The Engaging Ones love being out and about in the library community. Check out one of our events and meet us in person! Interested in having us at an event? Send us an email at EngagingOnes@gmail.com.
Upcoming Presentations:
Project Sheldon: The Participatory Library App
American Library Association Annual Conference: Chicago, Illinois
June 27 – July 2, 2013
Meet Project Sheldon, a 2012 IMLS Sparks! Ignition Grant-funded app combining event planning, participant feedback, and social media in an accessible way to engage libraries more deeply with their communities. Sheldon was created by the Engaging Ones, a team of Illinois librarians who will guide you through the collaborative process of designing and maintaining Sheldon, offering tips and examples for both participating in the project’s development and adapting it to meet the needs of your library.
App to No Good!
On the Front Lines: Springfield, Illinois
August 5-7, 2013
These days there’s an app for anything and everything: plan a fitness routine? There’s an app for that! Walk your dog? There’s an app for that! Promote hair growth? Yes, there’s even an app for that, too! There are so many apps to choose from, what’s a library to do? This presentation will introduce participants to a wide variety of helpful, informative, and sometimes silly, free and freemium apps that can aid with productivity and creativity for libraries and library workers, provide guidance in creating app discovery programs for patrons, and introduce resources for discovering the next, best app and avoiding the ones that are clearly “app to no good.
Previous Presentations:
Cross-Library Collaboration: Around the Corner and Across the State
ILA Annual Conference: Peoria, Illinois
October 9-11, 2012
In these tough economic times, libraries can multiply their dynamic resources and services by banding together in Cross-Library Collaboration as a means of building a support network that extends beyond their library and library system. From locating potential libraries and librarians eager to collaborate, to demonstrating some of the open-source resources needed to maintain long-distance collaboration, the Engaging Ones will show you how it can be successfully done!
There’s an App for That!
On the Front Lines: Springfield, Illinois
March 14, 2012
This program will introduce participants to free and freemium apps that they can use to engage their communities, increase their productivity, collaborate and save money for their library. Presenters will explore 10-15 apps , discuss their usefulness from a library standpoint, and provide information on how to find out more about the apps being discussed as well as provide further resources for finding other useful apps.
Handout #1: Engaging Apps for the Community
Handout #2: Engaging Apps for Librarians
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