January 2010
Upcoming LYRASIS classes!
Posted by Jennifer on 25 January, 2010 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
The following classes will be brought to you soon by LYRASIS, online and around the region. For more information or to register, please visit www.lyrasis.org. Keyword: Classes and Events. LYRASIS Preservation classes are funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access. Please keep an eye out for [...]
Disaster Plan by MayDay 2010 Step 2
Posted by Alix on 25 January, 2010 in Librarians, Preservation, disaster
LYRASIS Preservation Services will be publishing easy steps that you can take to complete your Disaster Plan. A new step will be presented every 2 weeks. If you follow each step you will have a Disaster Plan by MayDay 2010. To review previous steps simply search mayday.
Step 2 Assessment
You began gathering existing information and organizing [...]
Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program
Posted by Alicia on 21 January, 2010 in ALA, Librarians, Library News, Technology
On January 25, 2010, ALA-APA will accept applications from potential candidates interested in achieving the Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC). The LSSC Program is the first national, voluntary certification program for library support staff. This new certification program will help library support staff achieve recognition for current and new skills and abilities, and increase access [...]
Upcoming LYRASIS classes
Posted by Ada on 20 January, 2010 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
The following classes will be brought to you soon by LYRASIS, online and around the region. For more information or to register, please visit www.lyrasis.org. Keyword: Classes and Events. Please keep an eye out for our weekly discount codes as part of our educational stimulus program and save when you register for certain classes.
LYRASIS Preservation [...]
Plinkit Training Manual To Be Updated
Posted by Alicia on 14 January, 2010 in Technology
With the release of Plinkit 2.0, a new manual is being updated to reflect the new user interface and features that will be available to libraries using Plinkit. Toni Mantych (of Professional Quill™) developed the original manual and is expected to be updating both the Plinkit Training Manual and the Plinkit Administrator’s Manual this summer.
Disaster Plan by MayDay 2010 Step 1
Posted by Alix on 11 January, 2010 in Librarians, Preservation, disaster
LYRASIS Preservation Services will be publishing easy steps that you can take to complete your Disaster Plan. A new step will be presented every 2 weeks. If you follow each step you will have a Disaster Plan by MayDay 2010.
Step 1: Planning
With a new year come resolutions and goals. You are anxious to get started [...]
May Day! MayDay! Do You Have a Disaster Plan?
Posted by Alix on 4 January, 2010 in Librarians, Preservation
Follow along with the LYRASIS Preservation Services and have a disaster plan MayDay.
Discussions of disasters appear in news, blogs and listservs weekly, reminding us that a collection and facility damaging event can happen to anyone at any time. And yet, many of us put off writing a disaster plan.
Heritage Preservation along with the [...]