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Crossroads
The monthly newsletter
from WebJunction.
April 2013
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Dr. Doug Elwood, a practicing physician, and his wife created
the iPad app “Squeeks,” designed to allow kids to personalize a story and
make it interactive. Photo by Princeton Public Library NJ on Flickr.
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Advancing the
Device-Friendly Library
As
e-readers, tablets, and smartphones become increasingly ubiquitous,
traditions of library service and resource management are disrupted.
Libraries and their staff are meeting the transformation with characteristic
energy and imagination. They are getting everyone up to speed on the
fast-changing crop of devices. They are envisioning new ways to use tablets
and apps in library programming. And they are collaborating on strategies to
empower libraries in the ecosystem of digital content. Working together, libraries
are advancing into the future.
Key resources:
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Tablets and Apps: a world of possibility: Mobile devices open up opportunities to interact with
users in new creative ways.
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So Many Devices, So Little Time (webinar): Jennifer Birnel, BTOP trainer in Montana,
offers practical tips for helping patrons with their devices without losing
your cool.
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Extending access to e-books for public libraries: New
strategies (webinar):
Access to e-books is one of the most important issues facing public libraries
today. Get in on the conversation.
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LibraryYOU: Library as Content Creator (webinar): Learn how Escondido Public Library helped
community members communicate through digital media formats and create local
content.
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Digital Literacy for
Everyone
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Time to Get
EveryoneOn
The EveryoneOn campaign toolkit is now
available!
On 3/21,
Connect2Compete launched the EveryoneOn campaign to increase digital literacy
in local communities. Libraries will be essential contributors to the
campaign as providers of free Internet access and digital literacy training.
The EveryoneOn toolkit offers a suite of resources created by the Ad Council
to promote the campaign. Libraries are invited to start using the EveryoneOn
materials at any time.
The toolkit
currently includes:
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Downloadable posters and graphics
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Tips on using the campaign
materials and spreading the word
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The EveryoneOn toolkit offers a variety of digital literacy
resources. Additional resources will continue to become available in the
coming months, including a growing collection of learning tools from DigitalLearn.org.
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Sign for public wi-fi hot spot by Florian on Flickr
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Rhode Island Expands
Digital Inclusion
Borrow the Internet
Find out how
Providence Community Library in Rhode Island is literally “loaning out the
Internet” to patrons in a neighborhood with low rates of home broadband
service.
Engaging Stakeholders, the First Step to Creating a
Digitally Inclusive Community
This webinar (April
10th) will explore the process of engaging stakeholders as an important step
toward building community-level digital inclusion. Learn directly from the
key collaborators in the Broadband Rhode Island project.
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Field Testing the
Broadband Speed Test
The Public Library
Funding & Technology Access Survey (PLFTAS) is seeking your help in
evaluating a speed test tool.
Since 1994, PLFTAS has
collected data on broadband connectivity, numbers of public access computers,
technology training, and more. This year, PLFTAS is moving to a new format and
will be called the “Digital Inclusion Survey.” The team working on this new survey
has incorporated a speed test. This tool measures broadband speed at the user
device level, such as a public access computer, laptop or other mobile device.
They are asking libraries to help by conducting the test before April 10th.
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We Geek Our Mover
& Shaker: Jenny Powell
It’s always exciting
to review the latest group of Library
Journal’s Movers and Shakers. When it includes someone
from our own team, the excitement is tripled. We know that Jenny Powell is doing an extraordinary
job helping libraries transform perceptions through the Geek the Library
advocacy program. So it’s wonderful to hear LJ recognize her
"indefatigable" efforts as she applies her warm and personal energy
to scaling the program up in over 40 states.
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Jenny Powell, Geek
the Library Field Manager
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Launch a Local Geek
the Library Campaign
Geek the Library
wants to help public libraries across the United States start important local
conversations. If local advocacy is on your radar, you may want to learn more
about this free community awareness campaign. On April 9th at 2
p.m. (ET), Geek the Library field manager Jenny Powell will give a complete
overview of the program along with the opportunity to ask your questions in a
live format. No registration required.
Visit get.geekthelibrary.org for information about
this event and other scheduled webinars.
Read a quick overview of the program »
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Geek the Library buttons at a Monroe County Library System
event; photo used with permission from MCLS on Flickr
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OCLC Training: a
great resource
Did you know that
OCLC offers free online training? The aim is to help members use OCLC
products and services, like CONTENTdm, Connexion, CatExpress and the new
resource sharing service, WorldShare ILL. The training team uses innovative
approaches, offering options for self-paced tutorials, live or recorded
sessions, and simulations for hands-on practice—all at no cost to you.
Sign up for monthly OCLC Training Updates »
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Spotlight on
WebJunction Partners
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Missouri State Library
Trains e-Reader Trainers
In response to the
needs of libraries around the state to become familiar with e-reader devices,
the Missouri State Library implemented a program to build a team of certified
regional trainers. Modeled after North Carolina’s e-reader program, they
selected 10 people to receive training on the most popular eReader devices and
be designated as “State Library Certified eReader Trainers.”
The State Library then
made arrangements for bringing trainers, the most popular e-reader devices, and
library staff together at a series of 12 regional workshops. In addition, LSTA
funds were used to offer local libraries two rounds of e-reader Exploration
grants to receive their own collections.
Check out these great eReader Training Documents shared by the
Missouri State Library.
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March Poll Results
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Results of March Readers' Poll on Accelerating Change
As part of the March
focus on how libraries demonstrate impact, we asked readers what they are doing
to continue to accelerate change at their libraries. Your social media
connections with community seem to be flourishing (86.7% of respondents). You
are also providing a healthy amount of one-on-one technology help to patrons
(77.8%) and hosting hands-on petting zoos (51.1%). Some of the more cutting
edge efforts are just surfacing—digital media labs (11.1%), makerspaces (8.9%),
and library vending machines (8.9%)—while mobile apps for library services are
gaining ground at 35.6%.
Keep up the great
future-facing work!
(Note: you can read
the poll choices more clearly in the Interpreting Data for Big Impact article.)
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