Reference Outreach & Instruction at Minitex is offering a free webinar this month on graphic novels. Join Ramsey County Library’s Teen Librarians Marcus Lowry and Amy Boese. They will discuss the best superheroes, what’s hot in manga, as well as breakthrough indie voices for 2013. This reader’s advisory for kids, teens, and adults will be held on Friday, December 13th from 1-2:00 PM (CT.)
Registration information can be found online with Minitex’s.
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
On December 10th at 1 pm CT, WebJunction will be offering a free online webinar, The Power of Transformational Stories. It will explore how to identify, frame and share stories to illustrate the value of libraries within our communities.
Click here for additional information and the registration link.
Note: Sometimes it can be uncomfortable talking about our successes without it sounding awkward and self-serving. But like a good story, it must be written if it is ever to be truly appreciated.
The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium was created to help library staff develop enhanced professional networks and promote resource sharing and communication between organizations. Join library staff and technologists from Northwestern Wisconsin and Northeastern Minnesota this January at the Mid-Winter Unsymposium.
Marian Rengel, Outreach Coordinator for the Minnesota Digital Library will facilitate a free webinar on Wednesday, November 13th from 3-4:00 PM (Central Time). She will discusses the contents of Minnesota Reflections as it relates to History Day research and identify potential resources for programming.
Click here to register for this Minitext event or to learn more about the webinar.