January-March 2018: Jill's Presentation and Travel Schedule

Coffee and Beignets

During the next three months, this is where my speaking and traveling schedule is taking me. As always, if you're in the same location as me, I hope you will say hello. If time permits, let's have a cup of coffee together!

• Jan. 10, 10:00-11:00 a.m. ET - Presenting "Roam Your Community and Meet Them on Their Turf " (webinar) for Southwest Florida Library Network (SWFLN).
  Description: We’ve heard the refrains of eliminating the reference desk, embedded librarians, and the like. We also hear of the need to get out into our communities. Yet meeting our community members where they are – not where we are – is still a challenge. If we are free to move about our communities, and deliver services outside of the library, what might that look like? What innovative or imaginative twist can we use, which will spark the community’s attention and interaction? 
• Jan. 31, 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET   - Presenting "Assuring Materials Can Be Used By Your Community" for the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS). 
  Description: Having materials in a library's collection is good; having those materials in the formats needed by the library's community is much better. The act of supplying content in the formats that community members require is critically important to meeting their information needs. This webinar will delve into ways of discerning the format needs of a community, including using the census and other data, along with existing reports, to discern the best way of provisioning material for the community.
• Feb. 7-9 - Attending the ALISE 2018 Annual Conference, Westminster, CO 
• Feb. 21, 10:00-11:00 a.m. ET - Presenting "Putting the Answer Up Front and Advocating for Libraries" (webinar) for Southwest Florida Library Network (SWFLN).
  Description: Since January (2017), more people are writing letters to their federal, state and local representatives. Many of these “letters” are constructed through web sites, which provide letter templates. Other “letters” are comments on sites like Countable or Facebook. While these methods of advocacy are good, it is better to craft your own message/letter which advocates your position using the information that is relevant to you.
• Feb. 28, 2:30-4:00 p.m. ET - Presenting "Understanding and Defending Copyright in Your Library: An Introduction - Part 1" (webinar) for ALA Editions.
  Series Description: Library staffs are often seen as defenders of copyright.  Indeed, copyright touches many things a library and its community do. This two-part copyright webinar will help you understand what copyright is (and isn’t) so you can defend how your library and users/patrons/community use print and digital materials.
  Session Description: The fact that the Office of Copyright exists within the Library of Congress conveys its importance to libraries and the information industry.  Yet we often ignore the details in the U.S. copyright law, because we perceive those details as being too complex.  One area where we show of lack of knowledge is with the public domain.  We are quick to say that something is in the public domain, but do we actually know how a work receives that designation? This session will place the basic rules of copyright law in ordinary terms, and put their usage into context. 
• Mar. 7, 2:30-4:00 p.m. ET - Presenting "Understanding and Defending Copyright in Your Library: An Introduction - Part 2" (webinar) for ALA Editions.
Series Description: Library staffs are often seen as defenders of copyright.  Indeed, copyright touches many things a library and its community do. This two-part copyright webinar will help you understand what copyright is (and isn’t) so you can defend how your library and users/patrons/community use print and digital materials. 
Session Description: Building upon part 1, this session will tackle two important areas to our libraries: Fair Use and ebooks.  Fair Use is a critical part of the U.S. copyright law, yet do you know that there is an actual test to determine if the use is fair?  As for ebooks and other digital materials, it is important to know where they do (and do not) intersect with U.S. copyright law.  Given that digital works are generally licensed and not sold, what should we be advocating for on behalf of our libraries and community members?
• Mar. 27, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET - Presenting "Copyright 101: Staying Legal"  (on-site workshop) for for Southwest Florida Library Network (SWFLN).
  Description: We are often quick to make decisions about the use of someone’s content, based on what we believe copyright law states. Unfortunately, most of what we know about copyright is hearsay or guesses, yet everything we do in a library is guided by copyright law. This workshop will provide a firm foundation in the fundamental rules of U.S. copyright law. It will help you stay legal and out of trouble with copyright owners, by helping you understand, explain and use the law in your library community.