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Language and Literacy Workshop, Columbus

admin — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:20:52 -0400

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 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

NoveList Overview for GPLS

dlandrum — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:24:06 -0500

Learn how to quickly and easily find great reading recommendations in NoveList. In this 60-minute session, we’ll show you what’s in NoveList, how to search effectively, and how to get the results you want.

NoveList Overview for GPLS

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NoveList Overview for GPLS

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NoveList Overview for GPLS

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Introducing the Book as iPad App

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:14:04 -0500

Nicole Hennig will return this Friday, March 1, 1:00 p.m. Eastern, for a fresh look at how publishers are using the iPad platform to create a new kind of book. Not the straight text, you’ll read in a Kindle app, these books mix elements of film, videogames, and social media to create a new immersive experience for readers. Nicole’s webinar this past summer was a hit. Register for Introducing Books as iPad App, and:

See demos of fiction and nonfiction titles, including children’s books and graphic novels
Discuss the qualities of a delightful reading experience
Ask some questions about what these changes might mean for readers, libraries, and publishers
Spark ideas for creative programs and services that you can offer in your library related to iPad book apps.

Circulation for Evergreen 2.3 Upgrade

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:26:35 -0500

Dawn Dale will go over the changes and upgrades for circulation in Evergreen 2.3.

OPAC for Evergreen 2.3 Upgrade

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:29:48 -0500

Elaine Hardy will go over the changes and upgrades to OPAC in Evergreen 2.3.

Local Administration for Evergreen 2.3 Upgrade

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:32:56 -0500

Chris Sharp will go over the changes and upgrades for local admin in Evergreen 2.3.

Free Online Technologies for Teaching and Learning

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:35:05 -0500

Free Online Technologies for Teaching and Learning

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:50:09 -0500

Internet Safety for Teens in your Library

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:52:25 -0500

Montana State Library

Join FBI Special Agent, Kevin Damuth, for this informative webinar on keep our kids safe while on the Internet. His presentation will cover sexting, cyberbullying, and Internet safety.

Library as Instructional Leader

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:56:09 -0500

From 2009 to 2012, library and discipline faculty from Washington State Community and Technical Colleges (CTC) participated in a project involving over 40 faculty and about 2,000 students to document the impacts of library instruction on basic skills students. This presentation will cover how the project was implemented and what findings were produced. The following assumptions guided the project design.

Information literacy is an accepted learning outcome
The library can make a contribution to achieving information literacy
Achievement of information literacy needs to start in developmental education (pre-college programs)
Collaborative efforts by the library and developmental education is a viable way to achieve information literacy

Promoting Literacy with 21st Century Tools

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:57:45 -0500

In today’s interactive environment, students are developing their literacy skills across multiple learning platforms, from databases to e-books and i-books. School librarian Marsha Lambert will address the new ways that students use these materials and what they expect from their library interaction, while representatives from Rosen and Scholastic showcase their digital literacy tools. Moderated by Reference and Collection Management editor Rebecca Vnuk.

Leading the Way: Christian Fiction Spring Buzz

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:01:06 -0500

Do you have a growing demand for Christian Fiction novels on your shelves? Christian Fiction is more than daily devotionals, filled with plenty of crossover appeal: Romance, Mystery, Fantasy, Legal Thriller. While the core values of biblical teaching are still present, this genre has plenty of appeal for anyone who loves books. Want to learn how to promote Christian Fiction in your library, or use it for Reader Advisory? Check out this webcast to learn about Spring’s forthcoming titles for one of the fastest growing genres!

Digital Preservation, Part 3: Management and Providing Access

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:03:04 -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.

Keys to Managing the Major Gifts Process: It’s All in the Execution

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:06:04 -0500

Major gifts–whether $1,000 or $100,000 or anything in between–still produce the lion’s share of a nonprofits philanthropic revenue. The key to a successful program to identify, inform, interest and involve major gift donors, is more than simply asking–as important as the solicitation is. This webinar will focus on the development of a disciplined approach to achieving consistently good results and exceeding your goal.

