Finding New Resources: Life After Systems

1. Finding New Resources:Life After Systems Ted WannerTexas Library Association September 29, 2013 District 1 Fall Meeting in San Angelo

2. Change is a Constant • 35 years ago, most libraries still had card catalogs • 32 years ago, there were no PCs • 23 years ago, no World Wide Web • 18 years ago, no Google • 10 years ago, no Web 2.0 • 6years ago, no i-Phones

3. Texas Library Systems1969-2012 • AALS • BCLS • CTLS • HALS • NETLS • NTRLS • STLS • TPLS • TTPLS • WTLS

5. Now Where Do We Go…? • Collection Development • Reference • Management Issues • Information Technology • Grants & Fundraising • Continuing Education • Networking

6. Collection Development

7. Collection Development Help • TLA Acquisitions and Collection Development Round TableTLA youth services groups like CRT and YART • ALA www.ala.org/rusa/ • REFORMA www.reforma.org

8. Reference

9. Help with Reference • Texas State Library reference service • 512-463-5455 or www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/ask.html • TLA Reference Round Table • www.txla.org/groups/RRT • Your colleagues at other nearby libraries

10. Management Issues

11. Consulting Sources • Texas Library Association 800-580-2852 • Staff • Supervision, Management, and Administration Round Table • New Members Round Table mentor program • Texas State Library and Archives Commission • Starring Jeanette Larson! • Association of Small & Rural Libraries mentoring partners program • Nonprofit groups • Abilene Community Foundation • Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations

12. Leadership Development • Texas Accellerated Library Leaders (also known as TALL Texans)

13. TALL Texans Curriculum (partial list) Defining your leadership style Communication skills Influence, Power, and Change Risk Taking Conflict Management Coaching and Performance Improvement Personal Career Goals

14. TALL Texans 5 years experience in libraries Examples of leadership & ability to apply learning Online applications available October 1 Applications due last week of January Notification by March 1 Institute is usually 2nd or 3rd week of June (2013 Institute will be June 9-12 plus special Reunion Day for 20th Year)

15. Information Technology

16. Grants & Fundraising

17. Help with Grants & Fundraising • TLA units like SMART • Foundation Center in the Tom Green County Library • Abilene Community Foundation • Texas State Library grants • https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/landing/libfunds.html • GrantStation ($99/year on Tech Soup) www.grantstation.com • Tech Soup – low cost IT resource www.techsoup.org

18. Continuing Educationand Networking

19. TLA Districts

20. TLA Districts • Abilene • Amarillo • Austin • Corpus Christi • Dallas • El Paso • Fort Worth • Houston • Lubbock • San Antonio

21. Round Tables & Interest Groups • Major areas of interest in librarianship • Acquisitions, Archives, Automation, Cataloging, Children, Genealogy, Library Instruction, Reference, Supervision & Management, Young Adults, etc. • Special interests • Black Caucus, CE Providers, Distributed E-Learning, Doo Wop (fun), Gay-Lesbian-Transgendered, REFORMA, Service to Spanish Speakers, TALL Texans, TPALS (vendors), etc.

22. TLA Conference • Annual • Seven to eight thousand people • Over 200 educational programs • Best practices • New tools • Renew your enthusiasm • Members get discounted rates

23. Fort Worth * April 24-27, 2013

24. TLA Conference Programs

25. Some Recent Speakers • Julie Andrews • Dave Barry • Tony Brown • Jenna Bush • Bill Cosby • Scott Simon • Gloria Estefan • Marlee Matlin • Rita Perlman • Paula Poundstone • Liz Carpenter • Isabel Allende

26. Keynote Speakers in 2013 Neil Gaiman J R Martinez Dan Ariely

28. Sample Workshops • Social Media • Grants & Fundraising • Library Instruction • Faculty Collaboration • Programming for Youth • Veterans Services • Management • Assessment • Intellectual Freedom • Literacy • Genealogy • Special Reference Sources • Virtual Reference • Return on Investment • Marketing & Outreach • Presentation Skills • Talking to City Officials

29. Getting to Conference • www.txla.org/awards • $30,000 in scholarships and awards

30. TLA Webinars www.txla.org/CE

31. TLA Publications • Texas Library Journal • TLACast • Intellectual Freedom Handbook • TexLine • Texas Reference Sources • Award lists (Bluebonnet, Tayshas, 2x2)

32. Other Online CE Sources • American Library Association (and divisions) • www.ala.org • Texas State Library and WebJunction webinars • www.tsl.state.tx.us • NTLP: Not Typical Library Partners(formerly North Texas Library Partners, North Texas Regional Library System) • www.ntxlibpartners.org • Connecting Texas Libraries Statewide(formerly Central Texas Library System) • www.ctls.net • TCEA: Texas Computing in Education Association • www.tcea.org • Amigos Library Services • www.amigos.org

33. Special Example: libraries.idaho.gov/page/able

34. Advocacy

35. Advocacy

36. www.txla.org/advocacy-tools • Sample letters and talking points • Tool kits and tutorials • Contact information for politicians • TALK TO DREW DARBYRepresentative for District 72House Committee on Appropriations

37. DREW DARBY, State Representative

38. TexasLibrarySnapshotDay.org

39. You Are Not Alone • Texas Library Association • American Library Association • Public Library Association • Texas State Library & Archives • North Texas Library Partners • Central Texas Library System • Tech Soup • Greenlights • LIFTA • SMART • NMRT • Texas Center for Performance Excellence • Texas Municipal Library Directors Association • Foundation Centers • Texas Computing in Education Association • Tocker Foundation • Abilene Community Foundation • Abilene Library Consortium • Amigos Library Services • Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations • OneStar • TLA District 1

40. Contact Info Ted Wanner Texas Library Association tedw@txla.org www.txla.org