Marigold Library System

Original broadcast - October 16, 2017 - RISE Network

Join Willow Schnell of the New Sarepta Public Library as she addresses the continual issue of needing to instruct patrons one-on-one when offering new technology, materials, programs and services.

If there is no money to hire someone and no time to sit with patrons and show them how to use these resources, how can you meet the needs of your patrons when information access is changing so quickly?

Through familiar, repetitive framework, and with passive programming, this is possible for any size library with any size budget, and any size of staff.

Willow will talk about how the 40-plus New Sarepta Library learning modules were conceptualized, how the framework was developed, and how student and public-led module design has promoted innovation, discovery, and a drive for self-directed learning, while celebrating local experts in the community.

NaNoWriMo is a free, largely online challenge posed to writers around the world each November: complete a 50,000 word draft of a novel in 30 days. Emily Hollingshead, a NaNoWriMo Municipal Liaison for the Alberta : Elsewhere region (everywhere but Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge) will welcome returning, brand new, and on-the-fence NaNoWriMo participants to this year’s event and provide some tips for prepping novels, calendars, and freezers for the magical madness that is NaNoWriMo.
Presented from the Drumheller Public Library

Presented September 5, 2017
NaNoWriMo is a free, largely online challenge posed to writers around the world each November: complete a 50,000 word draft of a novel in 30 days. Emily Hollingshead, of Drumheller Public Library and a NaNoWriMo Municipal Liaison for the Alberta : Elsewhere region (everywhere but Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge), will show you how to capitalise on this great program to provide low cost, low prep programming that will help you reach and serve a creative and passionate segment of your local community. Emily will share more about NaNoWriMo, how other Alberta libraries have used it in past years, and where to get resources to make this one of the easiest programs you’ll run all year! 

What do you do with teens in the library?  How do you make sure the library is a welcoming space and reflects their needs?  Join Paige, the teenbrarian at Lethbridge Public Library as she shares successes (and failures) in her work with library teens.
 
Presented live via the RISE Network - August 3, 2017
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Join Lara Grunow from the Okotoks Public Library as she provides a brief overview on how to plan and facilitate preschool programs for children (2 - 6), both parented and unparented. Templates for structuring a class and ideas of where to find craft, rhymes and song ideas will be shared.
 
www.okotokspubliclibrary.ca 

Instructional brochure for patrons. Goes step-by-step through using RBdigital magazines on a PC/MAC and using the free mobile app.

Join Marigold Library System's Summer Program Student Grant Stewart as he shares about resources available to teach coding to children and how to run kids coding programs at your library.
This session will include:

• Coding Basics/Terminology
• Online Coding Resources
• Children's Coding Program Ideas

Download a simple Coding for Beginners workbook: 
http://marigold.ab.ca/sites/default/files/images/marigold.ab/Coding%20f…;

Join Marigold Library System's Summer Program Student Grant Stewart as he goes over the basics of Minecraft and how library staff can create and run their own Minecraft programs.
This session will include:

• Introduction to Minecraft
• Basics of Minecraft Play/Terminology
• Minecraft Programming Ideas
• Marigold Minecraft Server

Download a Minecraft Basics brochure: http://marigold.ab.ca/sites/default/files/images/marigold.ab/Basic%20Mi…;