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الله وبركاته،
السادة زوار المدونة
الكرام، أقدم لكم اليوم مجموعة جديدة من الندوات المهنية المتخصصة في مجال
المكتبات والمعلومات والتى يتم عقدها وبثها عبر شبكة الإنترنت مجاناً، وفيما يلي
عرضاً مفصلاً لها.
Infopeople
Webinars
“What’s New in Young Adult Literature
2014”
Date & Time: June 11th,
2014. Start Time: Pacific - 12 Noon, Mountain - 1 PM, Central - 2 PM,
Eastern - 3 PM.
Description:
* Do you know the latest trends in Young Adult literature are?
*
Looking for emerging authors?
*
Need a list of the latest “hot” YA books?
*
Want recommendations for the best adult books for YAs?
The world of young adult
literature is a dramatically dynamic one that, in the last decade, has become
among the most vibrantly active in all of publishing. Each publishing season
brings a plethora of new titles, new forms, and new formats, many of which
require new methods of evaluation.
Keeping up with all these changes
and the over 5,000 new titles flooding the market each year can be a full-time
job. This webinar will help you identify new trends and know the best new
titles for your collection development.
At the end of this one-hour
webinar, participants will be familiar with current:
*
Trends informing the dynamic world of YA literature and publishing
*
New YA fiction – both novels of realism and genre fiction – that comprises
“first purchases” for YA collections
*
Non-fiction for both recreational and classroom use
*
Graphic novels and comics
*
Adult books for young adults and New Adults
This webinar will be of interest
to both public and school library staff with young adult collection development
responsibilities.
Webinars are free of charge; you
can pre-register by clicking on the Register Now button (at the top
and bottom of this page). If registering with less than 30 MINUTES from
the start of the webinar you can join directly from the thank you page by
clicking the Join Now button. If you pre-registered you will
receive an email with login link and a reminder email the day before the event.
* Webinar archive of this event
will be available within 24 hours or sooner
“Creative Spaces and Family Engagement
in Libraries”
Date & Time: June 12 th, 2014. Start Time: Pacific - 12 Noon, Mountain - 1 PM, Central -
2 PM, Eastern - 3 PM.
Description:
* Struggling to infuse creativity into a
cramped, quiet or quirky space?
* Tired of following powerful literature with
cookie cutter crafts?
* Confounded by events attended by children 2
to 18 years old?
* Think you have to be an artist to engage
children in the arts?
As an institution, the library has the power
to teach families the joy and meaning derived from the creative process. Yet,
too often, after a powerful story, we shut down the opportunity for authentic,
individual responses by asking children to mass produce popsicle stick
protagonists or glue soaked story props.
Library staff and parents often feel
inadequate as artists and pass along their hang ups by safety proofing crafts
or spending loads of money for professional artists to lead the workshop. In
this webinar, we will rethink what it means to engage children and their
families in creativity as we explore play based and process art. You will leave
with very concrete ideas about designing a space and an approach that nurtures
the artist in each child. As the sole access point to the arts for many
families, libraries are a key force in ensuring every child can engage with the
world as a creator.
At the end of this one-hour webinar,
participants will:
* Have a new way of viewing the arts that
empowers them to design effective arts programs for children and families
* Gain specific ideas for designing spaces
for families to engage in the arts
* Explore 5 stories and affordable and
exciting arts experiences to accompany them
This webinar will be of interest to library
staff working to engage families and enliven story times and programming for
families.
Webinars are free of charge; you
can pre-register by clicking on the Register Now button (at the top
and bottom of this page). If registering with less than 30 MINUTES from
the start of the webinar you can join directly from the thank you page by
clicking the Join Now button. If you pre-registered you will
receive an email with login link and a reminder email the day before the event.
* Webinar archive of this event
will be available within 24 hours or sooner
“Failing in the Right Direction”
Date & Time: June 17th,
2014. Start Time: Pacific - 12 Noon, Mountain - 1 PM, Central - 2 PM,
Eastern - 3 PM.
Description: What happens at your
library when something doesn’t go according to plan? Do you or your colleagues
find yourselves:
* Apologizing and
promising not to let that happen again?
* Pointing out the
circumstances that were beyond your control?
* Worrying about how this
setback might affect your budget or your career?
* Wishing that other
people had done more to support you?
* Or just feeling
generally down and discouraged?
We hear a lot about the
need for innovation and risk taking in the workplace but not so much about the
flip side of that coin: failure. Failure happens. Some even say that there is
no creativity without failure. In fact, many success stories – Thomas Edison,
Vera Wang, Jay-Z, Dr. Seuss – are prefaced by accounts of repeated failures.
