|
The MaintainIT Project has been creating a series of "Cookbooks" which are packed with practical information for maintaining your public computers, including tips and techniques from public
librarians from across the country. You can download your copy of the Cookbooks from the new MaintainIT Cookbooks section on WebJunction. One you've become acquainted with these handy publications, be sure to join the Cookbook discussion forum, a place where you can raise questions and share your library's story. Also, be sure to participate in the series of 30-minute
Cookbook webinars, where Cookbook contributors discuss their strategies and solutions; the next one is scheduled for April 16.
Still Time to Apply for the Diversity Fair Scholarship! WebJunction is awarding a scholarship for a past workshop participant and a state trainer from our Spanish Language Outreach Program to present a poster describing their outreach project at the ALA Annual Conference Office for Literacy and Outreach Diversity Fair Poster Session in Anaheim, CA. The deadline to submit applications is April 11, 2008. Check out more scholarship details and the scholarship application.
We're pleased to announce the launch of a new series of guest blog posts focusing on "Trustee Tips n' Topics" with three active WebJunction members and nationally recognized trustees: Ellen Miller of the Ellen Miller Group, Jim Connor of the Trustee College Consulting Team, and Pat Fisher of P. Fisher and Associates. The series augments other relevant resources on WebJunction in the Friends and Trustees area and related discussions.
Communities of the Month: Connecticut and Iowa WebJunction Connecticut and WebJunction Iowa are highlighting resources that help library staff reach out to everyone in their diverse communities. The Connecticut State
Library features translations of sample library card application forms in 15 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese. In Iowa, featured resources include a handout created to teach basic email skills to Spanish-speaking patrons and resources from Growing Comunidad: Library Programs and Materials for Latino Youth Workshop.
Course of the Month: Word 2003 Spread the Word! April’s Course of the Month is Word 2003. This course features 32 hours of lessons designed for beginning and intermediate Word users. You’ll learn about creating
and editing documents, the Word interface, navigating, editing, and working with text, spell checking, printing, formatting,
styles, templates, borders, tables, columns, lists, and using images in a document. Also available at a discount this month
is our course on Word 2002. For April these courses are discounted at $10—less than half price. If you're in a WebJunction community partner state,
these courses are free, thanks to your state's subscription.
In Depth Webinar: April Webinars The Spanish Language Outreach program has an outstanding line up of webinars in April. Topics include Preparing Spanish speaking
Patrons for the Digital Television Transition on April 8 11:00 AM at Pacific/2:00 PM Eastern. and the newly released Welcome, Stranger Report by Urban Libraries Council on April 29 at 11:00 AM Pacific/2:00 PM Eastern. The first seventy-five people to register for the April 29 webinar receive a free copy of the Urban Libraries Council report. For webinar details, visit Spanish Language Outreach In Depth Webinars.
TechAtlas Webinar: Providing Help Desk Support Using Event Tracker Join us for a free 30-minute TechAtlas webinar on May 7 at 10:30 AM Pacific/1:30 PM Eastern. Learn how to your library can benefit from using Event Tracker, a free tool within TechAtlas
which allows users to create an online "help desk" so they can track all of the requests and solutions to computer troubles
in the library. Discover how Event Tracker creates a knowledge base and helps you to stay on top of all your library's technology
tasks. Register for the webinar and receive an email reminder. Review these instructions for Joining the Webinar.
A free publication produced by WebJunction, Crossroads is distributed monthly in an electronic format with semiannual print
compilations. You can find current and past issues of Crossroads on WebJunction.
To subscribe, go to WebJunction.org and enter your email address in the subscription box on the left side.
To unsubscribe, click here.
Please feel free to pass Crossroads along to your friends; we do ask, however, that you keep the newsletter intact and forward
it in its entirety.
Copyright © 2008 Online Computer Library Center, Inc. All rights reserved. Product and service names are trademarks or service
marks of their respective owners.
OCLC, 6565 Kilgour Place, Dublin OH USA 43017-3395 ISSN 1552-36165 |
Documents
| Crossroads April 2008 |
MaintainIT on WebJunction leads off this month's newsletter, as well as a new BlogJunction series on Trustees.
|
|
Contribute to this topic
Do you have an article, presentation, or other content to share on this topic?
You can post it on this topic page. Find out more about submitting documents in the Member Center.
Ratings You must be signed in to rate this item
|
Average (0 Votes)
|
Comments