[Web4lib] Innovation, Library 2.0, Familly Reunions, and Book Discussions on OPAL Online Programming this week

Sun Jun 11 08:40:15 EDT 2006

Join us for a variety of programs on OPAL this week (http//www.opal-online.org)  From Library 2.0 to Book discussions, OPAL offers online programming for patrons and librarians!  OPAL is a collaborative of all types  of libraries who work together to plan a variety of programs in an online format.  OPAL is coordinated by the Alliance Library System, Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center, and Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service and has 40 library members of all types.  Programs are open to anyone interested.  If you have questions about OPAL, contact OPAL Coordinator Tom Peters at tapinformation at yahoo.com or Lori Bell at  Alliance Library  System at lbell at alliancelibrarysystem.com

  Wednesday, June 14, 2006 beginning at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 1:00 Central, noon Mountain, 11:00 a.m. Pacific, and 6:00 p.m. GMT:
Family Reunions: Exploring Your Roots
Looking for ways to learn more about your ancestors? Ever wonder what brought them here? Or what their family life was like? Join Library of Congress staff and explore ways to recreate your family’s personal history. Presented by the librarians at the Library of Congress. 
This OPAL event will be held in the Auditorium. 

Thursday, June 15, 2006: Alliance Library System Online Innovation Institute Library 2.0 Extravaganza!

  Speaker: Michael Stephens, Writer/Trainer/Teacher/Creator of the Tame the Web Blog 

This special event is sponsored by the Alliance Online Innovation Institute. 

Cost: Free for all Alliance Library System members; $25.00 for all other registrants. When you sign up you will be given the opportunity to select a payment option. Create an account to register online at the CLeO online registration service. 

Please Note: Each of the four sessions in this one-day institute will last approximately one hour. The entire institute will be repeated on Friday, June 16, 2006. You may participate either in the OPAL room of the Alliance Innovation Institute or in the Alliance Second Life Library 2.0 through the virtual reality site Second Life. 

   9:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 8:30 a.m. Central, 7:30 a.m. Mountain, 6:30 a.m. Pacific and Second Life, and 1:30 p.m. GMT:
WEBLOGS & LIBRARIES: An in-depth look at the Biblioblogosphere -- all things blogs, libraries and librarians. We'll discuss best practices and lessons learned to make your library blog the most dynamic area of your web site! 

   11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 10:00 a.m. Central, 9:00 a.m. Mountain, 8:00 a.m. Pacific and Second Life, and 3:00 p.m. GMT:
INSTANT MESSAGING: DO YOU IM? How are libraries and librarians using Instant Messaging? This session explores a grass roots effort by many libraries to meet users where they interact online. We'll explore best practices and implementation strategies. 

   12:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 11:30 a.m. Central, 10:30 a.m. Mountain, 9:30 a.m. Pacific and Second Life, and 4:30 p.m. GMT:
SOCIAL SOFTWARE: A SURVEY OF WEB 2.0. Librarians are finding their users are interacting online is social spaces and sites: creating content, collaborating, and building communities? What are some of the thriving social sites? How can we participate in sites like MySpace and Facebook? 

   2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 1:00 p.m. Central, noon Mountain, 11:00 a.m. Pacific and Second Life, and 6:00 p.m. GMT:
CREATING STAFF BUY IN FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES: No matter what Web 2.0 technology you start with, a key element is staff buy in. We'll present Ten Tips for Staff Buy in and offer takeaways to get the ball rolling. 

Speaker Biography: Holding an MLS from Indiana University, Michael Stephens has spent the last fifteen years in public libraries working as a reference librarian, technology trainer and manager of Networked Resources and Training at the St. Joseph County Public Library in South Bend, IN. His most recent position in the public library setting was as Special Projects Librarian, focusing on technology, policy and planning. Beginning in the fall of 2006, Michael will be joining the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University in River Forest, IL as an Instructor. He is finishing up his IMLS funded Interdisciplinary PhD at the University of North Texas. Active in ALA, he has presented at library conferences locally, nationally and on the international level as well as workshops for libraries and library associations. In 2001, he published The Library Internet Trainer's Toolkit -- a series of technology training modules in CD-ROM with Neal-Schuman
 Inc. and in the U.K. with the British library Association in 2002. In 2005, he was named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker and served as a Scholar at the Chicago Public Library's Scholar in Residence program. He has written for Library Journal, co-authors a department in Computers in Libraries magazine with Rachel Singer Gordon, and currently writes for the ALA TechSource Blog and his own blog, Tame the Web. His Library Technology Report: Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries will be published by ALA TechSource in 2006. 

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Lori Bell, Director of Innovation at the Alliance Library System. 

Thursday, June 15, 2006 beginning at noon Eastern Daylight Time, 11:00 a.m. Central, 10:00 a.m. Mountain, 9:00 a.m. Pacific, and 4:00 p.m. GMT:
Summer Survivor Series of Book Discussions: The Summer I Dared by Barbara Delinsky
Delinsky’s novel is the emotionally intricate story of three lives united by the survival of a boating accident. Sponsored by: Orange County Library System. 
Location: OCLS' OPAL Room. 

Thursday, June 15, 2006 beginning at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 2:00 Central, 1:00 Mountain, noon Pacific, and 7:00 p.m. GMT:
Bob Askey, Audiobook Narrator
Bob Askey won the 2002 Alexander Scourby Narrator of the Year Award. Mr. Askey received this award, from the American Foundation for the Blind, in the nonfiction category for his narration of Life Is So Good, by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman (RC 51912). He has been a narrator at Talking Book Publishers, Inc. in Denver, Colorado, since 1975. A narrator of nearly 800 books for NLS, Bob won the first Alexander Scourby Narrator of the Year Award in 1986. Organized by the Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service. 
This OPAL event will be held in the Auditorium. 

Thursday, June 15, 2006 beginning at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 7:00 Central, 6:00 Mountain, 5:00 Pacific, and midnight GMT:
One State One Listen Audio Book Discussion of The Kite Runner
The One State One Listen program of ListenIllinois brings together library patrons from across Illinois in an online, virtual, audio ebook discussion. The title selected for this first discussion is The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The Publishers Weekly review stated, "Hosseini's stunning debut novel starts as an eloquent Afghan version of the American immigrant experience in the late 20th century, but betrayal and redemption come to the forefront.... The character studies alone would make this a noteworthy debut.... Add an incisive, perceptive examination of recent Afghan history and its ramifications in both America and the Middle East, and the result is a complete work of literature...." Organized by the One State One Listen program of ListenIllinois. 
NLS audio book version: RC 57475 (3 cassettes; narrated by Richard Hauenstein)
This online book discussion will be held in the Auditorium. 

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