Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC)
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The Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) is an established group for library professionals in the Cross Timbers region. We welcome librarians and library staff from southeastern Kansas across Central Oklahoma to Central Texas to take part in this collaboration of ideas, best practices, and continued partnership. Our mission is to serve the Cross Timbers region through staff development, resource sharing, and innovative programming.
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Zoomin’ in to Instruction
(2022)Learn how you can turn any remote session into an active learning opportunity by using the unsung hero of Zoom, remote control. With this feature, librarians at the Business Library at Southern Methodist University ... -
Yuck!: the care and cleaning of a game collection
(2022)This presentation will provide information on ways to care for your game collection. The presenter will discuss procedures developed over the last ten years to help extend the life of a circulating tabletop and video game ... -
The Power of Words
(2022)I have realized over the years the importance of our words. I was impacted growing up with two sets of words being told to me... the positive and negative. As educators we should remember that we're called to share the ... -
The Complete Beginners’ Guide to Getting Involved in Professional Associations
(2022)Although involvement in professional associations can benefit the careers of new librarians in many ways, the path to engagement is not always clear. This session will highlight how new librarians can select appropriate ... -
Texas local cross library type collaborations: researching benefits and challenges
(2022)Last year, I did a presentation on this topic. Basically, librarians traditionally collaborate within their professional type, e.g. academic, public, school, special, etc. Although there is increased collaboration across ... -
Suffrage in Texas Expanded: A History Uncovered Project
(2022)Suffrage in Texas Expanded (SITE) is a digital humanities project that was initiated by members of the Digital Scholarship & Initiatives Work Group at Texas Woman’s University. Inspired by the Constitution Day 2020 programming ... -
Successful transition in information literacy during COVID-19
(2022)Due to the unexpected changes in the pandemic, numerous academic libraries and librarians have been affected significantly. Libraries suddenly shifted to the remote working environment, and librarians have tried their best ... -
Show off your amazing student technology projects with the TYCA
(2022)TYCA is an acronym for Texas Youth Creators Awards sponsored by the Texas Library Association. It promotes excellence in amateur media production for K-12 students. Any public or school librarian may submit projects including ... -
Queersearching: Beyond Cis-heteronormative Information Literacy
(2022)Gender and sexuality do not exist in a vacuum; so, why do we research them as such? Normative approaches to assessing resources and information literacy instruction -- such as SIFT and CRAP -- fail to contextualize the ... -
Programming for a Sustainable Future
(2022)During the pandemic we were given an opportunity to think more holistically about how we could both be more sustainable as a team and provide opportunities for our students to learn about sustainability. This presentation ... -
Podcasting: Produce, Market, and Extend Reach to Your Community
(2022)Podcasts offer a low-cost, high impact tool for extending the reach of the library into patrons’ homes, commutes, and workplaces. Rather than provide a podcasting “how-to”, Plano Public Library will discuss the creation ... -
Gamification in the Library
(2022)How can Gamification help your library and what is it anyway? Gamification is the idea of adding game-playing elements to educational situations. Gamification is a great way to increase student engagement, motivate them ... -
From Origination to Onboarding: Improving the Hiring Experience
(2022)Sure, hiring is hard, but it’s a burden we all bear. How can we make the experience better and more inclusive for the library AND the candidates? This session will walk you through each step from the perspective of a ... -
Food for Thought: A survey about the UNT Libraries collections
(2022)We developed the Food for Thought survey at University of North Texas Libraries to gather feedback from patrons on their usage and feelings about the library collections. Survey questions covered topics such as how often ... -
Exploring the Possibilities: Developing Volunteer Programs for Specialized Populations
(2022)Adapt and enhance your existing volunteer programs to respond to the needs of specialized populations such as seniors or intellectually or developmentally disabled (IDD) individuals. Plano Public Library will discuss its ... -
Engaging students with online escape rooms and events
(2022)How do we engage students with information literacy, critical thinking skills, and how to use library services? Before the pandemic we had successfully used kits from Breakoutedu to engage students in learning about library ... -
Emerging from the Dumpster Fire: Student Engagement and the “new normal"
(2022)In this panel discussion, we will describe some of our experiences working with students over the last academic year. As many universities returned to in-person services in Fall 2021 and we moved into the present, we found ... -
Disaster relief in a library due to interior flooding
(2022)Lean about the challenges to overcome a complete HVAC failure, interior flooding, and construction processes to restore a library. You will learn all the methods of the disaster relief contractor, equipment needed, and ... -
Collection Assessment Through DEI Lenses: Venturing into (nearly) uncharted waters
(2022)The UNT Libraries has embarked on a journey to address systemic and systematic vestiges of oppression of socially and politically minoritized populations. For this purpose, the Collection Assessment Department is planning ... -
Building Your Outreach Toolbox through Post-Pandemic Partnerships
(2022)In early Spring of 2022 the TAMIU Killam Library was approached by the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity to collaborate on an initiative for Consent Week during Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. We ...
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