[CASL-L] January 2012 Library Webinars

[Abery, Kris]

Please excuse the cross posting.

The following library webinars are scheduled for January 2012. Descriptions and registration information are listed below.

ALA Editions: Real-Life Strategies for Successful Library Job Hunting: A Forum - Jan. 4th (Online)
Library job hunters face distinctive challenges in today's market, calling for new approaches. These are addressed in a free Jan. 4, 2012 webinar, "Real-Life Strategies for Successful Library Job Hunting: A Forum." The webinar is presented by ALA Editions in collaboration with ALA JobLIST and ALA HRDR and is led by Andromeda Yelton and Tiffany Mair, 2010 library school graduates who are both employed after long job searches. In this interactive webinar, they will use polling and questions to the audience to elicit common obstacles in library job hunting and ideas for overcoming them. Attendees will communicate through text in the chat window.

While attendee participation will drive the conversation, Yelton and Mair will offer a few conversation starters, such as:
*Networking online and in-person
*Cultivating your personal brand
*Effective cover letter strategies
*Coping with discouragement
*Limits of geography and questions of relocation

See http://bit.ly/tI6vd2 to register

OCLC/WebJuntion: Organizational Storytelling for Librarians - Jan. 10th (Online)
Join us for this webinar to learn about the process of leading and managing through organizational storytelling. Librarians can use personal stories within the organization for leadership (tell them who you are and why you are here), team building (sharing your vision effectively, rediscovering and honoring the mission of the organization), and moving through change (honoring the past as you move toward the future; listening to others, communicating your goals through story). Learn how to "retool" storytelling with new concepts of organizational storytelling gleaned from business and other sectors, with specific examples and powerful tools to improve library communication and advocacy. Also hear effective library stories and learn tactics shared by "story" expert Robert McKee who uses screenwriting methods to bring truth and tension to storytelling. In this webinar, co-sponsored by ALA TechSource and WebJunction, hear how libraries tell their story to strengthen organizations, build community and to amplify the value they bring to their communities. See http://bit.ly/vNst6N to register

InfoPeople: Digital Preservation Fundamentals: Text & Image Formats - Jan. 10th (Online)
In the second part of our four-part series on Digital Preservation, this webinar will present and explain:

*the basic formats and standards used in digital text and digital image collections for libraries, archives, and museums
*the development of text and image formats
*the significant technical features that pertain to digital libraries.

Text formats and encodings introduced include ASCII, Unicode/UTF-8, and the family of standards around XML, including HTML, CSS, and EAD. Imaging topics include formats and standards, particularly TIFF, JPEG and JPEG2000, and PDF, as well as issues inherent in color management and compression.

At the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will be able to make informed decisions about text and image digitization projects and revisit their planned or existing project with an eye to making sure they will be useful sustainable into the future. See http://infopeople.org/training/digital-preservation-fundamentals-formats for registration

InfoPeople: Intellectual Freedom: Basic Training for New Staff & Refresher - Jan. 12th (Online)
*A parent asks you to remove a book from the shelf because she feels it could harm her children.
*A library user complains that the current collection of magazines doesn't include his political viewpoint and too much of a different one?

What do you do?
Learn techniques to approach these challenges and others, along with a firm background of intellectual freedom in libraries, including relevant laws and court cases.

At the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will:
*Identify and interpret key ALA documents, policies, and decisions related to intellectual freedom, both in print and online
*Identify and understand holdings in key court cases on intellectual freedom in libraries
*Understand how the law treats different libraries - academic, school and public.
*Understand the types of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment, and when to call the police to report child pornography
*Develop skills for recognizing and strategies for responding to challenges

This webinar will be of interest to library staff at all levels in any type of library. It will be particularly beneficial for those who are relatively new to the library field and who have not had any formal training in the core values of the profession. See http://infopeople.org/training/intellectual-freedom for registration

ADA Update: Refresh on the 2010 ADA Standards - Jan. 17th (Online)
Effective March 15, 2012 new construction and alterations undertaken by entities covered by the ADA will be required to comply with the 2010 ADA Standards. Many conferences, workshops and webinars have been devoted to training design professionals, business owners, state and local government officials and advocates about these changes. Yet, the ADA National Network continues to field inquiries from individuals who either do not understand how the new standards will impact them or are unaware of the changes. With less than 2 months before the compliance date this session is designed to give an overview of the major differences between the 1991 ADA Standards and the 2010 ADA Standards. Join this session to refresh your understanding of the new standards and how they apply to you. See https://adagreat.powweb.com/Schedule/ for registration.

InfoPeople: The Hopeful Workplace - Jan. 17th (Online)
There's a fair amount of doom and gloom out in library land, but futurist Joan Frye Williams and strategist George Needham are having none of it! These passionate library advocates believe that dealing with desperate economic times need not make us desperate.

In this upbeat webinar, George and Joan will explore how we can get out of the rat race that says "do more with less" and shift our focus to hope-engendering ways to "do different with less." They'll offer practical techniques for improving your own job satisfaction and moving your organization in a more positive direction.

Tune in to learn how we can all support each other, build trust and confidence, and develop services that recapture that feeling of success for ourselves and our communities.

This one-hour webinar will be of interest to anyone in the library community who wants to see libraries move forward, including library staff, volunteers, friends, trustees, and commissioners. See http://infopeople.org/training/hopeful-workplace for registration

OCLC/WebJuntion: Developing and Maintaining E-Reader Policies & Procedures for Libraries - Jan. 31st (Online)
As debates rage on about e-books, publishers and privacy, how are libraries approaching policies for managing e-readers? Join us for this webinar focused on the nuts and bolts of serving patrons with gadgets, including policies and procedures for libraries lending e-readers and for patrons using their own readers to access library e-book collections. Hear from a library who has e-reader policies and procedures in place, including how they review and update polices; and from a library who's recently developed policies and procedures after researching and learning from many other libraries. See http://bit.ly/s330Qc for registration




Kris Abery
Continuing Education Coordinator
Connecticut State Library
Email: Kris.Abery at ct.gov
Tele: 860 704 2206
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CTStateLibrary
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/LibraryofCT

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