New Jersey State Library
Library for the Blind and Handicapped
Staff Development Day
Location: Library for the Blind and Handicapped
8:30 – 9:00 A.M. - Breakfast and Ice Breaker
9:00 – 9:30 A.M. - Welcome from Norma Blake and Dr. George Pruitt
9:30 – 1:00 P.M. - Stephen Young – Microinequities: The Power of Small
1:00 – 2:00 P.M. - Lunch
2:00 – 3:15 P.M. - Workshops
3:15 -- 3:30 p.m.- Ice Cream break
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. - Service Awards and Closing Discussions
4:00 p.m. Program Evaluation
Our keynote speaker is Stephen Young!
Stephen Young is recognized as an expert in organization leadership and diversity. He was the Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity officer at JPMorgan and Vice President for Diversity with Merrill Lynch’s Private Client Division. He has consulted with executives at numerous Fortune 500 companies. In 2004, he founded Insight Education Systems, a consulting firm that specializes in diversity training, leadership and organizational development services.
MicroInequities: the Power of Small
MicroInequities: the Power of Small is based upon research done at M.I.T. and focuses on the effects of micromessages in the workplace. MicroInequities are the cumulative, repeated behaviors that discourage and impair performance in the workplace that affect the overall productivity and health of an organization. Young teaches people to use positive micromessages at all levels in the organization to successfully build and keep a productive, diverse and inclusive workplace. He will deliver critical concepts, skills and strategies to improve the organization’s culture.
Afternoon Worshop Descriptions and Leaders
The Joy of Stress
Stress is an individual reaction; it can be fantastic or it can be fatal! You will learn how you can use humor to break the negative and sometimes irrational thought patterns that cause stress and reframe them into positive powerful and productive tools for change.
Presenter: Deborah Blackwell is a certified Public Manager and works as a Circulation Supervisor for the Ocean County Library.
Ms. Blackwell is an award winning Leader and Trainer. She has presented at state and national conferences, such as ALA and Literacy Volunteers of Ocean County. She trains in various organizational development areas such as Diversity, Change, and Personal Development. She is passionate about "living life intentionally."
Screencasting
Be there for your customers no matter what day or time. Using screencasts you can teach your customers to work with your catalog, online databases or create quick video based user-guides to help them with their questions...and that's just the start. Learn from Steve Garwood about software that allows you to record your on-screen actions with your voice explanations. Just post the recording to the Web, and your customers (and/or staff) can learn anytime, anywhere!
Presenter: Steve Garwood comes to us today from the Firestone Library of Princeton University where he is the Staff Training and Development Coordinator. Steve is formerly of the School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies (SCILS) where he is an Instructor in the Graduate Library and Information Science program and the Undergraduate Information Technology and Informatics program. Steve teaches Research and Reference Skills, basic Information Technology, and Web and Multimedia Design.
Enhancing Productivity with Web 2.0 Freebies
Contrary to popular belief, there is such a thing as a "free lunch" and you can find it on the Web. The number of free services, sites and downloads is multiplying monthly at an astonishing rate in a new era of Internet innovation. This class will take you on a tour of some of the hottest freebies currently available. Everything from system tools to image editors to word processors and much more can all be found online for no cost. Learn about the latest 2.0 technologies and find out what's useful and how you can leverage 2.0to help you save time and increase your productivity.
Presenter: Janie Hermann is the Program Coordinator at Princeton Public Library where she oversees the 1,500+ programs planned annually by the library’s 15 member cross-departmental programming team. Janie was chosen by Library Journal as a “Mover and Shaker” in 2007 for her work in developing Princeton’s technology training program and for her founding of Tuesday Technology Talks in 1999. She serves on the executive board of ALA’s CLENE Round Table and is active on several other ALA committees. A graduate of GSLIS at The University of Western Ontario she has lived in NJ for the last 10 years where she has been involved with NJLA and was appointed by the state librarian to serve on the Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Future of Libraries in New Jersey. During the last 10 years Janie has given over 100 presentations to librarians at the local, state and national level on a variety of topics ranging from Social Software to Newspaper Indexing. In her spare time she enjoys scrapbooking, skiing and spending time with her family.
Ergonomics
This presentation will include an explanation of musculoskeletal disorders, and possible corrective measures.
Presenter: David Loughlin
Ocean County Library Diversity Exchange
Explore a multicultural programming database created by libraries for libraries. Read the latest news on diversity in libraries from experts in the field. According to the U.S. Census Bureau the nation will be more racially and ethnically diverse, as well as much older, by 2050. Are you ready to serve your increasingly diverse population? The Ocean County Library’s Diversity Exchange has something to help you meet the service needs of your customers.
Presenters:
Sabrina La Spata
Valerie Bell
Susan Quinn
Givane “Gigi” Hayes
Real World 2.0: News from the trenches.
We have the tools, but what do we do with them? Everyone’s excited about blogs, wikis, podcasts, screencasts and other social media that can have powerful impact on how we work within our respective libraries and user groups. This talk will present information gathered from the “trenches” – libraries and information centers that have implemented various 2.0 tools -- in order to discuss pitfalls and opportunities offered by this new media.
Presenters: Lilia Pavlovsky, Gabrielle Casieri, Nicole Cooke
Lilia Pavlovsky, PhD, is a faculty member at SCILS. Her interests are learning, social media and interaction in virtual environments. In a previous life she managed and designed information service centers as well as conducted research for a variety of organizational contexts and needs.
Gabrielle M. Casieri is a graduate student at SCILS, Rutgers University, who expects to receive her MLIS degree in May. She is Co-President of the Rutgers University Chapter of ASIS&T. Her interests include school media centers and ways in which all libraries use technology to reinvent themselves and provide services to 21st century patrons.
Nicole Cooke is a student in the SCILS PhD program with research interests in organizational culture as it pertains to education and Professional development of librarians and library staff. She is specifically interested in applications of Web and Learning 2.0 as they apply to user instruction through traditional and online contexts.
Technology Tools for Workplace Collaboration.
In this presentation, we will look at a wealth of technology tools for working together on projects, even though we might not be in the same room, building, or county. Videoconferencing, whiteboarding, document collaboration, and groupware will all be discussed, and applications for workers will be suggested.
Presenter: John LeMasney is a father, husband, artist, designer, musician, poet, writer, podcaster, student, trainer, presenter, consultant, technologist, and open source evangelist, living and working in New Jersey.
