YOU HAVE THE POWER

Welcome to a sixth year of Soaring to Excellence.  This year's theme is "You have the Power."  This series will provide you with the tools to empower you in the library workplace.  You have the power to affect your workplace.  You have the power to pass on to your library users.  You have the power to meet the challenges of the next century.  The Soaring website will be an invaluable companion to this series.  Each teleconference will be suported by practical information, discussion questions, worksheets, and bibliographis.  Soaring 2000 promises to be an excellent and effective staff development series.

Success in the Library Workplace: You Have the Power
Nov. 19, 1999, Noon to 1:45 p.m. EST

• Click here to view the portfolio segment via streaming video

Internet Power:  How to Get it, How to Keep it, How to Pass it on
Jan. 14, 2000, Noon to 1:45 p.m. EST

Information Power:  What is it, How to Know When You See it, How to Use it in Your Library
March 24, 2000, Noon to 1:45 p.m. EST

Materials - pdf format
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Portfolio - html format

Click here to view the portfolio segment via streaming video

This session examines strategies that all library workes can use for being successful in the workplace.  Among the topics to be considered are devloping a portfolio, preparing for the performance appraisal, managing your boss, motivation and rewards.  Viewers will learn that they are not powerless in the workplace, but can be agents of change.  The Soaring website will have a sample portfolio, tips for preparing for the performance appraisal, discussion questions, and annotated bibliography.

January 14, 2000, Noon to 1:45 p.m. EST
Internet Power:  How to get it, How to Keep it, How to Pass it on
Presenter Bill Erbes

Materials - pdf format
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Your library patrons want to become effective users of the internet and other technologies. What is the best way to assist them? Where does one even begin? Bill Erbes will guide views in becoming power searchers themselves and then provide strategies for passing this information to the library patrons. The web site will support this program by providing strategies for "training the trainer", a list of core competencies for technology trainers, helpful tips and discussion questions, and an annotated bibliography of useful internet and print sites to transform your patrons into "power searchers."

March 24, 2000, Noon to 1:45 EST
Information Power: What is it, How to know it when you see it, How to use it in your library
Presented by a panel of library assistants from Public, Academic, School, and Special libraries

Materials - pdf format
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The new millennium is here and we have all survived! How should we best position ourselves and our libraries to meet the challenges of the 21^st century? How can we gage what will happen in the future? How does one get a view of the future as it relates to libraries and library staff? Join a panel of library staff to hear their perspective of the future and learn what steps to take to get ready for the challenges of the new century. Each staff member will have positive, practical suggestions to share such as: tips for thinking "out of the box", information literacy and why we need to know what it is, how and why we need to justify our library's existence, how to prepare to meet the "computer generation". The Soaring website will contain useful and practical examples of each of these topics. Presenters will list important discussion questions and useful print and internet sources. Don't get left behind, join the "next wave"

• Creating a Portfolio (8 min 19 sec)

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