Archive from the ALA conference is now available at http://www.learningtimes.net/ala12/program/
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ALA Virtual Conference
The program for the ALA Virtual Conference is now posted at http://www.learningtimes.net/ala12/program/ .
The Virtual Conference is Wednesday July 18th and Thursday July 19th. The Virtual Library will be hosting the program in the Virtual Training Lab.
Please remember that all times listed on the program are EDT so the keynotes started at 6:30am PDT. If you want to view the keynotes, you will need to do so using the archived sessions, which are usually available within a day or two after the conference.
Virtual Library staff will be opening up at 7:30am for the first session at 7:45am.
We will let security to know to expect you, so please wear your badge, otherwise they won’t let you in. For those of you attending the department head meeting on the 18th, you may want to consider attending the first two sessions -
Urban Mediaspace Aarhus
Presented by Marie Ostergard
7:45-8:30 PDT
To focus on the library as democratic space means to learn how to co-work with your users and dare turn your library into a space for public interaction and perhaps even innovation.
In Aarhus Public Libraries this learning process has taken many shapes over the years working on the development of Mediaspace – the new main library in Aarhus. Through interactions, user-involvement, network-development, prototyping and communication in the physical library space, Aarhus has investigated new technologies, involvement processes and learning.
The presentation will discuss the visions for Mediaspace and give examples of development projects that have helped both to shape the visions, have increased knowledge of user needs as well as having been the stepping stones of new services in the future library. Finally the presentation will consider how interaction with users may help change the brand of the physical library from being a building with books and transactions into becoming a space for relations supporting user needs.
The State of eBook Borrowing from Libraries
Presented by Lee Rainie
8:45-9:30 PDT
Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project will describe the Project’s latest report about e-book borrowing from libraries, what’s working, what’s not, and what patrons would like to receive from librarians in the way of support. This work follows up the Project’s major report about the general population trends in e-book reading and use of e-book reading devices like Kindles, Nooks, and tablet computers.
ALA Virtual Library Conference
This year’s ALA Virtual Library conference is July 18th and 19th (Wednesday and Thursday). HR has agreed to cover the cost of the conference. In order to register, I need some idea of how many people are interested in attending and where they are interested in viewing the conference. Currently, the conference programs are not available so the poll is to gauge your interest, you are not committing to attending.
Please take the poll by May 25th so we can get your input.
About the conference:
Framing the ALA Virtual Conference on July 18 and 19, 2012, “Mapping Transformation” hosts keynote speakers and interactive 45-minute Web sessions providing insights from experts and offering opportunities for conversation around key issues related to transformation in libraries.
Speakers include: George Needham and Joan Frye Williams on Libraries in a Post-Print World; Lee Rainie (Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project), on the rise of e-books and next steps in the Project’s research on the evolving role of libraries; Brian Mathews, Jamie LaRue, Emily Dowdall (Senior Associate- Pew Charitable Trusts’ Philadelphia Research Initiative), Nate Hill, and others on transformative thinking and activity in libraries, and more.
And back by popular demand–30-minute author lunches hosted by Booklist editors Brad Hooper (talking with Katherine Boo) and Donna Seaman.
The archive of ALA Virtual Conference will be available free to registrants for up to six months, and also free after the event to all full registrants of ALA Annual Conference.
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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.
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)
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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 did and we are!
Inertia has been our friend. Restructuring is unpopular with staff but rocking the boat sometimes can be helpful.
Also been our enemy but when we really have to look at things we can find something to cut.
Things that might help:
- Stop doing things not a priority
- Cut items not used as much
- Make sure people know what happened to your library delivery in positive manner
- First person to communicate to is the staff – do nice things to get message across. Share story in productive ways.
- Take advantage of any opportunity to restructure, reorganize and outsource.
- Make choices, action increases energy and improves morale
- enjoy your accomplishments
Celebrate with staff – bring donuts, outings together
How are you going to do it?
- for many fun is in short supply
- moving toward greatness was never more necessary
- Have core values, need to be very short like 4
Customer focused libraries get to first base…
- Ditch the rules /signs, should have no negative signs or ones with a red circleX through them .