Takeaways:

Create a major gifts management plan
Build a team of major gifts partners–staff and volunteer
Learn to keep your eye on the ball–focus on the goal
Know the difference between lead and lag measures
Create a compelling scoreboard
Maintain a cadence of accountability

Being Productive with Windows 8

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:07:36 -0500

Whether you're using Windows 8 for work, or just to get things done at home you need to be able to be truly productive with it. In this webcast Mike Halsey, the author of "Windows 8: Out of the Box" and "Troubleshoot and Optimize Windows 8 Inside Out" will show you how you can maximize your productivity with this new OS using some very useful and sometimes even hidden features.

Introduction to the Semantic Web: BIBFRAME, RDA, FRBR & Linked Data

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:11:13 -0500

This session is part of the LYRASIS second Friday series, a series of workshops providing information about and sharing new ideas and resources for resource sharing, electronic resources, and cataloging.

In this one and one half hour 2nd Friday Series session, Robin Fay, Head of Database Maintenance at the University of Georgia and co-author of the book Semantic Web Technologies and Social Searching for Librarians, will introduce the concept of the semantic web, a movement founded by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in an effort to offer a common framework for shared data. She will review principles of linked data, RDA, FRBR, & BIBFRAME, including an overview of basics concepts and terminology.

Ebooks and Libraries: Legal Issues for Library Administration and Staff

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:09:17 -0500

Does your library have Kindles, Nooks and iPads for loan or in-house use?
Do you have accessible e-readers available to customers who are print disabled?
Do you know the legal requirements to make your services accessible?

Ebooks present both opportunity and challenge as the dominant delivery is via electronic license, governed by contract law rather than by copyright law.

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

Understand the difference between eBook content licenses and ownership
Be brought up to date on the latest legal issues, including the settlement agreement between the National Federation of the Blind and the Sacramento Pubic Library Authority
Learn how the Califa Library Group (http://www.califa.org/) has fared in buying (not just licensing) eBook content for use by its customers.
MORE INFO AND REGISTRATION

What’s the Buzz? Nonfiction Books for Common Core

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:13:29 -0500

What are the best nonfiction Common Core books to stock with your shelves with? DK Publishing, Teacher Created Materials, Lerner Publishing and ReferencePoint Press are here to help fill your library’s nonfiction section by presenting their upcoming titles that fit perfectly into the new standards. This is a must-see resource for Common Core, featuring forthcoming books, nonfiction trends, and answers to your questions!

LYRASIS Free Lunch and Learn: NEH Preservation Assistance Grants

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:15:33 -0500

Are you considering applying for a Preservation Assistance Grant? Join us for a lunch and learn discussion to talk about your project ideas, as well as to get advice on crafting your narrative and goals. We will also be talking about what is eligible for potential digital preservation projects – now included in the Preservation Assistance Grant as an option.

Tipping Sacred Cows: Kicking Bad Work Habits That Masquerade as Virtues

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:20:37 -0500

Overview
Unmasking Corporate "Virtues" Whose Importance We Take for Granted

You work hard to do the right thing: work well with others, treat them fairly, and never settle for mediocre work. But too often, virtues like collaboration, fairness and excellence are revered beyond question.

But when these virtues become "sacred cows" - ideas revered beyond reason - they lead to wasteful, career-limiting behaviors.

What You Will Learn
Instead of zealous pursuit of seemingly virtuous traits, leaders must appreciate the unintended consequences of their good intentions.

You will improve your ability to see when your own values and virtues, and the values and virtues of the people you lead, backfire. This webcast covers:

Developing practical strategies to know when and how you help your organization most by going it alone, instead of collaborating with others.
Learning how the instinctual drive for fairness leads to spite and sameness, and develop habits to overcome this naturally destructive tendency.
Expanding your notion of excellence to understand when high standards help, and when they hurt by leading to paralyzing perfectionism in yourself and others.
While attending this program is FREE, reservations are required.

Everything You Need to Know About Focus Groups

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:21:29 -0500

What is the difference in conducting focus group research or survey research? Participants in this session will learn how to choose between qualitative research such as focus groups, and quantitative research such as surveys. We will then create a list of the necessary research and administrative tasks for a focus group, and learn some tricks of focus group facilitation.

