ATL Maps: Using Archival Resources to Visualize HistoryWednesday, May 25, 2016 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central) Register at http://bit.ly/1NtYhyT What happens when you layer a science project on top of a walking tour on top of an art experiment on top of an archival map on top of demographic data…
Emerging Issues in Copyright and Intellectual Property for Public LibrariesWednesday, April 13, 2016 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central)Register: https://goo.gl/kpXN1L Description: Copyright issues may be familiar territory to those working in academic libraries, but a discussion of copyright and intellectual property is not as common in the public library setting. Although…
Join Carterette Series team for another great free webinar – Instructional Design: An Introduction for LibrariansDate: March 2, 2016 — 2PM EST (1PM CST | 12PM MST | 11AM PST)Register at https://goo.gl/LsTXyH Description: Many librarians find that teaching patrons, colleagues, and other stakeholders is a significant part of their work, regardless of their role in…
Register now for another amazing FREE GLA Carterette Series Webinar!****************************** Legislative Update with Georgia’s State Librarian Julie WalkerWednesday, February 3, 20162pm Eastern (11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central)Register: https://goo.gl/e6QGFo Description: Georgia’s State Librarian Julie Walker will guide us through the top legislative issues impacting Georgia’s libraries in this live Q&A-style conversation, led by…
Privacy in the Surveillance Age: How Librarians Can Fight Back.Wednesday, December 9, 2015 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central)Register: https://goo.gl/6Qelrm Description: In the wake of Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA and FBI dragnet surveillance, many Americans are concerned that their rights to privacy and intellectual freedom are under threat. But librarians…
It Takes Two: Technical Services and Public Services CollaborationsWednesday, October 21, 20152pm Eastern (11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central)Register: https://goo.gl/Bd5Dul Description: In many libraries, Technical Services and Public Services are seen as two distinct functional areas with little opportunity for cross-departmental collaboration. Both functional areas possess specialized knowledge and increased communication between Technical Services…
Letting the Genie Out of the Bottle: Getting the Most from Your Library’s Relationship with Genealogists Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015Time: 3pm Eastern (12pm Pacific | 1pm Mountain | 2pm Central)Register: https://goo.gl/oLPovy A love-hate relationship often exists between libraries and genealogy. Many libraries acknowledge that genealogists account for a sizeable portion of their visitors, but…
Open Educational Resources: Librarians as Advocates, Advisors, and CreatorsWednesday, July 29, 20152pm Eastern (11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central)Register: http://bit.ly/1GBL7po College textbooks have gotten so expensive that many students are opting not to buy the textbook at all, but are taking their chances at lower grades or resorting to work-arounds like sharing textbooks,…
Little Old Ladies and Rock Star Librarians: Genderizing the Librarian StereotypeWednesday, June 17, 20152pm Eastern (11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central)Register: https://goo.gl/EnQYiT Ayanna Gaines will discuss how the stereotyping of librarianship not only harms the profession with regards to status and pay equity, but is also detrimental to both genders. Her presentation will…
Engaging with the ACRL Framework for Information LiteracyWednesday, May 6, 2015 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central)Register: http://goo.gl/xIIo4F Trudi Jacobson and Craig Gibson, co-chairs of the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force, will identify the ideas underpinning the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, which creates new opportunities…