Librarians
Disaster Plan by MayDay 2010 Step 5
Posted by Alix on 8 March, 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 5 Collect Recovery Procedures
If you have been following along; you have assessed the potential [...]
Is Google Ready for the Big One?
Posted by Alicia on 4 March, 2010 in Librarians, Social Software, Technology
Google is ready when disaster strikes. According to Rajen Sheth, Senior Product Manager, Google Apps, Google is prepared for disaster recovery for all the major applications in the Apps suite (Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Sites, Google Talk, Google Video).
Customers don’t have to worry about backup options for the data they create and store within Google [...]
Disaster Plan by MayDay 2010 Step 4
Posted by Alix on 22 February, 2010 in Librarians, Preservation, Uncategorized, 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 4 Assess Salvage Priorities
In step 3 you were asked to identify essential services; the functions [...]
Disaster Plan by MayDay 2010 Step 3 Identify Essential Services
Posted by Alix on 8 February, 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 two weeks. If you follow each step you will have a Disaster Plans by MayDay 2010.
In step 1, you began gathering information about your cultural institution’s current state of readiness and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
LIS Online Career Fair
Posted by Jennifer on 3 December, 2009 in Conferences, Librarians
Are you a new library-school graduate? Or are you in mid career and looking for a change? Are you wondering how to improve your career skills? Or are you ready to try a certificate program? Looking to refresh your resume?
Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services invite you to join [...]
Board Development, Anyone?
Posted by LynHopper on 2 December, 2009 in Librarians, Public Libraries
Jennifer has graciously assigned me a password to be a guest blogger, and I am wondering if there is interest in library board development among the “Check It Out!” readers. I have just started a consulting company, and a new blog in conjunction with that. You can see my board-related post here.
Consider these [...]