives differ from the interviewee’s
Understand how to better and more-effectively communicate to protect the organization’s image, brand and perception in the marketplace

What Your Tech Wants You to Know

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:30:56 -0500

No, your library's tech staff doesn't hate you. Or try to confuse you on purpose. They even speak the same language as you do! Yet, often, conflict arises between tech and other library staff. Everyone gets frustrated, and issues don't get solved as quickly as everyone would like.

Discover what you can do to make communication easier and make problem resolutions happen faster. Hear stories and some words of wisdom from actual IT staff who on the front lines of library technology. Learn how to approach troubleshooting like your tech does, and even some basic things you can do on your own.

At the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will:

Be able to list at least 3 actions that will help get an IT problem resolved more quickly
Name 2 or more tips that can help you to solve your own tech problems
Understand how to make IT problem reporting more efficient

Designing Interactive Library Spaces

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:09:56 -0500

What does it mean to Evolve? Why do Libraries need to Evolve? Through this webinar, Dave Hesse and Brian Pichman of the Evolve Project will discuss the importance of redesigning library spaces to make them more interactive and collaborative. The Evolve Project is a collaborative platform that aims to change the way people see libraries through the injection of technology that fosters collaboration and exploration. These technologies include laser tag, Sphero Balls, Sifteo Cubes, interactive Legos, and so much more! Learn techniques for how to innovate. In today's times, libraries must become the frontier for interaction and engagement while enhancing their environments to include new technology, open spaces, and unique programs to pull in patrons.

Georgia Library Day 2013

admin — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:39:01 -0500

From Diana Very, GLA President:

"Time is money and we all know there's not enough, so we will not ask for time from our legislators this year. We have a tradition of providing the special prints of the original by artist Debbie Davis, matted and donated by Mumford Library Books to give to legislators to remind them of the importance of libraries in the lives of Georgia citizens. This year's print features historic Fort Pulaski in Savannah.

"In order to distribute the prints and not ask for time in their overloaded schedules to join us in a separate room, Georgia Library Day participants will be dividing into groups and delivering the prints personally to their offices with "Love Your Library" stickers to staff.

"This is a great time to come together as a large group to come face to face with our legislators and tell them of the resources provided by their votes. Volunteers are needed and all participation is encouraged. If you don't want to walk the halls of the Capitol, then please come and help coordinate the prints for delivery in Room #123. There's a place for everyone. Bring Board of Trustee members and friends groups to speak about your library."

For more information contact: Diana Very, GLA President, 404-235-7156 or dvery@georgialibraries.org.

Georgia Library Day is held each year during the legislative session. The Georgia Library Association, in cooperation with the Georgia Library Media Association and the Georgia Association for Instructional Technology, holds this event for librarians and other library advocates to visit legislators face to face to urge them to support Georgia libraries.

Photo: Dr. Lamar Veatch speaking at Library Day, 2012

Are We Reconfigured Yet? US Research Libraries – Priorities, Trends, Directions

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:32:01 -0500

Exclusively for OCLC Research Library Partners, this webinar will provide a synthesis of the priorities and trends affecting US research libraries in the twenty-first century and the directions they are taking.

In this webinar, OCLC Research Library Partnership Vice President Jim Michalko will share a synthesis of the priorities and trends affecting US research libraries in the twenty-first century, the directions they are taking, and the ways in which OCLC Research seeks to respond to these concerns and advance the desired directions. This synthesis is based on a series of interviews that Jim conducted with the senior staff at more than 65 OCLC Research Library Partner institutions, as well as surveys by OCLC staff and visits to institutions by OCLC field staff. Jim observed a surprisingly strong convergence of concern around a small number of issues despite differences in library size, constituencies, funding and geography. This suggests that a new pattern of investment has begun that will result in a new portfolio of library services. The exact service offerings vary from institution to institution as they take shape through close attention to and engagement with the local institutional mission and the needs of the local constituency.

Library Safety and Security

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:58:20 -0500

Welcome to American Libraries Live! AL Live is a new way for everyone involved in the library world to dialogue and communicate! Take a look at our blog to learn more about this exciting new event.

Making Volunteer Engagement Everyone's Job

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:06:50 -0500

Too often the role of engaging volunteers falls exclusively to the volunteer program manager. It's not uncommon to hear the phrase "your volunteers" used within organizations. How do you make volunteer engagement everyone's job? This webinar will provide you with the tools to become an advocate for volunteer engagement. Learn how to create a step by step communication plan to reinforce the importance of volunteer engagement to key stakeholders within your organization.

What You'll Learn:

How to create a step by step communication plan to reinforce the importance of volunteer engagement to key stakeholders within your organization.

Mobile Services: The Library in Your Pocket

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:33:30 -0500

American Libraries Live!

AL Live is a new way for everyone involved in the library world to dialogue and communicate! Take a look at our blog to learn more about this exciting new event, which will launch later this fall.

