Preserving Your Personal Digital Photographs

April 26, 2012. 2-3pm Eastern time. 

Sponsor:  ALCTS

Description: Digital photos are fragile and require special care to keep them accessible. But preserving any kind of digital information is a new concept that most people have little experience with. Technologies change over time and become obsolete, making it difficult to access older digital photos. And since digital photography results in immediate personal memories, we take and collect an enormous amount of photos. But as our personal collections grow, it becomes more and more difficult to save those photos and to find specific photos. If your digital photos are difficult for you to manage, how will your loved ones be able to make sense of them in the future? Learn about the nature of the problem and hear about some simple, practical tips and tools to help you keep your digital photos safe. 

Learning Outcomes: 

1. the nature of the problem 

2. simple practical tips to describe and save digital photos 

3. tools that can be used 

Audience: Anyone with an interest in preserving personal digital photos and other digital information. 

Presenter: Bill LeFurgy, Digital Initiatives Manager, has worked for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program at the Library of Congress since June 2002. He leads the NDIIPP Communications Team, which interacts with a broad range of people interested in preserving access to digital information. In former lives, LeFurgy dealt with electronic records at the National Archives and Records Administration and served as Baltimore City Archivist and Records Management Officer.

Free but registration is required. This session is available at no cost as part of Preservation Week 2012. 

Libraries for Sustainability series

Please join us for the second webinar for the Libraries for Sustainability Webinar Series 2012: Exploring Sustainability Practices in Libraries

April 24, 2012, 2:00-3:00pm (EST) 

There are different types of sustainability practices in libraries (e.g. buildings, collection development, instruction, events, collaboration) and many of us are working, educating, and practicing in these areas. Join us for the second webinar in the Libraries for Sustainability series to learn about and share sustainable practices in academic, public and school libraries. 

This webinar will be similar to a lightning round-up as librarians engaged in different types of sustainability efforts share with you their experiences and provide time for questions. The session will be recorded so you can view it later.

Register

Live Webinars for April 2012

April webinars. Go learn stuff!

Apr 2.  Teacher + Librarian: Create a Culture of Reading (TL Virtual Cafe)

Apr 4 & 11.  eBook: Purchasing and Lending eBook Readers (ALA TechSource)  $

Apr 4.  Accessibility and Usability at MIT  (Educause)

Apr. 4  Tips & Tricks for Office 2010: Introduction (New Horizons)

Apr 4.  The Flipped Classroom Model (eSchool News)

Apr 10.  Every Community Online Computer Training (Texas State Library)

Apr 11.  What to Expect When Expecting a Platform Change (NISO)  $

Apr 11.  Support Students Instead of Devices (eSchool News)

Apr 11.  Tips & Tricks for Office 2010: Intermediate (New Horizons) 

Apr 17.  Open Dialogue with the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (ADA Online)

Apr 18.  Quickbooks Made Easy for Nonprofits and Libraries (TechSoup)

May 1.  Rick Riordan and The Serpent's Shadow (School Library Journal)

ALA (American Library Association)  All = $
15 events in April.  Click the link if interested. 

Booklist

Apr 3. Great New Books for Boys
Apr 10. What's New with Graphic Novels
Apr 24.  Hot Mysteries for Springs

Infopeople
Apr 17.  Healing Reads: Bibliotherapy for the 21st Century
Apr 24.  Leveraging Technology to Support Early Literacy
Apr 26.  Teen Literature Update 2012

Library Journal
Apr 10.  Spring Adult Book Buzz
Apr 24.  Cook Book Spring Buzz

Nebraska Library Commission
Apr 4. Summer Reading Program 2012
Apr 11. Library Snapshot Day
Apr 25.  Tech Talk with Michael Sauers

WebJunction
Apr 4. Skills for the Everyday Leader
Apr 10.  Virtual Connections with Your Patrons

Wild Apricot

Apr 3. Utilizing the Power of Mobile Technologies
Apr 4.  How to Approach a Foundation
Apr 5. Social Media and Volunteer Engagement
Apr 26. Engaging Pro Bono and Skilled Volunteers

The Rise of Bid Data in Higher Ed

Thursday, March 21, 1:00pm EDT.

