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Check out five social sites you may not have heard about (yet)
Contribute to the International Music Score Library Project/Petrucci Music Library
Review a report from the International City/County Management Association advocating an increased role for public libraries in community efforts
For school librarians: Participate in a survey to gauge autism awareness.
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| March 2011 |
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Did you know? March is:
- National Craft Month
- National Nutrition Month
- American Red Cross Month
- Irish-American Heritage Month
- Women's History Month (United States)
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Don't forget:
- National Reading Day (U.S.) - March 2
- Girl Scout Week - March 6 - 12
- International Women's Day - March 8
- End of Mardi Gras - March 9
- Daylight Savings begins - March 13
- National Potato Chip Day - March 14
- Saint Patrick's Day - March 17
- Vernal Equinox - March 20
- World Water Day - March 22
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Get to Know
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Meet one half of the creative team bringing you LE@D's
latest titles:
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| We're Exhibiting! |
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Come see us at the Texas Library Association Conference, Booth 1141, in Austin, April 12-15, 2011.
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Come see us at the ALA Conference in New Orleans, June 24-27, 2011. Stop by and take some great training ideas and prizes back to your library!
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Spring is fast-approaching, and what better time to begin tackling those spring cleaning projects that demand your attention? Whether it's weeding your library's collection, renewing your efforts to go green, or reviewing your policies, we look forward to hearing about your spring cleaning projects!
This season is also a great time to revisit and revise our training materials. We've dedicated this month's issue to providing you with practical ideas to help refresh and invigorate training in your library, for both staff and users.
LE@D will also be hosting a free webinar on March 17 with Kit Keller, author of the popular "Online Research Strategies for Librarians" course. This webinar will be archived and made available for later listening, but we hope you'll consider joining us. Space is limited, so register today.
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E-Learning: Five Ways to Reach Our Learners
by Paul Signorelli
Think About Our Learners
We're all (justifiably) concerned about costs, but when we promote e-learning primarily as a way to reduce travel costs and training budgets, we've lost sight of our audience — the learners — and our mission — learning that produces positive change.
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When A Training Session is Not the Answer, And What is?
by Pat Wagner
Why Sometimes I Say No to My Clients
Usually, training issues are about observable human behavior: what you can see and hear a person do. But, what if the problem is actually an organizational issue, a "not-a-workshop" training issue, or a time issue?
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SlideShare Presentations
by Tim Sullard
Using the site Slideshare.net, Tim Sullard, operations manager with Pattern Research, Inc., reviewed dozens of slide presentations; here is his summary of the some of the better ones, and why.
Most of these selections have an interesting (eye-catching), simple, and easy-to-read opening slide. 95% of the presentations with interesting opening slides maintained a consistent high quality throughout. Most importantly, the opening slides spurred me to click on the presentations. I would say only one out of 30 slide shows had interesting opening slides.
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Courses of the Month
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LE@D is committed to helping you meet your training needs. If you have any questions or would like to discuss our courses with us, call us at 940 565-2502 or email us at lead@unt.edu today.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
Kevin Haney
Lifelong Education @ Desktop |
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