Handheld Librarian Online Conference IV

The Handheld Librarian IV is a 2-day online conference held February 23-24 - it is two days of professional development for librarians who love technology! Handheld Librarian IV will build on the success of prior conferences in which an array of presenters share their experiences and insights on topics addressing these themes.

NEFLIN is sponsoring broadcast of the program at two locations. You can attend all or part of the two day conference at:

• University Park Branch, Jacksonville
• University of Florida, Smathers Library West in Gainesville

The schedule program is posted at http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/program (note: conference times are posted there in CENTRAL TIME).

Keynotes include:

• The State of Mobile Connectivity
• Fast and Simple Strategies for Librarians learning iPad Web apps and ePubs
• Handheld Information Literacy: Mobilising Existing Models?
• Books on the Web

Breakout sessions include:

• Reference Is Neither Here Nor There: Connecting Through SMS
• Next Trends in Mobile Technology
• Libraries and QR Codes
• Mobile Usability
• QR Codes & Augmented Reality for Mobile Library Users
• Beyond Foursquare: Library Treks with SCVNGR
• Augmented Reality 101 for Libraries
• Using PhoneGap to Develop Hardware Agnostic Mobile Apps
• Making Instruction Mobile
• Become the “Tech Guy" and Make iPhone Apps for Your Library
• Introducing Android App Inventor
• The Top 40: Best Mobile Apps for Handheld Librarians

You can attend all or part of the two day online conference at one of the locations above.

Register with NEFLIN to attend today.

Free Webinars in February

On our sister blog, Library Webinars, we have just put up the monthly list of live webinars.

We have found numerous webinars in February, most of which are free, and can assist with your professional development. Here are some randomly selected topics:

• Accessing Courts through E-Government
• Inside Google eBooks
• Free Content for Library Collections
• Google Documents
• New Teen Titles for 2011
• Self-Service in Libraries
• Teens, Tweens, and Social Networking

Check them out!

Florida DrupalCamp 2011

Trainer Mike Anello of DrupalEasy shares this information on Florida DrupalCamp 2011:

Florida DrupalCamp is coming up Feb 12th, 2011 at the beautiful Rollins College Campus.

This year's event features a Beginner Track for enthusiasts, first-timers, non-programmers, webmasters, and marketing people, as well as anyone tasked with updating sites. There are two more advanced tracks the heart of Florida DrupalCamp, including sessions on new features in Drupal 7. The Social Media Club of Orlando is contributing heavily to this first ever Business and Social Media track for non-technical people, decision makers and those who need to get a better understanding of what Drupal can do. The whole event is capped off by our second annual Coding for a Cause charity event on Sunday, February 13, 2011.

Drupal is an open source modular platform used to build everything from personal blogs to enterprise applications. Whitehouse.gov, Grammys.com, Popsci.com and hundreds of other businesses, government agencies and organization sites use Drupal because it is free, flexible, and is constantly being improved by the hundreds of thousands of dedicated developers that are part of the Drupal Community.

Tickets are now available from FLDrupalCamp.org for just $10. Admission includes a t-shirt and food and drinks during the camp. See http://fldrupalcamp.org for information.

Oscar Nominees on DVD

The Academy Award nominees were announced today. Until the awards are handed out on February 27, you can still catch up on viewing the nominees. Here's the list of Best Picture nominees and whether they are still at your local theater or on DVD.

In Theatres still:

• Black Swan
• The Fighter
• The King's Speech
• 127 Hours
• True Grit

On DVD:

• Inception
• The Kids Are All Right
• The Social Network
• Toy Story 3
• Winter's Bone

Google Extras

Everyone is used to the search feature of Google, but how about learning some of the lesser known products? The Texas State Library is doing a series of free webinars in February on the following topics:

• Google Documents
• Google Presentation
• Google Spreadsheet
• Google Forms and Drawings

Register here

Two Youth Programming Workshops at NEFLIN on February 11

NEFLIN is hosting two new youth programming workshops on Friday, February 11: “Creating a Music and Movement Program for Your Library” and “Do It On the Cheap: Cost Effective Youth Programming”.

Creating a Music and Movement Program for Your Library

Learn how to incorporate music and movement into your storytimes. Don't worry if you can't sing, you'll learn which music to add to get the crowd going! We'll get moving with action songs and activities that enhance motor skills. You'll get a step by step outline for fun! This will be a great program to add to your regular storytime schedule!

