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Many thanks to ALA TechSource for allowing me to do another webinar with them last week and to the gracious participants who took time to join us! Be sure to check out my Scoop.it magazine on eBooks and eReaders.
Nook Program @ The Unquiet Library Update, March 2012
Catching Up
Many of you have been writing or Tweeting for updates on the Nook program we had planned to launch last fall; unfortunately, several factors slowed our launch date for the program, including:
- a lack of clerical help this academic year
- an incredibly busy schedule of instruction (a good problem to have!) in the library; since the teaching and learning focus comes first, we prioritize our energies into that effort first
- significant delays in the communication process with Barnes and Noble in processing our ebook purchase orders
At this time, we own 50 Nook Simple Touches; Nooks 1-35 are designated with our Barnes and Noble Managed Digital Locker program for classroom use, which could include literature circle book study or independent reading selections. Nooks 36-50 are for circulation to students who return a parental permission form or who would like to use them in the library during a class or lunch visit. I worked with Dan Boon, my Community Relations Manager at the Alpharetta Barnes and Noble, to establish groups of Nooks so that it would be easy for B&N to deliver the eBooks we order via purchase order to the appropriate Nook devices.
Challenges with the Digital Managed Locker Program
In terms of the digital managed locker program, there have definitely been some problems that I have experienced as have many of you.
1. Barnes and Noble has frankly not done a very good job in educating its employees about the Digital Managed Locker program. As you can imagine, librarians who are trying to inquire and find out more information about the program feel frustrated when they can't get the answers they need, and the B&N employees also feel frustrated that they may not have been provided the information and training they need to help implement the program with school librarians or classroom teachers in an effective manner. I know these concerns have been concerned to B&N management from those of us in the trenches as well as from employees, so I'm hopeful they are committed to being more systematic in communicating the information more effectively. If you are not able to get the answers you need from someone at the first store you visit or call, I recommend contacting a neighboring store or the regional Barnes and Noble manager for your area.
2. In some store locations, the community relations manager or person designated as the "go to" person for the Digital Managed Locker program is just swamped with multiple responsibilities; consequently, they may have difficulty dealing with the communications from librarians or teachers in a timely manner. Since there is no electronic/virtual interface at this time that librarians can access to submit purchase orders and manage eBook (or app) orders, eBook orders can be delayed significantly when there are gaps in communication. We as librarians and teachers desperately need a virtual interface to manage these orders; email is simply not an efficient means of managing the orders; we as customers need the option of having more control over reassigning texts to different devices if needed. While I appreciate that B&N is doing a lot of the management for me, I need to be able to have a point of access to do it myself when needed.
Our local store and representative are committed to helping B&N address these concerns; I very much appreciate that Dan has shared my suggestions for improving the communication channels and order management with those who work at a higher level in the company. In addition, I appreciate that Dan is willing to come out to my school site if I need assistance with devices.
In terms of technical issues, they have been minimal so far. We have not had any issues connecting to wireless, and the downloading process has been fairly seamless. We did have one device go bad as we could not unlock it; after not having any success with the 1-800 technical support, our representative Dan was helpful in resolving the issue and actually bringing us a replacement device (a major time saver–thank you!). We did have one device not receive the appropriate eBooks assigned to that device, but we are working on resolving that issue as we speak. One other helpful hint: it took me a while to realize that the power button is on the back of the Nook; thankfully, the covers we bought are designed to stay on and have the Nook symbol on them so that you can press it and power the device off and on without having to remove the cover.
First Steps of Implementation, Spring 2012
We have now started circulating devices to students for free reading (yes, I let them take the devices home—students and parents sign an acceptable use agreement, and we also bought a 2 year warranty), so I hope to have their feedback for you soon. The initial impressions, though, have been very positive–students really seem to like the "swipe" technology as well as the size of the devices (it fits in their pockets). One student in particular is absolutely thrilled to have the chance to use a modern eReader—I am not exaggerating when I say he was giddy and glowing when he left the library! At this time, the free circulation Nook collection (36-50) is purely student driven like our Kindle eBook collection since students submit eBook request forms when they turn in their permission forms). At this time, the loan period is one week although we hope to extend that in the future.
