Online Activities & Resources During Spring 2020

[tcassidy]

Some of you might have been asked to work on professional development during the COVID19 interruption. It could be helpful to focus on skills development during such uncertainty. I hope you will share what you are doing and any resources you are using. However big or small it might seem to you, it could encourage someone else.

[tcassidy]

Go2Knowledge

VCCS Student Success Center and Professional Development offers all VCCS faculty and staff free, unlimited on-demand trainings and live webinars through Go2Knowledge.
 
Here’s just a sampling of the over 130 webinars available in our Digital Library.  The ones listed below can be found in the ‘Teaching Online’ section of the VCCS Digital Library*.

• Moving Your Classes Online:  How to Prepare & Support Learners & Instructors
  
• How to Make Online Discussion Assignments Manageable & Meaningful for Students & Faculty
  
• Increasing Online Student Engagement and Retention through Online Human Touch
  
• Is Your Online Instructional Content Accessible? How to Support Students With Declared & Undeclared Disabilities
  

 
How to Access our Free, On-Demand Digital Library* (preferred browsers:  Firefox or Google Chrome)

1. Go to www.Go2Knowledge.org/vccs
   
2. Create your profile:  user name and password
   
3. Already a User? Simply click ‘sign-in’
   
4. No discount code needed
   

 
How to Order Live Webinars at No Cost

1. Live Webinar Calendar: https://www.innovativeeducators.org/pages/events
   
2. Select the live webinar(s) or the one(s) you want to receive the recording link
   
3. Select ‘Go2K’ from the dropdown menu at registration
   
4. Enter Discount Code at checkout :  vccs18    ***this will zero out your balance so you are not charged
   
5. Subscribe to receive webinar updates at https://www.innovativeeducators.org/pages/newsletter
   

[jdessino]

I went to check out Go2Knowledge and was frustrated because I couldn't find a way to get information about what is covered in a particular webinar without it automatically starting that webinar. Has anyone used this before and know of a way to just get info about or preview an offering?

[mmyers]

We are encouraging our staff to make use of Hoonuit (I assume this is VCCS-wide and not just a VWCC product) and the COVLC. They can brush up on computer skills, safety topics, etc. While not library-specific, there are plenty of topics through these sources that we generally aren't able to get to. I also saw this fabulous list online: http://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailSto...-from-home. I haven't had a chance to see if any are available for free. I imagine there will be a cost...but they're supposed to be available in electronic format. There are also some videos on customer service and things of that sort in Kanopy and FOD. Most are borderline comical due to poor acting or dated clothing/equipment. But desperate times....

[jcarrell]

I've been scouring my listservs to see what's going on, and here's what I found so far that seemed useful to me that's COVID-19 specific:

• Libraries Stepping Up! Serving the Needs of Communities in Crisis / Thurs, March 26 / https://www.library20.com/page/crisis (It's more public library-oriented, but it still might be useful).
  
• Library Assessment and COVID-19 / Friday, March 27 / https://register.gotowebinar.com/registe...urce=cjcls
  

I would love to know what listservs people are part of.  I'm sure there are some that I don't know about.  This is what I follow:

• Various VIVA listservs - https://vivalib.org/c.php?g=836990&p=5978032
  
• Various Ex Libris listservs - https://exlibrisusers.org/listinfo
  
• ILL-L - http://listserv.oclclists.org/scripts/wa.exe?INDEX
  
• CJC-L - http://lists.ala.org/sympa/info/cjcls-l
  
• COLLIB-L - http://lists.ala.org/sympa/info/collib-l
  
• Lib-CIRCPLUS - https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=LIB-CIRCPLUS
  

Then there are the discussion boards:

• Springshare Lounge - https://springsharelounge.com/
  
• OCLC Community Center - https://www.oclc.org/community/home.en.html
  

What other listservs do people really like?

[tcassidy]

This ASERL Webinar had some good reminders: "Creating a Professional Development Plan for Personal Excellence"
Recording available.

ASERL Webinar archive: http://www.aserl.org/archive/
-Tara

[tcassidy]

If you have not spent time with the Virginia Education Wizard lately, you might find some of the assessments worthwhile, also useful if you want to gain some general knowledge of other colleges and our varied transfer agreements.
-Tara

[tcassidy]

Work From Home Ideas Wanted!

A popular question in the 4/1 Zoom discussion: how are different libraries/colleges keeping remote staff occupied? Are there any 'work from home project' ideas that your library has come up with?

[lbishop]

Booklist and Library Journal have opened access to all their content during the COVID crisis, so part-time librarians can read book reviews for collection development. Also, most of Reynolds Libraries' virtual reference desk hours are staffed by part-time workers 8:30 am to 8:30 pm Monday-Sunday.

[tcassidy]

VIVA Resource Page on COVID-19: Translating Library Work to the Telework Environment

https://vivalib.org/va/covid19-telework
-Tara

[tcassidy]

The American Red Cross is offering a free online training related to mental health and COVID-19. Thanks to Natasha Lee at VWCC for sharing, details at:

https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/co...-19-course