Carterette Series Webinars Archives

Presented by Andrew Shuping

May 18, 2011

11:15am-12:15pm EASTERN STANDARD TIME

Unconference Planning: Have you heard about unconferences? No idea what they are or why they're different from regular conferences? Are you interested in knowing more? Come find out what an unconference is, ways to organize it, and what the benefits are for having an unconference vs. a conference.

Officially, Andrew Shuping is the Emerging Technologies & Services/ILL Librarian at Jack Tarver Library, Mercer University in Macon, GA, but he is also in charge of various other things, both official and unofficial. He's been involved in libraries for over 10 years and is constantly keeping an eye out for new ways to make use of technology to serve libraries. Andrew owns two mischievous cats, orders graphic novels for the library, and is an avid reader of sci-fi. He can be found on various social networks as ashuping, and his webpage can be found at http://ashuping.net.

Presented by Emily Almond

Project Management 101: How to apply the principles of PM in libraries without alienating everyone you work with. Covering the basics and nothing but.
What is project management and how does it help?
Stakeholders
Scope statements
Scheduling/budgeting
Triple constraint
Risk assessment
Change management

Emily Almond is the director of IT at Georgia Public Library Service in Atlanta. Her website can be found at http://emilyalmond.wordpress.com

The Carterette Series: Branding and Influencing: Establishing Your Digital Identity and Reputation(GLA)

What is your library brand? Do you have one? What about your own brand? Do you "google" yourself? How do you know if your social media presence is effective? Do you have digital credibility? We'll explore tools to cultivate a digital identity, branding, and ways to evaluate social media effectiveness.

March 16 from 11:15 - 12:15pm

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The Carterette Series: Strategy for Blogging and Social Networking (GLA)

Blogs and social networking tools enable libraries to market resources, educate users, and build community relationships. To be effective, however, libraries must have a content strategy, schedule, and guidelines. In this session you will learn about the strategic planning techniques two libraries - dramatically different in size and staff - are using to maximize the impact of these tools while minimizing the workload of generating quality content.

March 16 from 10:00 - 11:00am

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Searching is the “easy” part. But what do you do with all the material you’ve collected?

In today's environment librarians are constantly bombarded with new and emerging technologies. These technologies can run the gamut from smart phone applications to enterprise-wide systems.

As more library patrons are obtaining eReaders, many libraries have questions about why some of the devices work with our services and some don't, and why the books won't work on the different devi

What is open source software? Why should it matter to you, and how are Georgia librarians using it to their advantage?

Description: Financial literacy is one of the 21st century library competencies outlined in the 2010 IMLS

The Digital Library of Georgia, a part of GALILEO, is a unique gateway to Georgia's history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, government documents, newspapers, maps, a