New Librarians Global Connection Webinars

“New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations“

“New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations“ is a new series of free quarterly webinars on issues of interest to new librarians, models of library associations and library schools working with new professionals, and groups by and for librarians. The free webinars are presented by IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning  and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group in partnership with ALA.

Below, the date and time of the first webinar. Save the date!

January 17, 2011

2:00 p.m. CST
3:00 p.m. EST
8:00 p.m. CET
7:00 a.m. EDT (next day)

Instructions for Registration: Coming soon!

Speakers:

Dr. Alex Byrne, New South Wales State Librarian and Chief Executive of the State Library NSW in Australia. IFLA President 2005-2007. Highlighting the topics: LIS school curriculum, gained skills and degrees vs. “the reality” at work. Bridging the gap between theory and practice. How to deal with generational differences at work?

Janice Lachance, J.D., CEO of the Special Libraries Association. Featuring a model of a library association’s work with new professionals in various regions of the globe.

JP Porcaro, Head of Library Acquisitions and Technological Discovery at New Jersey City University. Co-founder of ALA Think Tank, and originator of the Make It Happen philosophy for librarians. Featuring a group by and for librarians.

Future webinars

Speakers featured in upcoming webinars include:
Kay Raseroka, IFLA President 2003-2005
Maureen Sullivan, ALA President Elect
Barbara Ford, Director, Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, ALA President 1997-1998
Jukka Pennanen and Mace Ojala, Cycling for Libraries
Rachel Bickley, LIS New Professionals Network

The series explore useful topics to help new professionals at various stages of their career, including:

·         LIS school curriculum, gained skills and degrees vs. “the reality” at work. Bridging the gap between theory and practice. How to deal with generational differences at work?

·         Mentoring and best practices including pros and cons of different approaches like peer-to-peer, and classical mentor-mentee relationships.

·         How to develop leadership skills as a new professional: programs, mentoring, learning by doing. Working abroad, leaving your home country.

·         Continuing Professional Development for new professionals, how to stay up to date from the very start even if conditions at work (funding/permission to attend conferences, support with writing articles, etc.) are not the best.

The webinars will be recorded and made available at a later date. For more information and updates: http://npsig.wordpress.com/webinars/

Questions and requests for information:
Loida Garcia-Febo
Coordinator of the series
loidagarciafebo@gmail.com

ALA Annual Presentation Opportunity

If you're an ALA-NMRT member interested in presenting in Anaheim this year, see below:


The NMRT President's Program at ALA Annual this year will be all about
NETWORKING, and we want to know how you've made it work for you.  If
networking has helped you land a job, develop as a professional, or
otherwise get ahead in the library world, tell us about it.  What's
your story? How did you network, and how did it help you?  What tips
and recommendations do you have for other new librarians based on your
experiences?

As part of our program in Anaheim, FIVE library professionals will
have the opportunity to give Pecha Kucha (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha )-style presentations about
how they've made networking work for them.  We're looking for success
stories peppered with practical tips and tricks.

Got a story?  Want to share it?  To be considered for this
presentation opportunity, send an email to kirby.mccurtis@gmail.com
with "NMRT Program" in the subject line.  Tell us what you'd share in
your presentation in 250 words or less, and attach a CV or resume.
Applicants must be members of NMRT who can commit to being in Anaheim.
Applications will be accepted until January 13, 2012, and our speakers
will be announced after Midwinter.

Questions? Contact the NMRT President's Program Planning Committee at
overhaue@ipfw.edu.

What would you like to see?

What kinds of opportunities would you like SCLA or NMRT to provide for you as part of your membership?  What benefits were you looking for when you joined this organization?

NMRT officers will be meeting after the holidays to discuss goals and plans for the year.  We'd love to have more input from members about how the organization can play a greater role in your professional growth.  Please feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail your ideas to me at aconger at myrcpl dot com.

Happy holidays!

Endnotes Journal

Did you know about ALA's NMRT journal, Endnotes?  Written by NMRT members, it offers articles of interest to early-career librarians, and provides an opportunity for scholarly publication.  See submission guidelines here. 

