Training/Workshop

Join us for an insightful look at Operation Smile’s Facebook Advertising program and learn how this international children’s medical charity is successfully marketing and fundraising using this new, unique social advertising platform.

For the holiday 2011 fundraising season, Operation Smile took the strategic step of increasing their commitment to social media by investing in Facebook fundraising tools and Facebook advertising.

In this insightful session, we’ll take a close look at Operation Smile’s year-end Facebook marketing and fundraising campaign and demonstrate how they cost-effectively scaled their Facebook Page Likes, tested techniques for increasing individual gifts and peer-to-peer giving, and expanded their viral reach via Facebook social advertising.

Featured Presenter:

Jeff Patrick, President, Common Knowledge

Eve Smith, Senior Consultant, Common Knowledge

In this monthly feature of NCompass Live, the NLC’s Technology Innovation Librarian, Michael Sauers, will discuss the tech news of the month and share new and exciting tech for your library. There will also be plenty of time in each episode for you to ask your tech questions. So, bring your questions with you, or send them in ahead of time, and Michael will have your answers.

Join panelists for a discussion on best practices in loaning eReaders to library customers. What are the big considerations when developing a lending program for eReaders? Hear lessons learned and success stories on lending eReaders.

Hosted by Shirley Biladeau, Idaho Commission for Libraries and Jennifer Fenton, Washington State Library. Presenters are Chris Gustafson,Whitman Middle School, Seattle, Washington; Sherrilynn Bair, Library Director, Snake River School/ Community Library in Idaho and Lauren Corder, Librarian, North Olympic Library System.

Read more at

http://www.sos.wa.gov/library/libraries/training/trainingView.aspx?event...

Learn the art of writing press releases and communicating with the media with author/consultant, Kathy Dempsey, the woman who literally wrote the book on this topic! Kathy’s book, The Accidental Library Marketer, is widely consulted by librarians that suddenly find themselves chief marketer for their organization. She’ll provide both good and bad examples of press releases and show how facts can easily be compiled to form a good press release. Kathy will also review common mistakes librarians make when working with the media. Lots more advice on managing those sticky calls from the media, so don’t miss this one!

Twitter is one of the best online tools for networking and job seeking. Whether browsing job postings or connecting with people in your field, Twitter offers something for everyone.

This session will cover tips and techniques for helping patrons network and find jobs on Twitter, and provide your library with ways to use Twitter in support of job seekers. Learn how you can use "tweets" to extend and augment your library services, showcase the resources and programs you provide job seekers and demonstrate the powerful connections you create in your library community.

Presented by: Brooke Roegge, digital information specialist, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (@PositivelyMN); and Andrea Snyder, manager, Job & Career Information Center, Enoch Pratt Free Library/Maryland State Library Resource Center (@JobCenter_Pratt).

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Please join us for a FREE group viewing of the Every Child Ready to Read—New conversations on research, relationships and partnerships webinar on Thursday, March 8 from Noon to 1:30pm. Space is limited for this free training event.

Please reserve your seat in advance. Lake Blackshear Regional Library 307 East Lamar Street Americus, GA 31709 229 924-8091 www.lbrls.org To reserve your seat in Americus, please email or call Beth at btanner@lbrls.org or 229-924-8091 For more information about the webinar and Every Child Ready to Read please visit:
http://www.ala.org/alsc/every-child-ready-read%E2%80%94new-conversations...

Since the webinar is during lunch hours, please feel free to bring a sack lunch or make plans for your lunch before or after the webinar.

Please join us for a FREE group viewing of the Every Child Ready to Read—New conversations on research, relationships and partnerships webinar on Thursday, March 8 from Noon to 1:30pm.

Space is limited for this free training event. Please reserve your seat in advance. Southwest Chatham Branch of the Live Oak Public Libraries 14097 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA 31419 (behind Target at Savannah Mall) In the children’s activity room, located in the Children’s Department (1st floor).

http://www.liveoakpl.org/branches/southwest-chatham-branch-comin.php

To reserve your seat in Savannah, please call the library at 912-925-8305. For more information about the webinar and Every Child Ready to Read please visit:
http://www.ala.org/alsc/every-child-ready-read%E2%80%94new-conversations...

Since the webinar is during lunch hours, please feel free to bring a sack lunch or make plans for your lunch before or after the webinar.

This FREE webinar is a basic introduction to the open-source Drupal 7 content management system for websites.

Find out what Drupal 7 can do for your web site/project. We'll explore the process of creating, editing and administering web content and also expanding the features & functions of your site with Drupal modules.

In this webinar, you'll learn about:

• Drupal's administrative-screen terminology (Page, Article, Permission, Role, Block, Module)
• Setting up & managing navigation menus
• Organizing content blocks
• Choosing layout templates (Themes) and modules

Darin Givens, Webmaster for the Georgia Public Library Service, will be presenting this webinar via the Wimba Classroom. A link to the classroom will be emailed to you.

REGISTER HERE

Price: $50.00

You create value for your library and your own position within it when you become an instructional partner to faculty and a mentor to student researchers. Starting with Course management system tools and citations lists, Buffy J. Hamilton will show you how to use free or inexpensive web-based tools to offer research instruction.  By reaching out to students on the web, you will make instruction available when it’s needed, and this ALA TechSource workshop will help you start a conversation with your community of learners and keep it going.

Topics include

• Proven strategies for developing meaningful partnerships with instructors and students
• How to support content standards and teach information literacy using social media
• A toolbox tour—Google Apps, Twitter,  YouTube, Skype, and more
• Examples of how innovative librarians are applying these tools today

About the Instructor

Buffy J. Hamilton is librarian at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia, where she introduced Media 21, a participatory, transliterate learning environment for research projects. She received a Cutting-Edge Service Awardfrom the ALA's Office for Information and Technology Policy. A 2011 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, Buffy was also named one of Tech & Learning’s 30 EdTech Leaders of the Future. She blogs at The Unquiet Librarian and ALA Learning.

A look at Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps and an examination of historical maps to trace the changing environment of a Georgia city.

http://help.galileo.usg.edu/librarians/training/