BlogJunction Connecticut
A weblog for the WebJunction Connecticut community
Getting the Most from your Bookshelf: Care of Paper, Photographs, and Audiovisual Collections
Thursday, December 9, 2010
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. EST
More than 3,000 libraries, museums, and archives now have the Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a set of collections care resources designed to assist small institutions in caring for their collections. While rich [...]
As government agencies continue to digitize forms and services, libraries are often the only organizations that can help citizens interact with these agencies and access E-Government resources.
E-Gov: Make It Work @ your library will help participants:
•Develop and market e-government partnerships
•Address key challenges to meeting patron e-gov demands
•Use e-gov data to make the case [...]
A preliminary version of the Connecticut Public Libraries: A Statistical Profile, July 2009 – June 2010 is now available. Download the preliminary version either in Excel or PDF. Also, there is a link on this page to the new Automatic Chart-Makers which libraries can use to create charts for evaluation or advocacy.
Please note that this [...]
The 3rd generation Hispanic is bilingual, bicultural and has lived in our community for decades, yet remains sparsely represented in our user base. How can we use the unique characteristics, traditions, and needs of this community to engage them and build the library habit?
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Online
For [...]
WebJunction’s second online conference is coming December 1 & 2, 2010. Topics will focus on the changing needs, approaches, challenges and opportunities related to customer service in your 21st Century library. Browse the conference program, consider attending the conference with others in your library or region as an online conference cohort, and [...]
Public Outreach and Collections Care
Thursday, December 2, 2010
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. EST
Public awareness is the key starting point for building support –from individuals, from local government, from the private sector. When people have first-hand experience with the issues facing your collections, they can become effective advocates in the community. [...]
When it comes to technology, the gap between “I can’t believe the library has that!” and “I can’t believe the library doesn’t have that!” is getting shorter and shorter. Even if you’re not a techie at heart, you probably agree that staying abreast of new tech tools and techniques is an [...]
It’s Monday morning, AGAIN! Time to get your storytime ready for the week. Ho Hum. You could always recycle a previous storytime or… you can jazz up your repertoire with new fingerplays, flannels, puppets and book suggestions.
Try something new!
*Learn how to use Readers Theater and bring your story alive with the [...]
You should. Your library users are borrowing downloadable audios by using your web site and their library cards. Public libraries now have an easy way to find out what their monthly circulation figures are by going to iCONN Downloadable Audio Circulation Totals for Public Libraries on WebJunction Connecticut. This page will be updated monthly.
The Connecticut State Library offers free online courses for Connecticut library staff through the CT.WebJunction.org website. The course list includes, but is not limited to:
Basic Web Reference (LibraryU)
Dealing with Angry Patrons (LibraryU)
Grant Writing Basics (LE@D)
Introduction to Cataloging for Non-Catalogers (LibraryU)
Master of Disaster: Developing a Disaster Plan (LibraryU)
MS Office 2010
Planning Story Times for Children (LibraryU)
Trends in [...]