[CASL-L] Additions to the Jan. 2012 Library Webinar Schedule

[Abery, Kris]

Please excuse the cross posting.



GLS: WordPress for Library Websites (and more!) - Jan. 18th (Online)
Does your organization need a new web site? One that is more dynamic, easy to update and can easily incorporate social media and other ways to communicate with your library's patrons/customers? WordPress (free, opensource) may be the answer. WordPress is a powerful web Content Management System (CMS) that has grown far beyond its origins as a blogging tool.

WordPress can be used to power your library website and help you build a dynamic web presence for your library, school, personal web site, business or other project. Its ease of use and flexibility make it a perfect choice for libraries that are struggling to keep their websites up to date and/or looking for a more up-to-date look for their website. Its extensibility via plugins and other customizations make it a great choice for more complex sites as well.

This webinar will cover:
*Examples of sites built with WordPress
*Why WordPress is a great choice for schools & libraries
*Hosting options and requirements
*WordPress.com vs WordPress.org
*Making it look great: Themes
*Building blocks of WordPress: Posts & Pages

You'll leave the webinar with an understanding of how to get started building your own WordPress site and be able to evaluate whether WordPress is the right solution for your library's needs. (If you're interested in learning more about WordPress, ALA is offering a 6 week WordPress eCourse starting in January.)

The presenter, Polly-Alida Farrington, is a consultant and the owner of PA Farrington Associates, with more than 15 years' experience providing technology-related training, web project development, and consulting services to libraries, library systems, and schools. A former academic librarian, she has 17 years' experience in reference, government documents, interlibrary loan, and technology. She and Kyle Jones are the co-authors of Library Technology Reports, April 2011 (47:3), Using WordPress as a Library Content Management System<http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3397> and the forthcoming title: Learning from Libraries that Use WordPress: Content-Management System Case Studies and Best Practices (2012, ALA Editions)



For additional details and registration information visit http://bit.ly/v1h5aI



GLS: Ebooks, Discovery, and the Library - Jan. 18th (Online)

Publishers, authors, booksellers, and librarians have traditionally thought of discovery as something that happens in a physical place. A patron browses the shelf, a librarian offers some reader's advisory, a new author is picked up from an artfully created display. Online discovery lags behind, despite Amazon's best efforts. People still pick books up based on word of mouth. Libraries, with entire sections of staff devoted to helping people pick out books, are word of mouth engines, but struggle to prove our worth to the rest of the book ecosystem. Ebooks make that even more difficult when the library as place is taken out of the equation. This session will explore some possibilities for libraries as channels of discovery in an ebook-dominated market.

Kate Sheehan is the Open Source Implementation Coordinator for Bibliomation, a consortium of public and school libraries in CT. She has been the Coordinator of Knowledge and Learning Services at Darien Library and the Coordinator of Library Automation at Danbury Public Library, which was the first library to implement LibraryThing for Libraries. Prior to joining Danbury Public Library, she was a technology and reference librarian at both Hamden Public Library and the Ferguson Library in Stamford, CT. A graduate of Smith College, Kate's post-college experiences in the corporate workplace inspired her decision to get an MSLIS from Simmons. She finished library school in December of 2003 and has been happily ensconced in the public library sphere since then. When she's not coordinating, she blogs at loosecannonlibrarian.net<http://loosecannonlibrarian.net/> and at ALA TechSource<http://www.alatechsource.org/blogger/17>

For additional details and registration information visit: http://bit.ly/tcUXP6



InfoPeople: Caregiver Resources - Jan. 19th (Online)
A recent study on caregiving reported a startling statistic: during any given year, more than 65 million people, (nearly 30% of the U.S. population), provide care for a chronically ill, disabled or aged family member or friend and spend an average of 20 hours per week providing that care. Other findings show that these efforts take numerous tolls on caregivers, including extraordinary time demands, financial burdens, and the physical and mental health status. Impacts on employers and the workplace are significant, in terms of lost productivity, reduced time at work, and increased health care costs.

This webinar will give library staff practical knowledge about the information needs and the role of the caregiver. Topics to be covered will include:

What the caregiver needs to know and do - resources for:
*Planning
*Decision making
*Working with the healthcare team
*Day-to-day tasks required to care for the loved one

Health and wellness of the caregiver:
*Finding support groups
*Tips for managing stress
*Coping with feelings of anger, sadness, and grief

Tips and strategies for working with library employees who are caregivers

At the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will:
*Understand the spectrum of caregiving topics, from daily tasks to the issues and challenges facing people who are in caregiver situations
*Be aware of caregiver resources for specific conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease
*Be able to find resources regarding financial issues and housing decisions
*Be able to provide support resources for the health and wellbeing of the caregiver

This webinar will be of interest to public library staff, including reference librarians or reference desk staff, adult and teen services librarians, and staff from organizations who provide health information to consumers and members of the public.

For additional details and registration information visit: http://infopeople.org/training/caregiver-resources







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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