PLA Virtual Conference 2012 Archives

This year’s programs at the PLA Virtual Conference where very good, so for those of you who could not make the live event, I hope you will view some of the archived programs. To access the archives click http://www.learningtimes.net/pla2012/program/ and use (virtual/virtual). Then choose the program you are interested in listening to. To take a [...]

Pinerest

This was talked about in this morning session of PLA12. Have you looked at Pinerest? If so have you created any Pinboards?  Could this be used by LVCCLD?  If so, please share your ideas! Here’s NYPL’s pinboards. Here’s CMPL’s pinboards

Embrace Disruption

Nate Riggs presented along side Julie Theado of the Columbus Public Library and Johannes Neuer of the New York Public Library today at the PLA 2012 virtual conference. His section was on disruptive technology. Here is his video (slides): 5 Disruptive Technologies Libraries Cannot Afford to Ignore — #PLA12

Tweens: Lean, Mean & Green

Poster Session at PLA 2012 by Terry Ann Lawler Assistant Manager and Children’s Librarian Library of Phoenix Public Library, Palo Verde Branch rainstick craft greenTWEENS Program Plan green tweens Green Programs green phoenix duct tape craft cd jewel case crafts

PLA Virtual Conference

PLA is offering a great way to participate in and enjoy the PLA Conference, even if you can’t be there in person. The PLA 2012 Virtual Conference will consist of live programming on Thursday, March 15 and Friday, March 16, including five hour-long programs each day, plus author interviews, poster sessions, and opportunities for networking. [...]

Library 2.011 Conference Online

The Library 2.011 conference is a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. Subject strands include the changing roles of libraries and librarians, the increasing impact of digital media and the e-book revolution, open educational resources, digital literacy, shifts from information consumption to production (Web 2.0), [...]

Librarian’s Share: Paige Jaeger recaps the Library Journal e-Conference

Here’s another recap from the eBook Summit. Adam Sockel Oct 18, 2011 1:34 PM – Show original item On Thursday, October 13th Library Journal held its 2nd annual eBook Summit web conference.  Paige Jaegar, the coordinator for School Library Services at Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES, not only attended this year’s conference, but she [...]

Internet Librarian 2011: Community Embraces Online 11:1

Sarah Oct 18, 2011 5:25 PM – Show original item Internet Librarian 2011: Community Embraces Online 11:1 Denise Siers, Melissa Falgout, and David Wasserman Denise Siers gave us an overview of the King County Library System: a large system serving many people over a large geographic area.  They have 1 million card-holders, 90% of whom [...]

Internet Librarian 2011: Designing for Optimal UX

Staff who are looking at ways to continue to make the Library relevant to our users may wish to follow some of the highlights from Internet Librarian 2011. Here’s one summary of interest. Sarah Oct 18, 2011 5:31 PM – Show original item Internet Librarian 2011: Designing for Optimal UX Nate Hill and Chris Noll [...]

LJ/SLJ eBook Summit Summary Articles

Since the archive of the ebook Summit is going to take a while to get, here are summaries for some of the discussions from spolanka Oct 14, 2011 12:37 PM The 2nd annual LJ/SLJ eBook Summit held on Wednesday offered some fantastic discussions on the implementation of eBooks in a variety of libraries.  Below are [...]

ALA 2011 Virtual Conference

Missed the ALA Virtual Conference?  You can now view any of the sessions in the archive.  Please go to http://learningtimes.net/ala11/ Use LVCCLD for username and the password is virtual. Enjoy.

Libraries at the Tipping Point?

There has been some discussion about what is scary about ebooks? Here is an excellent presentation that, in my opinion, explains the issue pretty well. It’s from the “ebooks: Libraries @ the tipping point” was an interesting online conference that occurred on September 29, 2010. Eli Neiberger (Ann Arbor Public Library) gave a brilliant 20-minute [...]

Social Lives and Information Literacy

Today’s learners have new tools, they are not new kids. The reason for  the kids today not using the Internet can be two fold: it is the digital divide access vs participation .  And then  some kids just don’t use the tools for an unknown reason. These learners are: in a mini generation gap they [...]

ALA Virtual Conference Archive

If you missed the ALA Virtual Conference sessions you are welcome to go to the archived site and view them. http://www.learningtimes.net/ala10/program Login/Password set: (all lower case) lvccld01 lvccldala10

Tech Webinar

A look back at ALA Annual Conference from a library technology perspective. Our panel of experts will analyze and discuss what they learned and what trends stood out at the conference. Panelists: Jason Griffey, Head of Library Information Technology, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, and ALA TechSource and American Libraries blogger Kate Sheehan, Open Source Implementation [...]

Reinventing Your Library

To Move ahead you may need to give up on… The funders seeing the light hand wringing about the past and negative predictions about the future dream of revenge on customers who didn’t save you acceptance of blame thinking strategically Why didn’t we plan for this? Why aren’t we planning for it now? – We [...]

ALA Virtual Conference – Wednesday Keynote

The Big Picture and How We Get There – We must understand our customers.  What makes them come to the library? What  words do they use? Library services are designed by us as to what is proper but customers don’t think they same way as we do. Nobody  has time – patrons think the Library [...]

Wednesday – eBooks cost Effectiveness

How do we know it was worth it? Public Library view The presenter of this workshop recommended looking at the following to determine the cost effectiveness of your OverDrive service: Look at traditional checkouts  and holds placed – what is has the most use and holds?  This is what is  important to the patrons. Look [...]

Virtual ALA Conference – Wednesday July 7th

The Virtual ALA Conference is coming up soon – July 7th & 8th. We have 15 licenses but in order to access the conference from a computer in-house you will need one with speakers and be able to install the Adobe Acrobat Connect Add-in. If you are interested in attending a session please contact Jon [...]

ALA Virtual Conference – Day 2 July 8th

The Virtual ALA Conference is coming up soon – July 7th & 8th. We have 15 licenses but in order to access the conference from a computer in-house you will need one with speakers and be able to install the Adobe Acrobat Connect Add-in. If you are interested in attending a session please contact Jon [...]