Rural Library Sustainability Update - January 2007 WebJunction Site Refresh Coming This Month! Through surveys and conversations with many users we've heard that WebJunction is less friendly and more difficult to use than it should be. We've listened carefully to your input and have refreshed the design of the site to make it easier to find and use WebJunction resources. Thanks to tons of input from the WJ community, our refreshed site will be launching on soon! You can read all about our refresh process on BlogJunction (http://blog.webjunctionworks.org/?cat=6), see a full-size preview (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=343159361&size=o) of the new home page, and send us your thoughts at content@webjunction.org! In Focus Webinar: Wild about Wireless! Each month the Rural Library Sustainability Project is presenting a webinar focused on a particular topic of importance to the work of sustaining Rural and Small libraries. Join us next on January 30, 9:30 AM PST/12:30 PM EST for Wild about Wireless! Are you thinking about providing wireless access for your patrons? What are the technical requirements? What are the security considerations? Hear from rural libraries that have successfully implemented wireless access for the public including special guests Chris Peters from the Washington State Library and Sharon Moreland, director of the Tonganoxie Public Library in Kansas. Information on joining the webinars, upcoming topics, and all archived sessions are available at Rural In Focus (http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=13496). ALA Midwinter Reception Are you headed to Seattle this week for ALA Midwinter? (http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/midwinter/2007/home.htm) If so, join us at the Rural Library Sustainability Project Reception on Saturday January 20th from 3-5 pm at the Dragonfish Restaurant (http://www.dragonfishcafe.com/sea/map.php). Don't miss this opportunity to network with other Rural Library Sustainability Project folks! If you are attending ALA-MW and think you'll be able to attend this reception, please let us know! (rural@webjunction.org) Message Board Highlights (http://webjunction.org/forums/category.jspa?categoryID=98) Colorado in Action Since the last update, Colorado libraries have joined the project and workshop participants have taken off with action plans certainly worth sharing! Everyone is free to view the state specific discussion areas and glean the great ideas that are being generated in this space and this month we encourage you to check out some of Colorado's Action Plans (http://webjunction.org/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=5125&tstart=0). Kudos to all of the great work you're all doing for Rural and Small Libraries! Please send an email to rural@webjunction.org either to subscribe or unsubscribe to the Rural Updates. Thank you.
Visit WebJunction for archived editions of Rural Library Sustainability Updates (http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=13920).
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The January 2007 Rural Update includes an announcement of the WebJunction site refresh and the January In Focus Webinar, and it showcases Colorado's Action Plans.
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