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    • ruth
    • technology coordinator. artmaker. craft junkie. balancing act.

      opinions. my own.

      "wireless matters"
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ALA2009 Precon: A Thousand Words…

Taking Better Photos for Telling Stories in Your Library
Michael Porter, Cindi Trainor (slides), Helene Blowers (slides)
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It’s about this:
…learn techniques for shooting and editing better photos, camera settings that make for the best photos, and basics of editing an image. Learn how to capture library events more effectively and artistically, take and select better photos for [...]

CIL2009: School Libraries+Public Libraries- Partnering for Technology

Tasha Squires, Young Adult Consultant, Shorewood Troy Public Library District
Author of Library Partnerships: Making Connections Between School and Public Libraries
Why should schools and public libraries collaborate?

We serve the same “clientele” at school during the day and at the library in the evening
We generally serve the same geographic community.
Our goals and purposes overlap
We [...]

CIL2009: Building Community Partnerships- 25 Ideas in 40 Minutes

Kathy Dempsey, Editor, Marketing Library Services newsletter
Presentation notes are here.
Partnerships can help keep the library solvent during times of financial hardship
Don’t rely on just the money!  Trade what you have for in-kind services.
Partnership possibilities…
(see presentation notes for details)

Chamber of commerce or speakers burea
Community service groups
Grocery stores
Shopping malls
Historical societies, genealogy groups, medical or trade schools, special-interest [...]