Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki - User contributions [en]

User:Pipeliner

2006-12-01T18:36:46Z

Pipeliner:

[http://www.blogger.com/profile/6881880 Blogger: User Profile: Charles J Greenberg]

[http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/people/faculty/greenbergc/greenbergc.php SJSU-SLIS: Charles J. Greenberg]

[http://myprofile.cos.com/greenbc Community of Science Profile: Charles J Greenberg]

User:Pipeliner

2006-12-01T18:36:13Z

Pipeliner:

[http://www.blogger.com/profile/6881880 Blogger: User Profile: Charles J Greenberg]

[slisweb.sjsu.edu/people/faculty/greenbergc/greenbergc.php SJSU-SLIS Charles J. Greenberg]

[http://myprofile.cos.com/greenbc Community of Science Profile: Charles J Greenberg]

User:Pipeliner

2006-12-01T18:35:44Z

Pipeliner:

[http://www.blogger.com/profile/6881880 Blogger: User Profile: Charles J Greenberg]

[slisweb.sjsu.edu/people/faculty/greenbergc/greenbergc.php SJSU SLIS | People | Faculty | Charles J. Greenberg]

[http://myprofile.cos.com/greenbc Community of Science Profile: Charles J Greenberg]

User:Pipeliner

2006-12-01T18:32:27Z

Pipeliner:

[http://www.blogger.com/profile/6881880 Blogger: User Profile: Charles J Greenberg]

Wiki User List

2006-12-01T18:30:06Z

Pipeliner: /* Members of the LibSuccess Wiki Community */

User talk:Pipeliner

2006-12-01T17:35:39Z

Pipeliner:

librarian4ysm (Yahoo,MSN,AIM)
cjgberg (gtalk)

I use [www.meebo.com] to integrate all of these

Pipeline: Future Professionals

2006-12-01T17:33:05Z

Pipeliner: How are we presenting our profession to potential successors?

How are we presenting our profession to potential successors? There are lots of efforts going on, some more organized (better funded?) than others. Are we targeting an increase in diversity to reflect society, or are we simply creating a future in our own image? Please list and describe activities, actions, projects, perspectives.

Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki

2006-12-01T17:27:46Z

Pipeliner: /* Management and Leadership */

= Introduction =

Welcome to Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki. This wiki was created to be a one-stop-shop for great ideas and information for all types of librarians. All over the world, librarians are developing successful programs and doing innovative things with technology that no one outside of their library knows about. There are lots of great blogs out there sharing information about the profession, but there is no one place where all of this information is collected and organized.

If you've done something at your library that you consider a success, please write about it in the wiki or provide a link to outside coverage. If you have materials that would be helpful to other librarians, add them to the wiki. And if you know of a librarian or a library that is doing something great, feel free to include information about it or links to it. Basically, if you know of anything that might be useful to other librarians (including useful websites), this is the place to put it. I hope this wiki will be a venue where people can share ideas with one another and where librarians can learn to replicate the successes of other libraries.

This wiki is not run by any commercial entity and does not represent any commercial interests. For those wishing to use content in the wiki the wiki itself (and all the content contained herein) is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike] Creative Commons License. Please familiarize yourself with the license before using any of the content on your own site.

'''Anyone''' who wants to add to or edit topics on the wiki can do it. You don't need to ask before making a change -- this wiki belongs to the community of librarians who use it. If you have any technical questions about the wiki, please contact its creator, [http://meredith.wolfwater.com/contact.php Meredith Farkas]. Questions about specific content in the wiki should be directed to that individual author.

If you are going to link to this wiki, please use the following URL:

[http://www.libsuccess.org/ http://www.libsuccess.org]

= Join the Community =

While I am not going to require that people register on the wiki, it would be great if you did. It makes it easier for us to identify spam and it makes the wiki much more like a community if we can get to know each other a little. When you register, you can then add to your own user profile page. Please add your profile to the [[Wiki User List]] so we can all get to know each other!

'''Note:''' If you are going to add to the list of recommended vendors or software, please put your name on your recommendation so we know that it's not from a vendor. From here on in (7/8/05), we will have to delete any '''new''' vendor/software recommendations that do not have the author identified.

If you want to see recent changes made to the wiki, visit [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges Recent Changes]. There is also an [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&amp;amp;amp;feed=rss RSS Feed] for the Recent Changes page.

= Categories =
Check out the [[Categories|alphabetized list of categories]] with alphabetized lists of articles in each category.

If you add a new category, please add it to this list on the main page so people can easily find it. You can also add new pages off of the pages in each category (subpages). For example, if you want to go into depth with a "success story" about gaming, you can create another page for the details on the success story and just put a little teaser or title on the gaming page (with a link).

