March 2008
NC Health Info Portal
Posted by Max on 31 March, 2008 in Library News
My co-worker Rusty pointed me to this great health portal.
NC Health Info is an online guide to Web sites of quality health and medical information and local health services throughout North Carolina. Designed to meet the needs and interests of North Carolinians, NC Health Info leads users to resources that are reliable and easy to [...]
Turning dirt into libraries
Posted by David on 31 March, 2008 in Library News
The Sublette County (Wyoming) library is building a new wing using rammed-earth construction—it will be the first rammed-earth public building in the country.
Rammed earth is an ancient building technique that’s regaining popularity because it’s environmentally fabulous. It’s done by compressing dirt mixed with a stabilizer (lime, cement or the like) into a mold to form [...]
Bough Named to Territorial Director of Libraries, Archives and Museums in Virgin Islands
Posted by Max on 31 March, 2008 in Library News
March 23, 2008 — Gov. John deJongh Jr. has appointed St. Croix native Ingrid A. Bough as territorial director of libraries, archives and museums. The appointment took effect March 12.
Bough, an attorney, returns home to St. Croix and the Virgin Islands after serving for 20 years at the Library [...]
Upcoming Educational Opportunities from SOLINET
Posted by Max on 31 March, 2008 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
Here are some great upcoming opportunities to increase your knowledge…
Disaster Preparedness (Face-to-Face, Florida State University)
4/29/2008, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Management 101: Resource Allocation (Face-to-Face, Alachua Public Library)
4/29/2008, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
20 Questions: Business Resources (Live Online)
4/29/2008, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Podcasting for Libraries (Live Online)
4/29/2008, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Web 2.0: Social Software Applications [...]
SBA Disaster Assistance for GA Tornado Victims
Posted by Alicia on 27 March, 2008 in Preservation
Our heart goes out to members and their staff who have been affected by the recent tornadoes in the Atlanta area.
SBA disaster assistance is available to tornado victims in Georgia following the March 14-16 incident. (See sba-press-release and fact-sheet-ga-11196-2)
FEMA is working with the state to identify the locations of Disaster Recovery Centers and their hours of [...]
Cultural Institutions Affected by Recent Tornadoes in ATL
Posted by Alicia on 26 March, 2008 in Preservation
Solinet knows of three cultural institutions directly affected by the storms and tornadoes that came through the Atlanta area March 14th-16th.
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library had some broken windows at their central library but luckily no collections were damaged. They also suffered from debris from nearby buildings. One of their biggest challenges was that [...]
Upcoming Classes!
Posted by Max on 25 March, 2008 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
Promoting Library Services Using Blogs and RSS (Live Online)
4/22 - 4/23, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Webjunction: Using TechAtlas to Manage the Technology in Your Library (Live Online) **FREE!**
4/22, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Rules and Tools for Cataloging Internet Resources (Face-to-Face, SOLINET)
4/22 - 4/23, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Basic Digital Stewardship (Live Online)
4/25, 10:00 am [...]
Calling Small to Mid-sized Mississippi Museums!
Posted by Alicia on 24 March, 2008 in Preservation
Heritage Preservation has created a new Risk Evaluation and Planning program for small to mid-sized musems. Their pilot project will focus initially on Mississippi, Texas, and Ohio. Two assessors will come on-site to conduct an on-site general risk evaluation, write a report of the findings, outline priorities for cost-effective management strategies, and follow up by [...]
Trading cards came in!
Posted by Max on 21 March, 2008 in Educational Services
Our trading cards for our Training Showcase for staff came in yesterday via courier - check them out!
Thanks goes out to Sam Mitchell at SOLINET for his hard work on this project. Thanks so much Sam! You did a great job.
Going Green
Posted by Max on 18 March, 2008 in Educational Services
SOLINET is going green. To save natural and financial resources, the quarterly class schedule will no longer be printed and mailed. Please find the Spring 2008 Class Schedule on the SOLINET website in PDF format.
As always, SOLINET has responded to your requests and needs. You will see four new classes on [...]