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A Hitchhiker's Guide to Library Surveys
An overview of ways to use surveys to discover your customer's needs. Originally presented September 18, 2007.
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Best Small Library in America 2009
Archive and related resources from October 7, 2009 webinar with Nancy Rosenwald, Director of Union County Carnegie Library, Best Small Library 2009, and Rebecca Miller of Library Journal.
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Best Small Library in America: Chelsea District Library
The staff of the Chelsea District Library discuss the suite of programs they've created to serve and connect with their community. May 7, 2008.
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Board Challenges and Successes
Here you will find a link to the archived March 2008 Rural In Focus webinar and the list of associated Quick Links. Ellen Miller presents the POS-CURV approach to improved relations with your board, and Carla Kaiser from the Basehor Community Library in Kansas talks about her boards involvement in a successful bond passage.
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Bringing People Together at the Library
Here you will find a link to the archived October 2007 Rural In Focus webinar and the list of associated Quick Links exploring the library as a social gathering place.
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Building Community Partnerships
Building Community Partnerships: Strengthening the library and your community by working together. A webinar presented by Brenda Hough. Discover new resources and ways to connect to others in the library community and hear best practices of libraries and librarians who are communicating and networking with those who benefit or could benefit from your library's services.
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Collaborate in 2008
Here you will find a link to the archived January 2008 Rural In Focus webinar and the list of associated Quick Links. Bonnie McKewon, Director of Northwest Iowa Library Service, presents a "Top 10" list of ideas to reinvigorate cooperation among libraries. Ideas like shared programming, shared staffing, board and staff development days, countywide wikis, and more are discussed.
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Connected to Learning
Here are the links to the archived recording and resources highlighted in the May 2006, Rural In Focus webinar on learning for library staff on limited time and budgets.
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Everyday Library Advocacy
Here you will find a link to the archived November 2007 Rural In Focus webinar and the list of associated Quick Links. Everyday Library Advocacy-- Advocating for your library does not have to be a strategically planned large-scale event. Advocacy can and should happen every day. Join us to learn how you can turn your customer service policy, internal and external communication plans, and networking agenda into advocacy tools that work for you everyday of the year.
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Grant Writing and the Rural Library
View the archived August 2006 webinar exploring ways to find and write grants.
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Highlights from the ALA Rural Forum
Here you will find a link to the archived July 2007 Rural In Focus webinar and the list of associated Quick Links. Highlights from the ALA Rural Forum.
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Motivating Your Board: Lawsuits, Money and Facilities
Here you will find a link to the archived webinar of July 31, 2008: Motivating Your Board: Lawsuits, Money and Facilities. This is webinar #22 in our Rural In Focus webinar series.
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Professional Development: ARSL, ALA, and Virtual Conferences
Here you will find a link to the archived May 14th, 2008 Rural In Focus webinar and the list of associated Quick Links. This is Rural In Focus webinar #21.
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Rural Libraries as Place PowerPoint
PowerPoint presentation for October 2007 Rural Webinar, Bringing people together at the library: Rural Libraries as Place
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Show them what you're worth! Practical Resources for Advocacy
Show them what you're worth! A webinar moderated by Brenda Hough, with special guests Carol Barta, Annette Wetteland, Betsy Fowler, and Chris Glover. The presentation includes introductions to new resources which can help you successfully demonstrate the impact your library has on your community.
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Social Software and the Rural Library
Blogs, Wikis, IM, and more! How are these tools being used in libraries? What is the potential? What might the future hold? September 18, 2007 archive.
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Tech Support and the Rural Library
Arhived Webinar of the March 2007 Presentation
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Tech Support and the Rural Library: Quick Links
Here are the links to resources highlighted in the November 2006, Rural "In Focus" webinar, Tech Support and the Rural Library: Finding the Technology Assistance You Need
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TechAtlas for the Rural Library (In Focus Webinar #11)
Here you will find a link to the archived April 2007 Rural In Focus webinar and the list of associated Quick Links. Technology is constantly changing. Planning ahead can feel impossible when it's hard to catch-up with what is happening today. Luckily, tools exist that can help you stay on top of your library's technology, present and future. In this webinar, we talk about TechAtlas, a free, online technology planning tool for libraries. Hear how rural libraries around the country are using it and learn how-to get started in your library. Hosted by Kendra Morgan (WebJunction) with guests Kim Priest (Mary Cotton LIbrary, KS) and Jeff Scott (Casa Grande Public Library, AZ).
