Continuing Education

Understanding library language

Libraries use a lot of acronyms. Some are universal; some are library-specific. The following resources will help you decipher many of them:

• The Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science (ODLIS): Last updated in 2013, this online resource contains general library acronyms, abbreviations and definitions
• DCLS-related Acronyms: The attached spreadsheet will provide you with the delivery codes for all district libraries as well as abbreviations for DCLS departments

State Initiatives

• Leadership by Design
• Trustee Town Hall Meeting Presentation 2014
• Trustee Topics
• GAC Meeting January 13, 2015
• Office of Commonwealth Libraries

The Public Library Reimagined

Sunday, June 29, 2014, Aspen Ideas Festival

As we move deeper into the digital age, the public library is transforming itself for a knowledge-based society, and a new and more comprehensive vision for the public library is taking root. Networks of people and knowledge, not shelves full of books, will be at the center of the library and its mission. In the creative design of both its physical and virtual spaces, the public library will come to define what makes a great public space.

John Palfrey, Tessie Guillermo, Sommer Mathis, Brian Bannon

• The Public Library Reimagined (1/8) — Are Libraries Fundamentally Shifting?
• The Public Library Reimagined (2/8) — Libraries as the Center of a Community
• The Public Library Reimagined (3/8) — New Services, Programs, and Experiences at Public
• The Public Library Reimagined (4/8) — Libraries as Connected Learning Spaces
• The Public Library Reimagined (5/8) — Emerging Digital Technology Opportunities
• The Public Library Reimagined (6/8) — How Has Technology Changed the Role of Librarians?
• The Public Library Reimagined (7/8) — The Physical and Cultural Space of Libraries
• The Public Library Reimagined (8/8) — Audience Questions
• Aspen Ideas Festival — The Public Library Reimagined (Entire presentation)

Blogs, Videos and Podcasts

•  Circulating Ideas Blog : Circulating Ideas facilitates conversations about the innovative people and ideas allowing libraries to thrive in the 21st century.