- observe and respond to cultural shifts
- choose your fights; some problems don’t need to be solved
- show respect and affection for customers
I loved this statement – no sign can fix the problem!
Public building, make as nice as possible for everyone. Enforce policies individually instead as a group.
Example: No splitting allowed in the Library. Think about this: I’m sure the Flamingo doesn’t allow splitting but they don’t have a sign either!
Tools to help get message across:
- http://www.wordle.net – type in any words – type in multiple times to make the words larger
- smile
- Mt Laurel NJ Library has really nice display area – see archive presentation for pictures (if you need to login contact Jon White or Lauren Stokes)
- Monroe township library – bottle water bag of chips laptop feet up on a table. brought resources with her cost you nothing
- pictures of people in your library
- Use twitter – Vancouver uses successfully
6 things to do today
- catch breath
- consider your options and set direction
- communicate early and often
- be nice to yourself and customers
- hold on to your sense of curiosity streamline workload, organization best service for the money
- courage is a choice not a trait – sense of humor is great
Looking into future – like to think libraries will be there in the future.
Karen Hyman presenter
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 at eMedia in the following categories:
- Look at how many new people signing up to use the service each month.
Last year 2009-2010 here are how many new patrons signed up to use our service:
- Look at the number of patrons who checked out eMedia:
The presenter noted when they stopped buying new content the use dropped off and came back when they started purchasing again. This showed them content was a driving factor for use of eMedia.
Where are patrons coming from to find eMedia collections?
Here’s the top 20 referring websites for the past nine months (10/1/2009 – 06/30/2010):
Note the number of people using the Sony Search and the OverDrive search as well as finding it through a Google search.
For the top 50 view the emedia referrals 2009_10.
Which format is best? In our case WMA was used the most same as the presenters.
Which format has the best turnover rate? For us it is WMA closely followed by MP3. For the presenter it was MP3 format. he felt it was due to the MP3 format being compatible with iPods.
What is the patrons’ interest or what are they putting on hold? Here’s our top 20 for the past 10 months:
How does it relate to the New York Times Best Sellers list?
One service which we don’t own which the presenter recommended was Tumble Books Library designed for the youth market preschool and up. Their usage of the service was $0.12 per view. Is this something we might want to look at?
How many patrons are repeat users? Each month I look at the new of patrons who checkout eMedia and the number of first time new users. It averages about 32% are new users.
The second presentation was from an academic viewpoint. Not much there for a public library to use but he did state he thinks publishers in the near future will publish books electronically first before they print them.
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 White – whitej@lvccld.org and let him know which session(s) you wish to attend. We will have computers setup at the Virtual Library Training room for you to use if you have no access at your library. Training Credit will be provide with supervisor approval.
Here’s the schedule for Wednesday July 7th (see the next post for July 8th sessions)
DAY ONE – WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2010:
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KEYNOTE – CREATING RELEVANCY FOR USERS | |
| Joan Frye Williams, futurist, and George Needham, strategist, (www.georgeandjoan.com) will present a lively look at how librarians can create an engaging and relevant experience for our users. It’s obvious: the world in which we’re operating has changed a lot faster than we have. Community expectations for just about everything we’ve generally considered our stock in trade will continue to be shaped by forces way outside our control. To survive, we must change our practices – without sacrificing our principles. George and Joan will discuss how we can alter our focus, realign our services, and redeploy library staff in ways that speak compellingly to current and prospective users. They’ll describe how we can seize strategic opportunities, solidify the library’s position in whatever community we serve, and by doing so, create a new age of library relevance. | ||
| Speakers: George Needham, Joan Frye Williams | ||
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E-BOOKS: HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WAS WORTH IT? | |
| Models of ebook collection analysis continue to evolve. This program will provide a discussion of the different measures available to evaluate usage of ebooks as well as anticipated improvements desired to measure and evaluate the library’s investment in ebooks. | ||
| Speakers: Terry Kirchner, Tom Wright, Christopher Warnock | ||
