Author Archives: Michael Sauers

It’s been a long time coming, but Resource Description and Access (RDA), the new cataloging code, will be implemented by the Library of Congress next year – are you ready? In this session, Emily Nimsakont, the NLC’s Cataloging Librarian, will provide an update on the latest RDA-related developments and offer tips for RDA implementation.

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Brooke Gladstone visits Google’s New York, NY office to discuss her book “The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media.” This event took place on September 26, 2011 as part of the Authors@Google series.

Nearly one million weekly listeners trust NPR’s Brooke Gladstone to guide them through the distortions and complexities of the modern media. This brilliant radio personality now bursts onto the page as an illustrated character in vivid comics drawn by acclaimed artist Josh Neufeld. The cartoon of Brooke conducts the reader through two millennia of history-from the newspapers in Caesar’s Rome to the penny press of the American Revolution and the manipulations of contemporary journalism. Gladstone’s manifesto debunks the notion that “The Media” is an external force, outside of our control, since we’ve begun directly constructing, filtering, and responding to what we watch and read. With fascinating digressions, sobering anecdotes, and brave analytical wit, The Influencing Machine equips us to be smart, savvy, informed consumers and shapers of the media. It shows that we have met the media and it is us. So now what?

As society and technology evolve in ways that can sometimes be startling, we may find ourselves occasionally wondering “What can *I* really do to make a real difference at work?”. In this session we’ll come together to learn and think about the role of the modern library and how you, regardless of the position you fill at your day job, can make substantial impacts you might not have felt empowered to before. Come for ideas, motivation and inspiration about your work and the work of libraries. Leave ready to affect more change and create more opportunity for yourself and your local community than you may have ever imagined possible.

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Come hear participants discuss their experience at the NLC Tech Rodeo, an immersive learning event held as part of the scholarship program administered by the Nebraska Library Commission. Throughout the Rodeo, students had the opportunity to learn more about specific aspects of technology used in libraries by working in groups on projects concerning library-related trends and issues. By learning through doing, participants developed their skills not only with specific hardware and software; they also enhanced their learning skills, and were able to practice some of the “soft” skills — team-building, group dynamics, project management — that are so important in the 21st Century workplace. This event was made possible by a 21st Century Librarian Program grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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This week we have two shorter videos:

Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012 from The University of the Arts (Phl) on Vimeo.

EPILOGUE: the future of print from EPILOGUEdoc on Vimeo.

As part of its IMLS 21st Century Librarian program, the Nebraska Library Commission awards stipends to scholarship students to attend national and regional conferences. Attend this session to hear these students talk about their learning and networking experiences: Nancy Black, Keene Memorial Library, Fremont, NE; Andrew Sherman, Sump Memorial Library, Papillion, NE; Tracy Tibbels, Lincoln City Libraries, Lincoln, NE; Tina Walker, Mid-Plains Community College, McCook, NE.

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