Events

Celebrate National Library Week 2011 with GALILEO

National Library Week is an annual celebration of the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians. The theme this year is “Create your own story @ your library.” GALILEO can help you create your story in many ways, but three of them are by helping you tell the story of where you’re from, where your people are from, and where you’re going. In honor of this, we will share resources next week to not only celebrate libraries and library staff, but to also show you how GALILEO can help you create your story:

  • April 11 - Creating Your Story @ GALILEO: Where You’re From
  • April 11 - 2011 State of America’s Libraries Report
  • April 12 - Celebrate National Library Workers Day with GALILEO
  • April 13 - Creating Your Story @ GALILEO: Where Your People Are From
  • April 13 - Celebrating Bookmobiles in the Digital Library of Georgia
  • April 14 - Support Children’s and Young Adult Literature with GALILEO
  • April 15 - Creating Your Story @ GALILEO: Where You’re Going
  • April 15 - Find the Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2010 in GALILEO

    • As part of our Creating Your Story @ GALILEO series, we are offering sessions to explore GALILEO resources for each way that GALILEO can help.

    Where You’re From
    Digital Library of Georgia: Uncovering Georgia’s History and Culture
    Explore the rich content in the Digital Library of Georgia and learn search tips for targeting your search. The webinar will include a look at a fun activity for turning your favorite images and other content into a creative digital story.
    April 13, 2011 View archived webinar with related handout and poster.

    Where Your People are From
    Introduction to Genealogy Reference
    Join Laura Carter, Heritage Room Librarian at Athens Regional Library, for a how-to webinar on starting a genealogy project and using GALILEO and other resources to help you help patrons with genealogy research.
    March 23, 2011 View archived webinar with related slides.

    Where You’re Going
    Helping Job Seekers and Career Planners with GALILEO
    Explore resources in GALILEO useful to patrons preparing for job searches and planning careers. GALILEO includes e-books, articles, and career planning tools to help job seekers and students improve their resumes and interview skills, identify best career fits, and plan for college.
    April 28, 2011, 10:00-11:00 a.m. Register for this.

    So, be ready for National Library Week. It’s time to celebrate!