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Technology Training for Patrons
This webinar was presented by Brenda Hough in October 2006. If your library has computers available for the public, then there's no doubt that library staff spends time helping patrons learn to use those computers. Whether the technology training you do
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Technology Training for Patrons (In Focus Webinar #6)
This webinar was presented by Brenda Hough in October 2006. If your library has computers available for the public, then there's no doubt that library staff spends time helping patrons learn to use those computers. Whether the technology training you do (or want to do) is one-to-one, on-the-fly or a more formal program, this session has tips and suggestions for improving the effectiveness of the training you provide.
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The Making of "Who Needs the Public Library"
A presentation shared in the July 2006 In Focus webinar by Betsy Fowler and Chris Glover, staff from the Central Rappahannock Regional Library. In this PowerPoint they outline the concept, process and technology behind their production "Who Needs the Public Library".
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Tools for Outreach
Here you will find a link to the archived May 2007 Rural In Focus webinar and the list of associated Quick Links. Tool for Outreach: Best Practices from the Spanish Language Outreach Program explores the resources made available on WebJunction as a part of our sister project, the Spanish Language Outreach Program and how the tools can be applied to your planning for outreach of all kinds. Find out how to assess your community's needs, determine how successfully your library has integrated cultural awareness into your services, and finally how you can better connect to your changing community. With Jennifer Peterson (WebJunction), Emily Inlow (WebJunction), and Christy Koch (Wicomico Public Library, MD).
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Tools for Planning (In Focus Webinar #10)
This March 2007 Rural In Focus webinar explores action plan success stories with discussion about planning tools and resources that are being successfully used in the library world. Moderated by Brenda Hough, Technology Coordinator, Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS) and with special guests Jan Elliott & Vicki Foote from Safford City- Graham County Library in Arizona.
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Tools for Planning: Quick Links
Here are the links to resources highlighted in the March 2007, Rural "In Focus" webinar, Tools for Planning.
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Two Goal Posts: Library and Community
This is the archive and related resources discussed in the October 9, 2008 trustee webinar. Find out why you need to keep your eyes on TWO goal posts—the library and the community.
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Upgrading and Repairing the Technology in Your Library
This webinar includes information about maintenance, troubleshooting, upgrading and replacing of computers and includes resources and ideas for gaining new skills in these areas. Moderated by Brenda Hough, Technology Coordinator, Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS) with special guest Dale Mussleman, WebJunction.
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Websites and Internet Resources on Rural Webinars
A list of external links
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Who Needs the Public Library? (video file)
A 9 minute video production from the Central Rappahannock Regional Library about all the people in the community who continue to use the public library in this information age. The video includes multiple profiles which prove libraries to be more essential than ever before.
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Wild about Wireless!
Are you thinking about providing wireless access for your patrons? What are the technical requirements? What are the security considerations? Hear from rural libraries that have successfully implemented wireless access for the public including special guests Chris Peters from the Washington State Library and Sharon Moreland, director of the Tonganoxie Public Library in Kansas.
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You can do it! Practical Techniques for PAC (In Focus Webinar #14)
Here you will find a link to the archived August 2007 Rural In Focus webinar and the list of associated Quick Links. You can do it! Practical techniques for supporting public computing: How are your peers meeting the challenges of providing access to public computers? Hear from some of the libraries who have contributed to the www.maintainitproject.org.
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Your Library’s Role: Bulls-eye or Fringe?
Does your library have a seat at the table of your community? Ellen Miller, Pat Fisher, and Linda Heuertz show us why it's so important to be integrated into every aspect of the community. Port Orford (OR) is our featured library.
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