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Landing your ideal library job event

American Libraries Live Logo. Retrieved online 11/25/13.
American Libraries Live Logo. Retrieved online 11/25/13.

On Thursday, December 10th at 3 pm (Central time) American Libraries brings you this FREE, one-hour streaming video broadcast.

Landing your ideal library job isn’t always as easy as you’d hope it would be. A lot of factors go into getting the right job—you need to know the library job market and understand the challenges librarians at all points in their careers are facing. An expert panel will discuss the challenges that librarians face in their careers and strategies to navigate through them. They’ll discuss opportunities in the current library job market from public to academic libraries and traditional to non-traditional libraries. They will also provide job-hunting and resume-building tips—all building up to how you can land your ideal library job.

You can pre-register for this free 60-minute event at http://goo.gl/cFZMIW, or go to www.americanlibrarieslive.com at the time of the event.

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Next American Libraries Live: Library Websites

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Every library needs a website, but what makes a good site? How can you figure out how to most effectively allocate your resources and build a site that fits the needs of your community? In “The Library Website,” our panel of experts will look at the dos, should-dos, and don’ts of library websites. Tune in February 13 at 1 p.m. Central time for this free video broadcast that you can view from your home, library, or on-the-go….Tip: Even if you know you are unable to attend this event “live”, register anyway, and ALA will send you the link to the broadcast after the fact!

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The Future of Libraries: American Libraries Live

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Were you too busy to watch the January 8th  American Libraries Live Webinar? Me too…..but it is not too late!

The moderator was David Lee King, the format was a Google Hangout. King is the digital branch and services manager at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, where he plans for, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He speaks internationally about emerging trends, website usability and management, digital experience planning, and managing tech staff.

• Joseph Murphy, Director of Library Futures, Innovative Interfaces
• Marshall Breeding, Library Technology Consultant, Speaker and Author
• Bohyun Kim, Digital Access Librarian at Florida International University Medical Library

Many interesting ideas emerged including….

  • Libraries as change foundries and local change experts
  • Libraries as laboratories
  • Libraries as canaries in the coalmine, testing the changing environment
  • Libraries are settling in as a filler of gaps

Listen for yourself! The archived hangout is available at http://americanlibrarieslive.org/

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Free Broadcast: Making the Discovery Decision

American Libraries Live Logo. Retrieved online 11/25/13.
American Libraries Live Logo. Retrieved online 11/25/13.

Join American Libraries Live for another free broadcast

Thursday, December 5th, at 1 pm CT.

Dan Freeman, stated in his blog, “Discovery services have the power to revolutionize library systems. With discovery services, you can find and retrieve information in ways never before possible. But if you’re a librarian interested in Discovery, what do you need to know to make a decision?”

For this broadcast, the panel of experts will include:

• Gwen Evans, Executive Director of OhioLINK
• Courtney Greene, Head, Discovery & Research Services, Indiana University
• Edward Smith, Executive Director, Abilene Library Consortium

Learn more here: Making the Discovery Decision

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ALA Live’s Next Broadcast: Digging Into Databases

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Image retrieved from ALA Live website. All rights reserved.

ALA Live’s next broadcast is Thursday, September 12th at 1 pm Central. Listen to a panel of experts discuss Digging into Databases.  Click here for registration information.

TIP: If you are unable to fit this event into your schedule, remember that you can always view the recorded session(s) by going to the ALA Live Archives.

Upcoming Broadcasts

  • October 10 : International Libraries: A View from Friends Across the Pond
  • November 14 : Tablets and Mobile Applications
  • January 9 : The Future of Libraries