Where Do I Go From Here? Evolving your Volunteer Program for More Involvement

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:35:47 -0500

How long do volunteers usually stay with your program? Do you struggle with keeping them interested, involved and engaged? This webinar will help you think about new strategies and help you evolve your program to include new roles and responsibilities for volunteers, pathways for more involvement and leadership positions in your program, how recognition plays a role in retention, and the importance of including continuing education and professional development to keep your volunteers engaged. Tools to help you evaluate your program implement new ideas will be provided.

What You'll Learn:

How to advance your volunteers' interest in your organization.
Transition great volunteers into leaders.

Hosting a Personal Digital Archiving Day Event

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:43:27 -0500

This webinar discusses how to host an innovative public program on preserving personal digital information.

In an effort to share knowledge on how best to care for personal digital information, The Library of Congress’ National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program developed The Personal Digital Archiving Day Kit. The toolkit provides resources for staff at libraries, archives and other cultural institutions to help them plan and present a personal digital archiving day program.

This webinar focuses on the resources included in the kit, how the kit can be used to plan a public program, and why holding a personal digital archiving program is beneficial for both public libraries and their communities.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will acquire:

practical tips for hosting a personal digital archiving day event.
resources on digital preservation that can help individuals preserve their digital files, photos, videos, emails, and social media.

ignature Events for Small Libraries

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:27:53 -0500

A webinar exploring signature fundraising events that help libraries raise funds and create friends.

From "chocolate in the stacks" tastings to 5K runs to off-site literary dinner parties, small libraries are getting creative in offering signature events that raise funds and create friends. This webinar will be a "show and tell" of library fundraisers, with quick tips on how to get started in your community.

This webinar, hosted by WebJunction in collaboration with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries, is an encore presentation of one of the most highly-rated sessions at the ARSL conference.

YA Announcements: Spring Sneak Peek

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:38:38 -0500

Join us for this free webinar where representatives from Bloomsbury Children’s Books, Disney Book Group, Macmillan, Sourcebooks, Tor Teen, and Zonderkidz will fill you in on their budding teen titles for spring and beyond. To accommodate this bounty of books, the webinar will run an extra 15 minutes. Booklist’s Books for Youth associate editor Annie Kelley moderates this free webinar.

The Game is Afoot: Spring Mystery Announcements

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:40:55 -0500

Learn about spring’s forthcoming mystery titles during this Library Journal webcast. Mystery columnist and moderator Terry Jacobsen and representatives from Oceanview Publishing, Soho Press, Severn House, and Titan books will discuss market trends, exciting authors, and help you discover new books for your crime readers. Need help finding fresh titles for your collection? Register now to solve the mystery!

REGISTER ONLINE

Digital Preservation, Part 1: Inventory and Selection

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:42:22 -0500

February 20 features Storage and Protect Modules: From metadata to the Cloud, learn how proper storage for digital content will preserve it well into the future. Plus, should disaster strike, is your digital content protected? Backing up your data may not be enough. Learn how to identify potential risks and how to develop policies to protect your digital content.

Student Advisors, Library Advocates: Getting Students Involved at Your Library

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:48:23 -0500

What is a library student advisory board and why does your library need one? Deuink and Seiler will share their vision for library student advisory boards--one that empowers the student voice and builds students into library advocates--and talk about the work of their clubs and the clubs' impact on the library and the campus. Seiler has been the advisor for a long-standing group at the Penn State Schuylkill campus for nine years and Deuink, formerly partnered with Seiler at Schuylkill, is now starting a library student advisory board at the Penn State Altoona campus. While Deuink can address the challenges of getting started afresh, Seiler can encourage persistence and address weathering inevitable changes over the years.

Event Proposal Writing Basics

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:54:27 -0500

Learn the key components of a proposal to a foundation.

For those new to proposal writing, this class will cover:

How the proposal fits into the overall grantseeking process
What to include in a standard proposal to a foundation
Tips for making each section of your proposal stronger
What funders expect to see in your proposal and attachments
Tips for communicating with funders during the grant process
Additional resources on proposal writing, including sample proposals

How To Create A Newsletter That Donors Read and Respond To

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:50:47 -0500

Are you spending precious time putting a newsletter together only to be disappointed by dismal results? Join us for this info-packed webinar to learn how to create a newsletter that communicates, educates, and raises money. You’ll learn how to plan content, what to include, and what to leave out. We’ll also talk about how to decide if your newsletter should be digital or print.

Takeaways:

Understand the difference between a traditional communications function and an integrated marketing communications function…and know which your organization needs
How to set a clear intention for your newsletter
How to plan content for your reader
What to include and what to leave out

Tech on the Spec(trum): Making libraries more accessible for children with special needs

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:00:37 -0500

Like any worthwhile initiative, reaching a target audience takes time and money. Is there an affordable way to make your library more technologically accessible for children with autism and other developmental differences? Join this session to learn about the successful "Come On In" program at Skokie (IL) Public Library. Hear about free and inexpensive tools. Think about ways to partner with other organizations to meet patron and staff needs.

