Bob and I taught an afternoon session yesterday at the Surburban Library System headquarters for Jenny Levine. We had ten library folks from all different kinds of libraries in to talk about technology training. It was a blast! Bob and I play off each other well and I look forward to teaching with him again! Jenny moblogged it here and here. Aaron worked the virtual Reference Desk and participated! Our PPT is here!
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In honor of our program today at SLS, I’ve been pondering some trainer’s tips… Be prepared! Prepare the training materials, such as updating notes, URLs and facts and remember how quickly things change in the technology world. Prepare the training space: set up computers, test equipment and test software. Get to know the room if it’s the first time you’ve been there. Know your audience. Who are they? Plan for specific groups: Students, Faculty, Seniors, Novices or Teens. A class for seniors will be different than a class for your teen users. Check out all the stuff you can find […]
The more I read (Abram and Luther in LJ this month!), the more I ponder, and the more I IM with colleagues and SJCPL staff, I realize we need to get serious about this form of communication. I saw this recently in a library and it made me sad: I totally understand restricting open chat rooms…but not IM. Just sayin!
Reuters Tech Story on Digital Cameras And this! Take a look folks! “Digital camera shipments are seen rising to 68.6 million units this year from 47.9 million in 2003, research firm IDC said on Thursday in its Worldwide Digital Still Camera Forecast. Shipments rose 71 percent in 2003 from 2002.” Nice. This little article offers a lot of stuff for those Digital Camera classes!
I have received over 500 spam messages this weekend. So I turned off the old address here… mstephens (at) tametheweb.com! New address: mstephens7 (at sign) tametheweb (dot) com mstephens7 (at sign) mac (dot) com still works as well!
Blake rocks! http://www.lisnews.com/article.pl?sid=04/05/17/0729248 This is a good one. SPL probably is the first library of the 21st century and will set some standards for study and emulation for years to come. Read the piece at the New Yorker. It fired me up big time this am as I sit at Panera! Lordy! I love libraries!!
http://www.librarystuff.net/2004/05/plogs.html Steven points to an article called “The Virtues of Chitchat”, by Michael Schrage, which, Steven writes, “discusses the use of blogs within corporate IT departments, most notably with keeping everyone informed with ongoing projects. Schrage calls them project logs, or “plogs”.” Lovin’ it!
Using a PowerBook (YES!), Dr. Rosenbaum took us through a review of a similar talk he gave 6 years ago and then looked to the future. “Trendspotting: Libraries & Technology (or what do I have to learn now?) Librarians getting together — “Community of Practice” – Shared work practices Six years ago: The web is becoming a community Digital Neighborhoods and virtual communities Chat Rooms Portals Current Technical Trends: *Wireless Libraries – Bluetooth/ 802.11g *PDAs, Tablets, Cell Phones – Cheaper, more common, wireless and net access. Libraries need to think about a new range of services that serve these devices. […]
Got Questions? – Serving Up a Glass of New Technology The Indiana Online Users Group Spring 2004 Program was yesterday at the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library in Plainfield, Indiana, on the west side of Indianapolis. Here’s the blurb for the day: “The world of library technology is constantly changing. Reading about those changes is good, but hearing how your colleagues are using new technology is better. Take advantage of this chance to ask questions and learn from others during the IOLUG Spring Program. Howard Rosenbaum of IU SLIS will give us an overview of new trends in the library world. […]