Serving the Young Adult Population: It’s not just about video games (WebJunction)

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Serving the Young Adult Population: It’s not just about video games (WebJunction)

Need to develop or improve your library services to youth? This webinar will provide you with a basic primer on how to attract and keep young adults interested in your library services and programs and how to create an atmosphere of inclusion comfortable for you, your staff and your local young adults. Join Jill Jarrell, librarian, author and web content consultant, and Maurice Coleman, Technical Trainer at Harford County Public Library, to learn about materials and tactics that can help bring the reluctant reader back into the library and how to create a safe and welcoming space for your young adults.

To register for this event, go to: http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1678

Monday, November 8 (2-3 pm)

Improve the Quality of Your Webinar Recordings (Pat Wagner)

Can you improve the quality of your recorded webinars with limited time, money, staff, and expertise? Pattern Research, Inc., currently uses GoToWebinar®, Camtasia For Mac® and Screencast.com® to produce and distribute our webinars; the combination has made a big difference in how our webinars look and sound. Tim Sullard, our operations manager, will share what he is using, why he chose these tools, and how you can make this combo work for you. Even if you use a PC or other platforms to record and post your webinars, the concepts could be applied to your productions.

To register for this event, go to: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/445099472

Monday, November 8 (3:30-4:30 pm)

Creating Community through Dynamic Teen Book Discussion Groups (Texas State Library & Archives)

How do teens learn the fine art of conversation?  A teen book group can be the perfect forum for creating meaningful dialogue, developing listen and communication skills, discussing existential issues common to all, and building community. Teens with good conversation skills have a great advantage when they enter the wider world. Find out how to help them develop communication and conversation skills — while having fun!”

For more information and to register for this program, visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/802123418

Wednesday, November 10 (11am -12 pm)

Best New Youth Books of 2010 (Nebraska Library Commission)

Sally Snyder, Coordinator of Children and Young Adult Library Services at the Nebraska Library Commission, will present brief book talks of new titles you may or may not have heard about, and that could be good additions to your library’s collection. Titles starting with teens and going back through preschool age will be highlighted.

To register for this event, go to: http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/scripts/training/eventshow.asp?ProgID=10084

Wednesday, November 10 (12:30pm- 1:30 pm)

Collaboration Through Understanding (School Library Journal)

Join moderator Dr. Elaine Roberts, Director, Professional Learning at Follett Software Company and a panel of education experts to learn Why collaboration among educators, students and parents is important and how it can positively impact student achievement, How to create a more collaborative environment within your school, How technology can positively influence collaboration, and The positive influence of social media on collaboration.  During this complimentary one-hour webinar, learn how panelists Mark Ray and Wendy Arnold have successfully created collaborative educational environments within their schools and the impact it has had on student achievement.

For more information and to register for this program, visit: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/SLJ/Technology/WebCasts/index.csp

Tuesday, November 16 (11:00am-12:30 pm)

Senior Spaces: Creating Your Library as a Place for Older Adults (Texas State Library & Archives)

Libraries (big and small) from New Jersey to California have begun to develop “spaces” to be focal points of service to “seniors” of all ages.  Like Children’s Rooms and Teen Spaces these areas in the Library make older adults feel welcome, engaged and involved!  How can you and your Library develop a space?  What do some of these spaces look like? How can these spaces be the “center” of new library programs for older adults? What have we learned from Libraries that have already developed “spaces? And, especially what if I have no space—what can I do?

For more information and to register for this program, visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/898871418

Tuesday, November 16 (2-3 pm)

Encyclopedia Evolution (Booklist)

Encyclopedias are the cornerstones of a library’s reference collection, but traditional encyclopedia publishing has been transformed over the past several years. Join Reference Books Bulletin editor Mary Ellen Quinn for an up-close look at how encyclopedias have changed. Joseph Janes, Associate Professor, The Information School, University of Washington, will discuss why encyclopedias exist, what they do, what they tell us, and how they’ve evolved. Representatives from Britannica, Grolier, and World Book will also talk about and demonstrate their newest encyclopedia models. Since general encyclopedias range from the elementary to the scholarly, there’s something here for librarians from every type of library.

