By Brian M. Hildreth, Executive Director – Southern Tier Library System Friday, September 4, 2015 Multiple generations particpate in a pottery class at the Scio Memorial Library provided by the Allegany Arts Association. Two great cultural organizations in Allegany County (arts and libraries) demonstrate the outcomes of collaboration. What is the purpose of collaboration? We talk about this concept
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“…what I feel like telling you today is that the world needs real dialogue, that falsehood is just as much the opposite of dialogue as is silence, and that the only possible dialogue is the kind between people who remain what they are and speak their minds.” (Albert Camus) The Civic Dialogue Group at Penn Yan
By Brian M. Hildreth, Executive Director – Southern Tier Library System Friday, August 28th, 2015 Deputy Director Al Oliveras listens intently during the Outreach Services session of this year’s PULISDO Conference. We have the entire year of 2016 to put together a succinct, measurable plan for how we want to define STLS moving into yet
On Tuesday August 25th, I conducted a webinar on how to leverage the availability of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) to provide lifelong learning opportunities in the library. For those of you who have taken a MOOC, you probably noticed that the one ingredient that is missing is personal interaction. I think this is one of the main
The presentations from DigiPalooza are available below (Sari Feldman’s presentation is available on Prezi, https://prezi.com/pbahysowrjyh/digi/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy):
Learn how you can leverage MOOCs to provide a program within the library that supports lifelong learning. Webinar topics will include: What is a MOOC? MOOC platforms How to run a MOOC meetup in your library When: Tuesday August 25th @ 10 am Presenter: Al Oliveras, Deputy Director, STLS Register here
Recently I attended OverDrive’s International User Group Conference, DigiPalooza, in Cleveland, Ohio. As you might expect, the main focus of the conference is to share best practices to assist librarians in providing digital content to their patrons. However, I found the material presented at the conference to go above and beyond ebooks and audiobooks. The conference
On Monday August 3rd, I conducted a webinar highlighting some of the ways in which STLS member libraries can promote the availability of various online resources including STARCat, Freegal, Overdrive and Zinio. Here are some key points: Digital Collection Marketing Materials Freegal, Overdrive and Zinio offer various materials to help promote their products both online and physically within
Just a FLASH of insights, ideas and news for you….. Season by Season—picture books to enjoy No Time for Flash Cards features a terrific list of picture books to share during each season of the year… http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2015/07/picture-books-organized-by-season.html And, the folks at Stacked are remembering their favorite Caldecott winners http://www.stackedbooks.org/2015/07/a-crowd-of-caldecotts.html Family Film Festival Showing
Just a FLASH of insights, ideas and news for you…. Picture Book Celebration Library Laura tells about a picture book program in which guest readers shared favorite picture books. This program was first done last November (National Picture Book Month) and replicated this summer. See Library Laura’s summation of both programs: http://librarylaura.blogspot.com/2015/07/picture-book-celebration.html This might
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