Originally presented February 7 at 1 p.m. with Laura Solomon presenting.
Ever get the feeling that nobody is reading your library’s website?
Trust your gut on this one; unfortunately, this is the case for much of
the content posted on library sites. You may also be asking: Why is my content failing? How can I attract attention without resorting to irritating writing conventions? Learn
how to make your content not only attractive, but also palatable to
today’s online reader. Some simple guidelines will make all the
difference.
Originally presented Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 10 a.m. with Laura Solomon presenting.
Are you getting the most out of Twitter?
While Twitter is easy to use, it's significantly more difficult to use
it well. Chances are, your library is one of the many that makes common
mistakes that can actually harm its efforts, more than help. Discover
how to use Twitter so that your time investment pays off. See real-world
examples, both good and bad, of library tweets that you can learn from.
Get ready to improve your library's tweets, from the ground up!
Co-sponsored with Nicolet Federated Library System
Originally presented Thursday, December 6, 2012 with Ellyssa Kroski presenting.
Setting up a centralized knowledge base for your library can be a great
way to collaboratively brainstorm ideas, gather specialized knowledge,
organize instructional resources, and even replace intranets. Creating a
private, personal knowledge base will keep you organized, store your
files, and provide an online space for brainstorming, reading lists,
project ideas, to-do lists, and even travel plans. Learn how to create
your own personal and organizational repositories of information and
knowledge with no technical skills required!
Ellyssa Kroski is the Manager of Information Systems at the New York Law
Institute as well as a writer, educator, and international conference
speaker. In 2011, she won the ALA’s Greenwood Publishing Group Award for
the Best Book in Library Literature for The Tech Set, the ten book
technology series that she created and edited. She’s also the author of
Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals, a well-reviewed
book on Web technologies and libraries. She speaks at several
conferences a year, mainly about new tech trends, digital strategy, and
libraries. She is an adjunct faculty member at Pratt Institute and blogs
at iLibrarian.
Presented 11/14/12 at the Verona Public Library with Stef Morrill and Sara Gold of WiLS presenting.
Digital content and devices have seen unprecedented growth over the past
year. The WPLC Digital Collection has experienced a 69% increase in
circulation over the past 6 months alone. Libraries will see changes to
their physical spaces and services as they integrated digital content
into their collections. Join Stef Morrill and Sara Gold as they examine
physical library, mobile and content trends as well as impacts and
responses to each.
Slides (or the brownie recipe) - please email me and I'll send you a copy.
Originally presented Tuesday, September 25 at 10 a.m. with Laura Solomon presenting.
Sure, it's incredibly simple to set up a Facebook page for your library.
But, then what? How can you really make it useful to visitors? Learn
the do's and don'ts of managing a Facebook page and what you can do to
attract more fans. Get the lowdown on using Facebook Insights, the
analytics feature. See real examples of libraries that showcase the
good, the bad and the ugly. Get ready to make your library's Facebook
presence a whole lot better!
Originally presented on September 12, 2012 at 1 p.m. CDT with Tasha Bergson-Michelson presenting.
Ever teach users to search, only to find they’d forgotten everything the
next day? Search tools offer many advanced features, but literate users
already possess power searchers’ most important asset: a feel for
language. Tapping into that knowledge to visualize ideal sources
increases success with article databases and search engines. Learn how
to use visualization techniques in your searches, and teach library
patrons to increase their success in electronic environments.
Tasha is
a professional librarian with 15 years of experience as a research
skills trainer, and is committed to decreasing frustration and
increasing access among researchers of all ages. Since 2010, Tasha has
been a visiting scholar at Google, where she collaborates with
librarians and other educators who help people do better quality
research and find the information they desire.
Originally presented Thursday, September 6 at 9 a.m. with Rose Ziech, SCLS Web Services Specialist presenting.
Join Rose Ziech, SCLS Web Services
Specialist, as she introduces Drupal, a tool for managing and publishing
websites. See an overview of how it works and get more information
about how SCLS plans to make it available to member libraries.
Timeline brought many changes to Facebook Pages. Join Tana Elias, Library Media Coordinator for Madison Public Library, and Kerri Hilbelink, Library Technology Project Support Specialist for SCLS, as they walk you through using these new features of Facebook to your library's advantage.
Originally presented April 19, 2012 with Ben Miller, Sauk City Public Library Director presenting.
Remember the FIRST time you sat through a Web 2.0 presentation? You already use Facebook, read Blogs and know about Twitter, now you want to learn how to utilize the latest web tools in day-to-day library work. This session will serve as a jumping off point for using the best of what the Internet has to offer so you can do your job better. Develop eye-catching library posters, conduct more effective staff training, publish a program website in an afternoon, collaborate with librarians around the world and much, much more. Luddites need not apply.
