- IPads for reference?
- Mobile websites?
- Ebooks?
- QR codes?
- Text messaging?
- Jae Bass, St. Johns County Public Library
- Brian Nesselrode, Flagler College
- Blake Pridgen, Flagler College
- Michael Kucsak, University of North Florida
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On our sister blog, Library Webinars, we have just put up the monthly list of live webinars.
We have found numerous webinars in October, most of which are free, and can assist with your professional development. Here are some randomly selected topics:
A six-part fall speaker series on the public’s access to books and their future begins Thursday at the University of Florida and Alachua County Library District. UF President Bernie Machen will open the series with an invitation to public debate about the future of libraries.
“Imagining the Library: Books in Public Life from Late Antiquity to the Digital Age” will draw attention to the forces of public policy and new technologies that shape libraries and reading practices.
Speakers will ground these questions in discussions of collecting and reading in ancient Egypt, early China, the French Enlightenment, the U.S. Carnegie library movement and the global age of Google. The series will explore this question: As public and university libraries face severe budgetary pressures, what functions should libraries perform in public life?
Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m., Smathers Library Room 1A, UF
“Death and Renewal: Books and Libraries in Late Antique Egypt”
Roger Bagnall, director, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University.
Although political, technological, religious and cultural changes transformed the format and uses of books in late antiquity, libraries nonetheless remained more private than public. This lecture will address how developments like the rise of Christianity affected the status of libraries.
Sept. 27, 7 p.m., Millhopper Branch of the Alachua County Library, Gainesville
“Carnegie Libraries: Public Reading for the Reading Public”
Abigail Van Slyck, director, architectural studies program, Connecticut College.
An examination of library architecture fostered by the Carnegie movement reveals how it encouraged women to enter into the library profession, shaped reading practices in different English-speaking countries and created an international Anglo-Saxon community of readers.
Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m., Smathers Library Room 1A, UF
“The Benedictine and the Labyrinth: The Enlightenment Library and the Problem of Universal Knowledge”
Jacob Soll, associate professor of history, Guggenheim Fellow, Rutgers University (Camden).
The ambitious building of encyclopedic library collections in the 17th and 18th centuries posed problems to states that tried to manage broad swaths of knowledge. Certain absolutist states and the Catholic Church, however, were particularly innovative in building universal collections.
Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m., Smathers Library Room 1A, UF
“Collecting and Reading in the Early Chinese Print Age”
Hilde De Weerdt, lecturer in Chinese history, Pembroke College, University of Oxford.
This talk will introduce the different kinds of government and private libraries that existed in imperial China, and examine the impact of printing from the 11th century onward on book circulation and reading among these different publics.
Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., 180 Holland Hall – Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom, Levin College of Law, UF
“Google and the Future of Books”
Siva Vaidhyanathan, associate professor of media studies and law, University of Virginia.
What does the world look like through the lens of Google? How is Google’s ubiquity affecting the production and dissemination of knowledge? And, what danger does the Google Books Scanning Project pose for the legitimacy of the doctrine of fair use?
Dec. 2, 7 p.m., Millhopper Branch of the Alachua County Library, Gainesville
“Reaching and Teaching the ‘Digital Generation’: Separating Myth from Fact”
Siva Vaidhyanathan, associate professor of media studies and law, University of Virginia.
This lecture questions the myth of the “digital generation,” arguing that today’s adolescents and college students are not necessarily savvy when it comes to using digital media content in a powerful manner.
The lectures are free and open to all. For more information, visit http://www.humanities.ufl.edu/
If you want to learn the latest about green construction and environmental sustainability, you don't have to travel far. A quick drive to the new Forest Public Library provides a lesson in green that's gold-certified. The U.S. Green Building Council has declared Marion County's Forest Public Library (905 S. Highway 314A, Ocklawaha) LEED Gold certified. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the nation's pre-eminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings; gold is the second highest designation applicants can receive. The Forest Public Library is Marion County government's first LEED Gold certified building and the third Gold certified library in the state. Characteristics of the new Forest Public Library that comply with the LEED rating system's six major areas include: energy and environmentally efficient use of land, water, recycled materials and resources, indoor air quality and innovative design. By using less energy and water, a LEED certified building saves money for families, businesses and taxpayers; reduces greenhouse gas emissions; and contributes to a healthier environment for residents, workers and the community. The Forest Public Library achieved LEED certification for energy use, lighting, water and material use as well as for incorporating a variety of other sustainable strategies. By constructing the building using LEED practices, the library reduced the development footprint, saved a projected 25 percent in energy costs and reduced water use by 41 percent compared to standard measures. Some additional green highlights include the use of recycled materials (denim jeans) for insulation, a recycled bike rack and preferred parking for energy-efficient vehicles (to promote less fuel consumption). The green planning also extended beyond the building to the driveway and parking areas, which were positioned away from surrounding wetlands. Water-efficient and native Florida plants provide eco-friendly landscaping that requires little to no irrigation. -- News Release, Marion County Public Library System. For more information contact Julie Sieg.
NEFLIN has renewed its subscription to ZipSurvey, a web-based survey program that is an easy way to collect feedback from patrons, students or staff. It is 100% customizable to what you need to learn.
NEFLIN does all the programming for you and sends you the tabulated results of the completed surveys.
The software allows respondents to answer only the questions that are relevant. For example, if someone responds that they only use the library once a year, you can have them answer different questions than the person who uses the library once a week. Or, a student could answer different questions than a teacher. This branching feature utilizes skip logic to skip questions that are irrelevant, given answers to a previous question.
Each NEFLIN member receives unlimited surveys and survey responses for free.
Contact Patty to get started with your survey.