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Rebecca Jones posted this in Conferences on January 31st, 2012
OLA Poster Session on Friday February 3, 2012 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Lower Lobby of the MTCC
Community Mapping: Keeping it Simple and Straightforward
Jenny Schnoll and Lina Kim
Toronto Public Library
Toronto Public Library’s new approach to community outreach and engagement says that library staff partner and collaborate with groups and individuals so they can define and fulfill their own interests and needs. To do this well, staff need the right skill set. This poster session describes a community mapping process adopted by TPL to help staff make that first step in community entry. Community mapping is generally recognized as the first step in helping library leaders and branch staff alike develop a new understanding of how the library fits into and contributes to the existing fabric of the community.
Rebecca Jones posted this in Conferences, Lib, IM, KM on January 30th, 2012 Come hear Wellington County Public Library’s experience at the OLA Poster Session on Thursday February 2, Lower Lobby of the Convention Centre, Noon – 2:00 p.m.
Reinvesting in the Carnegie Legacy: Small Public Libraries, Big Community Impact
Danielle Arial
Wellington County Library
Throughout the last decade, the County of Wellington has exemplified a commitment to community investment. In that time, nine of their fourteen branches have been renovated or reconstructed, with the five others to be completed over the next six years. Reinvestment in the County’s five original Carnegie libraries substantiates the very real return on investment Andrew Carnegie imagined. These innovative building projects create healthy, vibrant communities: barrier-free accessibility combined with environmentally sustainable construction standards lay the foundation for significant community impact. Accessible washrooms and parking, along with assistive technologies exemplify the County’s commitment to barrier-free service. Living roofs, rainwater collection for washroom use and daylight harvesting are just a few of the initiatives incorporated into the County’s Green Legacy Building Standards. The poster session will inspire other municipalities, providing ideas as to how they can renew this worthwhile investment.
Here’s a guide to the Posters developed by 28 public, academic, corporate and agency libraries describing programs, projects and research they’ve undertaken. Come talk with them about what they’ve learned — up close and personal!
Lower Lobby of the Convention Centre, Thursday February 2nd and Friday February 3rd, from 12:00 Noon – 2:00 p.m.
OLA Poster Sessions: Feb 2 & 3 – Descriptions
Rebecca Jones posted this in Conferences on January 26th, 2012
Comfort & Joy: Yoga and Make-Your-Own-Sundaes During Christmas Exams
Robin Bergart, Jim Brett, Sophia Apostol, Robin Sakowski, Randy Oldham, and Doug Horne
University of Guelph Library
The University of Guelph Library piloted a program last December to help students relieve their stress during the final exam period. We teamed up with the university’s Athletics Centre, Wellness Program, and Students’ Association to offer yoga and relaxation classes, healthy snacks, and a sundae bar! This poster documents the reception by the students. Did they welcome it or find it disruptive? Did it help their studies or distract them instead? What were the most popular activities? How would we do it differently next time?
Talk with U of Guelph – with many other library staff - about their programs and projects on February 2nd & 3rd in the Lower Lobby of the Convention Centre at OLA’s Superconference at the Poster Sessions, 12:00 Noon – 2:00 p.m.
Here’s the full program of OLA Poster Sessions – it’s not published anywhere else!
Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences, Learning, Lib, IM, KM on December 1st, 2011 Just because it’s Dec 1, no that’s not Ba Humbug but rather Ba, the KM concept of a physical or virtual collaborative space where participants feel safe and exchange insights. Since collaboration and communication are key to so many positive paths, including innovation, improvement, and learning, we should be looking for more Ba environments in our organizations and communities. I should have used the Ba concept in my recent post on imaging an engaging place, what a perfect term for a teen space — the teen ba! I’m trying to envision such a Ba space for next year’s KMWorld 2012 to support the conference theme Knowledge Sharing & Learning: Communication, Collaboration & Innovation. Thanks to Bill Ives & Stan Garfield for brainstorming with me. Got suggestions? Send them along. Thanks.
