How the Other Half Reads: Collection Development & Curation on Homelessness and Housing Insecurity Jaz Idakaar Homelessness, mental illness, and substance abuse are interrelated topics that many of our patrons struggle with. These titles will help staff, affected patrons, and patrons who want to know more about these subjects. In this short webinar, we’ll discuss … Read more
Decrypting Cybersecurity for Librarians Tracy Z Maleeff Go beyond the buzzwords and learn terminology and resources about information security. Gain useful tips to create online safety awareness for your patrons. No technical knowledge is required.
Deep Tweets: Advanced Research Techniques for Twitter Tracy Z. Maleeff Tuesday July 19th – Noon EST Get insight into the advanced search features of Twitter and open up a new resource for data mining. Learn how to extract information using unique search strings. Basic Twitter knowledge is best for comprehension of this session.
Bring Girls Who Code to Your Library! Alex Lis-Perlis July 5, 2016 – Noon EST Help us close the gender gap in tech! Girls Who Code is a free program designed for 6th-12th grade girls to explore coding in a fun and friendly environment. Clubs are typically hosted in schools, colleges, libraries, and community centers … Read more
In 15 minutes hear why a remix of information literacy was created and set in place for students to grasp the importance of finding, retrieving, and evaluating information at Lincoln University, a Historically Black College University in Jefferson City, Missouri. Learn more about the librarian’s experience creating the course curriculum and website. Walk away with a renewed sense of energy as it pertains to designing and forming a new initiative at your home institution.
May 31, 2016 – 12PM EST My Methodology: It Was All A Dream Until I Sat Down and Put Pen to Paper In 15 minutes hear why a remix of information literacy was created and set in place for students to grasp the importance of finding, retrieving, and evaluating information at Lincoln University, a Historically … Read more
May 17, 2016 — 12pm EST Would You Ask A Librarian For A Lap Dance? Roz Warren Well? Would you? Library Humorist, Roz Warren, author of OUR BODIES, OUR SHELVES: A COLLECTION OF LIBRARY HUMOR, reads from the book and talks about using humor as a way to cope and a way to communicate.
May 17, 2016 — 12pm EST Would You Ask A Librarian For A Lap Dance? Roz Warren Well? Would you? Library Humorist, Roz Warren, author of OUR BODIES, OUR SHELVES: A COLLECTION OF LIBRARY HUMOR, reads from the book and talks about using humor as a way to cope and a way to communicate. Register
Metadata & Public Trust – Christina Manzo May 3, 2016 – 12pm EST Register With the rise of user tagging services (i.e. Flikr and Tumblr), many libraries are questioning the role of folksonomies (or user-generated metadata) in modern library cataloging. In this 15 minute coffee break, librarian Christina Manzo (Boston Public Library) will outline findings from … Read more
Failure Is an Option
Rebecca Donnelly
Librarians try so many new things–new programs & services, and new ways of promoting them. But not everything works, and it’s worth examining why not. Take a brief tour of library service fails and learn something from someone else’s mistakes!
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