Category Archives: Staff Training and Development

1. Libraries Transform ALA president Sari Feldman gave a brief overview of ALA’s new public awareness campaign, Libraries Transform (official launch on October 29th). For more information on the campaign go to http://www.librariestransform.org/. 2. Host Engaging Conversations in Your Library Representatives from the New York Council for the Humanities provided information on various program offerings including Community Conversations which provides opportunities for people

Just a reminder about the member library services webinar being offered by South Central Regional Library Council on Friday October 16th @ noon. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the various resources available to all STLS member libraries including live/archived webinars, access to Lynda.com, as well as other resources and opportunities to network with library

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):

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