Sponsor: Educause

“Big data” is the fine-grained information about customer experiences, organizational processes, and emergent trends generated as customers conduct normal business. The organization of this data serves as a rich source of business analysis to improve performance and even point to new opportunities. The era of big data has arrived in higher education as IT becomes increasingly embedded in the processes that comprise “going to college,” such as course enrollment, classroom instruction, and student services. Of equal value, data about student journeys, successes, and failures can be captured to improve both individual and collective outcomes across all of higher education when provided back to students in useful ways.

Register

Avoiding the Idea Graveyard

SLA webinar led by Meredith Farkas

Wednesday 3/21/2012, 3:00pm EDT.

Meredith Farkas is the Head of Instructional Services at Portland

State University and a lecturer at San Jose State University's School

of Library and Information Science. She is the author of the book

"Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication

and Community Online" (Information Today, 2007) and writes the monthly

column "Technology in Practice" for American Libraries. Meredith was

honored in 2008 and 2011 with the WISE Excellence in Online Education

Award and in 2009 with the LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding

Communication in Library and Information Technology.

To learn more about Meredith go to:

http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/about-me/

To register go to: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/523807640

Live Webinars for March 2012

March webinars. Go learn stuff!

Mar 1.  Building a Bomb Proof Backup Strategy (O'Reilly)

Mar 5.  Gaming @ Your Library (TL Virtual Cafe)

Mar 5.  The Horizon Report in Action: Emerging Technologies (Educause)

Mar 9.  Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums (OCLC)

Mar 13.  Social Media for Trainers (InSync)

Mar 14 & 21.  eBooks: Standards for Formatting and Metadata (NISO)  $

Mar 20.  The Scoop on Series Nonfiction (Booklist)

Mar 28.  Improving the User Experience Through Usability Testing (GLA)

Mar 28.  Content Creation for Teens (GLA)

Mar 29.  Unraveling the Mobile Web (O'Reilly)

Mar 30.  Integrated Services Points/Information Commons (SWFLN)

Apr 4 & 11.  eBook: Purchasing and Lending eBook Readers (ALA TechSource)

ALA (American Library Association)  All = $
Almost twenty events in March.  Click the link if interested.

Infopeople
Mar 1.  Engaging Volunteers During Difficult Economic Times
Mar 8.  Corporate Fundraising for Children's Programming
Mar 20. Digital Preservation: Audio and Video Formats
Mar 21. New and Emerging Trends in Customer Service
Mar 28. Outreach to Hispanic/Latino Populations

Library Journal

Mar 6. Directors' Summit: Community Outcomes
Mar 22.  Spring Mystery Announcements

Nebraska Library Commission

Mar 7. American FactFinder
Mar 28.  Reflections on PLA 2012

Texas State Library

Mar 2.  Tech Tools: Prezi
Mar 9.  Tech Tools: YouTube
Mar 23.  Tech Tools: LibraryThing

WebJunction

Mar 6. It Takes a Community to Bridge the Digital Divide
Mar 27.  Adult Programs on a $0 Budget

Wild Apricot

Mar 5.  Make Your Grant Proposal Stand Out from the Pack
Mar 7.  Create a Practical Marketing Roadmap
Mar 8.  10 Mistakes Nonprofits make in Social Media
Mar 21.  Collaborating with Partners on Joint Grants

Archived Webinar: Your Library at Webscale

Your library at Webscale: How radical collaboration is redefining library management services

Sponsored by: OCLC and Library Journal.  Aired February 21, 2012.

Archive Link

The library community has indicated that traditional management systems lack the flexibility and connectivity to meet the changing needs of their users. And while demand for library services has never been higher, new collaborative and innovative solutions are needed now more than ever.

As the first cooperative management services for libraries, OCLC WorldShare™ Management Services provide all the applications for cataloging, acquisitions, license management and circulation, and a next-gen discovery experience for library users. This newly architected and streamlined approach frees resources to focus on higher priority projects. WorldShare Management Services are built on the new OCLC WorldShare™ Platform—the vehicle for big library collaboration.

Join Marshall Breeding, Vanderbilt University Libraries; Gregg A. Silvis, University of Delaware Libraries; and Andrew K. Pace, OCLC, as they share perspectives on the current and future state of library management services.