A webinar hosted by WebJunction exploring change, our response to change, and ways to get beyond just surviving change, to learn to embrace and thrive in new environments. Date/Time: January 15, 2015 @ 2pm EST http://webjunction.org/events/webjunction/staying-afloat-sea-of-change.html
Update on 2020 Vision Plan: Creating the Future (NYLA Program)
The following individual discussed initiatives they are involved in that tie-in with the various recommendations of the 2020 Vision Plan: Jim Belair ( Monroe 2 – Orleans BOCES School Library System)- Five school library systems in the Rochester area collaborate to bring high quality services to their members. (Recommendations 36 & 39) Claudia Depkin (Haverstraw Kings Daughters Public Library) –…
Report: Rising to the Challenge: Re-Envisioning Public Libraries
A new report from the Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries: “The Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries is a multi-stakeholder forum to explore and champion new thinking on U.S. public libraries, with the goal of fostering concrete actions to support and transform public libraries for a more diverse, mobile and connected society.” http://csreports.aspeninstitute.org/Dialogue-on-Public-Libraries/2014/report
Free MOOC: The Emerging Future: Technology Issues and Trends
This MOOC is offered by San Jose State University. Click the link below for full course description: https://www.canvas.net/courses/the-emerging-future-technology-issues-and-trends