See below for the table of contents for the November issue:

Volume 2, Number 1, November 2011

Website Reviews

Publish, Not Perish: The Art & Craft of Publishing in Scholarly Journals - reviewed by Abigail O. Garnett

Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki - reviewed by Matt Francis

WritersNet: Writers, Editors, Agents, Publishers - reviewed by Megan Hodge

Book Reviews

The Internet Book of Life: Use The Web to Grow Richer, Smarter, Healthier, and Happier, by Irene E. McDermott – reviewed by Matthew Olsen

Scholarly Articles

Management Training in Library School: Do Graduate Programs Prepare an Individual for Real World Demands? by Susan A. Schreiner and Barbara M. Pope

How to Become an Essential Librarian by Breanne Kirsch

WorldCat Local and the Clinician: Is Discovery Improved? by Linda C.K. Crook

Conference Session: Lose the Desk: Mobile Services and Digital Checkouts

Program:  Lose the Desk:  Mobile Services and Digital Checkouts

Presenters:  Rogan Hamby, S.C. State Library, and James Stubbs, Florence County Public Library

Date:  Thursday, October 20, 2011, 10:30-11:30 am, SCLA Annual Conference

Program Description:  Over the last two years, Florence County Library System began a major push toward using mobile devices such as the iPad to mobilize staff around the library, and began supporting portable reading and listening devices for downloadable content.  These were our experiences and lessons learned.

Please view the link for the presentation slides:  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6577852/Lose%20the%20Desk%20version%202.pdf

(Thanks to Rogan for sharing!)

Conference Session: Library Research Consultations: Who Benefits Most?

Program:  Library Research Consultations:  Who Benefits Most?

Presenters:  Allison Faix & Brooke Taxakis (Kimble Library), & Amanda MacDonald (English Department); Coastal Carolina University

Date:  Thursday, October 20, 2011, 2:30-3:30pm, SCLA Annual Conference

Program Description:  Library research consultation appointments can be an effective way to help students develop information literacy skills, but the personalized, individual attention that contributes to the success of these sessions also makes sessions time consuming and difficult for librarians to schedule when demand is high.  This study looks at research consultations from the student’s perspective, comparing underclassman student perception of the usefulness of library research appointments.

-      Inspiration:  Reference and User Services Quarterly article about required reference desk consultation for student papers (Ref and User Svcs Quarterly 49.4 (2010) 333-40)
-          CCU study compared usefulness of freshman and senior individualized library consultations
-          Needed to look at processes because CCU enrollment doubled, library staff and space did not, creating problems with enough space for classes and with staff time for research consultations
-          Compared ENG 102 and PSY 497 (student research) classes.  Very low numbers of students in study. 
-          Had students fill out research consultation request forms
-          Results:
       o   Most freshman consults were 5-15 minutes long
       o   10 of 17 freshmen would do consult again
       o   90% of seniors would do the consult again
       o   36% of senior consults lasted 10-20 minutes; 43% lasted 20-30 minutes
       o   The freshman English class that was required to set up library research consultations had lower grades compared to classes that only had 1-hr group instruction sessions in the library.  The class who was required to set up individual appointments used too many references in their papers and also used those references indiscriminately.
-          Implications:
       o   Research consultations should be modified for every student
       o   Seniors benefit more from consults than freshmen
       o   Faculty/librarian communication is essential
       o   Knowing where to say no is what staff learned
       o   Send freshmen to the reference desk; more helpful than research consultations
       o   Good to have statistics to back up prioritizing senior appointments over freshmen

Conference Session: Wrap It Up: Quick Strategies to Engage Students and Assess Learning

Program:  Wrap It Up:  Quick Strategies to Engage Students and Assess Learning

Presenters:  Amy Edwards and Brent Appling, Thomas Cooper Library (USC)

Date:  Thursday, October 20, 2011, 10:30-11:30am, SCLA Annual Conference

Program Description:  Looking for new tools to engage your students in the classroom but have limited prep time and few resources?  Come join us for this session and learn about some inexpensive, easy-to-prepare tools that can be used in a variety of instructional settings.  These tools take just a few minutes of class time but can provide insight into your student’s learning and into the effectiveness of the instructional approach.

Session notes:

-          Began session with “in a word” game to engage students.  Like $10,000 Pyramid, only harder!
-          Electronic Review Games – create in Prezi and PowerPoint
       o   Why use?  Relatable to younger generation, reinforce covered material, generate good library image
-          Prezi games in practice: 
       o   Easy to design questions to follow along different levels of cognitive process
       o   Inserting visuals is very simple
       o   Can make as easy or involved as you like
       o   Is embeddable in LibGuides
-          What’s Wrong With This Picture?
       o   Self-assessment activity
       o   Try it with a capture of your homepage and alter the screenshot with errors, then have students scrutinize it to locate the errors
       o   To create the error-filled page, use ctrl-alt-printscreen, paste in Paint, try to use pages with a lot of white space, edit using Eraser and Text Box tools
-          Create a Jeopardy Review Game using Powerpoint
       o   Strengths
           §  Info broken into categories
           §  Ask more advanced questions
           §  Adaptable
           §  Motivates students to participate
           §  Keeps students engaged, lives up session
-          Top Five
       o   An activity to add context to the lesson
       o   Slide:  “What do you need to conduct library research?”
           §  Fill in the blanks:  pass around index cards to generate ideas