If you missed last month’s WebJunction webinar Technology Competencies in Your Library you can view the archived webinar, related links, and discussion here: http://www.webjunction.org/competencies/articles/content/57702385.
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Technology Competencies Webinar
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 Summit
“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 [...]
Virtual Town Hall: Focus on Staff Training
Hosted by the great team at WebJunction:
Virtual Town Hall: Focus on Staff Training
Training budgets are shrinking while patron traffic is increasing in these economic tough times. What new or improved skills do library staff need to meet the demand? How do we think innovatively about our learning strategies? Join your learning professional community in the [...]
New WebJunction Site
The new WebJunction site is live. There are already some WJ fans out there who have created new profiles and been testing the site over the weekend. As I predicted it looks a lot like Facebook. (Does this mean WebJunction would be banned from children’s computers too?)
So check it out, and while you’re at it [...]
Cultivating a Culture of Learning in the Library
Last month I gave my very first webinar, Cultivating a Culture of Learning in the Library, for WebJunction. There were over a hundred participants, and I have been asked to give an encore presentation. How cool is that! If you are free I’d love to have you join in and contribute your thoughts about learning [...]
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 IV: A Busy Saturday
The Stacks
Saturday after the Empowerment Breakfast I headed over to the vendor exhibits cleverly called “The Stacks” and arranged in Dewey order from 000s to 900s. I’ve heard that ALA Annual has the largest gathering of vendors in the world. If that’s not true it sure felt like it!
If you were there for the [...]
Cultivating a Culture of Learning in Libraries Archive
If you missed Tuesday’s WebJunction webinar, you can view it here, and you can join in on the follow-up discussion over at BlogJunction.
Thank You and Lessons Learned: Cultivating a Culture of Learning in Libraries
Wow thank you to everyone who attended the webinar today on learning at WebJunction. Emily is working on uploading the archive which will include video and audio as well as a copy of the PowerPoint slides. I’m working on writing a post for BlogJunction summarizing some of the ideas and answering all of the questions [...]


