WebJunction News
You'll find here stories that we have posted that have news and information specifically about WebJunction.
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2013 WebJunction Member Satisfaction Survey
Every year, WebJunction creates a survey to collect input from its members. The goal of this survey is to make sure that WebJunction continues to be the best resource it can be to support all kinds of library learning. Please take a few minutes to
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WebJunction Celebrates Ten Years
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and OCLC launched WebJunction in 2003 to champion library staff and amplify the value of libraries in the communities they serve. Ten years later, there is much to celebrate. Overall, more than 80,000 librar
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YOU are WebJunction
Join us as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the launch of WebJunction! We're reflecting on all the amazing work you've accomplished in libraries this past decade and sharing thoughts about what inspires us in our work. We look forward to celeb
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Inspiration to Take with Me
On our 10th Anniversary, we’ve been asking our community and ourselves to think about how we’ve been inspired by WebJunction. This exercise has been bittersweet for me because after five years with WebJunction, I’m leaving to begin a new position
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EveryoneOn - Digital Literacy Campaign
Information about the upcoming EveryoneOn campaign to encourage limited or non-Internet users, to learn how to do "one thing better online".
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Edge Benchmarks Version 1.0 Available
The Edge Initiative has just release Benchmarks Version 1.0, strengthened with feedback received from the library field. The Edge Benchmarks will help libraries improve and enhance public access technology services in communities. This self-assess
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WebJunction in 2012: changing, growing
There is always a feeling of lightness at the advent of the New Year. It is in part due to the increasing length of daylight (the Northwest days are now 1 minute longer than on the Solstice), but it is more due to our human tendency to plant a mar
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Getting Out to Get Inclusive
This season of giving is a good time to reflect on inclusion, particularly how libraries reach out to underserved communities with their services. For libraries, outreach is about reaching out to those who don’t know how awesome the library is—to
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OCLC Seattle Staff's Day of Caring for Libraries
As part of the United Way of King County’s Day of Caring, volunteers from the OCLC Seattle office pulled weeds, raked leaves, and generally cleaned the grounds at two branches of t
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WebJunction receives grant to support ongoing operations for five years
OCLC has received a $4.1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support five years of ongoing operations of WebJunction, the learning place for libraries.
Built with grant funding from the Gates Foundation and launche
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