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(Formerly Synchronous Survival School) Want to improve your online training or event facilitation skills? How to Train Online offers four hours of live, online instruction that will put you on the fast track to creating and delivering successful synchronous
learning events right out of the gate.
**Special Limited Time Offer** For August, September and October, you can take HTTO for $50 (1/2 off the regular price). Thanks to the more than 1400 people who responded to the member survey in May, we are gleaning lots of good information to
help WebJunction move forward. We also got some insight into what you have been working on, from your answers to our question:
What was the one achievement you're most proud of in your library job this past year? Live Online Learning: Instructor-Led Courses Now Available Through a partnership with regional service providers Amigos Library Services, PALINET, and OCLC Western Service Center, WebJunction
now offers facilitated courses to our members in addition to our self-paced offerings. Course descriptions can be viewed in
our course catalog.
TechAtlas Continues to Improve Based on feedback from our users, the TechAtlas team is making changes and updates to the software, to help libraries create
technology plans more efficiently and to manage their existing technology. To learn about the changes you will find this month,
visit TechAtlas Updates.
Gail Kouame of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine will be the next guest presenter for the SLO In Depth Webinar.
She will explain how to find and evaluate online health resources for Spanish speakers, even if you only speak English.
Learn how to use Twitter in this beginner's guide. And then read how Missouri River Regional Library, our Library of the Month, is using this new social networking application to connect with peers and keep their patrons informed of their goings-on.
WJ Community of the Month: Alabama WebJunction Alabama joined as a Community Partner in June 2007. Their launch includes offering public library staff in Alabama
free access to online courses on WJ-AL, and they plan to post Alabama-specific resources for library staff in the near future.
Explore the WJ-AL site to learn more:
Course of the Month: QuickBooks Dealing with the books can be a burden for nonprofit managers, but there are tools available to help make day-to-day financial
management a much easier task. This month’s course offers a thorough introduction to managing your finances with QuickBooks, and is discounted at $10—less than half price. If you're in a WebJunction community partner state, the course is free, thanks
to your state's subscription.
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