AzLA Conference program with Mala Muralidhuran, the team lead for WebJunction-Arizona

1. Chrystie Hill & Malavika Muralidharan AZLA November 2007 WebJunction Arizona the place to share

2. the WebJunction community

3. an online community where library staff meet to connect with each other, take courses, and share ideas or support

7. . . . . . . . . . web 2.0 Bloglines iGoogle Flickr YouTube Twitter Facebook MySpace Netflix …

8. “ it’s a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before ”

9. people

10. What are my friends doing?

11. Blogs Wikis Podcasts Mashups Social Networks RSS [powered by]

12. So what?

13. “ libraries must be part of society's thinking about how we develop and nurture social as well as information networks ” - Jean Preer American Libraries, September 2001

14. “ technology must support the relationship and community building efforts of the library, else there isn’t much use for it ” -William Barrow Cleveland State University, 2006

15. “ don’t get hemmed in by thinking things aren’t ‘what libraries do’ we don’t just provide books and internet services – we help the community. we can do that in more ways than we’re used to doing. ” -Mary Doud Kalamazoo Public Library, 2007

18. What are your friends doing?

26. customizing WJ Arizona

30. WJ- AZ Tutorial

31. - a five state initiative (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming) - to train reference librarians to be government information specialists - to help make effective use of government information resources - developing lesson and training modules - hosting a conference for depository librarians Gov Info in the 21 st C

36. E-Learning Institute This new program supports libraries creating, implementing and consuming online learning. The Institute's courses and resources are aimed at three general groups of people involved in e-learning: Online trainers and course creators wanting to learn how to create the most effective training possible. Library decision makers and administrators implementing training programs or seeking to optimize the effectiveness of their online training purchases. Library staff wanting to succeed with e-learning while avoiding the pitfalls of wasted time and money that can occur when unprepared for the unique demands and opportunities of online learning.

39. Discussions Discussions Tutorial Discussion Topics

40. Must be signed in to participate in the Discussion Boards

41. Exclusively Arizona Discussion forums

42. getting involved

44. library = books

46. Uh-oh.

47. “ we are building community daily in a manner we never would have imagined a year ago ” -Teen Services Librarian Seattle Public Library

48. “ the web is changing. libraries can change too. ”

53. chrystie hill | itgirl webjunction.org librariesbuildcommunities.org chrystie@itgirlconsulting.com Malavika Muralidharan az.webjunction.org [email_address]