23 Things Summit

“23 Things” is a revolutionary staff development learning concept centered on social collaboration tools. Helene Blowers successfully created the first program while at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.

Thousands of libraries and library organizations of every size and type have adapted the idea for their staff. Hands-on, self-directed, and innovative, 23 Things style programs have introduced many, many library staff, volunteers, trustees, and others to 2.0 tools like blogs and wikis.

During this 2 hour Summit, organizers from several successful programs around the nation will share best practices and lessons learned. Participants will be able to ask questions and seek advice to help in implementing a similar program.

Who should attend? If you are involved with library training, if you are thinking about implementing a 23 things style program, or if you have already implemented a 23 things style program and want to share what you’ve learned, then this session is for you!

WebJunction, MaintainIT, the State Library of Kansas, and the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library are collaborating to create this event.

Date: 3/3/2009
Start Time: 2:00 PM EST
End Time: 4:00 PM EST

Register here.

Virtual Town Hall: Focus on Staff Training

Hosted by the great team at WebJunction:

Virtual Town Hall: Focus on Staff Training

Training budgets are shrinking while patron traffic is increasing in these economic tough times. What new or improved skills do library staff need to meet the demand? How do we think innovatively about our learning strategies? Join your learning professional community in the new “Virtual Town Hall” format. Engage your colleagues in a lively session of questions, brainstorms, stories, and practical strategies.

Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Time: 2-3pm EST

Register: http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1551

New WebJunction Site

The new WebJunction site is live. There are already some WJ fans out there who have created new profiles and been testing the site over the weekend. As I predicted it looks a lot like Facebook. (Does this mean WebJunction would be banned from children’s computers too?)

So check it out, and while you’re at it join the Library Learning Group on WebJunction.

My Page on the New WebJunction

The site looks great! You can tell a lot of people put a lot of hard work into this. Way to go WebJunction!

Cultivating a Culture of Learning in the Library

Last month I gave my very first webinar, Cultivating a Culture of Learning in the Library, for WebJunction. There were over a hundred participants, and I have been asked to give an encore presentation. How cool is that! If you are free I’d love to have you join in and contribute your thoughts about learning in libraries.

Cultivating a Culture of Learning in the Library
August 5, 11:00 AM Pacific/2:00 PM Eastern

Lori Reed will show how to create a culture of learning in your library. This is an encore presentation. Join us for a free hour-long webinar focused on helping library managers, trainers and front-line staff succeed with online learning. Please register for the webinar and you will be sent instructions for joining and preparing your computer.

ALA Part VI: WebJunction and MaintainIT Project

WebJunction Member Advisory-Advisory Breakfast

Monday morning started with a WebJunction member advisory-advisory breakfast. Participants included library staff who have collaborated with WebJunction previously and represented a variety of library sizes and types. It was a small group and allowed for informal discussion and brainstorming about how a member advisory committee should function.

WebJunction Members Advisory, Advisory Breakfast

Keeping Your Computers Up and Running — We Can Help!

The afternoon session I attended was “Keeping Your Computers Up and Running — We Can Help!” Speakers were Diane Neal, North Carolina Central University, Jennifer Peterson, WebJunction, and Brenda Hough, MaintainIT Project. You’ll be hearing a lot more from me on this subject in the months to come as I begin hosting MaintainIT Project webinars in the Southeast.

Later in the afternoon I took a walk around the exhibit hall again, ran into lots of biblioblogosphere friends, then headed back to my hotel to pack. I had a 10pm flight out of LAX and had hoped to sleep during the 5-hour flight home. Instead I was seated between some loud, intoxicated people who insisted on talking the entire flight home.

6am arrival in Charlotte and interestingly enough on the shuttle from the airport to the parking lot all 3 passengers were returning from ALA. The orange totes can probably be spotted from up in the air! But it was a nice way to find colleagues.

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