Sharing Time at COSLINE

Each state gets three minutes to talk about projects from their institutions that follow the theme of the conference:

Vermont: Blog- and Wiki-based staff communication tools have been emphasized this year.
Pennsylvania: new vision statement for technology- comprehensive technology-based library services geared toward the end-user
New York: blending Summer Reading and Novel databases- developed a quiz to encourage participation and use of databases
New Jersey: Snapshot day- capture impact of NJ libraries at one moment on Feb 19th. Brought out a lot of great statistics, a lot of community and activity photographs through Flickr (snapshot.njlibraries.org) Will do it again this year with ALA support- used the photos taken by libraries to create posters for legislators featuring impact of libraries. Have also emphasized economic downturn resources- recovery.njlibraries.org on a PBWiki platform
New Hampshire: publishing state documents in a statewide electronic document repository
Massachusetts: federated search in Mass. breaking down barriers between end users and electronic content from all libraries- bolting on user-friendly authentication through an InfoCard login using OpenID, geographic authentication, and other ways of access without forcing library card login. Creating a massive library events calendar.
Maryland: distance education for staff as a focus using Wimba (synchronous) and Skillsoft (asynchronous,24/7). 66 courses offered in FY2009. Also using screencasts for patron elearning: http://www.slrc.info/index.aspx?id=13254
Maine: MentorME program to link librarians. Emphasis on reinvigorating readers advisory services
Delaware: Wooo! Joe Biden!

And that's it for tonight!