“Serving Older Adults and Their Care
Partners at Your Library”
Date & Time: April 12th, 2018. Start Time: Pacific - 12 Noon, Mountain
- 1 PM, Central - 2 PM, Eastern - 3 PM
Description: By 2030, projections indicate that 25% of the US population will be 65 or
older. This means that libraries will be serving a steadily increasing number
of older patrons and their care partners.
This webinar will help you understand
and adapt to these users’ changing needs. During this one-hour session you’ll
experience an empathy-building aging simulation activity. We’ll also address
biases on aging and how to communicate with older adults who are confused. You
will have the opportunity to recognize what you are already doing well, and
learn how to hone your skills in meeting the unique needs of individual patrons
in this age group.
At the end of this one-hour webinar,
participants will:
* Increase their awareness and
knowledge concerning various aspects of the aging process
* Develop empathy for older adults’
functional losses and related feelings
* Identify at least one thing you are
already doing well in meeting the needs of older adult patrons (and their care
partners), and one action you can take to enhance the elder-friendly
environment at your library
Please join us for this fun and
engaging professional development opportunity, which is likely to help you
enhance service to the community, while improving your own job satisfaction.
This webinar will be of interest to:
anyone who has the opportunity to serve older adults at their library.
Webinars are free of charge, you can
pre-register by clicking on the Register Now button at the top of
this page). If you pre-registered, you will receive an email with login
link and a reminder email the day before the event.
OCLC Webinars
“How CONTENTdm works: An overview
demonstration”
Date & Time: 12 April 2018. 2:00 PM – 3:00 PMEastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC
-4]
Description: During this one-hour CONTENTdm® demonstration, you will:
*Hear how you can simplify management
of your digital collections to make the collections more discoverable on the
Web
*Find out how the responsive design
interface allows users to access digital content from anywhere on any device
*Learn about CONTENTdm’s support for
The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF), APIs that allows
CONTENTdm collection owners to showcase their unique resources in new ways and
give scholars and researchers better options for viewing and comparing visual
resources within and across repositories
*See examples of how libraries,
archives, museums and other cultural heritage institutions are using the
service to highlight their unique collections around the world.
“Voter Perceptions of Libraries:
Getting From Awareness to Funding in 2018”
Date & Time: 17 April 2018. 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North
America [UTC -4]
Presenters: Marci Merola, Director, American Library Association Office for Library
Advocacy; Larra Clark, Deputy Director, ALA Office for Information
Technology Policy and the Public Library Association; Vailey Oehlke,
Director of Libraries, Multnomah County Library (OR); and Sharon
Streams, Director, WebJunction, OCLC Research.
Description: In 2008, OCLC published From Awareness to Funding: A Study of
Library Support in America, a study of the awareness, attitudes, and
underlying motivations among US voters for supporting library funding. The
research dispelled long-held assumptions and provided eye-opening insights
about who supports public library funding and for what reasons. A decade later,
OCLC has partnered with PLA and the ALA Office for Library Advocacy to
investigate perceptions and support among US voters today, and how they may
have shifted in the intervening years. In this session, presenters will share
key findings and analysis from the summary report; provide new details on library super supporters and probable supporters
in context with other library trends and research; and kickstart the discussion
on how library leaders and advocates can act on these findings.
“Managing and acquiring your physical
materials: A demonstration in WorldShare Management Services”
Date & Time: 18 April 2018. 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC
-4]
Description: During this 45-minute demonstration of WorldShare Management Services, you
will learn how to simplify acquisitions and management of your physical
materials:
*Get materials to your patrons faster
by saving cataloging time
*Save time in your print acquisitions
workflows by accessing vendor data from WorldCat® as well as leveraging the
shared work of libraries and shared vendor information
*Increase efficiencies for your staff
by supporting the acquisition and maintenance of print resources in a single,
Web-based interface that's integrated with all other WorldShare applications.
“Making the Move to Tipasa: A Lightning
Talk Encore”
Date & Time: 24 April 2018. 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC
-4]
Presenters:
* Karen Alexander from Augsburg
University: Tagging
* Carla Sands from Immaculata
University: Customization
* Gina Bolger from Cornerstone
University: Improved patron & staff experience
Description: Come hear from three libraries that have migrated to Tipasa about specific
functionality and how it has improved and streamlined their workflows. This
will be a reprise of the Lightning Talks presented during the Tipasa Tuesday
session at the OCLC Resource Sharing Conference in March 2018.
“Exploring, selecting and implementing
a new library system: Practical tips from librarians”
Date & Time: 25 April 2018. 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC
-4]
Presenters:
* David Marks, Dean of the Library
at Bergen Community College
* Tracey Amey, Library Director at
the Pennsylvania College of Technology
* Beth McMahon, Library Director
at Central College
* Kyle Winward, Technical Services
Librarian at Central College
Description: Panelists will share what helped and hindered their search for a new
library system, questions that helped them make a decision and what they wish
they knew before they went through the process.
Carterette Series Webinar (Georgia Library Association and
the Georgia Public Library Service)
“Sustainable Connected Learning for Youth”
Date & Time: Wednesday, April 11, 2018. 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain
| 1pm Central)
Presenters:
* Megan Barrett is the
Information & Technology Literacy Specialist for the Cuyahoga County Public
Library where she works with staff to create impactful technology programs for
customers of all ages. Equal parts strategic thinker, facilitator, and coach,
Megan reframes staff thinking around technology to focus on the learning
experience instead of the equipment. A former teen librarian, Megan is a youth
advocate committed to creating opportunities to engage and empower teens. Megan
has a Masters in Library and Information Science.
* Rebecca Ranallo is the
Information & Technology Literacy Manager for the Cuyahoga County Public
Library where she oversees innovation, implementation and training. Technology
in libraries is a constantly changing environment and Rebecca works to help
staff embrace the challenges and recognize the value of integrating technology
to our community. Rebecca has a Masters in Library and Information Science and
a background in adult technology instruction. Before joining the Cuyahoga
County Public Library, Rebecca worked for Cuyahoga Community College where she
managed their Technology & Information Literacy learning program and
designed, evaluated, and implemented distance learning instruction.
Description: Connected Learning is an innovative approach to youth learning that is
based on the principle that learning happens best when it is interest-driven,
peer supported, and academically oriented. Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Public
Library system has spent several years developing rich, outcomes-based
programs, and creating a sustainable pool of volunteers with STEAM (science,
technology, engineering, art, and math) backgrounds. Learn how the connected
learning model has been implemented at Cuyahoga County Public Library’s 27
branches and how you can implement similar programming in your library.
WebJunction Webinar
“User-centered Assessment: Leveraging
What You Know and Filling in the Gaps”
Date & Time: 24 April 2018. 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC
-4]
Presenters: Kara Reuter, PhD, Digital Library Manager, Worthington Libraries (OH); and moderated
and co-presented by Lynn Silipigni Connaway, PhD, Senior Research
Scientist and Director of User Research, OCLC Research
Description: Whether you’re trying to decide how to allocate your library’s resources
or make the best use of your space, formal assessment tools can guide your
decision-making. This session will cover why formal assessments are more
effective than anecdotal data, and will help you learn how to plan effective
evaluations. You will learn how to use what you already know about your patrons,
how to determine what information you still need, and how to formulate
questions to get you there.
This webinar is the first
in a three-part series bringing together research and practice from across library sectors,
covering the ins and outs of creating, and implementing assessments that
provide insightful, actionable data.
Who should attend?
Public, academic, or
research library staff who:
- have never worked with
data before,
- have some experience
but need a refresher, or
- would like to learn how
to best leverage assessment data to benefit their library.
