Things said in class today:
Oh, coool…..
I’ve always wondered how to do that
Wow, this changes the way I do things at the library
Start with the simplest and most probable solutions. “When you see horse prints look for horses, not zebras.”
Take pride in your solution
April 3 2009, 10-11 am or 2-3 pm Mountain Time
BCR’s Digital and Preservation Services (DPS) provides free assistance to help you through the Preservation Assistance Grant (PAG) application process. Small- to medium-sized institutions can apply for $6000 to preserve and care for their collections through the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)’s Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions. Eligible institutions include non-profit libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, arts and cultural organizations, and town and county records offices.
For more information and to register for this program, visit:
http://www.bcr.org/training/schedule/programdetail.php?programid=350
Today’s class on Help for the Technophobic Librarian was fun! We talked about all things techie, with folks that have patrons in every day doing techie things. Library directors and others who are interested in technology came to the event. Some takeaways:
Our patrons are doing 2.0 things every day on our computers. Are our librarians in the 2000’s or are we back in 1999?
Thomas Friedman said, “It’s all about how you horizontalize. It’s who addresses this clean power challenge the best that will find the most productivity.” Thomas Friedman, \”The world is flat 3.0\”
We need to realize that it’s the masses of people who are deciding how businesses run and even the libraries. We need to “learn it or die” as one attendee said. After all, “the people in the library are doing it like crazy,” continued another librarian.
Instructor: Shelly Drumm, BCR
Audience: Public librarians who have websites through this project
Location: Utah State Library, Computer Lab, 201
We will review the basics of setting up your pages, adding posts, adding links, news feeds, your online library catalog, and anything else you want. The last part of the session will be for help with your individual site. Come prepared to learn and do! This is a working session. Bring all those who work on your website.
Don’t own a public library website in Utah yet? Contact Colleen Eggett ceggett@utah.gov
See details about the project
Making this site more 2 point Oh! ey
I am thinking of ways to get this site even cooler than it is. I want to make it so it’s smoother, easier to use. Any ideas from you 2.0 gurus out there? I just joined Library 2.0 on ning and am thinking of some of those features.
Help me obi wan kanobi, you’re my only hope.
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