Castles Against Ignorance:
How to make libraries great educational environments

by
Edmund A. Rossman 
M.A.   M.L.I.S.


Do you enjoy crossword puzzles?

Not only are they great for strengthening word and memory skills, but they are a great device for presentations. Here's one I did for Willard Memorial's Staff Appreciation Dinner on April 17, 2009:  Willard.pdf (500k)

If you'd like a fun presentation for your library Staff Day or other activities, please email me!  info@castles411.com

Author: Ed Rossman

Authors Biography:

Ed Rossman, with a Masters of Arts in Communications from Ohio University and a Masters of Library and Information Sciences from Kent State University, has been working to promote education, library sciences and information sharing for over a decade. 

He has over fourteen years of experience working in public libraries, most as a “frontline” supervisor or branch manager for top nationally ranked library systems.

He has hosted over 100 shows for radio dealing with information literacy, journalism, and website design, and created one of the first radio station websites in Cleveland, Ohio.

He is the recipient of the OCLC Web Junction Award for Innovative Content and Use of Technology and has been teaching communications and library science classes at the college level for 12 years.

He prides himself as being a "performance coach" in the field of information literacy, and strives to empower others to do the same.

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Seminars / Presentations:

April 17, 2009
Willard Memorial Public Library
Staff Day Dinner presentation
Greenwich, Oh

June 2, 2008
Brown County Library System
Mt. Orab, Oh
All day book workshop

March 28, 2008
Public Library Association
Virtual Poster Session

January 16, 2008
Webjunction.org
Online Seminar
10 Ways to Make Your Library Great in 2008—via Web 2.0

November 12, 2007
Putnam County Library System
Ottawa, Oh
All day workshop

October 27, 2007
Kansas City Metropolitan 
Library & Information Network 
Independence, Mo
All day workshop

October 17, 2007
Ohio Library Council 
Annual Conference
Columbus Ohio
Conference book presentation

September 10, 2007
Correctional Education Association
Cincinnati, Oh
Conference presentation

June 2004
Ohio Valley Area Libraries 
Tech Connections 5
Topic: Collaborative Software
Fawcett Center, Columbus, Oh

August 2003
Ohio Library Council - RightClick 1.0
Best Practices in Automation and Technology 
Topic: The "More Than Names" Project
State Library, Columbus, Oh

October 2002
Ohio Library Council
Annual Conference
Topic: Marketing Your Online Library 
Hyatt Regency Convention Center, Columbus, Oh

May 1998
Communications Week
Topic: The Internet and Broadcasting careers
School of Telecommunications, 
Ohio University, Athens, Oh

April 1996
Journalism and Mass Communications Day,
Topic: WENZ-FM’s new web site,  Broadcasting and the Internet.
Kent State University, Kent, Oh

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Castles Against Ignorance: How to make libraries great educational environments
By Edmund A. Rossman
Copyright © 2006 Edmund A. Rossman
All Rights Reserved
ISBN:  1-4196-4097-6

Last update June 21, 2009
 

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