[Web4lib] New Year's Webinar Notice

Ed Rossman erossman74 at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 8 17:16:54 EST 2008


In the recent OCLC Report, "Sharing Privacy and Trust
in Our Networked World", one of the comments in the
conclusion is "Many U.S. library directors are simply
not engaged in the socialization of the web....less
than a quarter..." *

Some may have dabbled or made sincere efforts into
using  new Web 2.0 tools, but didn’t have a clear goal
in creating them, much like learning carpentry and
building a house without knowing to consider aesthetic
considerations like window placement and interior
lighting.

Here's an opportunity for those directors, and other
library workers and students, to see how the social
web works, and has value, strictly along the lines of
professional development. 

I'm doing a free 1 hour "Webinar" for Webjunction in
one week. "10 Ways to Make Your Library Great in
2008, using Web 2.0" will go over how to use
Librarything.com and
del.icio.us to present and share print and web
resources dealing with the 10 themes (or New Year
resolutions) and show how to gather more. The info
link is here:

http://www.webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=15543

It takes place at 2:00pm ET on Wednesday, January 16.
I'll be speaking
and running a slide show, and there'll be a blog
associated with it with more resources and commentary,
as well as a place for folks to share other resources
and ideas. The presentation will be archived if you 
can't make it live, and the blog will be ongoing. 

It's an opportunity for professional development and
to learn how to share resources. By the end of the
hour, everyone will be able to see how easy it is to
share their favorite books and web sites about
libraries and the issues we face today. 

Handling conflict and noise, developing partnerships,
creating great programming, all are terrific New Years
resolutions that can be supported not only with
resolve, but with the right advice, and that is where
the Web 2.0 tools can really shine!

Hope you tune in,
Ed Rossman
Interim Branch Manager, Bertram Woods Branch
Shaker Heights Public Library
216-991-2421 x2250

* http://www.oclc.org/reports/sharing/default.htm
(8-6)



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