Nebraska Libraries on the Web

Central City Public Library is the latest site to go live. Please give them a look and leave a comment or two.

We’ve been listening!  A comment we’ve heard pretty often is that so many presentations at conferences seem to be by and for librarians from larger libraries.  Well, Big Talk From Small Libraries will change that.

This free one-day online conference is aimed at librarians from small libraries; the smaller the better.  Each of our speakers is from a small library or directly works with small libraries.

Topics range from technology (new tech and old tech) to programming to partnering with your community.  Speakers will cover eight topics—one each hour.  Come for the programs on what you’re dealing with now or maybe try something new.

Everyone is welcome to register and attend, regardless of how big or small their library is, but if your library serves a few thousand people, or a few hundred, this is the day for you.

More details, including speaker bios, session descriptions, technical information and registration can be found @ http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk/.

This conference was organized and is hosted by Michael Sauers and Laura Johnson of the Nebraska Library Commission and is co-sponsored by the Association for Small & Rural Libraries and Library Renewal.

Big Talk From Small Libraries
February 28, 2012
8:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CT)

Preliminary Schedule:
8:45am            Log-in, Welcome, Housekeeping – Michael Sauers & Laura Johnson, Nebraska Library Commission
9:00am            Helping Your Patrons E-Read – Karen Mier, Plattsmouth Public Library (NE)
10:00am          Community Partnerships – Karla Bieber, A.H. Brown Library & Diane Althoff, Gregory Public Library (SD)
11:00am          The Fayetteville Free Library Fab Lab – Lauren Smedley, Fayetteville Free Library (NY)
12:00pm          TBA
1:00pm            Training the Public – Jessamyn West, Librarian.net (VT)
2:00pm            Working in the Cloud – Jezymnne Dene, Portneuf District Library (ID)
3:00pm            Gaming and Game Collection Development – Diane Trinkle, Nortonville Public Library (KS)
4:00pm            TBA

Here’s a great little video you could use as a blog post to start a conversation about how they organize their books.

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This morning I get the pleasure of welcoming our 41st library to go live: Culbertson Public Library. You know the drill. Please take a moment to stop by their site and welcome then.

Now, the question is who get to be magic number 42?

Well, it turns out that I spoke too soon with yesterday’s post. Yes, I solved the new user registration problem but I created another problem. With the new plugin turned on, users were unable to post comments to your sites. So, for the time being I’ve turned off the new CAPTCHA plugin and everything “working”. The trouble is, this has the potential to significantly increase the amount of comment spam you may receive. So please keep an regular eye on your incoming comments for the immediate future. I’m actively working on solving all of this ASAP and will report back as information is available.

(If you’re more technically oriented and are interested, I have submitted a help request to the plugin’s community which you can read and follow along with @ http://betterwp.net/community/post/252/.)

UPDATE: See this post.

Here’s another video you might consider for inclusion on your library’s site:

I’m cross-posting this from the Commission’s blog as I thought some of you might be interested
(Posted on January 5, 2012 by Laura Johnson)

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Here’s another great video you might want to consider posting on your library’s site.

Source: Walking Paper