brenda hough

Last week our good friend, astute colleague and soon-to-be-mom Brenda Hough forwarded two articles that made me think about the role that libraries play in their communities during tough economic time.

There's a lot of excitement brewing here at TechSoup about new projects and new directions. You may have noticed some changes on our site that are just the beginning. But there are some other changes that are less techie, less project-focused, too.

Donna Feddern (a former colleague who now works in the San Diego area) passed along a link to this story about LibraryThing’s effort to organize “flash-mob cataloging events” at small libraries. 18 volunteer catalogers recently descended on the Audobon Society Library of Rhode Island and cataloged 2500 items in a single day. The catalogers included a mix of 3 professional librarians and 15 book-lovers, library-lovers and LibraryThing fans.

We had another fantastic train-the-trainer webinar today facilitated by the amazing Brenda Hough.

Today I played BINGO at work!

Brenda Hough facilitated a great discussion for the September train-the-trainer webinar focused on online training. This was a popular session with trainers from around the country participating and sharing tips and techniques.