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TechAtlas Survey - Help Make Tech Planning Easier

With the help of consultants and technology planning gurus Sandra Nelson and Diane Mayo (they literally wrote the book!), WebJunction is looking for new ways that TechAtlas can make technology planning easier for librarians.

As a part of their study, WebJunction is seeking your input. Please take a few minutes to complete this brief survey about your library's technology planning.

Hitchhiker’s Guide to Library Surveys

Next WebJunction In Focus Webinar: Tuesday, September, 18, 1:00 CDT, 12:00 Mountain Time.

Join Brenda Hough, NEKLS Technology Coordinator and moderator of WebJunction’s In Focus webinars as she welcomes Colleen Eggett and Betti Grow, Utah State Library, for an online program designed for rural librarians, “Hitchhiker’s Guide to Library Surveys.”

The goals of the program are: to understand why and how to conduct a library survey, to describe the elements of an effective library survey, and to understand how to evaluate the survey results. Details and a participant guide are available on the Utah State Library website at:
http://library.utah.gov/workshops/index.htm.

This webinar is ideal for librarians who want to collect data to advocate for their libraries, evaluate their programs, and design library services.

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED!

The Traveling Librarian

Mary Ehret Holler, Librarian, Dan Toneges, Board Chair and Jan Maki, Board Secretary for Protection Township Library greet Christie Brandau, Kansas State Librarian who recently visited Protection during a tour of Southwest libraries. Mary recently returned from her trip to Washington, D.C. and is already a Kansas Certified Public Library Director!

Rural and Small Libraries vs. Small Salaries

Carol Barta, North Central Kansas Library System moderated a panel discussion at ALA in June as chair of the the ALA Committee on Rural, Native and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds. To prepare for the program titled, "Rural and Small Libraries vs. Small Salaries", ALA-APA and OLOS* conducted the Rural Libraries Salary Survey to find out what rural librarians thought about their salaries.

So how did respondents from across the nation feel about their salaries? "...pay inequity, low professional status, lack of qualified staff, high employee turnover and a concern about the effects of the new minimum wage on rural economies", according to a press release from OLOS.

Hope for better salaries and status for rural librarians might be found in 2 ALA offerings:
The Better Salaries and Pay Equity Toolkit (ALA-APA, 2007), and
The Small but Powerful Guide to Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library (OLOS, 2007)

Read the survey report for more interesting results and then check out these toolkits to start working on your plan to increase your salary!


* ALA = American Library Association
ALA-APA = ALA Allied Professional Association
OLOS = (ALA) Office for Literacy and Outreach Services

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Public Access Computing Sanity!

Do you "watch" WebJunction's Weekly Tips ?* This week's tip features help with public access computing maintenance. Of special interest is the link to the Jessamyn West (librarian.net) article, Those Darned Users! Read it and learn Jessamyn's 5 W's for Public Access Computing Sanity and 5 T's to think about (breadcrumbs anyone?).

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