Beth Schreiber

Lost in Yuma!?

Is there anything more embarrassing than realizing you put “Street” instead of “Drive” into your GPS unit and ended up across town in a residential neighborhood, instead of at your workshop, on time? In spite of that, and several technological difficulties, we had a fun time playing with Web 2.0 tech in the AZ StateContinue reading “Lost in Yuma!?”

GSLIS Online Course: They’re Googling You: Online Identity for LIS Professionals

I’m so excited to be co-teaching this 4-week Simmons GSLIS Continuing Education Online Course in May 2010 with my dear friend & colleague, Jason Puckett. Register now at http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/careers/continuing-education/register.php. They’re Googling You: Online Identity for LIS Professionals Description: Should you separate your professional online identity from the personal, and if so, how?

Games Designed by Gloucester Teens

Thanks to the Sawyer Free Library for hosting me to facilitate a game design workshop using the Cartoon Network’s Game Creator software. Games designed and created by teens follow after the break.

Games Designed by Manchester-by-the-Sea Teens

Thanks to the Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library for having me facilitate a game design workshop using the Cartoon Network’s Game Creator software. Games designed and created by teens follow after the break.

OLA Session 1816: Get Your Game On! Gaming in the Library

Thanks to those of you who attended the session on Gaming at the Ontario Library Association Superconference in Toronto on Saturday February 27, 2010! Slides, handouts and links from the session follow after the break.

OLA #1318: Beasts in the Fair Garden

Thanks to those of you who attended the session on Teen Behavior strategies and preventative measures at the Ontario Library Association Superconference in Toronto on February 26, 2010! Slides, audio, handouts and links from the session follow. Slides: Audio: Part I (slides 1-20) http://informationgoddess.info/0la131801.mp3 Part II (slides 21-36) http://informationgoddess.info/0la131802.mp3 Links: http://www.delicious.com/informationgoddess29/brain Handouts: Search Institute’s 40Continue reading “OLA #1318: Beasts in the Fair Garden”

Mystery Reader’s Advisory to Youth

Thanks to the Boxford (MA) Village Library for inviting me to do a staff training on Reader’s Advisory: Mystery Genre for Youth. This is part of an ongoing series with grant funding provided through an IMLS/LSTA grant administered by the MA Board of Library Commissioners; additional funding is provided by the Friends of the BoxfordContinue reading “Mystery Reader’s Advisory to Youth”

Early Birthday Gift

I’ve been asking for a hardcover set of the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder since college. This year, when my mother asked what I wanted for my birthday, I pointed out that if she’d bought me one book a year since I started asking, I’d now have the entire set, in hardcover. IContinue reading “Early Birthday Gift”

What’s So Scary About Social Software?

Thanks to the Lynnfield (MA) Public Library for hosting my visit at the end of January! Participants may also be interested in the Darien Public Library’s 21 things for 21st century parents. Slides: Handout: Whats’ So Scary About Social Software? handout Links: http://delicious.com/informationgoddess29/bundle:scary

Rhode Island Presentation

Thanks to the Rhode Island State Library for hosting me to demo board and video games and talk about gaming at the library on Monday February 1, 2010. Audio, sides and handouts follow after the break.