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TAKING THE LIBRARY WITH YOU: VR GOING MOBILE | |
| Interested in finding budget friendly ways to expand your library’s virtual reference services to include mobile devices? Attendees will hear from, and be able to talk to innovative leaders in our profession, who will describe how their institutions are offering virtual reference services via mobile devices, including the tools they use, and their successes and challenges. Efforts of individual libraries and cooperatives are represented, as are SMS/texting and other mobile applications. | ||
| Speakers: Pam Sessoms, Lori Bell | ||
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AUTHOR TALK | |
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THE ADA, DIVERSITY, AND THE WORKPLACE: MANAGING FOR SUCCESS | |
| 20 years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act sought to improve the lives of all people in the workplace. Today, both managers and employees must adhere to and embrace the change that ADA has brought to our places of employment. Featured speaker Naomi Earp, Director for Opportunity, Inclusiveness, and Compliance at the Library of Congress, will help attendees explore how they can bring the promise of ADA into the workplace to celebrate diversity, improve employees’ experiences, and build better organizations. | ||
| Speaker: Naomi Earp | ||
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STARTING OUT? START WITH YOU: WHAT EVERY NEW LIBRARIAN NEEDS TO KNOW | |
| Are you a new librarian seeking to share your bright ideas, enthusiasm, and fresh perspective? Want to learn more about professional awareness and participation, networking, communication, research, publication, promotion, and tenure? Learn how to develop your career by turning initiative into innovation, identifying best practices, overcoming setbacks, and maximizing contributions. This program will highlight important considerations for new librarians and recommend actions that will enhance professional development, job satisfaction, and career growth. | ||
| Speakers: Karen Sobel, Lisa Carlucci Thomas | ||
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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 White – whitej@lvccld.org and let him know which session(s) you wish to attend. We will have computers setup at the Virtual Library Training room for you to use if you have no access at your library. Training Credit will be provide with supervisor approval.
Here’s the schedule for Thursday July 8th:
ALA Virtual Conference
ALA Virtual Conference, July 7 and 8, 2010.
A full series of 11 interactive one-hour Web sessions hosted by the Virtual Library. The sessions are listed at www.ala.org/annual. Each interactive program session focuses on some aspect of how to do your job better, and you will learn creative solutions for working smarter in this economy. You will have the opportunity to interact with speakers and other attendees during each session.
Each day will start with a keynote speaker, followed by the sessions, plus an optional 30-minute author lunch (followed by 30 minutes of down time). The conference runs each day from 8:00 a.m. Pacific to 2:00 p.m. Pacific.
You are welcome to attend all or some of the session. Please email whitej@lvccld.org to reserve your seat as our seating is limited. Please indicate the session(s) you are attending. The Video conference will be setup in the Virtual Library Training room. You will get training credits for attending. Please confirm with your supervisor before sending your reservation.
ALA Virtual Conference
ALA is providing a Virtual Conference July 7th and 8th. HR is going to provide access for 15 IP addresses for the conference. The Virtual Library can be one hosting site but other libraries are welcome to host as well. Interested? Please reply to Steve Baskin baskins@lvccld.org , if you want to attend a session at the Virtual Library or want your library to host some sessions. If your library wants to host all of some of the sessions your library will need a computer with speakers, software (I’m checking on which one they are using) and an Internet connection from our network. Read more..
Attend the Annual Conference right from your personal computer during the American Library Association’s (ALA)
Virtual Conference. ALA is offering a full series of 11 interactive Web sessions on Wednesday, July 7 and Thursday, July 8 after the 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference will begin each day at 11:00 a.m. Eastern/8:00 a.m. Pacific and end at 5:00 p.m. Eastern/2:00 p.m. Pacific.
Interact with speakers and other attendees during each of these hour long sessions on a variety of exciting
topics. Each day will start with a keynote speaker, include various sessions, plus an optional author lunch. All sessions
will be one hour in length, with the exception of the author lunch which will be thirty minutes, followed by thirty
minutes of down time for the attendees.
These interactive programs are the next best thing to being right at the Annual Conference itself. The sessions focus on some aspect of how to do your jobs better so you will learn creative solutions to work smarter in this economy.
