November 8 (9-10 am)
Tech Tools with Tine: 1 Hour of Join.Me (Texas State
Library & Archives Commission)
Want a concise demo of how one tool works from a veteran
software trainer with a little library context thrown in? Well, that's our Tech Tools with Tine
series! In this Webinar, Tine talks
about Join.me - a free online meeting and screen-sharing tool.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/workshops/webinars/index.html
November 8 (12-1 pm)
Making Difficult Conversations Easy (Effectiveness
Institute)
Do you shy away from conflict? In organizations across
the world conflict is avoided. Expectations go unmet, values are violated, and
overall under-performance exists because people do not know how to effectively
resolve issues without resorting to the use of power. This one-hour session
introduces you to concepts that enable you to begin to "integrate
conflict" - to walk into it and effectively handle it - rather than avoid
it.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://www.effectivenessinstitute.com/index.php?option=com_dtregister&Itemid=54
November 12 (11-12 pm)
Building Nonprofit-Business Partnerships for the 21st
Century (GrantSpace)
Learn how nonprofit leaders are crafting new sustainable
relationships with businesses and corporations. This webinar, offered in
partnership with the Center for Nonprofit Management and Strategy at the Baruch
College School of Public Affairs, will offer insight and guidance to help you
navigate the brave new world of nonprofit and business partnerships. We'll
specifically address new trends driving these relationships.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://grantspace.org/Classroom/Training-Calendar/Live-Webinars/
November 12 (11-12 pm)
Creating Culture that Rocks (Training Magazine)
This interactive session is effectively designed to
highlight best practices to create, maintain, enhance or even revolutionize a
company’s culture in all areas of the business.
Jim Knight, former Hard Rock Training executive and now Founder of
Knight Speaker, will discuss key strategies to transform any organization’s
culture, regardless of the current state of the state.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://www.trainingmagnetwork.com/welcome/Webinar%20Calendar
November 12 (12-1:30 pm)
Conversation Sparks: Library Programming for Special
Needs (Southern Maryland Regional Library Association)
Conversation Sparks is a way to facilitate a large-scale
conversation with librarians around the country. In this virtual environment,
participants will meet with the purpose of exchanging ideas, exploring best
practices, and learning from others in the profession. It is a way to break
paradigms and learn from the examples of others in an environment of respect
and understanding. Our November session
focuses on Library Programs for Special Needs with examples from libraries
across the country. If you have an example of a Special Needs library project
or porgram, share it with us during our Open Sharing portion of the session.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://host2.evanced.info/maryland/evanced/eventcalendar.asp
November 12 (12-1:30 pm)
Grace Under Pressure: Tips and Tricks to Cultivate a
Positive Approach (WebJunction)
Working in a library can feel like a constant juggling
act. We navigate competing demands and challenging situations on a daily basis
in order to meet our mission and transform our communities. In this interactive
session, discover how to handle these challenges proactively. Learn positive,
practical tips, stress-reduction skills, and ideas for changing your personal
work style. Learn strategies to help you face challenging situations that
affect your whole organization and society-wide issues that impact the
communities we serve. Feel better and be more effective at your work.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction.html
November 12 (12-1 pm)
Social Media and Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch)
Join this free webinar to learn more about social media,
and how you can use social media tools to increase your volunteer engagement
and expand your volunteer recruitment. Volunteer engagement is changing. What
do you need to know about social media as a volunteer program manager? How can
you use social media to promote your volunteer opportunities and recruit
volunteers? This webinar will offer an introduction to including social media
in your volunteer recruitment and retention plans. You'll see examples of
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube pages, as well as blogs that other nonprofits
have successfully used to draw attention to their organizations and volunteer
opportunities.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://learn.volunteermatch.org/training-topics
November 12 (12-1 pm)
Teen Services Amplified! with Everyday Advocacy (YALSA)
Investing in teen services isn’t just good for teens;
it’s good for libraries and for communities. But sometimes we don’t know how to
get started making the case for teen services, or we’re not sure what we can
do. Fortunately, we’re not alone—we have each other and we have resources like
YALSA’s Advocacy Toolkit to help us amplify our message.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/teen-services-amplified-everyday-advocacy
November 12 (1-2 pm)
The Evolution of Usage Statistics (Library Journal)
The ability to prove library value enables institutions
to maximize budget dollars, properly allocate their spend, and improve user
satisfaction. We have come a long way in the types and quality of data as well
as methods for collecting and analyzing that information. Join our webinar to
discuss how metrics have evolved to their current state and what direction we
can take with new and alternative metrics in the future. Our panelists will
address their methods for measuring library value from the data they choose to
evaluate, to the tools they utilize, and how they perform their analysis and
utilize it in real practice.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/category/webcasts/
November 13 (9-10 am)
Seeing Dots @ Wilson Public Library (Nebraska Library
Commission)
Planning for a celebration of International Dot Day
(September 15ish) Wilson Public Library (Cozad, NE) started with a nugget of an
idea in January 2013. Library Director Laurie Yocom will take you through the
planning, both financial and creative, that led to a month long,
community-wide, collaborative celebration that was truly international, as well
as what they would've done differently!
