Technology Trends for 2014 and Beyond: What’s Hot, What’s Cool, What’s Coming Up Next
Feel like you can’t keep up with the latest and greatest in tech trends? What do we, as information professionals, need to pay attention to in the world of technology? What can we expect to impact us in the coming months and years? Join us to discuss some of the newest tech trends, get a sneak peek at some things we may encounter soon, and try to make sense of what this could mean for the future of our libraries.
Presented for Alaska Library Association Conference 2014 #akla
Building a Learning Culture From the Inside Out - ALA Annual 2014Emily Clasper
ALA Annual 2014 Presentation by Emily Clasper and Toby Greenwalt
Session Information: http://ala14.ala.org/node/14451
Libraries are quickly moving from being repositories for content to full-fledged incubators for new ideas. Using technological tools, innovative spaces, and creative programming, libraries are well-positioned to become an even bigger part of the community’s creative process.
Join a panel of library change agents as they examine strategies for kickstarting a culture of innovation in your library - for your staff and patrons alike. We’ll look at examples both in and out of libraries, address challenges, and discuss what it takes to bring creativity out in the open. Audience participation will be involved.
Sponsored by PLA (Public Library Association)
Technology Trends for 2014 and Beyond: What’s Hot, What’s Cool, What’s Coming Up Next
Feel like you can’t keep up with the latest and greatest in tech trends? What do we, as information professionals, need to pay attention to in the world of technology? What can we expect to impact us in the coming months and years? Join us to discuss some of the newest tech trends, get a sneak peek at some things we may encounter soon, and try to make sense of what this could mean for the future of our libraries.
Presented for Alaska Library Association Conference 2014 #akla
Building a Learning Culture From the Inside Out - ALA Annual 2014Emily Clasper
ALA Annual 2014 Presentation by Emily Clasper and Toby Greenwalt
Session Information: http://ala14.ala.org/node/14451
Libraries are quickly moving from being repositories for content to full-fledged incubators for new ideas. Using technological tools, innovative spaces, and creative programming, libraries are well-positioned to become an even bigger part of the community’s creative process.
Join a panel of library change agents as they examine strategies for kickstarting a culture of innovation in your library - for your staff and patrons alike. We’ll look at examples both in and out of libraries, address challenges, and discuss what it takes to bring creativity out in the open. Audience participation will be involved.
Sponsored by PLA (Public Library Association)
What Staff Training Program? Minimum Investment, Maximum Impact Staff Education Strategies
Providing staff with the training and support they need to excel is one of the hardest challenges faced by library managers, especially when time is precious and funds are low. At this session, participants will join in lively discussion and get practical advice for building effective staff training and development programs with limited resources.
Presentation for the Alaska Library Association Conference 2014 #akla
First Steps in Project Planning for LibrariesEmily Clasper
Slides from a Project Management workshop for the RAILS library consortium October 27th, 2016. Focus on Project Planning fundamentals for library Project Managers.
Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That: 5 Things You Need to Stop Doing in Your LibraryEmily Clasper
ALA Midwinter 2014 Ignite Session
Don't have the time to try something new at your library? I hear ya. So why not find some things you can STOP doing? Remove some of these time drains and suddenly you can add activities that will really make a difference!
This fun little presentation was put together by Emily Clasper, Tim Sicurella, and Nicole Turzillo for the Public Libraries Luncheon at the Innovative Users Group 2014 meeting in Deroit, MI. This rapid-fire presentation showcased a variety of fun, useful mobile apps attendees might be interested in.
Think Like a Project Manager... Act Like a Library LeaderEmily Clasper
Think Like a Project Manager... Act Like a Library Leader
A presentation for the Annual Meeting of the American Library Association 2015, San Francisco, California. Presentation Date: Monday, June 29th, 3:00 - 4:00 pm. http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29859
Full presentation forthcoming
#alaac15
What Staff Training Program? Minimum Investment, Maximum Impact Staff Education Strategies
Providing staff with the training and support they need to excel is one of the hardest challenges faced by library managers, especially when time is precious and funds are low. At this session, participants will join in lively discussion and get practical advice for building effective staff training and development programs with limited resources.
Presentation for the Alaska Library Association Conference 2014 #akla
First Steps in Project Planning for LibrariesEmily Clasper
Slides from a Project Management workshop for the RAILS library consortium October 27th, 2016. Focus on Project Planning fundamentals for library Project Managers.
Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That: 5 Things You Need to Stop Doing in Your LibraryEmily Clasper
ALA Midwinter 2014 Ignite Session
Don't have the time to try something new at your library? I hear ya. So why not find some things you can STOP doing? Remove some of these time drains and suddenly you can add activities that will really make a difference!
This fun little presentation was put together by Emily Clasper, Tim Sicurella, and Nicole Turzillo for the Public Libraries Luncheon at the Innovative Users Group 2014 meeting in Deroit, MI. This rapid-fire presentation showcased a variety of fun, useful mobile apps attendees might be interested in.
Think Like a Project Manager... Act Like a Library LeaderEmily Clasper
Think Like a Project Manager... Act Like a Library Leader
A presentation for the Annual Meeting of the American Library Association 2015, San Francisco, California. Presentation Date: Monday, June 29th, 3:00 - 4:00 pm. http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29859
Full presentation forthcoming
#alaac15
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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Normal Labour/ Stages of Labour/ Mechanism of LabourWasim Ak
Normal labor is also termed spontaneous labor, defined as the natural physiological process through which the fetus, placenta, and membranes are expelled from the uterus through the birth canal at term (37 to 42 weeks
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
I’m Emily Clasper from the Suffolk Cooperative Library System in NY. A big part of my job there involves helping 54 area public libraries develop creative ideas for providing services to their patrons and then help them find some way to (as we like to say around here) MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Has anyone here ever had an idea for starting something new and awesome at your library? I sure hope so!And how often are you able to actually make these ideas a reality?I’d be willing to bet that everyone here has had great ideas they’d love to bring our ideas to life in our libraries so that we can make awesome things happen for our communities!And I spend much of my time visiting libraries, speaking and brainstorming with to enthusiastic, creative professionals every day, many of whom are frustrated in their efforts to MAKE IT HAPPEN.
