BlogJunction Connecticut
A weblog for the WebJunction Connecticut community
An annual survey conducted by the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut found that a third of the nonprofit organizations in the region are concerned they may have to shutter their operations in the coming year, the Hartford Business Journal reported.
Based on a poll of a hundred nonprofits, the sixth annual Nonprofit Pulse Survey [...]
Public libraries take note. The deadline for submitting your Annual Report and Application for State Aid is November 13 at 5 P.M. All public libraries should have received information on how to log-in to the Bibliostat website in order to complete the survey. Bibliostat has a new web interface which should be easy to use. [...]
Go to Connecticut State Library Job Openings to find out about these new positions.
Information has become an off-shored commodity. Google handles more questions in a second than a reference librarian will answer in a career. Social gatherings have moved to online networks. Why come to a library? For the experience! If your members still experience your library the way they did in the 1990s (1950s?), perhaps it’s time [...]
Safe & Sound: How to Prevent Medication Mishaps – A National Family Caregivers Month Event
Bad reactions to medications result in 100,000
deaths a year. Don’t let your loved one become a statistic!
If you are caring for a loved one who is;
Elderly
Taking multiple medications
Seeing more than one doctor, or
Suffering from multiple illnesses
…your loved one may be at [...]
It Takes More Than a Ramp: Disability Awareness in Your Library
Workshop sponsored by the CT Library Association’s ADA Committee
Physical access is just the beginning…
Do you know:
How to escort a blind person?
Whether you should open a door for a person using a wheelchair?
The best way to design an accessible program flyer?
If you’re [...]
The Books Across America Award provides funds to purchase books for libraries in pre K-12 public schools serving economically disadvantaged students.
The deadline for application submission is November 20, 2009.
The NEA Foundation advances student achievement by investing in public education that will prepare each of America’s children to learn and thrive in a rapidly changing world.
All [...]
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2PM Eastern.
Register here.
TechSoup Stock is an online service that distributes donated and deeply discounted software and other technology products to public libraries. This free webinar will teach you about TechSoup for Libraries and how registered members can save 80-96% on brand-new software donated by top companies.
The webinar will feature interviews [...]
In order to promote a love of reading, the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries will provide books and magazines to the public and private school libraries for the students that most need them.
The foundation makes grants of up to $6,000 each to update, extend, and diversify the book collections of school libraries. Grants are [...]
Your library has been helping the unemployed and underemployed in your community for a long time. However, the declining economy over the past year has dramatically increased the demands on library staff, services, and resources. Would you like to learn about some successful programs in other libraries? Do you wonder if there are some new [...]