A few articles and blog posts have caught my eye regarding E-Books and E-Readers. Not all these articles are recent, but hopefully new to you.
Friday, February 4, 2011
E-Books and E-Readers
A few articles and blog posts have caught my eye regarding E-Books and E-Readers. Not all these articles are recent, but hopefully new to you.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Cataloging Interest Group and Library Tour
Catalogers, come join us for a tour of the Jacksonville Public Library’s technical services and processing center. We’ll get a chance to see the conveyor system in action and have time for general discussion about cataloging issues and your take on what’s ahead for this field. Come with questions and ideas to share.
Host: Lynn Jacobson, Library Supervisor, Cataloging and Integrated Library Systems, Jacksonville Public Library
Thursday, February 24
Tour: 1:00 - 1:30 pm
Interest Group meeting: 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Location: University Park Branch Library, 3435 University Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32277
Free to all
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Two workshops for Media Specialists
| The ExC3EL RUBRIC |
| The ExC3EL Rubric (ExC3EL = Expectations for Collaboration, Collections, and Connections to Enhance Learning: A Program Evaluation Rubric) explains how 21st Century Library Media Programs should function in Florida's K-12 Schools. This workshop will explain ways to meet the standards in the rubric, as well as give examples of how to document the standards to become a Florida Power Library School. Trainer: Pat Dedicos, Duval County Public Schools Register for ExC3EL at http://guest.cvent.com/d/ldqtrc |
| READS: Florida's K-12 Integrated Library Media Reading Guidelines |
| READS is Florida's K-12 integrated library media reading guidelines and stands for: Come and meet the new literary partner READS in this session. A brief overview of the document will be presented, describing the reading, literature appreciation, and media literacy responsibilities of our jobs. Creative ideas for curriculum connections and implementation will be included. Trainer: Nancy Teger, Nova Southeastern University Register for READS at http://guest.cvent.com/d/xdqtrd |
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
New OCLC Report: Perceptions of Libraries
OCLC updates one of its best reports. Worth a look!
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OCLC's newest membership report, Perceptions of Libraries 2010, a sequel to the 2005 Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources, is now available. The new report provides updated information and new insights into information consumers and their online habits, preferences, and perceptions. Particular attention was paid to how the current economic downturn has affected the information-seeking behaviors and how those changes are reflected in the use and perception of libraries.
This OCLC membership report explores:
- Technological and economic shifts since 2005
- Lifestyle changes Americans have made during the recession, including increased use of the library and other online resources
- How a negative change to employment status impacts use and perceptions of the library
- Perceptions of libraries and information resources based on life stage
Friday, January 28, 2011
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.
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.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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
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”.
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
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
Monday, January 24, 2011
Google Launches eBookstore
- 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)
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
Friday, January 21, 2011
Reserve our Kinect
Too cool for words. Watch this video if you haven’t seen the Kinect in action before.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
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.
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
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
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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
Monday, January 10, 2011
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
Friday, January 7, 2011
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
Thursday, January 6, 2011
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
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
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.
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
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
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
Thursday, December 23, 2010
NEFLIN Blog goes on Holiday
Another year is coming to a close and the NEFLIN Blog is going on Holiday. We will be back in 2011 with more great content. Happy Holidays!
Brad and Patty
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
New LE@D Courses
LE@D has announced two new courses available to NEFLIN members.
See all courses and registration instructions here
See all courses and registration instructions here
What is your first response when faced with a genealogy question? Interest in family history research is fast-growing, both as an educational tool and an enjoyable pastime. Users seeking information about their ancestors often have high expectations when requesting assistance from library staff, but your library's ability to serve genealogy searchers depends on your size, your collection, your staff, and your experience and training. Given these factors, this course is designed to provide you with tools and training to share your skills effectively within your library. Your understanding of research methods and resources and your ability to locate and access information can be a valuable asset to genealogy searchers. When you have completed this course, you will be able to:
- Teach other staff members in your library five steps to answer genealogy questions
- Describe genealogy records as evidence and explain the various record types
- Explain how genealogy forms are organized and formatted, giving examples
- Create useful genealogy research notes with different types of sources
- Show your library users how to use some specific online genealogy resources
- Avoid common problems in genealogy research
- Recognize some social networking sites for genealogy (with helpful organizations)
- Begin to develop your collection to support genealogy research more thoroughly
- Customize some genealogy programming ideas for your library.
What does it take to be ready, willing, and able to provide quality homework help (with all that that phrase entails), while all around you, everything seems to be spinning wildly out of control? That's what we're going to find out! In our economic climate, libraries are critical to fostering school success. Within this course, we will discuss practical ideas and tips for reaching today's students and assisting them in achieving their educational goals. When you have completed this course, you will be able to:
- Do a better job of preparing for your library users
- Provide useful homework help in a busy environment
- Respond to more kinds of information needs from your library patrons
- Discuss tools to create homework help
- Recognize some high-quality resources for homework help
- Understand what other folks have done that works well in libraries
- Share tips and techniques
- Feel confident launching a homework help center in your library, using the suggested sites, tips and tools provided.
See instructions for registration and all LE@D courses:
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Paul Clark is 1 of 10 national award winners
We are very proud to announce that NEFLIN member, Paul Clark, is one of 10 librarians in the nation to receive the “I Love My Librarian” Award.
This award is sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the New York Times and the American Library Association.
Clark, an unassuming but passionate technical services worker at the Clay County library system’s Fleming Island headquarters, was among 2,000 nominees from libraries in cities, schools and colleges throughout the U.S.
He said he was told about the award two weeks ago, but was asked to keep it “hush-hush” until a formal announcement was made.
“Actually, I cried,” Clark said of his reaction to hearing the news. “It’s been hard not to tell anybody. It was overwhelming for me.”
Each of the 10 award winners receives $5,000 and will be honored at a ceremony hosted by The New York Times on Thursday, Dec. 9.
“The money comes at a time when I most need it,” Clark said. “My kids will get a good Christmas.”
Clark became known as “The Library Guy” because he planted himself at the state capitol every day for two weeks during the 2010 legislative session. He would hold up signs – sometimes two or three at a time – urging politicians to cancel their plans to cut $21 million in public library funding from the state budget.
And he used 80 hours of his vacation time to do it.
His efforts paid off. Legislators restored the funding – and in essence, $8 million more in federal matching grants – that library officials says is desperately needed by unemployed and low income families who rely on public library computers to search for jobs.
Clark said he plans to continue lobbying on behalf of Florida’s poor and working poor, and that he hopes recognition from the award will help him open doors “to all the right people” in Tallahassee.
“Libraries are more than just books,” he said. “They’re busier than ever.”
The award wasn’t the first time Clark has been honored. Last summer he was named the Florida Association of Counties’ Advocate of the Year, and he was recognized by Clay County commissioners for his selfless dedication to a worthy cause. “It’s been a humbling experience,” Clark said. “There are thousands of librarians out there that are just as valuable.”
All Images Copyright 2010 Paul M. Gaykowski
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