Posts Tagged ‘MaintainIT Project’

Get Your Game On (Again)

Earlier this month I hosted a wonderful 30-minute webinar for the MaintainIT Project featuring Beth Galloway about Gaming in Libraries. You can view the archive here.
Tomorrow I’ll be facilitating a one-hour follow up webinar about gaming in libraries with a sneak peek at the Joy of Computing 3: Planning for Success which has a chapter [...]

Get Your Game On: Quick Tips to Start a Gaming Program in Your Library

I am super excited about a 30-minute webinar that I’m moderating next month for the MaintainIT Project about gaming in libraries where I’ll interview library gaming goddess Beth Gallaway.

If you have a gaming program in your library please send me your tips for best practices to share. Likewise if you have questions that you’d like [...]

Do you maintain public computers?

If so join me for one of the following upcoming webinars.
Maintaining Public Computers: A Free Webinar

Are you tired of spending time figuring out how to maintain or support your public computers?
Do you wish you could ask someone how they manage public computers at their library? (For example, how do they manage printing? Reservations? [...]

MaintainIT Project Train the Trainer Webinar Next Week

From my friend Brenda Hough at the MaintainIT Project.
You are invited to attend a train-the-trainer webinar Wednesday, August 6th, at 11 AM Pacific/2 PM Eastern Time Zone.
If you provide technology training for library staff, this webinar is designed for you! MaintainIT is aTechSoup project (funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda GatesFoundation). [...]

PC Reservation and Time Limits: How do you do it?

How do you handle computer reservations and time limits at your library?
A. We don’t. First come, first serve. No time limits.
B. We use paper sign-in sheets.
C. We use PC Reservation software.
If you answered A, B, C, or anything else please join the MaintainIT Project for their free online book club and discussion group. Every [...]

Library Day in the Life: Wednesday

7:00am

As usual can barely drag myself out of bed. Today is different though. (TMI Warning!) I’m actually so sick to my stomach that I throw up. I feel slightly better. Shower, get dressed, feed the fish, feed the cats, scoop the cat box, leave the cat puke for my husband to clean up. Everyone is [...]

ALA Part VI: WebJunction and MaintainIT Project

WebJunction Member Advisory-Advisory Breakfast
Monday morning started with a WebJunction member advisory-advisory breakfast. Participants included library staff who have collaborated with WebJunction previously and represented a variety of library sizes and types. It was a small group and allowed for informal discussion and brainstorming about how a member advisory committee should function.

Keeping Your Computers Up and [...]

ALA Part V: CLENE Fun and MaintainIT Project Fun

CLENE Training Showcase
I spent Sunday afternoon with fellow trainers at the CLENE Training Showcase. I am new member of CLENE, and let me just say that this is a great group of people! It makes it so much easier to navigate through ALA when you have a relatively small group like this to be a [...]

Maintaining Public Computers: A Free Webinar (NC)

From the folks at the MaintainIT Project:

Are you tired of spending time figuring out how to maintain or support your public computers?
Do you wish you could ask someone how they manage public computers at their library? (For example, how do they manage printing? Reservations? Questions from laptop users? And moreĀ…)
Are you interested in sharing how [...]

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