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Implementing New Technologies Special Interest Group
May 14, 2008 (9:30 a.m. to noon)

We’ve been talking about Library 2.0 for a while now, and there are so many great new technologies out there. But which ones will work for your library? How do you decide whether or not you should implement something? What is the benefit of these new technologies for your library?

Join us to discuss these issues with your library colleagues. The group will include librarians who have already implemented some of these technologies and can discuss the pros and cons, and also those who are still just considering what to do. Learn what worked for others and what may or may not work for you.

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Measuring Your Impact: Using Evaluation for Library Advocacy
May 30, 2008 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
Instructor: J. Dale Prince

Library users and stakeholders will recognize and value the importance of their library's services and of the librarian to the organization. That is the ultimate goal of this six-hour workshop. The outcome for the class is that librarians will be able to show the value of their library's services. Participants will become familiar with an evaluation process and will use and take away methods and tools for assessment, evaluation planning, creating logic models, data collection, data analysis and reporting. The workshop will feature group exercises that move participants through the steps of an evaluation process. There will also be student discussion and exercises in addition to lecture.

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Culture, Movies and Adultism
August 19, 2008 (9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
Instructor: Ushanda Pauling

teens

Ever look at young people out at the mall or in some other social venue and wonder, "What are they doing?" Ever hear young people talking to each other and wonder, "What are they saying?" Ever scratch your head and ask yourself how they can type so fast on those cell phones? Well this is the workshop for inquiring minds.

The culture of teens can be foreign to adults but fascinating just the same. In this workshop, we will explore the world of youth to gain a better understanding of the population that we serve, raise or just watch in awe! You will be introduced to programs from across the country that understand youth and that have created engaging ways to increase and maintain youth participation. Lastly, learn more about one of the most damaging isms that plague youth today.

Stated learning objectives:

  • Participants will have a better understanding of the impacts of culture on youth.

  • Participants will be able to identify websites and other informational tools to get up-to-date youth information.

  • Participants will learn how to use current youth media to stimulate and engage youth.

  • Participants will become more knowledgeable of media and its role in the life of youth.

  • Participants will be introduced to established youth programs from across the U.S.

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