Librarian in Black Blog – Sarah Houghton-Jan

Last week I presented a webcast for the Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference.  Despite the 7am start time for me (blast those time zone differences!) I rather enjoyed the talk.  The chat room was lit up like a Christmas tree the whole time, and we had lots of good questions at the end of the talk.  The theme of the conference was tough times, which is something I think all libraries can identify with right now.  My talk was entitled “Tough Times Make Tougher Libraries,” and I covered digital services strategies to help us act intelligently during  times of resource shortages.  I cover free web services & tools to help libraries save money, project management & planning, project success assessment strategies, and marketing ideas.  The presentation can be seen below in case you are interested too.