Takeaways:

Learn to choose between a survey or focus group process
Create a list of the important research and administrative tasks for focus groups
Develop some tricks for focus group facilitation
Understand the right items to emphasize via analysis and reporting

Worth a Thousand Words: Library Snapshot Day

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:08:20 -0500

A webinar exploring ways to use Library Snapshot Day to grow an image collection that can be used to build community awareness and to demonstrate the impact and reach of your library's services.

By capturing photos of all that happens in a single day at your library, you can tell a powerful story about the importance of your library to the community. Libraries of all types and sizes have used Library Snapshot Day build community awareness and to demonstrate the impact and reach of library services. Panelists from Ohio Snapshot Day will share their templates and tips for successful planning and implementation, and will explore other ways images can be used to tell your library’s story. Learn how you can take a vivid snapshot of your library, whether it’s on your own, with others in your state or region, or in conjunction with National Library Week in April.

Up Next Playing Nice in the Sandbox of Life: Working on a Team

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:50:10 -0500

When your supervisor assigns you to a team to implement a new project, does your heart begin to pound? Do you feel a sense of dread wash over you? If so, this session is for you!

Learn how to be a better team player in your library, on a committee, in sports, or as a family! Face your insecurities, eliminate unhealthy competitiveness, improve your communication skills, and overcome your fear of change.

Responsive Web Design Bootcamp

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:53:38 -0500

In this hands-on webcast presented by Jonathan Stark, author of 'Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript' and 'Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript', you'll learn why it is no longer safe to assume that visitors to your website are sitting in front of large monitors equipped with a keyboard and mouse. As smartphones overtake the desktop as the primary portal to the Web - and as new device types and interaction models continue to emerge - designers need to adopt future-friendly strategies that support a full range of user contexts with a single codebase.

What will be covered?

The "One Web" philosophy and benefits
Mechanics of media queries
Code organization and best practices
Adding support for adaptive images
Fallback techniques for older browsers

Who is this webcast for?

This webcast is for web designers and developers who are interested in creating mobile web sites and web apps. A working familiarity with standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript would be very helpful but is not required.

Trends in Cataloging and Resource Description

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:55:48 -0500

Resource Description and Access (RDA), the new content standard for library cataloging, the replacement for Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, was released in 2010, but RDA has not been fully implemented by the Library Congress, and is only very slowly being adopted in other US libraries. Meanwhile, in May 2011, the Library of Congress announced its Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME), in part to find a replacement for the MARC format - although BIBFRAME is much more than simply a new format - it is a new foundation for bibliographic description, designed for our networked, digital age. This webinar will take a look at what is happening in resource description, building on the BIBFRAME report, "Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data Model and Supporting Services", released by Library of Congress and Zepheira, in November 2012.

Pathways to Engaged Readers: Helping Students Reach Common Core Levels

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:08:36 -0500

Join Mary Ehrenworth, the Deputy Director at the Reading and Writing Project at Teachers College, Columbia University, and co-author of Pathways to the Common Core, as she explores creating a school culture of reading, the challenges and methods for getting just-right books into kids’ hands, increasing nonfiction engagement, and building structures for clubs and parent involvement through the central core of a school’s reading life— the library.

Mobile Website Design for Libraries

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:10:58 -0500

Did you know:

At the end of 2011 there were more than 1 billion mobile-broadband subscriptions worldwide?
More library customers are using mobile devices and assume your library can be accessible from anywhere, at any time, and on most any device?

This webinar will help you learn how to easily and effectively make your library’s website accessible and useful to mobile users. Chad Mairn will describe and demonstrate various tools, tips, and techniques for creating mobile websites, making them interactive and engaging, and integrating them with other resources, services, and systems available through your library.

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

Identify 3 innovative library mobile website designs.
Explain how HTML, CSS, and JavaScript work together to build mobile websites.
Describe what a mobile framework is and why they are used.
List 3 existing mobile services/apps that can be included in library-created mobile websites.
Describe the best practices in mobile Web development
Use a step-by-step guide for implementing a mobile website.

There's an App for That 3.0

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:12:31 -0500

We're back! In this session will be showing some of the best apps for education across multiple types of devices. It doesn't matter if you use an iPad, Android device, or even Google Chrome, more often than not, there is in fact an "app for that".

