David Lee King and I once bantered about whose library has the longest name…
Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
or
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
I think I won.
Many of us have commented that PLCMC is the longest library name in the country. It is a mouthful to say! Just watch this video!
So I [...]
Tomorrow from 2-3pm EDT I’ll be part of a webinar with WebJunction regarding technology competencies and the core competencies program that I helped create for PLCMC.
From BlogJunction:
This Wednesday, April 29, we’re hosting a free webinar about libraries that are using technology competencies to identify what training staff need and how staff can succeed at their [...]
“23 Things” is a revolutionary staff development learning concept centered on social collaboration tools. Helene Blowers successfully created the first program while at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
Thousands of libraries and library organizations of every size and type have adapted the idea for their staff. Hands-on, self-directed, and innovative, 23 Things style [...]
For the past few weeks I’ve disappeared from my virtual worlds–blogs, RSS, Facebook, twitter, FriendFeed–as I’ve been immersed in Employee Learning Week–which turned into weeks.
This year I had an ambitious goal at PLCMC. To celebrate Employee Learning Week I wanted to start with the basics of learning…learning styles. In my email to staff announcing ELW [...]
For the past few years on Columbus Day we close our doors and take a day to celebrate our staff. Nearly 600 staff members attend our staff day at ImaginOn. It’s a great time for us to connect with other staff who we may only see on this one day out of the year.
This year’s [...]
A few weeks ago I announced a new communication tool to our staff for training and learning. PLCMC Learning where we will be posting information about our in-house staff learning and training opportunities as well as links to webinars, tutorials, and upcoming training from around the library community that may be of interest to our [...]
As announced on our employment opportunities site. This is a great opportunity for someone with library automation experience. Our IT department is great, and Charlotte is a wonderful place to live!
POSITION TITLE: Library Automation Systems Analyst
POSITION NUMBER: 20006075
LOCATION: Main Library
STARTING SALARY: $59,784-$74,730
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Open until filled
DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Serves as the lead administrator for the [...]
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 [...]
Come visit me in Charlotte next month at the 2008 Technology Summit: Digital Youth Wired for Action
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The 2008 Technology Summit “Digital Youth Wired for Action” is a high-impact conference designed to inspire new learning and creativity in library staff, educators and others from around the region interested in youth development and learning. [...]