Trainer: Phyllis Gorshe, Dunedin Public Library

Date: Friday, February 11

Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon

Location: NEFLIN, 2233 Park Avenue, Suite 402, Orange Park, FL 32073

Cost:

NEFLIN Enhanced: Free

NEFLIN Full: $25

Non-member: $50

Library School Student: $25

Register for Creating a Music and Movement Program for Your Library at http://guest.cvent.com/d/8dqtr3

Do It On the Cheap: Cost Effective Youth Programming

Feeling the budget crunch? Learn about youth programming ideas that are cost effective, fun and educational. You'll hear about creative programs for babies and kids that will bring in the crowds without breaking the bank.

Trainer: Phyllis Gorshe, Dunedin Public Library

Date: Friday, February 11

Time: 1:00 – 4:00 pm

Location: NEFLIN, 2233 Park Avenue, Suite 402, Orange Park, FL 32073

Cost:

NEFLIN Enhanced: Free

NEFLIN Full: $25

Non-member: $50

Library School Student: $25

Register for Do It On the Cheap: Cost Effective Youth Programming at http://guest.cvent.com/d/vdqtr3

See all NEFLIN events at http://www.neflin.org/registration.php

Patricia Morris

Continuing Education Coordinator

NEFLIN, Inc.

patty@neflin.org

904-278-5620

Google Launches eBookstore

Google has launched their own ebook store, in direct competition with Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other commercial ebook stores. There are a number of really interesting pieces to the books in the Google Book experience, such as:

• Books anywhere you have a browser
• Mobile apps for iOS & Android devices
• Works with any Adobe Digital Editions compatible eReader (Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, etc)

For me, this is a much more interesting eBook experience than the B&N store…the only thing that has parity with this is Amazon’s Kindle. With the standardization on Adobe DRM ePub files, Google is using most common combination of filetype and protection…and books that are not currently under copyright are provided DRM free. As a matter of fact, since the DRM decision is made by the publisher, if the publisher decides to release the ebook without DRM entirely, they can do that. That’s huge moving forward as the eBook market matures.

Consumers now have yet another option in the eBook marketplace, and libraries have yet another competitor in the hearts and minds of patrons. Hopefully we can find ways to make it work for us, and not against us.

-- From Perpetual Beta

Reserve our Kinect

Santa brought NEFLIN an Xbox Kinect for Christmas!  The gaming controller is a thing of the past.  Be the first (or second or third) to reserve this and try it out.

Too cool for words. Watch this video if you haven’t seen the Kinect in action before.

Free MARC records for Gutenberg Titles

The Colorado Library Consortium created a project to clean up the most popular MARC records from Project Gutenberg called eDiscover the Classics.  We identified the top 500 or so downloads and cleaned up those records and made them available to other libraries.   We launched the website a few weeks at: http://www.clicweb.org/e_discover/e_discoverhome.html

Since that time the records have been further enhancements by Douglas County Libraries and University of Denver.  If you have already downloaded the MARC records we encourage you to get the new set of records and reload them into your catalog.  Here is a link explaining our clean-up efforts.

Please consider these MARC records a gift to the library community!  The more patrons think of libraries as a source for content for their Kindles, Nooks, IPads, MP3 players, etc - the better!

CONTENTdm Quick Start

If you are working on a digitization project, check out these two free CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software workshops.. CONTENTdm is included in the State Library of Florida’s subscription to the FirstSearch® so all libraries in Florida can request access to CONTENTdm for digital collection building.

CONTENTdm Quick Start

If your library has a small digital collection or you are planning a digitization project, CONTENTdm "quick start" may be just what you need to jump start your digital library. This entry-level, hosted version of CONTENTdm will support your efforts to increase access to the digital content your library provides. Many libraries use it to help promote and gain support for their new digital collection program. Attend this half-day seminar to learn more about OCLC’s CONTENTdm and get introductory training on adding digital items and metadata to CONTENTdm. In the workshop,

• See and discuss CONTENTdm successes by Florida and other users
• The workshop handout will enable you to go back to your library and ( 1) Signup for your own institutions’ activation, (2) create your first digital special collection.
• Set up the very basics of the CONTENTdm Administrative services to start a ‘quick start’ project
• Use of the CONTENTdm web form to create your CONTENTdm digital resources and catalog them
• Focus of this semar will be using digital images
• Learn how to search and use your digital resources, and thus promote them to your constituents.