Digital Preservation for the Rest of Us: What's in it for Librarians and Library Users

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:56:48 -0500

Offered by San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science

Digital preservation is a "must-have" function for every library who purchases digital content. A digital preservation system extends the model of print journals and books on the shelf to digital media. It ensures that a library continues to have access to their digital assets even after a subscription is canceled or the publisher discontinues access. Setting up a digital preservation system is surprisingly easy. The key is ensuring that you buy perpetual access to your content, and that your content providers support the digital preservation system that you choose. This talk introduces you to digital preservation systems, discusses preservation strategies and pitfalls, and shows you how to give library users access to preserved content.

Philip Gust

Philip Gust is with the Stanford University Libraries LOCKSS Program (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe). His focus is integrating digital preservation into libraries, and making preserved content useful to librarians and library users. He developed the LOCKSS metadata management system, the OpenURL resolver, and integrations with link resolvers and citation managers. He was on the founding team of several start-ups, and led R&D teams at several major companies. Philip previously taught Computer Science at the University of Arizona. His primary interests are human-computer interaction, distributed systems, and collaborative computing. He is the 2013 President of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Special Libraries Association, a Senior Member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a Senior Life Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

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Frankenbooks - Understanding the eBook Opportunity

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:00:45 -0500

Do ebooks change everything or are they just the same as print? Not by a long shot. What are the opportunities and what enhancements might we expect? Is this the final straw for libraries or the biggest opportunity since the web? Framing the ebook opportunity is one of the bigger challenges facing libraries of all types today. What is the future of the directory or reference book? Whither encyclopedia? What about textbooks? Is fiction different than non-fiction? What do we do about devices, apps, and more? What is the role for print? What will collections look like? This interactive webinar, led by Stephen Abram, will seek to build insight and understanding of the ebook opportunity.

Who should attend:
Anyone who is struggling with the concept of ebooks in the workplace and how to implement this changing format and want to keep their eyes out for additional innovation in this space. This includes library management, acquisitions, and those who perform all these functions at the same time as solos.

By the end of this program, participants will:
- Have a better understanding of the impact of ebooks on the workplace, as opposed to the high profile popular reading and fiction discussion that's engulfing the publishing and library world at this time

The Future of Online Learning: a changing landscape

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:01:48 -0500

Join us as we explore what education innovators are doing to increase engagement through learner-centered discovery, flipped classrooms, and enhanced online learning.

As a leader in online learning for ten years, WebJunction has watched the practice evolve from the earliest webinars to the latest in social media tools. We know it has enriched lifelong learning opportunities, yet we also know the possibilities are still expanding. Join us as we explore what education innovators are doing to increase engagement through learner-centered discovery, flipped classrooms, and enhanced online learning. Let’s learn from each other in this interactive webinar. Help us map a future for elearning so WebJunction can better support your lifelong learning journey.

Social Change Anytime Everywhere: Best Practices to Build a Multichannel Campaign Plan

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:03:09 -0500

From your website to social media, email to mobile messages, online to offline, multichannel strategies require coordination and creative thinking across teams and departments, and a focus on the core of your work beyond any one specific call to action. In this session, we will show you how to craft an online multichannel campaign plan to meet your mission and campaign goals, and how other organizations are successfully integrating multichannel efforts into their work. For example, what happens when you tie your Facebook posts to your online fundraising appeals? What about sending text messages connected to your email actions the next day? Multichannel strategies bring your staff together and connect your community across platforms for more targeted actions. This session provides highlights from the new book Social Change Anytime Everywhere: How to Implement Online Multichannel Strategies to Spark Advocacy, Raise Money, and Engage your Community by Allyson Kapin and Amy Sample Ward and gives you the next steps you need to start working to create real social change online and on the ground.

Takeaways:

Best practices to build an effective multichannel campaign plan
Tips to roll out your multichannel campaign plan
Managing a multichannel campaign and working across teams to engage your community

Big Talk From Small Libraries

dlandrum — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:05:18 -0500

The first Big Talk From Small Libraries was such a success, we're doing it again!

Big Talk From Small Libraries 2013 will be held on Thursday, February 28, 2013 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (CT) via the GoToWebinar online meeting service.

We’ve been listening! A comment we’ve heard pretty often is that so many presentations at conferences seem to be by and for librarians from larger libraries. Well, Big Talk From Small Libraries will change that. This free one-day online conference is aimed at librarians from small libraries; the smaller the better. Each of our speakers will be from a small library or directly works with small libraries.

Topics will range from technology (new tech and old tech) to programming to new roles for the library. Come for the programs on what you’re dealing with now, or maybe try something new.

Everyone is welcome to register and attend, regardless of how big or small their library is, but if your library serves a few thousand people, or a few hundred, this is the day for you.

StoryCorps Founder Dave Isay at Columbus Library

admin — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:09:09 -0500

Dave Isay, founder of StoryCorps, a regular feature on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" news broadcast, will speak at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Columbus Public Library auditorium to begin the second year of the Building Common Ground lecture series.

Admission is free, and no advanced tickets are needed. After his presentation, Isay will be available at a reception to sign copies of his books, which will be for sale at the event.