Library 2.0 for You (L-2-4-U)

Program Description: Flickr isn’t just a bird, del.icio.us isn’t just your NELA luncheon, and WordPress isn’t a new kitchen gadget. Find out what these things are and how these popular Web 2.0 applications (and more!) are being used in real-world libraries. L-2-4-U offers a panel of three experienced Massachusetts librarians: Paige Eaton Davis from the [...]

The Vanishing Male: Guy Stuff that Lures and Hooks

Nancy Davis of the Ivy Group began her investigation of why men don’t use libraries and strategies to increase use with a caveat that she would be making gender generalizations and that some of the points raised were based on an overall view of what the research indicates, the majority of library users are women. Davis [...]

Drop In Demos: Games and Gaming

As The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go” and the Star Wars theme are heard in the background, members of NELA’s ITS Committee  have provided a drop-in session to demonstrate the latest in video gaming to promote this growing phenomenon of gaming in libraries. There’s a selection of Nintendo DS games and two DS devices , a PC set [...]

News Savvy: Journalists, Citizen Journalism, & the News Consumer

How can we foster media literacy when there is more information available in more formats than at any time in history? How do we encourage responsible civic participation in the increasingly narrow space between uninformed opinion and self-serving corporate propaganda? In this session, four panelists addressed the blurry nexus between news production and news consumption [...]

Wikis & Zoho Creator

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Emily Belanger & Sarah Feldman Presentation will be posted on NELA website.   WIKIS A wiki is a collection of web pages that be edited by anyone with administrative permission. They promote collaboration and communication and are most popular and successful  when used for project communication and documentation. There is a [...]

My College Freshman is Your High School Senior

Presenter says she will prepare a LibGuide and upload it to: http://subjectguides.mwcc.edu/nela Incoming college freshman have wide ranges in their information literacy (IL). Students are often unprepared for research. There is inconsistencies in abilities among classes. Some have some familiarity with evaluating resources, using databases. Others can’t find a book on the shelf. Some have [...]

Hot Teen Titles: Sexuality and Teen Fiction

Presenter: Amy Pattee, Simmons College GSLIS Tuesday, October 21, 2008 2:30 – 4:00 PM Amy started by discussing some of the issues in collection development. We often face situations where parents are concerned about what their children are reading. Part of our job is to educate people about the books in our collection and why [...]

Exhibitor Demo: LibLime

Tuesday, 11:00 – 12:00 Description Meet Koha, the first open source Integrated Library System. Marc Roberson of LibLime demonstrates Koha’s extensive feature set and outlines the advantages of the open-source development model. LibLime was founded by Josh Ferraro, and he worked at the first library in the nation to use open source. That software is [...]

The Role of Planning in Grant Preparation

Program Description: Winning a grant doesn’t just happen – it requires careful planning and preparation. Marlene Heroux and Shelley Quezada from the MA Board of Library Commissioners present examples of academic libraries’ use of a planning process, longrange plans, and assessment tools to win grants and implement change. Grant projects include working with people with [...]

Help! The Teen Librarian Has Left the Building

YA Librarians Abby Reidy from the Morse Institute Library in Natick, MA and Christi Showman Farrar from Woburn Mass. Public Library. All handouts will be available online. YA Reader Advisory by Christi Showman Farrar: Talk to the teen-not their parent. Direct questions and eye contact. Be honest. If you have not read a book-say so. [...]