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 Minuteman [...]

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 trend toward replacing static web [...]

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 disabilities, green [...]

The Internet Is NOT Flat

Tuesday, 8:30 – 10:00
Description
Ten years ago, 70 million people used the Internet. Today, there are more than 1.2 billion people online, and that number is still growing. As projects like One Laptop Per Child come to fruition, we can imagine a future where it’s possible to talk to almost anyone, anywhere in the world. But [...]

Government Documents Online

Sunday, October 19th, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Presenters: Julie Schwartz, CT State Library jschwartz@cslib.org & Alix Quan, Ass’t Director Head of Reference, Massachusetts State Library alix.quan@state.ma.us

Julie’s Schwartz’s Presentation
jschwartz@cslib.org Another contact: Steven Slovasky sslovasky@cslib.org
The Connecticut State Library initiated the Connecticut Digital Archive Project because so many state documents and [...]

“Graphic” Non-Fiction

Program Desription:
They are definitely “graphics” but they definitely are not novels. Non-fiction in the graphic format is a growing trend and can engage readers who might reject other non-fiction. Two Rhode Island young adult librarians, Robin Lensing of Pawtucket Public Library and Ed Fuqua from Woonsocket Harris Public Library, discuss the advantages of adding non-fiction [...]

It Takes a Community: The CLOCKSS Initiative

Program Description:
How will you ensure researchers have access to electronic content in the future? What happens when journals get sold or lost in the shuffle of a merger? These questions vex librarians and publishers alike, but CLOCKSS has answers. CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) is a community-wide endeavor built upon the widely-used [...]

Library as Commons

Presented by Cheryl Bryan, SEMLS
Monday, October 20 11:30
Presentation available at: http://www.nelib.org/conference/2008/program/2-11-6-commons.pdf
It’s not news that many public libraries are experiencing or anticipating budget cuts. With this current bleak state of the economy in mind, libraries have to do a better job of explaining to the public how the services we offer are going to improve the [...]

Easy Web Fixes

Monday, 11:00 – 12:30
Description
Does your web site need an extreme makeover? Would you like to add Web 2.0 functionality? Is your budget for web development somewhere between miniscule and negligible? Get practical advice from Lichen Rancourt, who was responsible for bringing the Manchester (NH) City Library web site to a whole new level. Her [...]

Sacred Trust: Libraries and Patron Information

Sunday, October 19th, 1:00 to 2:30 Presenter: Amy Benson of Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard <amy_benson@radcliffe.edu>

How social networking and 2.0 technologies impact privacy issues and policies.

How libraries can use patron information to customize and individualize services.

What must be kept private? There are issues of trust with regard to customization [...]