morton grove public library

Building Online Community with LocalWiki

Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Location: Morton Grove Public Library — 6140 Lincoln Ave., Morton Grove, IL 60053

Libraries are working harder than ever to discover new and exciting ways to work with the community. Virtual community engagement is one of those ways. Librarians nationwide have begun participating in the LocalWiki project, a grassroots effort to collect, share and open the world’s local knowledge. By adopting LocalWiki and facilitating the project, librarians are presenting community members with a tool for crowdsourcing hyper-local information. Join us for a presentation and panel discussion on how two libraries began the project in their respective communities.

Speakers:

Bill Pardue, Digital Services Librarian at Arlington Heights Memorial Library

Nitoshia L. Ford, Community Informatics Librarian at Skokie Public Library

Cost: FREE — Sponsored by TBS, H.W. Wilson, and Recorded Books

Book a Librarian: What Works, What Doesn’t

Date: June 24, 2014

Time: 2:30-4:30pm

Location: Mt. Prospect Public Library

Looking for new ways to expand services to your patrons? Mount Prospect Public Library has offered a “Reference by Appointment” service since 2008. Learn how this service has grown and evolved to meet the needs of patrons researching a variety of topics. To address the unique technology needs of its patrons, the Morton Grove Public Library began offering a Book a Librarian service in 2013 as a way to provide individual technology training. Dale Heath from MPPL and Melissa Mayberry from MGPL will share what they have learned from their experiences in creating and implementing these one-on-one sessions.

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