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1 What does “back to school” mean for library staff this year?

2 Today’s Agenda: WJ Operations Grant – Chris Jowaisas (15 min) CQ Updates & Review – Kathleen & Dale (40 min) - requesting new pages - breadcrumbs - adding images to your pages - review of discussions Webinar Programming – Jennifer Peterson (15 min) Upcoming WJ Collateral & Partner Listserv – Kathleen (15 min) September Third Thursday Partner Meeting 20 September 2012

3 WJ Operations Grant

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5 CQ Functionality Updates

6 Requesting new pages Breadcrumbs Adding images to your pages Review of discussions

7 Requesting new pages – reminder!  WJ Partner CQ Authors need to submit a request for any new pages (Topic, Program or Group)  Page name  Where it should surface  Which pills: overview, documents, news, events, etc  Any custom pills  Related pages Fill out the form and send to Kathleen New pages should be ready within 1-3 days – depending on complexity and deadlines

8 Breadcrumbs are now live!

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10 Now appearing on all content aggregation pages: topic, group, program, etc Appear on all partner pages that appear under Our Partners > [YourState] in the CQ Author system Do not appear on document, event, news, or materials pages If you notice a missing breadcrumb – let us know

11 Adding Images to your pages - Where do you find images? - How to resize images - How to upload images to CQ DAM - How to add an image to a text & image component [Photo by Mark Heard on flickr]

12 Adding Images to your pages Where can we find more library related images? We use Flickr and filter for Creative Commons!

13 Great use of images from across the state and of staff at the state library! Great tip: Use a tool like PowerPoint for layout and text. Save as one image and then upload to the DAM!

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17 Resize image before you upload Size it for where the image will go Set by Width – allow application to choose height Images sized as width x height Many applications work: one is Irfanview (irfanview.com) Tip: include width in file name

18 Resize image before you upload Size it for where the image will go Set by Width – allow application to choose height Images sized as width x height Many applications work: one is Irfanview (irfanview.com) Tip: include width in file name

19 Sizes for WJ page locations Full page width banner: 934 pixels Main column – full width: 614 pixels Main column – wrap with text: 300 pixels Right rail – 294 pixels Size it for where the image will go

20 Main column – wrap with text: ~ 300 pixels

21 Adding Images to your pages Main column – full width: 614 pixels

22 If you remember nothing else today… Overview image & text: save your image file to 300 pixels wide

23 Upload Images to CQ DAM – digital asset manager Navigate to the dam > WebJunction > Images > montana

24 Upload Images to CQ DAM – digital asset manager From the Center Pane > Select New > New File

25 Upload Images to CQ DAM – digital asset manager Select Browse > Navigate to your image > Select Open

26 Upload Images to CQ DAM – digital asset manager Select Upload

27 Upload Images to CQ DAM – digital asset manager Locate image by modified date > select Open > Add title Include author information if using a Creative Commons image

28 Upload Images to CQ DAM – digital asset manager Then, Activate image so it is ready for publishing at any time

29 Adding Images to your pages Text & Image Component

30 Adding Images to your pages Text & Image Component Hover over the Text & Image Component > Right Click > select Edit

31 Adding Images to your pages OCLC Text tab will display – this shows only your text, no image. Add/Edit text.

32 Adding Images to your pages Image tab > this shows the current image or add new image

33 Adding Images to your pages Advanced Image Properties tab > Confirm or change width size to 294 or 300

34 Adding Images to your pages *New* Styles tab > by default this image will Float: left with a subtle boarder

35 Adding Images to your pages *New* Styles tab > to move image > select Image Float: right

36 Adding Images to your pages The image will move to the right and your text will adjust to the left

37 Adding Images to your pages - Add a new image: select Browse tab > navigate to DAM > Images > montana - Images in the DAM will surface in the column view - scroll through images - Drag & drop the image to the over to the image box. The image will update!

