WebJunction

A Web-based community helping libraries meet their technology and training. In 2002, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded OCLC a grant to build an online community for libraries and other organizations that provide open access to technology and information. WebJunction is the result of that effort. WebJunction is the online community dedicated to the emerging technology and training needs of librarians. WebJunction features articles, handouts, courses and forum discussions that are practical, down-to-earth and friendly. WebJunction addresses the real issues that librarians and library staff face every day. Other discussion and resources are centered on issues of library management and sustainability, such as internal policies, marketing, research, funding and purchasing. Regular participants include library directors and staff, technology consultants, trainers and volunteers. Libraries represented in the mix are large and small, rural and urban—but they find common ground in working together to solve problems and share ideas all librarians can put to use.