Michael Edson, Director of Web & New Media Strategy at the Smithsonian Institution, has interesting insights & is always researching and learning from others. Innovation is a topic he has researched and he’s going to share practical nuggets with the audience of Computers in LIbraries 2012. Here’s a sneak peek at what he’ll be talking aboug:
Creating Inspiring Services Edson begins by talking about what it means to be “innovative”: how to recognize it, how to make it happen more, and how to prevent the opposite from happening. Using his past five years of experience moving a respected cultural institution into the 21st century, Edson shares his lesson learned, creative strategies, tips and more. He understands how to engage his community, how to create and support an innovative culture, how design exciting new services and to put that knowledge into practice. Filled with lots of examples, he inspire us to create innovative services for our communities.
Another indication that Edson knows how to engage his community? He’s also researching organizations that get more than one million hours per year of volunteer effort through their websites. Hope he shares what he learns with the audience of Computers in Libraries 2012.
I can’t believe it’s been almost a month since we’ve posted on our site — too many conferences and work with clients. All wonderful and very stimulating. We’ve been brimming with things to say but no time to put them into words, so hopefully this is the beginning of many new posts to come!
We’ve talked a lot about thinking critically and strategically as well as creativity. Today Don Tapscott pointed me to an interesting article on creative thinking, an excerpt published by Fast Company from a book, Bob Gill, so far. As author, artist & graphic designer Bob Gill says, “Interesting solutions begin with interesting problems. So reframe the problem.” Rebecca and I have been working with clients on “reframing” their perspectives and challenges, so I’m looking forward to reading more in Gill’s book.
I was also inspired recently by some creative ideas from KM evangelist Bob Buckman who spoke at KMWorld 2011. He said to me, it’s necessary to move “an organization to a decision making process that is faster than the competition. Speed of Innovation is the key to competitive advantage. Being able to innovate around the needs of the customer is great, but if your competition does it faster than you, then you still loose.” I’m planning to use some of this words as a theme for KMWorld 2012: Knowledge Sharing & Learning: Communication, Collaboration & Innovation. The call for speakers will be up at the beginning of January and from all the buzz following KMWorld 2011 I know we will
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Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences, Web & Social Media on October 31st, 2011 It seems that I’m on the road every year at Hallowe’en, and this year is no exception. Here I am in DC on the first day of KMWorld 2011, an exciting and extremely busy conference. Workshops and Taxonomy Boot Camp are now underway and despite the Nor’Easter and early snow in many parts of the Northeast, I’m only missing one speaker. Yipppeeee! I’m not wearing my pumpkin hat today and whoever took the picture of me wearing it a few years ago has thankfully taken it down from Flickr!
Many of you know that I love Google Doodles and often write posts that include their fun seasonal or special occasion doodles, like today! But who knew that Mashable also loved them, check out some of the older Hallowe’en Google Doodles in their post. And have a great Hallowe’en day!
Rebecca Jones posted this in Conferences on October 24th, 2011 The keynotes at the 2011 Internet Librarian Conference were, as always, superb. John Seely Brown and Lee Rainie — learned, engaging speakers – who could ask for more? Libraries should show these at staff meetings and discuss the issues and possibilities raised.
We’re very excited about this new event taking place in Monterey, Oct 17-18. The first of it’s kind, the Library Directors Digital Strategy Summit focuses on “Strategic Choices for 2020″ in an intimate and interactive conversation. Strategic choices and decision-making are a challenge for all directors, deans and senior managers especially in the digital age. Options and alternatives abound, so how do we choose what best fits for our communities, campuses, corporations and governments? The new Library Directors Digital Strategy Summit is an interactive event which includes leading edge thinking, collaborative opportunities for evaluating different future scenarios, various perspectives and viewpoints, industry experts, and more. Digital strategy has been defined as the process of specifying an organization’s vision, goals, opportunities and initiatives in order to maximize the business benefits digital investments and efforts provide to the organization. This summit pushes us to clarify our visions and goals for digital strategy in library environments, shares opportunities and initiatives, and looks carefully at the benefits our investments can achieve.
This two-day summit is an interactive forum for library directors, CEOs, and CIOs of academic, public, government and special libraries to problem-solve, discuss, and network with colleagues. It features a mix of high level presentations, expert panels, round table and facilitated discussions with lots of networking/peer engagement time. It features one on one time with leading thinkers:
*John Seely Brown, Chief of Confusion; Visiting Scholar at USC; Independent Co-Chairman of the Deloitte Center for the Edge, & Author, The New Culture of Learning
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