If you haven’t yet seen the two cookbooks put out by MaintainIT, you should take a look. In addition to these resources, they have started a series of free, monthly, 30-minute webinars on topics pulled from the cookbooks.
The first was today, April 16th — Notes from a Laptop Circulation Program. It is archived, so you [...]
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Webinars from MaintainIT Cookbooks
Posted in Continuing Education, Security, Standards, Wireless Communications on April 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Your Own O’Reilly Book Cover
Posted in Continuing Education, Fun on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have subscribed to the Generator Blog. It’s posts have become the ones I most enjoy — including this one. Create your own O’Reilly Book Cover!
Internet Librarian 2007
Posted in Continuing Education, Texas on January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t found it yet, most of the presentations from the 2007 Internet Librarian conference are now available. There were a number of presenters from Texas:
Karen Coombs, University of Houston Libraries — co-presented AJAX for Libraries & Screencasting & E-Learning on a Shoestring
Michelle Boule, University of Houston Libraries — co-presented Academic Library 2.0 [...]
Technology Competencies and Training
Posted in Continuing Education on April 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The latest issue of Library Technology Reports 43:2 (March/April 2007) was written by Sarah Houghton-Jan, the LibrarianInBlack. Titled Technology Competencies and Training for Libraries:
“This work,” summarizes Houghton-Jan, “is an attempt to fill the gap in knowledge about documenting technology competencies with overall guiding principles, examples of successful projects, and project-management guidelines for those embarking [...]
Ten Tips for Technology Training
Posted in Continuing Education on June 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Rachel Singer Gordon and Michael Stephens wrote an article for the May 2006 issue of Computers in Libraries called “Ten Tips for Technology Training.” (Sorry — there is a fee for this one.) For those of you who have been doing this for some time, there are no surprises here — just good [...]
TSLAC Library Technology Consultant
Posted in Continuing Education, Texas on April 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
After a number of years, the Library Technology Consultant position at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission has been filled. Eduardo Loera, lately from Portland, Oregon, but previously from Texas has been hired.
[from Library Developments]
TechEssence.Info
Posted in Blogs/RSS, Continuing Education, Trends on April 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
TechEssence.Info is a technology web site/blog for library decision makers. It’s goal is to provide easy to understand information about technology. From the web site:
You’re busy. You don’t have time for a lot of jargon, techie posturing, or attitudes. You’ve come to the right place. We don’t put you down, we don’t talk [...]
Library Track of the HigherEd BlogCon
Posted in Continuing Education on April 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
HigherEd BlogCon is ” . . . a fully web-based event focused on how new online communications technologies and social tools are changing Higher Education.” The Library and Information Resources track starts today, runs through Friday the 14th, and is available for you to subscribe and/or read.
Technology Training in Other Languages
Posted in Continuing Education on March 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Microsoft Unlimited Potential provides technology training materials that can be used in a face-to-face setting or as part of a self-paced learning program. The different modules cover:
Computer fundamentals
Using the Internet and World Wide Web
Digital Media Fundamentals
Word processing fundamentals
Spreadsheet fundamentals
Presentation fundamentals
Web design fundamentals
Database fundamentals
The course materials are available in:
English
Arabic
French
German
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Thai
Vietnamese
Traditional Chinese
Bahasa Malaysia
[from LibrarianInBlack]
Tales from the Public Domain
Posted in Continuing Education, Legal Issues on March 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain has put out a comic book-style story on the public domain called Tales from the Public Domain: Bound by Law? It seems to be very well done. I’m definitely not an expert on copyright, but the characters make good points — most of [...]