All Florida libraries are eligible to receive:

• the CONTENTdm software hosted by OCLC,
• three downloadable Project Clients for building your digital collections, and
• 10GB of storage for up to 3,000 digital items

Please bring a USB flash drive with 5-10 TIFF or JPEG images.

Trainer: Ron Gardner, OCLC, CONTENTdm Specialist

Tuesday, February 8, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon

Location: NEFLIN, 2233 Park Avenue, Suite 402, Orange Park, FL

Cost: Free for all

Register for CONTENTdm Quick Start at http://guest.cvent.com/d/1dqtrs

See all NEFLIN events at http://www.neflin.org/registration.php

CONTENTdm Beyond Basic

CONTENTdm Beyond Basic

If you are already using CONTENTdm, or are ready for the more advanced implementation, this workshop will build on the morning’s content and more.

• We’ll see and discuss more Florida successes and other CONTENTdm users, including basic and advanced uses
• The workshop handout will enable how to start using the CONTENTdm Project Client
• We’ll cover setting up and how to use the CONTENT dm Administrative services to generate one or more additional collections; setting up new fields, indexing, controlled vocabulary
• Digital items used for demonstrating and showing steps and procedures to do images and text projects
• Learn how to search and use your digital resources, and thus promote them to your constituents

All Florida libraries are eligible to receive:

• The CONTENTdm software hosted by OCLC
• Three downloadable Project Clients for building your digital collections, and
• 10GB of storage for up to 3,000 digital items

Please bring a USB flash drive with 5-10 TIFF or JPEG images and 2-3 PDF documents.

Trainer: Ron Gardner, OCLC, CONTENTdm Specialist

Tuesday, February 8, 1:00 – 4:00 pm

Location: NEFLIN, 2233 Park Avenue, Suite 402, Orange Park, FL

Cost: Free for all

Register for CONTENTdm Beyond Basic at http://guest.cvent.com/d/ddqtrs

See all NEFLIN events at http://www.neflin.org/registration.php

Fun with Die Cuts...Be Creative!

Make the most of your library’s die cutting system! Attend this workshop to learn the wide variety of ways to use die cut shapes to promote programming, enhance school curriculum, create eye-catching displays and engage your patrons and users in a variety of craft activities.

Die cuts today are much more than bulletin board items. At this workshop you will learn tips and techniques for cutting many types of materials so you can create activities for every season.

The workshop will include Make-and-Take projects as well as time to cut some of AccuCut’s latest shapes to take back with you. Skills learned will be applicable to any die cutting system.

Trainer: Jane Fischer, Education Consultant, AccuCut

Date: Tuesday, February 1

Time: 9:00 am -12:00 noon

Location: NEFLIN in Orange Park

Register at http://guest.cvent.com/d/tdqtrz

20 Questions: Reference Deluxe Edition

NEFLIN presents a free workshop offered in eight on-site locations throughout our region.

Join popular Lyrasis trainer Russell Palmer for this face-to-face class designed to offer an introduction to free online reference tools for the new reference practitioner or as an excellent refresher for the experienced librarian.

The 20 Questions: Deluxe Edition class will draw questions and resources from many of the popular live online “20 Questions” series of classes, and will be accompanied by hands-on exercises that will offer students an opportunity to practice answering questions in the humanities, the sciences, social sciences, education, genealogy and more!

After this class, students will be able to:

• Guide users to quality reference resources on a range of topics
• Understand the kinds of questions users are likely to ask
• Utilize many new and different reference resources

Register to attend one of these hands-on sessions. All classes are 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.

Wednesday, January 26: Live Oak

Thursday, January 27: Ponte Vedra

Tuesday, February 22: Gainesville

Wednesday, February 23: Starke

Wednesday, March 9: Yulee

Thursday, March 10: Ocala

Wednesday, March 23: Jacksonville

Thursday, March 24: Fleming Island

Register at http://www.cvent.com/d/rdqt44

Developing Your Library’s Marketing Communications Plan - February 3

In this workshop, you will learn how to develop your:

• Marketing communications plan
• Brand
• Positioning statement
• Key message for target audiences
• Strategy for delivering key messages
• Measurements for success

The afternoon will consist of group discussion lead by the trainers regarding specific questions that you may have. Any materials that you'd like critiqued by the trainers will be reviewed during this discussion session, e.g. newsletters, bookmarks, websites, brochures, or your library’s Facebook page.

