Published by
Michelle on
October 5, 2011 in
General, Innovation, Resource sharing and databases.
Tags: collections, colorado viritual library, CSL, CVL, history, new, NRS, tech help, tough times.
After more than a year of hard work by the Networking & Resource Sharing team of the State Library, the new Colorado Virtual Library (CVL) will be launched sometime during the week of 10/10 with 3 content collections (and more to come):
- Colorado Histories
- Tech Help
- Tools for Tough Times
There is much more work to be done, because the CVL will never truly be done. It is designed to be ever-changing, evolving, and improving. We hope you love it, but of course are open to constructive criticism.
Stay tuned!
The e-reader survey closed with 112 people responding in these categories – 60% public libraries, 24% school libraries, and 16% academic libraries.
88% of people responding said that they would be interested in purchasing an e-reader device within the next year or two.
The bar chart explains which e-reader devices people are thinking about purchasing. Nook=Purple, Sony Reader =Salmon, iPad =Gold, Kindle = Blue .
Continue reading ‘And the survey says…’
I just finished reading Jamie LaRue’s article in the November 2010 issue of Library Journal. Jamie discusses the reasoning behind why librarians need to be invisible as well as visible. Our funding and the future of libraries depends upon it. By the way, Jamie has his own blog – MYLIBLOG that is certainly worth checking out.
Hello Colorado Libraryland!
As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the Next Generation Colorado Virtual Library will be in part a showcase and a repository of some of the amazing stuff you’re doing across Colorado. In order to highlight your greatness, we need to find out about and grab whatever it is you’re creating out there in libraryland. To that end, we’ll be asking you to send us your content periodically, so that we can tweak it, web-ify it, and present it to the world. The first module we’re tackling is technology training, and we want the best technology training material libraries in Colorado have to offer!
What We Want
We trust you know what your patrons need better than we do, so we plan to devise content areas once we take a look at what gets submitted. We have some ideas (see “More on ‘Content’” below!), Continue reading ‘We Need Your Patron-Centered Tech Training Materials!’
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the Spanish Peaks Library District to the Colorado Plinkit community!
Spanish Peaks launched their new Plinkit website on election Tuesday, to offer their patrons 24/7 access to the information, and tools they need. Website features include access to the library catalog, library events and online resources. Additionally, the Library Return on Investment Calculator helps market the value of library services to their users.
For more information about Plinkit, and how this website creation and hosting service run by the Colorado State Library can benefit your library, visit http://colibraries.org/ or contact Christine Kreger at kreger_c@cde.state.co.us.
Published by
Shelly Drumm on
October 22, 2010 in
Innovation, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Special Libraries and advocacy.
Tags: AskColorado, collaboration, Colorado Virtual Library, CSL, SWIFT, technology, training.
Or at least we hope you’ll give it a shot, once the dust settles.
When the Colorado Virtual Library (CVL) was launched over a decade ago, it was a new and exciting resource, unlike anything available in the Colorado library community at that time. But times have changed, and we regret to confess, the CVL hasn’t. The way that we use the internet and the kinds of tools available to us are changing at a breakneck pace, and the rate of change is only accelerating. It’s with all of this in mind that we’re approaching a complete redesign of the CVL.
Our Approach
While technical decisions are still in the works, we know we’ll be building an ever-changing collection of content modules (more on that in a minute!) around a central core of heavily-used library services such as AskColorado’s awesome 24/7 reference service, SWIFT interlibrary loan (soon with more patron-initiated functionality!), and access to valuable digital collections. Those content modules will be developed on an as-needed basis, allowing us to be more responsive to your needs and those of your patrons. Continue reading ‘Not a User of the Colorado Virtual Library? You Will Be!’
The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) is once again soliciting nominations for best library practices using cutting-edge technology.
Last year, OITP’s America’s Libraries for the 21st Century Subcommittee launched the “cutting-edge” contest to showcase libraries that serve their communities with novel and innovative methods and to provide the library community with some successful models for delivering quality library services in new ways.
Christine Lind Hage, chair of the subcommittee, said the wide response to the 2009 call was so inspiring, the subcommittee knew another contest was in order. Last year, three libraries were cited for their outstanding work.
“These winners showed that libraries of all sizes can do innovative projects that are worthy of replication across library types,” Hage said.
“With all the creative technological work being done in libraries, I’m sure that this year we’ll see some exciting apps, projects or services that we’ll want to showcase.”
Nominations should be sent to the American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy, 1615 New Hampshire Avenue NW, 1st Floor, Washington, D.C. 20009 or to ainouye@alawash.org by November 1, 2010. Details for the nomination process are available on the OITP website.
“Libraries are screwed”, says Eli Neiburger Associate Director IT and Production at the Ann Arbor Library District. Luckily, he has a lot more to say about the future of libraries in his presentation at Library Journal’s E-book Summit. A very concise and thorough paragraph (from Librarian In Black) explaining his views can be found here. Trot off to read that and then come back and post your thoughts. Will libraries morph, or go the way of the dinosaurs?
Lunch & Learn Super Summit: Public Library Directors (free!)
Now’s your chance to witness six public library directors answer surprise questions on-the-fly. Sit back, enjoy your lunch and watch the spectacle unfold…
Lunch & Learn Super Summit: Public Library Directors
Friday, September 24 at Noon
Philip S. Miller Library
100 S. Wilcox
Castle Rock, CO 80104
Featuring: Shirley Amore (Denver Public Library), Kari Baumann (Elbert County Library District), Jamie LaRue (Douglas County Libraries), Eloise May (Arapahoe Library District), Bob Pasicznyuk (Cedar Rapids Public Library, IA), and Marcellus Turner (Jefferson County Public Library).
Presented by the Douglas County Libraries New Professionals Committee. The Committee will select the surprise questions.
The panel will have five minutes to consider the questions, and 45 minutes to discuss.
Free. Please bring your own lunch.
RSVP requested: http://bit.ly/amiTb1
Bring along your friends! Promote the event! A flier is available for download at http://bit.ly/c3cOQyQuestions? awalker@dclibraries.org
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