On this page you will find selected handouts and useful websites from MLS workshops led by MLS consultants as well as contracted instructors who have given us permission to post here.
Listed in alphabetical order by workshop title.
Click on handout title to download.
Can’t Miss Books with Pat Keogh
- Spring 2011 [Word]
e-readerpalooza: e-readers and libraries
- Overview of e-readers & publishing world [PDF]
- Free Public Domain e-book & e-text resources [PDF]
- iOS for e-readers: iPad, iPod Touch & iPhone [PDF]
- OverDrive on iOS devices (iPad, iPod Touch & iPhone) [PDF]
- COSLA: eBook Feasibility Study for Public Libraries [PDF]
- e-reader links on delicious.com [URL] – e-book links collected by Scott Kehoe, MLS Technical Advisor.
- ebooks4libraries [URL] - A site for librarians to share ideas for using eBook readers in the library. By Laurie Lessner, Assistant Director of Technology Services at SAILS, Inc.
- A handy flow-chart of e-reader devices, software, and formats (via East Brookfield Public Library)
- OverDrive’s YouTube channel [URL] - short instructional videos/promos
First Fridays: Books that Massachusetts Readers Will Want to Know About [Webinars] Presented by Sharon Shaloo, Mass. Center for the Book
- January 6, 2012 - PowerPoint Slides [PDF] - no recording of this session
- February 3, 2012 – PowerPoint Slides [PDF] – Session recording [WMA file, 22.3 MB]
QR codes in your Library – presented by Stacy Schwartz, Research & Instruction Librarian, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- workshop slides [PowerPoint 2010]
SASP – Susan and Sarah’s Picks
- Fall 2011 [Powerpoint]
- Spring 2011 [Powerpoint]
- Fall 2010 [Powerpoint]
Serious Gaming for Librarians
- Overview of who games & gaming industry [PDF]
- Gaming Resources & Programing [PDF]
- Gaming Links on delicious.com [URL] – by Scott Kehoe, MLS Technical Advisor
- Nicholson Baker’s New Yorker Article on Video Gaming. Painkiller Deathstreak. The New Yorker. 86.23 (Aug. 9, 2010): p53. [via Gale InfoTrac, MA residents only]
State-wide Databases provided by the MLS & MBLC
- Overview of database tips & tricks [PDF]
- Using Gale InfoTrac: tips & examples [PDF]
- Using ProQuest Massachusetts Newsstand [PDF]
- Setting up geo-location URLs for state-wide databases [PDF]
- You Can Get There From Here: Accessing the Statewide Databases [PDF]
Succession Planning presented by Susan A. Henry, May 2011
- Library Succession Planning [PPT]
- Executive Development Plan [DOCX]
- Performance Appraisal Form[DOCX]
- Employee Self Appraisal [DOCX]
- Monthly Performance Report [DOCX]
- Plans for Selected Talent [DOCX]
- Succession Candidates [DOCX]
- Succession Plan Summary [DOCX]
Teen Summit Wiki [URL]
[handouts and pictures]
Twitter: a starting place for Librarians
- website & wiki [URL]
- MLS Twitter page & feed [URL]
WordPress Training Blog [URL]
[links and posts on how to use WordPress in the library setting]
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