Creating a Culture of Yes at Your Library and in Your Community

This webinar will explore the value of “Yes, and…” as it applies to policies and services at your library.

The immortal Kurt Vonnegut said, “The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.” In this webinar, you can discover at least three ways to shift your library from good enough to unexpectedly amazing, and to take your community’s image of the public library to new heights. Locate your library’s first impressions, displays, customer service, policies and more on the “Yes-O-Meter” and understand how to move from “No” or “Yes, but…” to a powerful culture of “Yes, and!” The insights you gain for shifting your library culture will invigorate the relationships between your staff and with your community.

Presented by: Sharon Morris and Kieran Hixon, Colorado State Library.

This is an encore presentation from the 2015 Association for Rural & Small Libraries conference.

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An Introduction to Archivematica (a free digital preservation resource)

Know and Go: An Introduction to Archivematica: https://www.amigos.org/node/3457

November 2, 2015, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm CST

 

Archivematica is a freely available, open source digital preservation solution. By bundling together open source digital preservation tools into one interface, Archivematica provides archivists and digital curators the ability to process digital materials in any format and make standards-compliant packages for preservation in a storage location of their choosing. Join us for an introductory session, including standard Archivematica workflows, using digital access systems with Archivematica, and a live demonstration presented by Sarah Romkey, Systems Archivist with the Archivematica project.

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Gain an overview of Archivematica, a software system that is designed to maintain standards-based, long-term access to collections of digital objects.
  • Discover how Archivematica helps to reduce the risk of technology obsolescence, incompatibility and complexity.
  • Describe how Archivematica is flexible and customizable.
  • Examine Archivematica with a live demonstration.

 

Target Audience:

Archivists, librarians, and individuals who are interested in learning about open-source digital preservation tools.

 

Prerequisites: None

Homework Expectations and Completion Requirements: None

This event is open to group registration; no CEUs are available for this event.

Technical Requirements: Live Online System Requirements

Session Duration: This course consists of a 1-hour session.

Fees

Amigos Member Fee: $0.00

Non-member Fee: $25.00

 

Scheduled Dates

November 2, 2015, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm CST

Register Now: https://www.amigos.org/node/3457

Crafting Meeting Room Policies

Crafting Meeting Room Policies that Keep You In Charge and Out of Court
November 4, 2015 @ 2 pm EST

Legal advocacy groups are threatening legal action and filing lawsuits against public libraries whose meeting room policies exclude religious worship or meetings that include religious activities.

In the last year, these organizations have contacted multiple different libraries about lawsuits regarding meeting room policies; including Lawrence Library in Massachusetts (settlement) and Wake County in North Carolina.

Theresa Chmara, general counsel for the Freedom to Read Foundation, and Deborah Caldwell Stone, deputy director for ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, will discuss the First Amendment principles and legal precedents that underlie these lawsuits and provide practical guidance on crafting meeting room and other library policies that keep the library in charge of its meeting rooms while preserving users’ access and First Amendment rights.

Don’t wait until your library receives a lawsuit.  Learn how to strengthen your policies now.

November 4th
2:00 PM EST  —  1:00 PM CST  —  12:00 PM MST  —  11:00 AM PST
Register: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/meetingroomwebinar 

Registration

Cost

  • ALA member: $20
  • Nonmember: $25
  • Group: $120*
  • Library System or Multiple Groups/Locations: Contact Kristin*

*For purposes of group registration, a group is defined as 6 or more people gathering in one room at one location to watch the webinar. We suggest that groups, especially larger groups, use a LCD/LED projector and speakers capable of amplifying the audio when viewing the webinar. If you’d like to purchase, this webinar for a library system please contact Kristin for pricing options.

Neither individual nor group registration includes permission to rebroadcast or redistribute this webinar. Thank you for your cooperation.