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://nlc.nebraska.gov/scripts/calendar/eventlist.asp?Mode=ALL
November 13 (11-1 pm)
How to Navigate American FactFinder (Census Bureau)
Gain experience in using the American FactFinder data
access tool. Learn how to use the search and navigation features to access some
of the Census Bureau's programs, datasets and topics.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://www.census.gov/mso/www/training/
November 13 (11-12 pm)
Implementing change: Realizing the results of
collaborating in the cloud (Library Journal)
Libraries share many common challenges: scarce resources,
increased user demand and ever more complex collections, systems and workflows.
To help manage these challenges, today’s cloud-based library management
services are offering workflows that save time and discovery solutions that
meet users’ expectations. Libraries using these services are seeing drastic
reductions in the time it takes for routine tasks because of the integration in
the cloud between libraries, applications, partners and data. Not only can
information be shared between departments, but between libraries, improving
quality and relevance as it’s enhanced along the way.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/category/webcasts/
November 13 (11-12 pm)
What’s a Mission Statement Worth? (Nonprofit Webinars)
Could your mission statement describe any of several
other organizations that are similar to yours? Do you just haul it out once a
year for your annual report and 990? If you’ve been around for many years,
you’re clear about your nonprofit’s value to your community, your stakeholders
and/or your cause, why bother to revisit your mission statement? The answers to
these questions can make the difference between sustainable success and failure
in several ways. Organizations that have a page-long mission statements and
think that any effort to review it would be just empty wordsmithing may want to
join us for this webinar to see what a rigorously crafted mission statement can
do for marketing, fundraising, stakeholder loyalty, strategy, and managing
change.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://nonprofitwebinars.com/webinars/
November 13 (1-2 pm)
Involving Volunteers in Your Fundraising (Nonprofit
Webinars)
Most nonprofits involve volunteers in program areas and
administrative areas. You might not be aware, however, of the many ways you can
involve volunteers in your fundraising activities. This webinar will outline
ways you can involve volunteers in fundraising, where to find volunteers, how
to recruit them, and how to keep them enthused about your organization.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://nonprofitwebinars.com/webinars/
November 13 (1-2 pm)
Responsive Web Design (RWD): An Introduction to Building
a Single Website for the Desktop, Tablet and Smartphone (Infopeople)
Responsive web design, the ability to craft a web site
that adapts into the resolution of the device it is being displayed on, is
changing the game for web developers. In this webinar, we’ll look at how
responsive design principles can be applied to your web development and enable
you to build a single web site that adapts to work on the desktop, tablet, and
smartphone environments.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://infopeople.org/training/view/webinar
November 14 (11-12 pm)
Become an Expert Google Searcher in an Hour (O-Reilly)
Do you use Google every day? Mastering Google's powerful
search refinement operators and lesser known features could, over a year's
time, save you days scouring over irrelevant results. Even more enticing is the
promise of elusive nuggets of market research and competitive intelligence out
there waiting to be discovered — IF you know how to wield Google. The majority
of our search queries are surprisingly unsophisticated and thus the true power
of the Google search engine, for most of us, remains untapped. Learn how you
too can become an expert Google searcher and extract invaluable data about your
competitors and about the market like never before — with laser-like accuracy
and extreme efficiency.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://infopeople.org/training/view/webinar
November 14 (12-1 pm)
Tablets and Mobile Applications (American Libraries Live)
Now that personal electronic devices like tablets, smart
phones and digital cameras are ubiquitous, it’s important for librarians to be
able to incorporate these devices into both library services and internal staff
activity. On the next episode of American Libraries Live, Heather
Moorefield-Lang, Education and Applied Social Sciences Librarian for Virginia
Tech, will lead an expert panel in a discussion on the present and future of
tablets.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://americanlibrarieslive.org/
November 14 (1-2 pm)
Editors’ Picks: Top Spring Titles from HarperCollins
Publishers and Penguin Random House (Library Journal)
Now that you’ve bought your big fall titles, it’s time to
preview what will be in demand next spring. Library Journal’s Barbara Hoffert
will lead a discussion with editors as they highlight their top spring books
that will be flying off of your shelves in LJ’s second Editors’ Picks webcast.
