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Teaching Technology

5/31/2018

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From the Public Library Association's, Public Libraries Online, written by Contributing Editor MIKAEL JACOBSEN, Learning Experiences Manager at Skokie (IL) Public Library.

Public libraries are approaching the digital divide using different strategies. Aside from providing access to computers and internet, the most common digital divide–bridging mechanism is group classes on technology. The public affirms this focus for libraries: 94 percent of Americans believe public libraries should “offer programs to teach people, including kids and senior citizens, how to use digital tools such as computers, smartphones and apps.

We know we should teach technology and most of us are, but are we doing it well? Skokie (IL) Public Library created three program assistant positions (each working twenty hours per week) during a staff realignment about four years ago (
read more about this realignment). This position serves numerous purposes, one being a teacher’s assistant for technology classes. The most important part of being the teacher’s assistant is to observe patrons and step in to help when needed.  In some cases, our program assistants have never seen the technology they are helping instruct in and are learning alongside patrons. Our amazing program assistants have observed and assisted in around three hundred technology classes led by roughly thirty instructors - they have seen it all...

​Read the entire article here
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Website Maintenance Best Practice Reminder: Block Old Accounts

5/10/2018

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Rose, on the SCLS blog, reminds us:

​You wouldn't let a staff member keep a key to the library after they become a former staff member, would you? Of course not! Don't forget to take the same care with the library's website. When a staff member leaves the library (for any reason, good or bad), it's good practice to limit their access to edit library websites, such as:
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  • Main public-facing website
  • Staff blog or wiki
  • Social media/other groups where the library has a presence (Facebook, Twitter, Google, Slack, etc.)

For example, if your library website runs on Drupal, there are options* to deal with a departing staff member's website editing account:
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  • Change the password on the account so the departing staff member can't log in anymore.
  • Reassign the account to someone else with a new username & email.
  • Block the account so that it cannot be used to log in at all.
  • Delete the account so it is gone forever. On a Drupal site, this option will also prompt the question: should the content created with this account be deleted or reassigned to another staff member?​

​The specific options and steps for each platform may differ. The important thing is to remember to make sure the account housekeeping happens!
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