[OPLINLIST] Workshop: Lost In Translation: Can Children's Librarians and IT Staff Talk?
Laura Solomon
lsolomon@heightslibrary.org
Mon, 24 May 2004 10:37:08 -0400
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Apologies for cross-posting!
Lost In Translation: Can Children's Librarians and IT Staff Talk?=20
November 9, 2004
Co-sponsored by the OLC Children's And IT Divisions, with generous
funding from OHIONET
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Not "may" we talk, but "can" as in "are we able to talk?
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Leaders of OLC's Children's Services Division and its Information
Technology Division have pooled their expertise and resources to create
a workshop focused on the needful communication that has to take place
between the library's IT department and its children's services staff if
the library's website is going to be appealing to its youngest users.
The latter, creative people that they are, generally have fabulous
notions about what will entice and engage children: Lights! Color!
Action! All too often, however, IT folks, practical people that they
are, understand the technical difficulties inherent in mounting web
pages that may not download quickly, require additional plug-ins or
leave less-savvy users behind. Often, in terms too technical, they're
expertise is perceived as a roadblock to help the children's staff
achieve its vision.
What to do?
This workshop invites both children's and IT staff to explore ways to
more effectively communicate and to understand what to do, what not to
do, and why to do or not to do it when working to design engaging
children's sites.
See the full agenda and details at
http://www.olc.org/WorkshopDescription.asp?ID=3D279
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<h1><b><font size=3D3 color=3Dnavy face=3DVerdana><span =
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Librarians
and IT Staff Talk? </span></font></b></h1>
<h1><b><font size=3D1 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>November
9, 2004</span></font></b></h1>
<h1><b><font size=3D1 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'>Co-sponsored by the OLC Children’s And =
IT
Divisions, with generous funding from OHIONET</span></font></b></h1>
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<h1><b><font size=3D1 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Can
we talk? <br>
<br>
Not “may” we talk, but “can” as in “are we =
able
to talk?<br>
<br>
Talk to whom? Talk about what? <br>
<br>
</span></font></b><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Leaders of OLC’s =
Children’s
Services Division and its Information Technology Division have pooled =
their
expertise and resources to create a workshop focused on the needful
communication that has to take place between the library’s IT =
department
and its children’s services staff if the library’s website =
is going
to be appealing to its youngest users. The latter, creative people that =
they
are, generally have fabulous notions about what will entice and engage
children: Lights! Color! Action! All too often, however, IT folks, =
practical
people that they are, understand the technical difficulties inherent in
mounting web pages that may not download quickly, require additional =
plug-ins
or leave less-savvy users behind. Often, in terms too technical, =
they’re
expertise is perceived as a roadblock to help the children’s staff
achieve its vision.<br>
<br>
<i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>What to do?</span></i><br>
<br>
This workshop invites </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>both children’s and =
IT staff</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'> to explore ways to more effectively communicate and =
to understand
what to do, what not to do, and why to do or not to do it when working =
to
design engaging children’s sites.</span></font></h1>
<h1><b><font size=3D3 face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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lc.org/WorkshopDescription.asp?ID=3D279</a></span></font></b></h1>
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