Ellen Edwards will debut CBA top-selling Susan Meissner’s A Fall of Marigolds
(NAL/Penguin Random); Amy Einhorn will discuss Carol Wall’s affecting memoir of
black-white friendship in Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening (Amy Einhorn
Bks/Penguin Random); Carrie Feron will unveil Laura Lippman’s next blockbuster
standalone, After I’m Gone (Morrow/Avon); David Highfill, will discuss Wiley
Cash’s This Dark Road to Mercy (Morrow/HarperCollins), Cash’s follow-up
breakout debut; and Zachary Wagman will reintroduce Chris Pavone, author of The
Expats with his upcoming The Accident (Hogarth/Crown). And that’s just a taste
of the titles to be discussed.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/category/webcasts/
November 15 (9-10 am)
Tech Tools with Tine: 1 Hour of MS Word Flyers and
Mailings (Texas State Library & Archives Commission)
In our popular Tech Tools with Tine series, veteran
trainer Tine Walczyk typically tackles a single innovative tool. In this Webinar, however, she's taking on
creative uses for MS Word - how to make flyers and mailings.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/workshops/webinars/index.html
November 18 (6-7 pm)
Teacher Librarian News Night (Teacher Librarian Virtual
Cafe)
This is a LIVE show presented in news show format
featuring a Wrap up of “This Month in School Libraries” and deeper discussion
of topical school library issues with special guest experts. Did we mention it
was LIVE?
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://tlvirtualcafe.wikispaces.com/#Webinars%20/%20Events
November 19 (11-12 pm)
“DUDE, WHAT’S MY JOB?” Developing and Training
Millennials in Today’s Global Workforce (Training Magazine)
In this engaging webinar, participants learn everything
they need to know about millennials around the world. What makes this
generation tick? What are their assets, liabilities, communication preferences,
and top motivators? Brad Karsh provides a plan of attack on how to manage,
train, and motivate millennials across the world by providing a “SPECIAL”
framework of international managerial techniques.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://www.trainingmagnetwork.com/welcome/Webinar%20Calendar
November 19
(11:15-12 pm)
Database of the
Month: World Conflicts (Wyoming State Library)
There is so much
going on in our world. Let’s take a look
at some of our databases that will help us have a better understanding on what,
why, where.
For more
information and to register for this program, visit: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/853766390
November 19 (12-1 pm)
YA Announcements: Warming Up with Reading (Booklist)
It may be cooling down but these YA publishers are
heating up! Join us for this free, hour-long webinar where representatives from
Blink, Lerner Publishing Group, and Open Road Media will share their new teen
titles perfect for hibernating with this winter and on into next year.
Booklist’s Books for Youth associate editor Ann Kelley moderates.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://www.booklistonline.com/GeneralInfo.aspx?id=63
November 19 (1-2 pm)
Cloud Computing: Impact on Library Services (Infopeople)
Cloud computing has been around for a number of years. It
has become more than just a trend but a dynamic service that has changed not
only how companies conduct business, but the services they provide to us, the
computer user. In this webinar, we will discuss what Cloud Computing is, how it
has changed the way we use the Internet, and how our libraries might benefit
from it.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://infopeople.org/training/view/webinar
November 19 (1-2 pm)
Designing Your Library for Interactivity (Library
Journal)
As libraries around the world embrace rapid technological
changes, they’re offering services and resources—like maker-spaces and
collaborative computing—that would have been flights of fancy just a decade
ago. From community forums to hacker-spaces, the way patrons interact with
their library and each other is driving new visions of what libraries need to
be. Our panel of expert architects will explore how new design philosophies can
help patrons and librarians get the most out of their spaces while blowing the
lid off traditional ideas of what a library
is for. We’ll look at model projects that are flexible; respond to advances in
technology; offer community space; make smart use of indoor and outdoor space;
and have successfully incorporated maker-spaces.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/category/webcasts/
November 19 (1-2 pm)
Early Literacy Apps, iPads, and Tablets in the Children’s
Department (Texas State Library & Archives Commission)
The third webinar in our three-part series Early Literacy
In Your Library, this session will introduce the basics of using iPads
preloaded with early literacy apps in the children’s department, at storytime,
and for checkout. Today’s children are growing up surrounded by technology and
using tablets comes naturally to them. Librarians can introduce apps and
digital books in a developmentally appropriate manner that supports early
literacy development. This webinar will assist libraries in implementing the 10
Key Ways that libraries can improve early learning outcomes, especially
“Linking new digital technologies to learning.”
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/workshops/webinars/index.html
November 19 (4:30-5:30 pm)
Using Technology to Stay On Time, On Task & Organized
(Accessible Technology Coalition)
Many students and adults struggle with productivity
skills -- the ability to effectively manage time, get started, stay focused,
organize, plan, and analyze problems.