Even so, the library environment has not been especially tolerant of imperfect
outcomes. If we want to continue to change and grow, we’ll need to rethink how
we deal with failure.
Though we can’t totally
avoid failing, we can learn to fail more constructively. In this lively
one-hour webinar, we will explore how to:
* Set clear parameters for
what constitutes success,
* Inspire support and
participation even when success cannot be guaranteed,
* Keep minor glitches from
escalating,
* Isolate and correct what
went wrong without shaming or blaming,
* Understand when to let
go and when to regroup and keep trying,
* Extract valuable
information from unsuccessful ventures,
* Care for ourselves and
others when things don’t work out as well as we’d hoped, and
* Avoid repeating old
mistakes while retaining the nerve to make new ones!
If you are a member of the
library community who has ever planned, supervised, funded, participated in, or
stood by helplessly during an honest effort that fell short, this webinar will
offer you both practical techniques and reassuring perspectives.
Webinars are free of charge; you
can pre-register by clicking on the Register Now button (at the top
and bottom of this page). If registering with less than 30 MINUTES from
the start of the webinar you can join directly from the thank you page by
clicking the Join Now button. If you pre-registered you will
receive an email with login link and a reminder email the day before the event.
* Webinar archive of this event
will be available within 24 hours or sooner
“Rainbow Family Connections: Embracing
LGBTQ Families at Your Library”
Date & Time: June 18th, 2014. Start Time: Pacific - 12
Noon, Mountain - 1 PM, Central - 2 PM, Eastern - 3 PM.
Description:
* Does your library serve lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) families?
* Do you know how to design displays,
programs, services, and collections inclusive of these Rainbow Families?
* How do you select high-quality children’s
materials representing Rainbow Families?
* Where can you find information about
successful children’s library programs that welcome Rainbow Families?
This webinar will help library staff
establish a basis for understanding the informational and cultural needs of
children and adults in Rainbow Families while exploring the best resources for
collection development and program planning.
At the end of this one-hour webinar,
participants will be able to:
* Indentify informational needs of children
and adults in Rainbow Families
* Describe how to make the library welcoming
for Rainbow Families
* Evaluate culturally appropriate materials
representing Rainbow Families
* Plan programs and outreach services for
Rainbow Families
* Locate high-quality children’s materials
and professional resources related to Rainbow Families
Webinars are free of charge; you
can pre-register by clicking on the Register Now button (at the top
and bottom of this page). If registering with less than 30 MINUTES from
the start of the webinar you can join directly from the thank you page by
clicking the Join Now button. If you pre-registered you will
receive an email with login link and a reminder email the day before the event.
* Webinar archive of this event
will be available within 24 hours or sooner
WebJunction
Webinars
“Best Small Libraries in America: Vital,
Innovative and Thriving”
Date & Time: 5 June 2014. 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight
Time, North America [UTC -4].
Presenters: Amy Dodson, director, Pine River Library, CO; Mary Beth Stenger, director, Southern Area Public Library, WV; and
Meredith Schwartz, senior editor, News and Features, Library
Journal.
Description: Library Journal's annual Best Small Library in
America Award, cosponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was
created in 2005 to discover and reward exemplary work by libraries serving
populations under 25,000, and to showcase these best practices to provide a
replicable case study for their peers. In collaboration with theAssociation for Rural and Small Libraries and Library Journal, we are pleased to host this webinar featuring the two most
recent award winners, 2013 Best Small Library in
America: Southern Area Public Library and 2014 Best Small Library in
America: Pine River Library. Join us to learn how these two
libraries have developed creative programming, extensive partnerships, and
innovative and responsive services so they can identify, meet, and even
anticipate the ever-evolving needs of their communities.
The session will include an overview of the nomination process for next year's award, as well as how previous winners have spent
the prize money, and leveraged the recognition, to take their offerings to the
next level.
“Be Fearless: Public Speaking for
Librarians”
Date & Time: 18 June 2014. 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern
Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4].
Presenters: Mary H Stein, Assistant Library Director, and TedxLSU Speaker, East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Louisiana.
Description: Do you quake at the thought of public speaking?
Are you also faced with the need to communicate to audiences, small or large,
the importance of your work in libraries? You really can overcome your
anxieties and master the art of public speaking. Join us for this webinar to
learn some basic skills for preparing and delivering speeches, plus tips to
manage your nervousness and make your presentations more memorable. Armed with
practical techniques, you’ll be ready to deliver clear, persuasive, and
engaging presentations on behalf of your library
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