Links to workshops, webinars, previously held MLS events, and MLS media channels.

Webinars & Workshops  /  Events  /  Media Channels

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Webinars & Recorded Workshops (most recent session at top):

• Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Library: Reaching,Engaging, and Serving Your Local Special Needs Community (May 2013) [1hr:3min] -  Ashley Waring, Children’s Librarian, Reading Public Library

• Jazz Up Your Job Descriptions (April 2013) [1hr:7min] -  Maureen Ambrosino, Library Director, Westborough Public Library & Kristi Williams, Assistant Town Manager/HR Director, Town of Westborough.

• Emergency Planning for Public Libraries (February 2013) [1hr:10min] - Dr. Steven B. Goldman, Consultant.

• Copyright webinars (January 2013) – Three webinars on various copyright issues and current topics offered in January 2013.  Presented by Mary Minow, law consultant with LibraryLaw.com and manager of the Stanford Copyright and Fair Use website.  And Brandon Butler, Director of Public Policy Initiatives at the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).
  • Copyright Basics: What Library Folks Really Oughta Know [1hr:10min] - Mary Minow
  • Code of Best Practices in Fair Use [58min] - Brandon Butler
  • Hot Topics in Copyright [1hr:8min] - Mary Minow

• The Truth About Bedbugs (January 2013) [43min] - Doreen Blades,  President of US Eco Products Corporation.

• Participating in Creative Commons (November 2012) [1hr:14min] - Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission in Lincoln, NE.

• Interactive Early Literacy Learning Centers: From Grand Places to Table Top Spaces (November 2012) [1hr:6min] - Denise Robinson, Children’s Librarian, Watertown Free Public Library.

• MassCIS: Massachusetts Career Information System (August 2012) - Kelly Jo Woodside, MLS / BiblioTemps.
  • Part 1 [30min]
  • Part 2 [34min]

• Linkedin for Job Seekers (July 2012) - Kelly Alice Robinson, Career Information Services Manager, Boston College.
  • Part 1 [52min]
  • Part 2 [26min]

• BISAC: A New Way to Organize with the Patron in Mind (June 2012) - Deb Hoadley, MLS
  • Part 1 [43min]
  • Part 2 [55min]

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MLS Events (most recent first):

• 2012 MLS Annual Meeting (November 5, 2012), College of the Holy Cross, Worcester.
  • Dedicated website, all media & links.
  • Keynote Speaker - David Gerzof Richard, Marketing Recalibrated: Your Library at the Core of the Community [53min].
  • Slides - Afternoon Panel: Stories from the Field  and Closing Speaker, Jennifer Koerber, Living in the Future: Libraries Supporting the Next Wave of Cultural Evolution.

• It CAN Happen Here - Library Lessons Learned from the 2011 Tornadoes (June 2012),  Monson Free Library.
  • Dedicated website, all videos.
  • Panel Discussion [47min].
  • Katie Krol, Library Director, Monson (MA) Free Library [20min].
  • Margaret Morrissey, Director, Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge MA [20min].
  • John Ramsay, Assistant Director, Springfield (MA) City Library [20min].
  • Gregor Trinkaus-Randall, Preservation Specialist, Mass. Board of Library Commissioners, Boston MA [17min].

• MLS Resource Sharing Unbound (May 15, 2012), College of the Holy Cross, Worcester.
  • Dedicated website, all speaker’s media & links.
    • James G. Neal, V. P. for Information Services & University Librarian,             Columbia University – Sometimes a Scream…Is Better Than a Thesis.
    • Jamie LaRue,  Director, Douglas County (CO) Libraries - The Path Forward: A Mass Movement.

• Common Goals: New Ideas for Connecting Libraries, News, and Communities (April 27, 2012), MLS-Marlborough.  

The MLS partnered with the New England News Forum and Journalism That Matters for this one day event. Librarians and journalists gathered for a discussion on forming partnerships and sharing information between the two fields.  These sessions hosted by Bill Densmore, co-convenor, Journalism That Matters and director, Media Giraffe Project at UMass Amherst.

• Part 1-Morning Session [1hr:59min]
• Part 2-Afternoon Session [1hr:24min]
• Part 3-Wrap-Up [29min]

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MLS media channels

• Vimeo channel - The primary MLS site for online webinars & workshop videos.
• UStream channel - The site for live MLS events as well as a collection of previously streamed video events.
• YouTube channel - In beta, currently our YouTube channel is an avenue to other library and library agency YouTube sites.  Some duplicate videos from our Vimeo channel can be found here as well.