To register for this event, go to: http://www.booklistonline.com/GeneralInfo.aspx?id=63

Tuesday, November 16 (2-3 pm)

Libraries Build Community: from distribution to engagement (WebJunction)

Some view the public library as a central purchasing and distribution center of books, movies, and music. Today, that content is increasingly digitized and consumed on gadgets carried in our homes, backpacks, purses and pockets. Distribution remains germane and yet, libraries are well positioned to extend beyond the limits of this role, to facilitate what John Seeley Brown and Paul Duguid called the social life of information. Social media technology presents libraries with new opportunities to enhance and extend the distribution model, to empower and engage patrons to build relevant and vibrant communities via the library. Moderator Chrystie Hill and presenters Helene Blowers and Nancy Dowd will engage you in a discussion of how public libraries build community with technologies and programs, new and old. Join us for this special webinar presented in collaboration with ALA TechSource.

To register for this event, go to: http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1677

Tuesday, November 16 (3-4 pm)

Introduction to Fundraising Planning (Foundation Center)

A successful nonprofit organization needs to cultivate multiple revenue streams through sound financial planning. If your organization has never developed a fundraising plan or calendar, this hour-long session is for you. It provides an overview of the process of strategically thinking through the components of a fundraising plan.

To register for this event, go to: http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/training/webinars/ifp_webinar.html

Wednesday, November 17 (3-4 pm)

Big eRef on a Small Budget, Part 2 (Texas State Library & Archives)

The past few years have seen a profusion of tools that give libraries with caviar dreams and ramen budgets the opportunity to deliver top notch reference and instructional services without dropping a dime. In two sessions, participants learn about some of these tools, explore possible applications of them, and discuss ways your library might be able to start using them. See examples of: Screenshots, Jing, Aviary, Screencasts, Google Sites, and Wikis.

For more information and to register for this program, visit: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/workshops/webinars/bigeref.htm

Thursday, November 18 (2-3 pm)

Balancing Your Library Without Breaking Your Budget: Selecting the best print resources to complement emerging electronic materials for young readers (School Library Journal)

This exciting Webinar presented by Junior Library Guild will delve into what young people read and how they read. The panel will explore the issues associated with long and short-term planning that will help ensure that print and electronic materials do not compete for dollars or readership. They’ll also examine the difficulties created by the current lack of integrated review sources to guide them as they select print and electronic collections.

To register for this event, go to: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/technologywebcasts/887433-428/balancing_your_library_without_breaking.html.csp

Thursday, November 18 (3- 4pm)

Writing a Library Behavior Code – an Update (Infopeople)

Libraries are more aware than ever before of who the sexual offenders are in their communities. What are the legal rights of the offenders, and the obligations of the library? What should the library do when someone is soliciting for charity, or selling services or products on library grounds? How much notice and appeals should be given to a library user, when asking him to leave for two hours? For six months?  Join Mary Minow to learn the answers to these and many other library behavior code questions.

To register for this event, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/430/index.html

Tuesday, November 23 (2-3 pm)

Young adults deserve the best: Using competencies to serve teens in your library (WebJunction)

The current generation of teens is the most ethnically diverse and technologically plugged-in ever. Is your library ready to serve them? YALSA’s Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth play a key role in everyday service to young adult patrons. Join Sarah Flowers, YALSA President-elect and author of Young Adults Deserve the Best: Putting YALSA’s Competencies into Action, to discuss practical ways to promote and apply the competencies to ensure quality library service to the teens in your community

To register for this event, go to: http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventcalendar.asp

Wednesday, November 24 (9-10 am)

Tech Talk with Michael Sauers (Nebraska Library Commission)

In this monthly feature of NCompass Live, the NLC’s Technology Innovation Librarian, Michael Sauers, will discuss the tech news of the month and share new and exciting tech for your library. There will also be plenty of time in each episode for you to ask your tech questions. So, bring your questions with you, or send them in ahead of time, http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/scripts/mail/mail2staff.asp?Michael%20Sauers, and Michael will have your answers.

To register for this event, go to: http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/scripts/training/eventshow.asp?ProgID=9973

Tuesday, November 30 (3-4 pm)

Top Tech Trends for the Non-Technical (Infopeople)

Join Joan Frye Williams for an easy-to-understand presentation on the newest technology trends.

To register for this event, go to: http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list

Thanks to Cindy S. Church, Continuing Education Consultant, for providing us with this information.