Creating Eye-Catching and Media-Rich Annual Reports
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Time: 11 A.M. (Central Time)
Fee: AALL Members - $30; Non-AALL Members - $60;
Site Registration - $150 (select this option for one group at the same physical location)
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The library might be the jewel in your institution’s crown, but are you documenting its importance? This program will explore ways to communicate the value of libraries and their contributions to patron success through an annual report. Participants will learn how to document patron needs and the library services that meet those needs. Librarians from the Oklahoma City University Law Library will share their 2011-2012 Annual Report and how they made the transition from print to digital format using basic coding skills and tools to make data interactive. The speakers will provide participants with ideas and tips on how academic, court, and firm librarians can use free or low-cost products to build an online annual report – and showcase the value their libraries bring to their institutions.
Program participants will:
• be able to identify quantitative and qualitative data gathering methods
• be able to choose the most eye-catching and appropriate charts and graphs to market the law library and communicate value through usage statistics
• learn the basics of LibGuides and other free or low-cost web tools
Technology Skills for the 21st Century Law Librarian – What’s in Your CV?
Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Time: 11 A.M. (Central Time)
Fee: AALL Members - $30; Non-AALL Members - $60;
Site Registration - $150 (select this option for one group at the same physical location)
Register by May 31
Law librarians are being asked to provide an ever-widening range of services, and many of those services involve technology; email and word processing proficiency are simply no longer enough. This session will address specific personal skill sets and technologies needed in law libraries. Our panel of speakers – two library directors and an electronic services librarian – will discuss the tech skills they expect to see in today’s – and tomorrow’s – law librarians. The panel will discuss troubleshooting and experimentation, researching new technologies, independent learning, scripting, app creation, and writing for social media. They will also address the role and relative importance of social media, content management systems, scripting languages, mobile technologies and devices, and digital repository software platforms.
Program participants will:
• be able to evaluate their own CVs for recommended technology skills
• be able to identify resources for help in developing their own technology skills
• be able to write appropriate job descriptions for hiring technologically skilled librarians
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