Beginning shortly after the 1^st of the year Quipu eCard will be available for all libraries to use to register new patrons.  eCard is simply an online patron registration form that staff fill out when registering new patrons.  Once the form is completed and submitted, the patron registration is instantly created in Polaris.  When registering patrons through eCard, staff no longer need to figure out the patron statistical class, school district and town/city; eCard does the work for you!   A complete staff patron registration training session including how to use Quipu eCard will be held on January 23^rd at SALS from 10:00-11:30 AM (snow date January 24^th).  We’ll be scheduling one in the MVLS area as well.  We very strongly suggest that circulation staff attend this training session, as many changes to patron registration practices have occurred over the past year.  It is expected that all libraries will use eCard to register new patrons to ensure accurate patron data in the shared patron database.   Please register for the training session here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZNVPHFW   If you cannot attend the training session in person, you may attend virtually via the GoToMeeting link below.  (You should still register at the link above.)   Patron Registration Training  Wed, Jan 23, 2019 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.  https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/593675245 You can also dial in using your phone.  United States: +1 (872) 240-3311 Access Code: 593-675-245  First GoToMeeting? Let’s do a quick system check: https://link.gotomeeting.com/system-check

Wednesday, January 23rd at 1 p.m (all time zones).

In this introductory webinar, we are going to explore what it takes to build a movement for libraries in your local community. The advocacy theory, strategies, and tactics that we introduce come from some of the largest movements for causes and political campaigns. These advocacy tools include data, messaging, supporter cultivation, fundraising, using volunteers, and a wide range of tactics like Facebook, outreach, email and direct mail, paid and earned media, and much more.

All registrants will receive a link to an archived recording for later viewing.

The goal of this webinar is to introduce the tools we need to develop in order to identify, cultivate, and empower your local activists to take action for libraries. We’ll show you what you need to do in your community in order to start to use those tools to build the real political power that you need in order to engage and influence community leaders.

We will look at how the current data shows that our current advocacy model is failing libraries by not addressing the core causes of the massive defunding threats, initiatives, and closures that we’ve been seeing for the past 5 years. We’ll explore the data about library supporters and introduce some of the major gaps in our library advocacy data. We’ll talk about what data we really need to move communities and individuals to take action on behalf of their local library.

We’ll look at many of the overarching strategies and tactics used by some of the best community organizers, political action committees, and politicians so you can learn to build real actionable support from networks of change through community organizing and political action.

We’ll introduce basic concepts in building effective messages that really engage our communities to motivate actions such as donations, volunteerism, voting, and more. You’ll gain an understanding of how important developing effective messages are to driving our advocacy.

We will emphasize a wide-range of other resources and skills that librarians and library staff need to develop if they want to have the political and community support that they need in order to increase support and funding.

While one hour is not enough time to deeply explore every facet of library advocacy, this introductory webinar will lay the foundation for our future series of advocacy, activism, and political webinars that will be available throughout 2019.

 

Register Here: https://everylibraryinstitute.easywebinar.live/registeradvocatestoactivists

Leadership in Youth Services, Part 3: Moving Beyond Youth Services

Libraries have long been at the forefront of providing community access to new technologies. Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) are now finding a place in library programming and services, engaging with communities in truly innovative ways. Two Maryland libraries are building their programming with straightforward approaches to community discovery and local partnerships. Join us to hear creative ideas for how to get started using VR/AR/MR at your library, as well as practical tips about applications, equipment and potential uses to meet your community’s needs.

Presented by: Jen Bishop, Online Services & Emerging Technologies Supervisor, Carroll County Public Library; and Liz Sundermann-Zinger, Virtual and Media Services Manager, Baltimore County Public Library

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Access Recording

• View Webinar Recording (Coming Soon)

Webinar Attachments

• View slides (pdf) (Coming Soon)
• View chat (xls) (Coming Soon)
• View captions (txt) (Coming Soon)
• Learner Guide (doc) Use alone or with others to extend your learning. (Coming Soon)

Related Resources and Links

• How Maryland Libraries Are Using Virtual and Augmented Reality (and How Your Library Can Too)