BlogJunction Connecticut
A weblog for the WebJunction Connecticut community
Aiden Kilgus dove into reading at the Mary Cheney Library and surfaced with a check for $1,000.00. He was one of four Connecticut children to do so, as part of the “Dive into Saving for College” promotion sponsored by The Connecticut Higher Education Trust, Connecticut State Treasurer’s Office, TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing, Inc., and the Connecticut [...]
Do you need a gadgets orientation covering types, brands, features, functionality and answers to why gadgets are so popular with your patrons? Join us for this webinar with Michael Porter when he presents a checklist-filled session also covering how users are consuming and accessing content on gadgets and how libraries are [...]
Anime Conventions and Creating Recorded Books are tried and true programs that teens love. Valerie Jensen of the Chambers County Library System will share logistics and best practices that will ensure the success of your programs – including how to involve teens in planning and hosting.
October 5, 2010
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 [...]
In collaboration with the Connecticut State Library, LYRASIS offering 30 FREE web-based, live online classes to public library staff in Connecticut. These programs are provided with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Opportunity Online Hardware Grant program. LYRASIS is also making them available to 6 other states (MA, ME, NC, NJ, NH, and [...]
Hear how Michael Scott, Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Coordinator, promotes their digital collections. Michael will talk about how she uses everything from blogs and other social media to WorldCat.org to highlight the availability of their online collections.
Also learn more about the wide variety of ways that other libraries, museums and archives [...]
Guidelines for Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries and Museums have been released by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
This is a new grant program that will provide one-year grants of $10,000 to $25,000 for innovative projects that respond to the challenges and opportunities facing cultural heritage institutions in a rapidly changing information environment.
Deadline for [...]
Today, September 13th, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling along with members of Connecticut’s Congressional delegation announced that Connecticut will be the recipient of a $94 million Recovery Act Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant that will help improve broadband internet access and support economic recovery and job creation [...]
As part of the ongoing collaboration between IMLS and the Employment & Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL/ETA), WebJunction is hosting this ETA presentation on the new job-seeking tool, mySkills, myFuture. Coming in September, this free online tool will enable job seekers to increase their career mobility [...]
Partnering with community organizations, agencies and businesses is a great way to increase exposure for your library. While collaborating with another agency can seem intimidating, there’s a great deal more bang for your buck when you deal with someone else. By partnering creatively and negotiating strategically, libraries can develop partnerships [...]
Short surveys are fun. Long ones are just a big chore. This is one time of the year, however, when making the effort to complete some surveys is doubly important.
Connecticut public libraries are now filling out the Annual Report and Application for State Aid. Besides being a requirement for state aid grant money, this survey [...]