Library Technology Planning is vital to use current technology effectively and plan future purchases. Today, a technology plan is more important than ever. This workshop has been updated to reflect the present world and the uncertainties we face moving into the future.
Designed to help your library plan in a post-COVID19 world how to: use and reallocate current technology, understand the technology needs of students, users and staff and how to create a plan to help your library utilize technology in the best possible way for your community.
The prospect of technology planning can seem overwhelming and time-consuming, especially for those who work in an already short-staffed library. However, a robust technology plan can help you create an environment that truly meets the needs of the community your library serves.
During this two-part series, we will explore the steps to create a practical technology plan that can help move your library and community forward. This two-part series guides attendees on creating a community-based technology plan from the first steps of planning to how to implement their technology plan successfully.
In part one, we will focus on creating a technology plan that reflects your library and community’s needs. The second webinar will focus on writing an effective technology plan and how to create an implementation plan for technology that will work.
Between classes and following the second workshop, the instructor will work with attendees on their plans.
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Diana Silveira is a librarian and president of Novare Library Services where she works with libraries to develop, implement and utilize technology effectively. Previously she worked at the Tampa Bay (FL) Library Consortium and the Charlotte Mecklenburg (NC) Library. She has an MLIS from UNC-Greensboro and a BS in psychology from Catawba College. Her book, Library Technology Planning for Today and Tomorrow, is available through Amazon and the Rowan & Littlefield Website.