[OPLINLIST] Where can I be a newbie?

[SWON Info]

Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American 
Life Project, spoke at the Internet Librarian conference yesterday. I 
wasn’t there, but I read the lively commentary and recaps people posted 
to Twitter with the conference’s #IL2013 
<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23il2013> hash tag.

Pew polls the general public–library and non-library users–so their 
results paint a picture libraries might not otherwise see. Though you 
can’t hear his talk, you can see his slides 
<http://pewinternet.org/Presentations/2013/Oct/The-New-Library-Patron.aspx> 
and read the complete report from January: 
http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2013/01/22/library-services/

There are lots of take-aways from his talk. A few that struck me most: 
people broadly support the library, even though they don’t know what 
services libraries offer. Access to computers and the internet is very 
important, but few people are eager to see bookshelves replaced by more 
computers or programming space.

And even though smartphone, tablet and e-reader ownership has 
skyrocketed, people still want introductions to and help with those 
devices. The library is a place where you can be a beginner and ask 
honest questions without feeling foolish. That kind of help can be very 
hard to find elsewhere.

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Since libraries of all type have such a unique role in the communities, 
who can they learn from? How do they decide what services to offer or 
how to market themselves?

You can always learn from each other. That’s what SWON’s Ebook 
Mini-Conference is about. You’ll hear talks about digital content from 
the front lines and behind the scenes, with speakers from public and 
academic libraries who have information everyone can apply.

It’s coming soon: November 13. So sign up today and join us and your 
peers in West Chester for a short day of sessions and conversation: 
http://tiny.cc/ebook-conference

<http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=568>
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Calendar excerpts from the next two weeks. (Please register for online 
classes at least two days before they take place.)

  * *Managing Your Priorities – The Key to Time Management, Part 1
    <http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=655>* -
    (10/31/2013) - Online
  * *OKI 2013 Children’s Literature Conference
    <http://oki.nku.edu/registration/>* - (11/2/2013) - Thomas More College
  * *“Taking Reasonable Risks,” Academic (SIG) Retention Series
    <http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=635>* -
    (11/4/2013) - University of Cincinnati
  * *E-Rate Workshop
    <http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=633>* -
    (11/5/2013) - Streaming to SWON’s Conference Room
  * *Sharpening Your Communication Skills
    <http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=659>* -
    (11/5/2013) - Online
  * *Mastering Tough Conversations, Part 2
    <http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=660>* -
    (11/7/2013) - Online
  * *Establishing Your Library’s Footprint in Your Community
    <http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=661>* -
    (11/12/2013) - Online
  * *ROYAL Book Reviews (SIG) Meeting
    <http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=661>* -
    (11/12/2013) - SWON Conference Room
  * *ROYAL Book Reviews (SIG) Meeting
    <http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=348>* -
    (11/12/2013) - Boone County Public Library
  * */SWON Ebook Mini-Conference & Membership Meeting
    <http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=568>/* -
    (11/13/2013) - West Chester Wingate


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