Professional Growth & Development Opportunities
- University of La Verne;
- Library Journal & EBSCO;
- Library Journal and Biblioboard
- ALCTS;
When: July 12, 2018 8:30 am – 4:15 pm
Where: University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
With over 20 sessions and presenters from across the United States and the world, this conference is an excellent opportunity for makers, librarians, educators and practitioners to come together and share their stories, expertise and passion for makerspaces and the future of learning.
Join us for a stimulating day of presentations, workshops, discussions and networking.
Full conference program will be available April 15, 2018 on the conference website at: http://laverne.libguides.com/mira
- How Magazine Archives Enhance Academic Research
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
1-2 PM ET, 10-11 AM PT
How can digital magazine archives enhance and enrich academic research? Join us as EBSCO’s Clive Wright shares librarians’ and faculty members’ experiences with magazine archives from his visits to over 1,000 academic librarians across North America, Latin America and Europe. Learn how these magazines can serve as a multi-disciplinary research tool for areas of study such as US and global history, business and economics, the arts, film studies, political studies, women’s studies, religion, the social sciences and so much more.
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Speaker
Clive Wright, Vice President Digital Archives, EBSCO Information Services
Moderator
Rebecca Jozwiak, Library Journal
- SELF-e + Short Form Content: Self-publishing for Local Writers
Monday, March 26, 2018
1-2 PM ET, 10-11 AM PT
SELF-e, a turnkey self-publishing program created in partnership between BiblioBoard and Library Journal, has been enabling local writers to become local authors since 2014. SELF-e’s new feature now allows us to accept content from every writer in the community, whether it’s poetry, short stories, journalism or beyond. Join us to hear more about how libraries, their patrons and local writers all benefit from a cycle of creating, sharing and discovering local writers.
Panelists:
Juan Thompson (son of Hunter S. Thompson), GonzoFest
Jim Blanton, Library Director, Louisville Free Public Library
Bobby Reed, Former Learning & Development Specialist, Metropolitan Library System
Laura Cole, Executive Director, BiblioTech
Mitchell Davis, CEO, BiblioLabs
Moderator
Rebecca Jozwiak, Library Journal
Time: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (Eastern); 1:00 PM-2:00 PM (Central); 12:00 PM-1:00 PM (Mountain); 11:00 AM-12:00 PM (Pacific)
Learning Outcomes
- An understanding of the unique characteristics of community archives and how they differ from other types of repositories.
- An awareness of the major decisions that should be taken into account when establishing a community archives.
- An understanding of the importance of working with the community and keeping an open mind to the ways in which their history should be preserved…
Cost
Free
How to Register
To attend this free webinar, simply signup online and you will receive the access link via email.
Tom is originally from Brooklyn N.Y but has spent his entire professional career in South Carolina, most recently as Head of Reference Services at the College of Charleston. As part of the Against the Grain and Charleston Conference team, he serves as the associate editor of the print ATG as well as the co-editor of the webpage. Tom’s conference duties include coordinating the Penthouse Suite interviews as well as the conference poster sessions.
He received his MLS from the University of Buffalo, SUNY and a second master’s in public administration from the College of Charleston and the Univ. of South Carolina. His wife Carol and he live in downtown Charleston and she is an artist and a tour guide offering historic walking tours of the city.
