October 2007
Work Off Those Thanksgiving Calories with a Class
Posted by Laura on 29 October, 2007 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
Promoting Library Services Using Blogs and RSS
11/27/2007, Tuckahoe Area Library - Max Anderson
Introduction to Preservation (Live Online)
11/27/2007 - 12/11/2007, Distance Education - Kara McClurken
Advanced Collection Client (Live Online)
11/27/2007 - 11/28/2007, Distance Education - Marlee Dorn Givens
General Cataloging Principles & Practices
11/29/2007, SOLINET - Marlee Dorn Givens
Care and Handling of Library Materials (Live Online)
11/29/2007, Distance Education - [...]
Have a broken ipod? Know someone who does?
Posted by Laura on 24 October, 2007 in Electronics
I’m sure you see patrons with brand new ipods in your libraries all the time, right? But what did they do with their old ipod? Point your patrons to buymybrokenipod.com. There they can enter the model and condition and receive offers and payment via Paypal. They even say this all happens within 24 hours of [...]
Report from the Beach
Posted by Max on 19 October, 2007 in Academic Libraries, Conferences, Digital Libraries, Library News, Products and Services, Public Libraries
Today is not over and I am exhausted already! Ever feel like that at a conference? This morning I attended two sessions and one this afternoon. Here is the breakdown on them:
Lip Smacking Good: Web 2.0 Technologies and Your Library Blog, by Robin Fay and Amy Watts of UGA. They gave a short but [...]
Georgia COMO 2007
Posted by Max on 17 October, 2007 in Conferences
Just returned from MAC/MLA 2007 and now I am at GA/COMO 2007. No rest for the wicked I suppose. Jekyll Island is quite beautiful. My wonderful co-workers from SOLINET, Jessica and Kara and I went to see some Sea Turtles yesterday after we arrived. The conference gets underway for the most part tomorrow, so I [...]
Being an Advocate in the City of Brotherly Love
Posted by Max on 16 October, 2007 in ALA, Educational Services, WebJunction
Are you attending ALA Mid-Winter 2008 in Philadelphia? Want to learn how to be an advocate or improve your skills? There will be two advocacy programs available!
From 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, January 11 2008, the Advocacy Institute will cover core advocacy skills, including message development and coalition building during the morning session. [...]
Brush Up On Your Skills - Attend a Class!
Posted by Laura on 15 October, 2007 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
Cascading Style Sheets with Dreamweaver (Live Online)
11/12/2007, Max Anderson — Distance Education
The Library’s Place on Campus
11/13/2007, David Greenebaum — SOLINET Office
Principles of Controlled Vocabulary and Thesaurus Design
11/13/2007 - 11/14/2007, I-Chene Tai — Arlington County Department of Libraries
Information Literacy Assessment (Live Online)
11/13/2007 - 11/14/2007, Russell Palmer — Distance Education
Preserving Oral Histories (Live Online)
11/14/2007, Kara McClurken — [...]
Victorian public librarians in planning mode
Posted by Christine on 14 October, 2007 in Public Libraries, Social Software
from Christine…
I’m just back from a planning retreat for library managers and senior staff from Victorian public librarians and the State Library of Victoria. SLV administers the Statewide projects which are projects that benefit all public libraries in the state and we are going into a new triennial funding round. It was a great 3 [...]
MLA/MAC Annual Conference Update
Posted by Max on 11 October, 2007 in Conferences, Social Software
The weather in Baltimore has gone from in the 90’s when I flew in on Tuesday, to the high 50’s today, with some rain mixed in here and there. Yesterday I attended some Contributed Paper Sessions. I think my favorite was “When a Blog is Not a Blog,” by Bart Ragon, David Moody [...]
MAC/MLA Annual Meeting 2007
Posted by Max on 10 October, 2007 in Conferences
I am in Baltimore for the MAC/MLA Annual Meeting - called “What’ll it be HON?” - having a great time so far. I attended an opening night reception at Westminster Hall where Edgar Allen Poe is buried - and there are catacomb tour. Everyone dressed up in goth attire - since it is close to [...]
CONTENTdm Collections
Posted by Laura on 8 October, 2007 in Digital Libraries
The fantastic thing about CONTENTdm is that content doesn’t have to be limited to the boring stuff. Case in point: Singin’ Sam, The Barbasol Man and Showgirls. Keep yourself entertained and learn something all at the same time.