Public Libraries and the "EveryoneOn" Ad Campaign: Getting Prepared.
Join the Department of Public Instruction library teams for a webinar at 9 a.m. on Thursday, February 21, to learn how individual Wisconsin libraries can benefit from EveryoneOn, an upcoming nationwide library marketing initiative. The EveryoneOn campaign, which launches on March 21, 2013, has the potential to heighten public awareness of the key role libraries can play in fostering digital literacy. During Thursday’s webinar, library directors in Wisconsin will learn about next steps your library can take to participate in this program. One goal of the program is to encourage members of the public to learn the skills they need to do one new thing online to facilitate education, careers, and connecting with family.Through the webinar you’ll learn about the next steps your library can take to ensure your programs and services are accurately represented on the EveryoneOn website and resource list. Public library systems and resource libraries are encouraged to help coordinate the rollout, by highlighting local digital literacy resources and tools, planning local outreach efforts, and sharing the training resources being developed by DPI, BadgerLearn, the Public Library Association, and the Connect2Compete community.
The February 21 training session for public library directors or their training staff will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 21, as a Blackboard webinar. To login (within 30 minutes of the session), please go to (shortened link) http://bit.ly/VUbh6a and enter your name to join the session.
Login recommendations:
If you have not used Blackboard Collaborate before, please allow at least 5 minutes before the session to download the software and login. More time may be required if you need to update your version of Java. You should have speakers or headphones for your computer for the audio (a microphone is not required—questions can be submitted via chat)
A recent version of Java is required. To test to ensure that your current version of Java works with Collaborate, please go to: http://bit.ly/BbSystemTest If you need to update or download Java, go to:http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