Merely "trying harder" won't help, but "trying
different" can. This webinar will demonstrate how technology, coupled with
appropriate strategies, can improve these executive function skills.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://atcoalition.org/trainings
November 20 (9-10
am)
The new
Congress.gov (Wyoming State Library)
Join the Wyoming
State Library for a look at some of the updates available on the new Library of
Congress website Congress.gov. Beginning
in November, Congress.gov will transform the Library of Congress's existing
congressional information system into a modern, durable and user-friendly
resource. Eventually, it will incorporate all of the information available on
THOMAS.gov. We will look at some of the updates
available on this new Library of Congress database.
For more
information and to register for this program, visit: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/853874310
November 20 (9-10 am)
New to Talking Book & Braille Service: Downloads and
Apps! (Nebraska Library Commission)
There are a few new ways to read talking books. For
borrowers who use computers, the National Library Service BARD website allows
for downloadable books that can be used with our digital players, and for
borrowers with iPhones or iPads, a new app makes reading on mobile devices a
breeze! Scott Scholz, from the NLC's Talking Book and Braille Service, will
demo these new options for TBBS users.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://nlc.nebraska.gov/scripts/calendar/eventlist.asp?Mode=ALL
November 20 (10-11 am)
Wiki Management: New Solutions for Managing at the Pace
of Rapid Change (American Management Association)
Conventional management thought presumes that
command-and-control is the most effective way to organize the efforts of large
numbers of people, but rapid change and increasing complexity have rendered
that model obsolete. As a result, most managers today lack the skills and
knowledge needed to succeed in a world where advantage belongs to the fast and
the adaptable. However, there is a small but growing group of managers who are
thriving in this time of great change by designing their organizations around
the principles and practices of a new and very different model—Wiki Management.
The practitioners of this new model don’t build hierarchies; they build
networks. That’s because in a postdigital world, networks are smarter and
faster than hierarchies.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://www.amanet.org/news/events-calendar.aspx
November 20 (1-2 pm)
Graphic Novels for Adult Readers: Recommending the Best (Infopeople)
Even though graphic novels continue to become more
visible in library collections, adults often don’t consider reading in this
format. Staff providing reader’s advisory may also feel at a loss when
attempting to include graphic novels as suggestions. This hour-long webinar
will help staff broaden their skills by adding graphic novels to their
recommendations. It will show how to locate satisfying and often little-known
graphic novels that respond to both the subject interest and personal appeal
factors in readers who have little experience with the format. Ideas for
encouraging experienced comics readers to move to graphic novels will also be
discussed.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://infopeople.org/training/view/webinar
November 21 (11-12 pm)
Interviewing Users: Uncovering Compelling Insights (O-Reilly)
Interviewing users is undeniably one of the most valuable
and commonly used user research tools. Yet sometimes we forget that it's a
skill we need to learn, because: It's based on skills we think we have (talking
or even listening). People tend to 'wing it' rather than develop their skills.
Without good interviewing skills, insights may be inaccurate or reveal nothing
new, suggesting the wrong design or business responses, or they may miss the
crucial nuance that points to innovative breakthrough opportunities. This
webcast will look at how to frame the research problem so it has the most
impact on the team and their design.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://infopeople.org/training/view/webinar
November 21 (1-2 pm)
Preservation Best Practices: Fundamentals and Facilities (Infopeople)
The first in this series of four webinars will cover
basic preservation and collections care concepts and will give participants an
introduction to establishing a preservation program within their institution.
In addition, this session will discuss the role that facilities, security, and
housekeeping have in the long-term preservation of collections.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://infopeople.org/training/view/webinar
November 22 (9-10 am)
Tech Tools with Tine: 1 Hour of eBooks and Audio Books (Texas
State Library & Archives Commission)
In the Tech Tools with Tine series, Tine Walczyk puts her
focus on different technology tools. In
this Webinar, Tine's covering ebooks and audio books.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/workshops/webinars/index.html
November 25 (1-2 pm)
The Expert Searcher and Threshold Concepts (San Jose
State University)
Dr. Virginia Tucker will present highlights from her
research into the transformative learning experiences and critical
concepts—threshold concepts—involved as search expertise is acquired. She will
discuss implications for the evolving role of the professional searcher, models
of the search experience, search interface design, and how we teach advanced
search methods and concepts.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/about-slis/colloquia/Fall%202013
November 27 (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, and Michael will have
your answers.
For more information and to register for this program,
visit: http://nlc.nebraska.gov/scripts/calendar/eventlist.asp?Mode=ALL
Please let me know if you have any questions!
Jamie Markus
Library Development Manager
Wyoming State Library
2800 Central Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82002
307-777-5914 / Fax: 307-777-6289