We will provide examples of fun assignments to conduct using apps, and also show some of the best ways to share an iPad screen or Android screen in your classroom. (Hint: It's not using a Document Camera!)

Get some new ideas for your classroom and share some of your ideas of how apps can be used in education.

Youth Announcements: Spring 2013

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:15:12 -0500

Join us for this free, hour-long webinar spotlighting new youth spring titles! Representatives from Owlkids, Groundwood Books, Sleeping Bear Press, Zondervan, and Holiday House will showcase their picture books and middle-grade novels for sharing aloud or for independent reading, as well as exciting new titles for young adults. Moderated by Booklist’s Books for Youth editorial director Gillian Engberg.

Bozarthzone! E-learning on a shoestring

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:17:06 -0500

Sure, E-learning solutions can provide enormous savings, but start-up and design costs can be prohibitive. Join Jane Bozarth, author of E-learning Solutions on a Shoestring, to explore examples of inexpensive – even free! – e-learning solutions. Learn to:
• Make the “buy vs. build” decision.
• Identify inexpensive means of adding interactivity and visual interest.
• Make better use of tools and resources, including those you already have.
• Break down examples of online training programs into essential parts and identify ways of cutting costs to produce similar products.
• Identify inexpensive means of adding interactivity and visual interest.

Have No Fear, Poetry is Here!

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:20:50 -0500

Booklist teams up with the Poetry Foundation––publisher of Poetry magazine and an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture––to provide resources, ideas, and support for making the most of your library poetry collection. Please join Catherine Halley, the Poetry Foundation’s Director of Digital Programs, and the foundation’s library director, Katherine Litwin, for an insightful discussion of how audiences of all ages can enjoy poetry through programs, workshops, displays, and more. Moderated by Booklist senior editor Donna Seaman.

Event Proposal Writing Basics

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:23:22 -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

- See more at: http://grantspace.org/Classroom/Training-Calendar/Live-Webinars/Proposal-Writing-Basics-2013-03-19-Webinar#sthash.5673RPev.dpuf

Editors’ Picks: Hot Summer Titles from HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Random House

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:29:46 -0500

It’s almost spring, so why not find out what titles will be in demand this summer? And why not hear the news straight from the publisher’s mouth? On Tuesday, March 19, Library Journal brings you its first Editors’ Picks webcast, modeled on the popular Editors’ Picks panel at Day of Dialog.

Editors from sponsoring publishers HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Random will speak in-depth about their favorite books, which will be cramming your holds lists soon.

Hear Jen Enderlin, VP and Associate Publisher, St. Martin’s, on Mary Kay Andrews’s Ladies’ Night, Lee Boudreaux, VP and Editorial Director, Ecco: HarperCollins, on Ivy Pochoda’s Visitation Street (chosen by Dennis Lehane for his new imprint, Dennis Lehane Books), plus other terrific Random, HarperCollins, and Macmillan editors, in conversation with Prepub Alert editor Barbara Hoffert.

MORE INFO AND REGISTRATION

Strategic Planning Part 1: Cultivation & Organizational Development

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:31:27 -0500

Strategic planning should be a means not only to produce a strategy, but also to engage and cultivate stakeholders, develop leadership, and generate new energy, commitment and consensus around mission. Its primary product is not a written plan, but strategic thinking within the organization, which is achieved through a process of planning followed by a process of implementation. A well-conceived and managed planning process can be the most effective form of organizational development.

Takeaways:

What benefits to expect from an effective strategic planning process
How to approach and structure a strategic planning process
How to get broad buy-in in any organization
Tools to use for assessing your situation, engaging your constituencies, developing an effective plan, and implementing it

Hosting a Personal Digital Archiving Day Event

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:45:06 -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.

How to Fail at Social Media (and How to Get it Right)

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:49:38 -0500

Lots of experts will tell you how to succeed at social media, but very few will lay out a clear path to failure. In this webinar, you will learn what the most common points of failure are for libraries, and why libraries often aren't getting what they want out of this medium. You’ll also see real-world examples, both good and bad, and find out if your library is on its way to a social media shipwreck –and how you might be able to change course.

