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For more information on affiliations, see the &lt;a href="/membercenter/userguide#understanding_affiliations"&gt;User Guide&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table width="625" cellspacing="20" cellpadding="10" border="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;h2&gt;New&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Most Popular&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/home/courses/details/WJ_Global/UNT_Influence/ONL/1223948580000"&gt;Influence: Even When You Don't Have Power or Authority&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/home/courses/details/WJ_Global/UNT_CoWorkerRel/ONL/1210788780000"&gt;Improving Co-Worker Relations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/home/courses/details/WJ_Global/UNT_MSTemplates/ONL/1223949060000"&gt;Microsoft Office: Using Templates in Word and Publisher 2007&lt;br /&gt;             &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/home/courses/details/WJ_Global/UNT_HarnessingInt/ONL/1210788540000"&gt;Harnessing the Internet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/home/courses/details/WJ_Global/SS_KNOW0113/ONL/1222807920000"&gt;The Potential of Self-directed Learning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/home/courses/details/WJ_Global/UNT_RelReaders/ONL/1210791120000"&gt;Reaching Reluctant Readers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/home/courses/details/WJ_Global/SS_mo_acpu_a02_dt_enus/ONL/1218158760000"&gt;Access 2007: Database Administration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/home/courses/details/WJ_Global/UNT_Retailing/ONL/1210794540000"&gt;Retailing Methods and Techniques in Libraries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/home/courses/details/WJ_Global/SS_mo_adax_a02_dt_enus/ONL/1218159780000"&gt;Access 2007: Advanced Data Management&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/home/courses/details/WJ_Global/UNT_Dbases/ONL/1210803540000"&gt;Using Databases&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;     &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Documents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;table width="625" cellspacing="20" cellpadding="10" border="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;h2&gt;New&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Most Popular&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="/technology/website-development/articles/content/28330875"&gt;Open Source Library Website Initiatives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="/latino-perceptions/articles/content/10860971"&gt;Latinos and Public Library Perceptions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/766/articles/content/25383423"&gt;Refugee 101 Resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="/basic-skills-web/articles/content/438218"&gt;So You Want to Build a Wiki?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="/readers-advisory/articles/content/25373236"&gt;Reader's Advisory Tools for Adult Readers: A Five Year Retrospective&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="/interpersonal/articles/content/8052613"&gt;The Customer Focused Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="/disabilities/articles/content/25332820"&gt;ASCLA Tools for Library Accessibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="/space-planning/articles/content/441751"&gt;WebJunction's Focus on Space Planning for Libraries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/community-first/articles/content/21761556"&gt;Interview with Roy Tennant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="/arsl-2008handouts/articles/content/13362077"&gt;Best Small Library in America: Chelsea District Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;     &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Discussions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;table width="625" cellspacing="20" cellpadding="10" border="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;h2&gt;New or Renewed&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Most Popular&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="/events/resources/discussion/25750510"&gt;Town Hall: Libraries in Tough Economic Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;a href="/getting-started/resources/discussion"&gt;Getting Started&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="/readers-advisory/resources/discussion"&gt;Readers Advisory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="/young-adults-and-teens/resources/discussion"&gt;Young Adults &amp;amp; Teens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/688/resources/discussion"&gt;Group: Gaming in the Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="/emerging-technologies/resources/discussion"&gt;Emerging Technologies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="/operating-systems/resources/discussion"&gt;Operating Systems&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="/internet-connections/resources/discussion"&gt;Internet Connections&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="/technology/website-development/resources/discussion"&gt;Website Development&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/community-first/resources/discussion"&gt;Community First: connecting people &amp;amp; service through the decades&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;     &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Conference Presentations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Association for Rural &amp;amp; Small Libraries (ARSL) 2008 Conference &lt;a href="/arsl-2008handouts"&gt;Presentations and Handouts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/conference-presentations/articles/content/23323351"&gt;LITA Slides: Designing for Participation&lt;/a&gt; (WJ development process)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/community-first/articles/content/22831577"&gt;Community First: Overview Presentation&lt;/a&gt;: LITA Presentation&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/conference-presentations/articles/content/25372016"&gt;Ubiquitous Computing and Libraries&lt;/a&gt;: Internet Librarian Presentation&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Groups&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here are some of the new groups created by members on WJ. See the &lt;a href="/membercenter/userguide#create_group"&gt;User Guide&lt;/a&gt; if you need help creating or joining a group and to browse other groups, view the Groups tab in search, using &amp;quot;group&amp;quot; for the search term.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/768"&gt;Group: Flickr &amp;amp; Libraries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/762"&gt;Group: Community College Librarians&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/community-first"&gt;Community First: connecting people &amp;amp; service through the decades&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://webjunction.org/688"&gt;Group: Gaming in the Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/766"&gt;Group: Services to Refugees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/765"&gt;Group: Drexel University Alumni and Students&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://webjunction.org/702"&gt;Group: Library Society of the World&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://webjunction.org/701"&gt;Group: Library Staff That Play WoW &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://webjunction.org/706"&gt;Group: WordPress for Libraries&lt;/a&gt;(wp4lib)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/753"&gt;Group: WorldCat.org Librarians&amp;rsquo; Corner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://webjunction.org/723"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Webinar Archives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/community-webinars/articles/content/21101551"&gt;Refugees 101&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/community-webinars/articles/content/27812114"&gt;Branding Libraries and Their Services&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/maintainit-webinars/articles/content/23881463"&gt;30-Minute Webinar: Quick Tips to Start a Gaming Program in your Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/techatlas-webinars/articles/content/21402124"&gt;Creating a Technology Plan in TechAtlas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/community-webinars/articles/content/9004175"&gt;Conflict in a Peaceful Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="article-title"&gt;&lt;a href="/rural-webinars/articles/content/19873213"&gt;Two Goal Posts for Trustees: Library and Community &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/training-tools/articles/content/28842449"&gt;&lt;span class="article-title"&gt;24/7 Librarianship: Reaching patrons with digital tutorials&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="article-title"&gt;Attend &lt;a href="/events/webinars"&gt;Upcoming&amp;nbsp;Webinars&lt;/a&gt; or view additional&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/events/webinars/webinar-archives"&gt;Webinar Archives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</summary>    <dc:creator>Jennifer Peterson</dc:creator>  </entry></feed>