''You can easily add a new page by putting the title of the new page inside double brackets on the front page (you can see the formatting when you go to edit this page). Then, when you click on that link, you will be taken to a new page that you can add to.''

== Community ==
*[[Special:Recentchanges | Recent Changes Page]]
*[[Tips page]] for getting started on the right foot
*[[Wiki User List]]
*[[Librarians who IM]]

== Management and Leadership ==
*[[Communications - Internal and External]]
*[[Human Resources and Labor Management]]
*[[Leadership Development and Education]]
*[[Management Ethics]]
*[[Organizational Culture and Knowledge]]
*[[Organizational Structure]]
*[[Project Planning and Development]]
*[[Strategy, Vision, and Focus]]
*[[Team Building]]
*[[Pipeline: Future Professionals]]

== Materials Selection and Collection Maintenance ==
*[[Selecting Materials for Libraries]]
*[[Organizing Library Collections]]
*[[Weeding Library Collections]]

== Professional ==
*[[Conferences and Continuing Education Opportunities]]
*[[Keeping Up With the Profession]]
*[[Looking for a Job]]
*[[Publishing and Speaking]]
*[[Self-Promotion Tips for New Librarians]]
*[[Workplace Organizing]]

== Programming ==
*[[Book Clubs for Adults]]
*[[Book Talks and Story Time for Youth]]
*[[Cultural Programming]]
*[[Displays]]
*[[Gaming]]
*[[Getting Kids to Read]]
*[[Grants for Programming]]
*[[Literacy Programs]]
*[[Outreach]]
*[[Programs for Adults]]
*[[Programs for Children]]
*[[Programs for Faculty]]
*[[Programs for Young Adults]]
*[[Technology Training in Libraries]]
*[[Tool Banks and Tool Lending Libraries]]

== Readers' Advisory ==
*[[Definition]]
*[[Leading book groups]]
*[[Recommending books]]
*[[Writing Reviews for Open WorldCat]]

== Reference Services and Information Literacy ==
*[[Online Reference]] (IM, Web-based, etc.)
*[[Free Online Reference Resources]]
*[[Information Literacy]]
*[[Online Tutorials]]
*[[Radical Reference]]
*[[Subject Guides]]
*[[Traditional Reference Services]]

== Selling Your Library ==
*[[Branding]]
*[[Demonstrating Impact, Value and ROI]]
*[[Fundraising]]
*[[Marketing]]
*[[Promotions]]

== Services to Specific Groups ==
*[[Library Services in Academic Institutions]]
*[[Library Services in Schools]]
*[[Services for Distance Learners]]
*[[Services for the Disabled]]
*[[Services for the Elderly]]
*[[Services for First Year Students]]
*[[Services in a Multi-lingual Environment]]
*[[Services for the Poor and Homeless]]
*[[Services for Teens]]
*[[Libraries Services in Rural, Native, and Tribal Libraries]]

== Training and Development for Librarians ==
*[[Staff Training]]
*[[Online Training Resources for Librarians]]

== Technology ==

=== Access ===
*[[Cataloging]]
*[[Digitization]]
*[[Electronic Databases]]
*[[Institutional Repositories]]
*[[Improving Access]] (open_url, metasearch, metadata harvesting, etc.)
*[[Library Systems]] (integrated systems, automated systems, circulation systems]
*[[Online Library Card Registration and e-Card Services]]
*[[OPACs]]
*[[Web Browser Extensions]]
*[[Web Services]]
*[[Widgets]] (desktop tools, usually based on JavaScript)
*[[:Category:PC Management | Public Access PC Management]]

=== Implementing Tech in the Library ===
*[[Grants for Technology Projects]]
*[[Gaming Services/Programs]]
*[[Open Source Software|Free/Open Source Software]]
*[[PLA TechNotes]]
*[[Providing Technology to Patrons]] (computers, wifi, iPods, etc.)
*[[Self Checkout]]
*[[Technology Planning]]
*[[web4lib Manager's Reference Center]]
*[[Website Design]]
*[[Web Tips and Tricks]]

=== Information Sharing and Education ===
*[[Collaborative Tools in Libraries]] (Blogs, Wikis, etc.)
*[[Social Networking Software]]
*[[Courseware]] (Blackboard, WebCT, Angel, etc.)
*[[Online Communities]]
*[[Podcasting]]
*[[Search Engines]]
*[[Successful Lessons]]

== Working Together ==
*[[Successful Collaborations]]

= Need help? =

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Any questions? Contact [http://meredith.wolfwater.com/contact.php Meredith Farkas].

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