Laura Solomon is the author of two books on social media and libraries, and she has seen many libraries enter the social media waters with no idea of how to navigate.

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

Identify at least three errors libraries commonly make when setting up a social media account and how to correct them
Explain the most important part in writing a post for social media
List at least three mistakes libraries often make when creating social media posts and how to fix them

Taking Leadership Online: Developing Your Personal Social Media Voice

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:53:54 -0500

How should you navigate the personal and professional boundaries in the world of social media, and what does that mean for your leadership? How does the social media buzzword “transparency,” translate into “leadership?” In this webinar, we will consider how nonprofit executive directors and other staff use social media personally to further the mission of their organization and translate their leadership online.

Takeaways:

What is online leadership
How to translate traditional leadership into online leadership
Create your own personal social media playbook

Accessibility Testing in Enterprises Big and Small

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:56:03 -0500

This free webinar is from the ADA Online Learning and the ADA National Network.

Businesses large and small want to make their websites accessible to all, but some have more resources than others. Today we will talk about testing and review tools that are available to everyone - from automated tools for the large enterprise with thousands of pages to free tools for small non-profits.

Session Objectives

• The whys and how’s of testing your web sites

• The pluses and minuses of Automated Tools. What is available and how/when to use them

• The Pluses and Minuses of Free Testing Tools. What is available and how/when to use them.

Spring Fling: Teen Book Buzz

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:57:54 -0500

From living Japanese ink drawings to the return of the nun assassins, these forthcoming spring releases are sure to appeal to every teen on your reading list. Get ahead of the curve and find out the latest and greatest hot reads for spring during SLJ’s Teen Book Buzz! Join Harlequin Teens, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, and Egmont as they present the books that will have every teen chatting at their lockers. You do not want to miss this exciting webcast!

Healthy Computing

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:59:17 -0500

Computers have evolved from from the salvation for people with disabilities to the cause of many disabling conditions. Our current computer-laden work and school environments have the potential to significantly damage our bodies. It is critical that we establish new "rules of engagement" with computers. This Healthy Computing webinar will explore the reasons and tools for taking regular breaks from the computer. This webinar is for people who work extensively on computers, or who work with clients/students who do. (Windows & Mac.)

Bozarthzone! Thank Goodness It's Monday TGIM: Enjoy your job, enjoy your life

dlandrum — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:02:12 -0500

So often we focus on the negatives and tasks we don’t enjoy. This workshop helps participants identify the things about work they enjoy and find satisfying, look at ways of creating more of those items, and develop skill in recognizing and appreciating small accomplishments and savoring small successes.

WorldShare ILL for Georgia libraries

admin — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:16:29 -0500

The WorldCat Resource Sharing interlibrary loan service your library receives either through the Georgia statewide OCLC Group Services contract or through your individual OCLC Services contract will be replaced by a new service, OCLC WorldShare Interlibrary Loan, in 2013.

GOLD public libraries are scheduled to transition to WorldShare Interlibrary Loan in March; academic and technical school libraries in July. The schedule has been planned with consideration for seasonal activity levels by library type. During this time, OCLC will hold training classes specifically for members of the GOLD group contract. Your training has been developed in this way to give you the opportunity to learn the new service with other interlibrary loan staff in your state.

Training will consist of three modules, including WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Getting Started, WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Borrowing and WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Lending.

ALL online classes (described below) will start at 10:00 am Eastern Time and will last approximately 2 hours

* Special libraries and school libraries can choose to migrate with the March/April 2013 or July/August 2013 groups.

>> REGISTER ONLINE

Live Online

Live online training is offered for library staff who would like to have hands-on experience with the new service while interacting with an OCLC trainer. During these sessions, trainers will lecture and walk through basic steps. Attendees may then try different aspects of the service through a simulation system. This option allows librarians to practice using WorldShare Interlibrary Loan features that they will encounter in the new service. This type of training corresponds to the scheduled dates listed above.

There are a number of things you can do to prepare for your use of the new WorldShare Interlibrary Loan service. More information is available at OCLC migration website.

Stay informed

Watch for updates from the Georgia Public Library Service staff regarding plans for migration to the new WorldShare Interlibrary Loan service, as well as training and support for Georgia libraries. As we move closer to your library's transition timeframe, the State Library and OCLC will provide details about training topics and dates that will give your staff the information they need to begin using the new service.