Trainer: Stephen J. Kaufman, Stephen J. Kaufman Public Relations

Date: Thursday, February 3

Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location: NEFLIN, 2233 Park Avenue, Suite 402, Orange Park, FL 32073

Cost:

NEFLIN Enhanced: Free

NEFLIN Full: $40

Nonmember: $100

LIS Student: $25

Register at http://guest.cvent.com/d/mdqtrz

See all NEFLIN Training at http://www.neflin.org/registration.php

Library Management Skills I: The Manager with DeEtta Jones - February 2

This workshop focuses on the individual manager’s role in providing leadership within a complex and changing library organization. Learning activities such as case studies and group exercises are drawn from DeEtta Jones & Associates faculty’s years of experience in libraries and academic settings.

What will you learn?

• Facilitative leadership
• Performance coaching
• Problem solving
• Influencing skills

Who should attend?

• Current or prospective supervisors/managers
• Team leaders
• Library administrators

Trainer: DeEtta Jones Young, DeEtta Jones & Associates

Date: Wednesday, February 2

Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location: NEFLIN, 2233 Park Avenue, Suite 402, Orange Park, FL 32073

Cost:

NEFLIN Enhanced: Free

NEFLIN Full: $40

Nonmember: $100

LIS Student: $25

Register at http://guest.cvent.com/d/xdqtrw

See all NEFLIN Training at http://www.neflin.org/registration.php

Florida Library Training Statewide Calendar

The Florida Multitype Library Cooperatives and the State Library & Archives of Florida have collaborated on a Continuing Education Statewide Training Calendar for Florida Libraries.

http://www.floridalibrarytraining.com

Both face to face and online classes are included. You can view the events chronologically by the date of the event (Event List), or by date the information is entered (Blog), or by Calendar view. Check back often as new events are entered.

Integrating Social Media and Mobile Technologies to Help Enhance Library Services - January 27

Part one of this hands-on workshop covers Social Media. Social Media is not new; however, it is literally everywhere today and it is connecting people, places, things, and ideas. And libraries, for centuries, have acted as conduits to help their communities obtain high-quality information while providing a social space for their users to consume, repurpose, and share content. In this interactive session learn how to enhance library resources and services that exist both online and in physical library spaces by using a variety of social media tools including blogging, microblogging, social networking, gaming, and other social media tools.

Part two covers mobile technologies. Mobile devices certainly are evolving beyond simple cell phones and are becoming connections to a world of information. Now that information is literally available at everyone’s fingertips, your library’s resources and services could also be in your users‟ pockets at their point of need. In this session learn, why libraries should have a mobile presence, how to use Google Analytics to decide what to include on your mobile web page, to code or not to code using WYSIWYG editors and other mobile tools, to create links to Google mobile maps, ways to generate and use QR codes to help promote your mobile presence, and solutions to common challenges in mobile development. Leave this workshop with powerful tools that you can use today to help connect people, places, things, and ideas.

Trainer: Chad Mairn, St. Petersburg College

Date: Thursday, January 27

Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location: NEFLIN, 2233 Park Avenue, Suite 402, Orange Park, FL 32073

Cost:

NEFLIN Enhanced: Free

NEFLIN Full: $40

Nonmember: $100

LIS Student: $25

Register at http://guest.cvent.com/d/fdqtrz

See all NEFLIN Training at http://www.neflin.org/registration.php

HTML 4.01 Web Authoring Level 1 - January 20

If your HTML skills need TLC or even an SOS, here are the answers. Register for one or both of these progressive hands-on HTML classes taught by an expert New Horizons trainer.

Level 1: This introductory course covers creating Web pages with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), presenting the basics of this foundational Web technology and enabling you to create your own functional pages. Lessons include:

• Creating a web page
• Structuring content
• Linking web pages
• Creating local links
• Formatting text
• Creating tables

See also HTML 4.01 Web Authoring Level 2 on February 17.

Trainer: New Horizons Expert Trainer

Date: Thursday, January 20

Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location: NEFLIN, 2233 Park Avenue, Suite 402, Orange Park, FL 32073

Cost:

NEFLIN Enhanced: Free

NEFLIN Full: $40

Nonmember: $100

LIS Student: $25

Register at http://guest.cvent.com/d/zdqtrz

See all NEFLIN Training at http://www.neflin.org/registration.php