38 Adding Images to your pages Activate changes using the SideKick

39 Review of discussions in CQ

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41 Partners can…. (Members can too….)  Request WJ to add a discussion to a topic, group, or program page. Send request to Kathleen.  Start or reply to threads on a discussion page. Sign in to live website to post.  Report instances of spam or other inappropriate posts to WJ. Send to support@webjunction.org and the post will be removed from the live website.support@webjunction.org  Subscribe to a thread to receive notifications of replies.

42 Review of discussions in CQ Not available:  Editing threads  Pasting Word or other application content into a thread. This leads to an error.  Moving threads from one discussion to another  Require approval before posts are published  Adding Attachments  RSS

43 Webinar Planning 2013

44 Enhancing Webinars Create template for participant and facilitator guides Work more deliberately with presenters to: – Include learning objectives in description and presentation – Provide questions for discussion to add to participant or facilitator guide Encourage accessing of handouts before webinar Encourage live viewing parties, to allow for follow-on discussion time Encourage archive viewing

45 Archive Viewing During FY12, webinar archives were viewed over 5,000 times, downloaded 2,400 times In July alone, 700 archive viewers, 350 archives downloaded, top 3 accessed: 1.“That’s Not What I Said!”: Foundations of Interpersonal Communication 2.Understanding Compassion Fatigue in Your Library 3.Bridging the Digital Divide with Mobile Services

46 Enhancements to Archives Keep archives freely available for everyone + Add archives to course catalog for sponsored Members Members can access either way Access via catalog can result in certificate of completion and included in partner course reporting Member confirms they have viewed 75%+ to receive certificate Provide learning objectives and guide Begin adding top viewed/most relevant archives

47 Topic areas for 2013 Management assessment, prioritizing, planning, leadership, strategic planning, setting goals staff, motivation and evaluation Customer service communication (internal and external), difficult manager, difficult patron, staff resistance, soft skills, and interpersonal Digital literacy and inclusion media labs, patron training, databases, financial literacy, and "What is it that we can do to make people want to be digitally literate?" Technology emerging, broadband, software, websites, and cloud computing E-books, e-devices, e-collections mobile devices, digital services, mobile accessibility, developing and managing electronic collections Funding and advocacy fundraising, demonstrating impact, telling the story, relevancy, statistics/data visualization, measuring outcomes, and advocacy for services to special populations

48 Topic areas for 2013 Social media and other Web tools innovative library uses and outreach Change management and Innovation how to adapt to change in job & profession, time management Programming developing, improving, and marketing programs for patrons Readers Advisory RA, mobile apps and social media Learning Changing learning styles, modes, tools, audiences Partnerships and Community Engagement Youth Services (esp. Teens) Cataloging/RDA Other grant related topics

49 Brainstorm! Please share in chat … 1. what’s missing 2. top training priorities in your state 3. suggestions for presenters

50 Other ways you can help Pass on topics for review to your CE coordinators Share any learner/facilitator guide templates used in webinars Continue to suggest practitioners to present on top topics

51 New WJ Collateral

52 Director/Manager flier:Staff/Learner flier:

53 General flier – coming soon! WebJunction.org: powering relevant, vibrant libraries Existing videos about new site & course catalog Reinstituting Course Messaging through content digest Continued Webinar Messaging through content digest Crossroads Newsletter is YOUR content – pull content from this resource and forward to your networks Subscribe to Crossroads and encourage new staff in your state to as well Online materials

54 Other materials

55 Brainstorm! Please share in chat … What is are most effective materials (SWAG) for events/outreach?

56 WJPartners Listserv

57 WJPARTNERS-L@OCLC.ORG Getting Started! - Email address: LISTSERV@OCLC.ORG - Subject Line: Subscribe to WJPartners - Include in the body of the message: Subscribe WJPartners-L

58 November Partner Awards

59 Partner Nominations for November What 1-3 programmatic efforts using WebJunction are you most proud of this year? Which partner(s) do you look to for advice, consultation or good examples as you plan your WebJunction programming and why?

60 Thanks for everything you do at WebJunction! Next Third Thursday Meeting: 15 November 2012 9-10:30am PST/12-1:30pm EST


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