Outreach

Thursday, January 26, 2012
Start Time: Pacific - 12 PM, Mountain - 1 PM, Central - 2 PM, Eastern - 3 PM
Presenters: : Sarah Bleyl, Erica Cuyugan, Carissa Purnell

This webinar has been postponed. Please check back for a new date.
Speakers: Leslie McNabb, Gayathi Kanth, Donald Rowe, Rita Lovell

Course Instructor: Penny Peck
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 – Monday, April 1, 2013

Format: Online

Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and Infopeople Partners, $150 for all others.

(An Infopeople Online Learning Course)

Format: Meeting Room

Format: Online

Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and Infopeople Partners, $150 for all others.

Fee: $75 for those in the California library community.

Podcasting is one of today's fastest growing social computing applications. Both amateur broadcasters and major media corporations have embraced audio and video podcasts as a means of distributing information and entertainment.

According to the Public Policy Institute of California, Latinos are projected to become the largest racial or ethnic group by 2011 and to constitute a majority by 2040. They are now the largest group of residents under age 30, and almost half of the births in the state are to Latina women. They are an important part of the state constituency, but as a group they are not using library services proportionate to their numbers in the population. How can libraries reach and help the Latino community?

Marketing to Latinos is a necessity. Would you like to:

(An Infopeople Online Learning Course)
Aug 7, 2007 - Sep 3, 2007 & Sept 11, 2007 - Oct 9, 2007

Library staffs have put tremendous energy into making their libraries the physical hubs of their communities. Many, however, have not taken advantage of technology to build community online. Over the past few years we have seen online communities spring up around blogs, wikis, Flickr, MySpace, and other social networking vehicles. In light of this, library staffs should consider how to:

Spanish is the "second language" in California but the primary language spoken in many first generation immigrant homes. Libraries need to work towards making all library users feel comfortable and welcome when using library services.