Library 2.0 Workshops

The 2007 Southern Adirondack Library System LSTA grant project is an opportunity to learn about, experience and play with Library 2.0 tools used to promote user-centered services in your community

In order to discover which technology tools might be appropriate for your community we are offering a series of hands on workshops and designated days to work on a project. In April we will share stories about our Library 2.0 trials and errors and celebrate our successes.

FUN WITH FLICKR
POLLY ALIDA-FARRINGTON
WEDNESDAY JUNE 20,2007 9:30 TO NOON
SARATOGA SPRINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB
Flickr, an easy-to-use photo sharing tool libraries are using to promote their services.
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BLOG BASICS
POLLY ALIDA-FARRINGTON
OCTOBER 10, 2007 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM
CLIFTON PARK-HALFMOON PUBLIC LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB
An introduction to blog software. Learn how to plan, administrate and create a blog.
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READ MORE WITH RSS FEEDS
POLLY ALIDA-FARRINGTON
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 9:30 TO NOON
CLIFTON PARK-HALFMOON PUBLIC LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB
Learn how to pull information into one location on the web with Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds.
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WHAT’S NEW AND AMAZING OUT THERE?
POLLY ALIDA-FARRINGTON
DECEMBER 12, 2007 9:30 TO NOON
SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK LIBRARY SYSTEM
A glance at new and emerging technologies and how they can be used to enhance library services.

LIBRARY 2.0 CELEBRATION
SALS MEMBER LIBRARY STAFF
APRIL 9, 2008 9:30 TO NOON
SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK LIBRARY SYSTEM
SALS member â€œLibrary 2.0â€ adopters will share their experiences and serve as local experts for their colleagues.

DO IT YOURSELF (DIY)
All day computer lab time at SALS to work on â€œLibrary 2.0â€ projects. Staff will be available for help.

JUNE 26 | JULY 12 | AUGUST 17| SEPT 10 | OCT 15 | NOV 19 | DEC 3 | JAN 10 | FEB 13 | MARCH 31

Each workshop and DIY day will have a blog post that will give you the details for registration. If you know that you want to attend any of these workshops now, please email Jennifer Ferriss: jferriss@sals.edu for more information.

These workshops are supported in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

SALS 49th Annual Meeting

Longfellows Restaurant
500 Union Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY

Keynote presentation
Library 2.0: Meeting Community Needs
by Polly Alida Farrington

Polly is President of PA Farrington Associates, a consulting firm specializing in technology training, website development and project management, working with library systems in NY and CT. Recent classes have focused on the use of web 2.0 technologies in libraries. Before forming her own training and consulting firm in 1997, Polly was a librarian at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Polly has an undergraduate degree in archeology from the University of Buffalo, and an MLS from the State University of New York at Albany.

To view the evening’s agenda and for the registration form click here.
The deadline to register is Friday May 11, 2007.

This workshop is supported in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to New York State Library by the Federal Institue of Museum and Library Services.

Books By Your Neighbors

Where would public libraries be without books? Especially dear to our member libraries are works by authors who live in their neighborhoods, soÂ we’ve created aÂ websiteÂ to linkÂ local authorsÂ to their books in our library catalog.

Authors who live in New York’s Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren or Washington Counties, year round or seasonally, we need your help. If you aren’t listed here, email us your name, county of residence, and the title of one book in our library catalog, and we’ll add you to this list.

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