NETLS Undates & Information 2/19

Talking about libraries

One of the most interesting aspect of working in the systems office is that you never know what the next question will be!  Yesterday, I fielded questions from two libraries on the same topic – resources for talking to the press, funding body, or community activists.

Mark these resources for your next presentation on the value of libraries:

TLA’s Texas Voter Survey, November 2008

Check these links and more at  ALA’s page on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 101

ALA’s  – What librarians need to know about the stimulus package  and Talking points on libraries in this economy

ALA’s Job seeking in public libraries  and Libraries helping America get back to work

and don’t forget Advocating in tough times

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By February 28

Registration will be open until February 28 for the online tutorial, "Change Management & Leadership: If Change Is So Wonderful Why Aren’t We Having Fun Yet?"  Students will be able to complete the course in March.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

o       Assess both the benefits and the costs of change in your job, department, branch, library, institution and community

o       Understand how change impacts people in your library differently and have more empathy for their points of view

o       Identify what mistakes are likely and how to lower their impact on youand your staff

o       Feel more calm and confident, even when the world is unraveling

o       Be more influential during times of change

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March 13

In collaboration with the NETLS the Texas State Library will host a Para los niños / For the Children workshop.  The workshop will be offered at the Irving Public Library on March 13, 2009.  Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the workshops will be from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Participants will receive 6 hours of continuing education credit. The workshop is SBEC Eligible for school librarians (SBEC Identification #500799).

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Computers!!

Refurbished Computers through TechSoup 

           Non 501 (c) (3) libraries are eligible, too!

  

This donation is available to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and to U.S. public libraries. Public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database. 

 Each qualifying 501(c)(3) organization or public library may request 10 computers and 10 monitors within a fiscal year — July 1 to June 30 — up to a total of 20 products.

Organizations may request up to 10 computers and 10 monitors each fiscal year (July 1 – June 30).

Multiple affiliate or branch locations of an organization may receive separate donations in a single TechSoup fiscal year, provided that each location is listed on its parent organization's 501(c)(3) Letter of Determination.

REFURBISHED XP Notebooks under $450.

REFURBISHED XP Desktops (no monitor) under $260.

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