Had our first TechMunchies event today. TechMunchies is a new staff training series at my library to help staff get comfortable with technology in an easy-going, informal setting. It’s a lunch-time series, so staff can bring food and eat and converse while learning something new. I see it as a continuation of the Learning 2.0 [...]
Categories: 10 Things, Instruction, Libraries, Professional Development, Technology
It’s not too early to start thinking about getting involved with the PLA 2010 Conference in Portland, Oregon! The website for the next PLA National Conference is now up and people can submit program proposals online.
The Public Library Association (PLA) is now planning the 2010 PLA National Conference, which will be held in Portland, Oregon, [...]
Categories: Conferences, Libraries, Professional Development
I know there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of readers out there who are just dying to hear about how my career is progressing, so this post is for all of you ! Seriously, though, this past month has been full of interesting developments for me professionally.
First, I received a promotion to supervisor of [...]
Categories: Libraries, Professional Development
Okay, wrapping things up here (btw, these have not been in order of attendance):
A few key points from the “Need to Lead” program sponsored by the Urban Libraries Council and its Executive Leadership Initiative:
ELI is based on action learning – learning is most effective when involved in a real-tim, actual project
learning how to move their [...]
Categories: Conferences, Libraries, Professional Development
More notes lessons, inspiration, ideas, questions from PLA 2008…
From George and Joan’s presentation, “It Ain’t Necessarily So: Challenging the Assumptions of Legacy Librarianship”
librarians have never been the first or second choice to get information
how does the library add value to an open information economy?
enhanced discoverability – engines, not opacs, crawl-able databases, text/im microformats, digitization, captioning, [...]
Categories: Conferences, Libraries, Professional Development