Questions?

If you have questions about this upcoming migration, please contact Alan Harkness (aharkness@georgialibraries.org) or Elaine Hardy (ehardy@georgialibraries.org) at the Georgia Public Library Service.

WorldShare ILL Borrowing for Georgia libraries

admin — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:41:31 -0500

Training will consist of three modules, including WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Getting Started, WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Borrowing and WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Lending.

ALL online classes (described below) will start at 10:00 am Eastern Time and will last approximately 2 hours

* Special libraries and school libraries can choose to migrate with the March/April 2013 or July/August 2013 groups.

>> REGISTER ONLINE

Live Online

There are a number of things you can do to prepare for your use of the new WorldShare Interlibrary Loan service. More information is available at OCLC migration website.

Stay informed

Questions?

If you have questions about this upcoming migration, please contact Alan Harkness (aharkness@georgialibraries.org) or Elaine Hardy (ehardy@georgialibraries.org) at the Georgia Public Library Service.

WorldShare ILL Lending for Georgia libraries

admin — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:48:35 -0500

Training will consist of three modules, including WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Getting Started, WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Borrowing and WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Lending.

ALL online classes (described below) will start at 10:00 am Eastern Time and will last approximately 2 hours

* Special libraries and school libraries can choose to migrate with the March/April 2013 or July/August 2013 groups.

>> REGISTER ONLINE

Live Online

There are a number of things you can do to prepare for your use of the new WorldShare Interlibrary Loan service. More information is available at OCLC migration website.

Stay informed

Questions?

If you have questions about this upcoming migration, please contact Alan Harkness (aharkness@georgialibraries.org) or Elaine Hardy (ehardy@georgialibraries.org) at the Georgia Public Library Service.

Technology and Cognitive Support: Strategies and Tools for task completion and routines

dlandrum — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:16:29 -0400

http://tinyurl.com/cst5wnm

This three-part series will explore the question, “How can technology support independence and participation for people with cognitive disabilities?” After this session you will be able to:

Use three strategies for task analysis that can be applied to decisions about where and when technology can support.
Identify at least two commonly available tools to support task completion and daily routines.
Identify at least two specialized tools that are designed to support task completion and daily routines.

18 Advanced Facebook Strategies for World Domination

dlandrum — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:15:43 -0400

http://tinyurl.com/csoogzt

We bet you already have a few hundred Facebook fans and are way beyond just knowing when to post updates, how to target updates, how to create awesome cover images, etc. Join us as we welcome presenter John Haydon, who will take us beyond the basics!

You will learn:

Three tactics to get more results from Promoted Posts
Three custom tab design tips to increase conversions
Four advanced ways to target Facebook Ads
Four powerful ways to acquire more email subscribers from Facebook
Four ninja tactics to increase comments, likes and shares on your page posts

Engage! Teens, Art & Civic Participation: Creating Compelling Discussion through Art

dlandrum — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:17:40 -0400

http://www.programminglibrarian.org/online-learning/engage-part2.html#.UVXo5ldXr8o

The Engage! Teens, Art & Civic Participation webinar series will introduce a program model that targets young adults, using visual art as a springboard to civic engagement. Originally piloted in ten Illinois libraries in 2010, Engage! Teens, Art & Civic Participation is an activity- and discussion-based program model featuring a selection of curated and compelling images of American art.

During these three free webinars, participants will:

Hear from librarians who participated in the Engage! pilot program, who will share what worked and what didn’lt with teens.
Be introduced to a free PDF guide to the Engage! model, featuring detailed instructions on how to get started.
Learn how to formulate effective “looking questions” that will elicit participation and engagement with art and thematic content.
Learn how to select images that will illuminate relevant civic participation issues for teen discussion and learning.

Consumer Health Information: Challenges and Resources for Public Librarians

dlandrum — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:02:12 -0400

http://www.slis.wisc.edu/springwebinars.htm

In this webinar, Professor Arnott Smith will talk about common misconceptions and challenges to consumer health information provision in the public library setting and provide participants with helpful resources to meet these challenges.