The thing is, I spend a lot of time time visiting libraries, speaking and brainstorming with to enthusiastic, creative professionals every day, many of whom are frustrated in their efforts to MAKE IT HAPPEN. No matter how cool the idea may be, there’s usually something lurking, a stumbling block just waiting to become an insurmountable obstacle. I could tell you some stories… great ideas shot down in their prime by a handful of excuses. And that’s really what they are. Excuses. And they kill innovation.
So I’m here today to address some of the most common excuses I hear when I work with libraries Because it’s high time that we look these excuses in the face and CALL BS. Let me hear you all say it: “I CALL BS.” Louder! “I CALL BS!!!!”
Excuse #1: Great idea, but we don’t have money for that.Budgets are tight and we simply can’t afford it.Let’s postpone it until next year when we have more resources. Yeah, well…
I CALL BS. Because here’s the thing. If the thing you want to do is Important enough to the mission of the organization, there’s money out there for it. You just have to find it.Sometimes it requires reallocation of funds to fit current priorities and reexamining the return on investment of your current expenses.
Still don’t have the money? Well, that either means that maybe your cool idea isn’t as high priority to the mission as you first thought… in which case maybe you rethink it all together. ORIt’s time to get creative. Look for grants, donations, community partnerships, crowd funding… get out there and MAKE IT HAPPEN. True story up there, by the way.
Excuse #2: I’m too busy. I’m to stressed.I’ve already got too much to do.Our employees are already overworked, they can’t handle anything else (we will have a mutiny on our hands if we try this)
Stop right there because I CALL BS.Everyone is “too busy”. We all have deadlines and piles of work we should have already handled.But we’re not there to simply perform tasks. We’re there to do work that furthers the mission of the organization.So we make time for things that are most important for reaching that goal. Priorities again!
And you’re right – we can’t do it all. So we have to be selective in choosing what will fill our time or the time of our staff.What are you doing with your time? I’ve seen first hand many library staff who claim time poverty while performing totally irrelevant duties.Prioritize based on current needs, ROIConstant review of staff duties and workflowBeing accountable for your time
Excuse #3: We’ll never get the administration/staff/union/patrons/board to buy in How am I going to sell this to the staff? The patrons are going to hate that idea.The board will never agree. I’ve heard them all… and in my experience, this is an assumption, not a real fact.
SO I CALL BS. “You can’t just DO that!” You know what, sometimes one can.Depending on the culture of your organization, sometimes the best approach it to just do it. MAKE IT HAPPEN.Ask Forgiveness rather than Permission, as my mama says.Style yourself as a “self starter” and give new ideas a shot without waiting for approval… as far as you can get away with it.
If you must get approval… bring in such a strong case that it is IRRESISTABLE.Do your homework so that absolutely every question that might be raised is answered before it’s asked.Show them how your idea the sexiest, coolest thing they’ve ever heard of. Sell the hell out of your idea and relate it back to the core mission of your organization, the values in your community, and the bottom line. And don’t take no for an answer.If there is still too much resistance, maybe the case really wasn’t there to make in the first place.
Excuse #4: “That won’t work in my community… we are unique and we have unique needs.”“The patrons HERE wouldn’t use that.”And the big one I hear all the time: “OUR patrons HATE changes! Then they’ll have to learn something new!”
Yes, each library service community has its own needs, and not every new, innovative initiative will translate directly from one institution to another.That’s why we have awesome, creative professionals in place – to adapt raw ideas into practical initiatives that will work in their particular situation.
To do this effectively, we need to know our communities intimately and thoroughly… not just the patrons who come in the door to ask for help.I have a library that hates trying new technology initiatives because they insist that their community is mostly made of seniors. Really???? How about we stop hiding behind the unique qualities of the communities we serve, and start celebrating them as opportunities for creating and marketing individual services that are uniquely positioned for effectiveness.
Excuse #5: We’ve already tried that. It will never work/ We don’t need something new.Variations:We once formed a committee for that once but but they couldn’t come up with a solution.We already decided not to do that.I can’t image how we would make that work.My favorite: That’s OK in theory but I have been doing this for __ years and it won’t work in reality.
One little failure and you’re going to put the kibosh on new ideas in the future? Please. What do I have to say to that?BS. When we fail at a new initiative, we need to look closely at the reasons why it was not a success and try to apply what we have learned to our next big idea.Failure is your friend if you have the right attitude towards it.
Something I’ve found working with libraries is that the “Fear of Failure” that seems to keep people from trying new things is actually a Fear of SUCCESS.What if the new online program signups cause our programs to fill up too quickly?What if too many patrons want to use this new service?What will we do if they want something similar from another department?And the answer to these questions is: CELEBRATE!
The point is… If we’re going to innovate and grow, we need to face up to these kinds of excuses because we can do better than that. We’re part of a vibrant profession where we have the unique opportunity to do things that will make a difference in the lives of others… if we keep challenging the naysayers and excuse makers. The next time you have an awesome idea and all you hear is “no,” I challenge you to step up and CALL BS.