Our other initial pilot group is Deborah Frost's 1st period 9th Literature/Composition class. The majority of the class, boys, chose to read Monster by Walter Dean Myers; the remainder of the class, girls, selected The Secret Life of Bees. Since many of the students in the class are self-described reluctant readers, we"ll be surveying them regularly about their reading experiences on the Nooks to see if the medium of reading has any impact on their feelings about reading. The students are excited (as are we!) to be the first pilot group; I hope to provide some updates in April when they finish their unit of study.
Questions via Email and the Blog
First I want to apologize if you have emailed me in the last month, and I have not answered your email individually. For the last year or so, I have tried very hard to answer each inquiry individually and in a timely manner. However, the number of inquiries has come to a tipping point, and I'm just not able to continue answering inquiries personally at this time. I'm hopeful that either this blog, my Kindle LibGuide, my Nook LibGuide, or my recent chapter in No Shelf Required II edited by Sue Polanka, will give you the answers you're seeking; you might also want to follow my Scoop.it magazine on eBooks and eReaders.
I've received several emails as of late about how we are circulating the eBooks via our OPAC and tracking what students read. At this time, there is no way to do either–neither Kindle eBooks on a Kindle device nor a Nook book via a Nook device. I do not assign MARC records to the eBooks for Kindle or Nook although I do catalog the devices; as I've written before, I don't catalog the Kindle or Nook eBooks individually because 1. you can't really "circulate" them via your OPAC and 2. I don't assign them to the devices in the MARC record because media specialists in my district do not have rights to edit existing MARC records. If you need to track that kind of data or circulate eBooks electronically, then you will need to look at an eBook platform like Follett eBooks or Overdrive that is designed to function in those ways.
Next Steps
We'll now provide students post-reading surveys about the Nook reading experience to determine if they are a good fit for our students; I'll also be working with Ms. Frost to get her feedback as a classroom teacher. While I'm still looking for an eBook platform whose licensing agreements are acceptable for my library and learning environment, especially as our district is now ready to implement a bring your own device policy for 2012-2013, I still think there is a place for circulating the devices themselves since so many don't have one of their own. I look forward to giving you a new update in a few weeks as I document our journey of learning and exploration of eBook and eReader experiences and options.
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On behalf of the over 50 authors who contributed to School Libraries: What's Now, What's Next, What's Yet to Come, we are delighted to announce that our crowdsourced eBook is now available for free download!
We hope you will enjoy downloading and reading these diverse perspectives on where school libraries are and what school librarians are doing to redefine, stretch, and expand traditional services.
Please feel free to share this link with your colleagues, administrators, professional and union organizations, Board of Education members, and more. Help us spread the word and build the conversation about the possibilities of school libraries!
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Kristin Fontichiaro, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Buffy Hamilton, Creekview High School, Canton, GA
R. David Lankes, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Diane Cordell, Retired Teacher Librarian, Queensbury, NY
Kelly Ahlfeld, Mettawee Community School, West Pawlet, VT
Diane Erica Aretz-Kernahan, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Emilia Askari, Living Textbook Project, McCollough Unis School, Dearborn, MI
Kathleen Atkin, Louis Riel School Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Robert Baigent, National Library of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand
Susan D. Ballard, Consultant and Simmons College, Boston, MA
Angela Washington-Blair, Emmett J. Conrad High School, Dallas, TX
Dan Bowen, ICT Learning and Teaching Consultant, Surrey, England, UK
Holli Buchter, St. Vrain Valley School District, Longmont, CO
Jennifer Branch, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Len Bryan, Cedar Ridge High School, Round Rock, TX
Jennifer Colby, School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Diane Cordell, Retired Teacher Librarian, Queensbury, NY
William Cross, Copyright and Digital Scholarship Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Meg Donhauser, Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington, NJ
Joanne de Groot, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Stacy Dillon, LREI – Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School, New York, NY
Andrea Dolloff, Ethical Cultural Fieldston School, New York, NY
Meg Donhauser, Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington, NJ
Laura Fleming, Cherry Hill School, River Edge, NJ
Lorna Flynn, American International School in Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Elizabeth Friese, University of Georgia,Athens, GA
Rachel Goldberg, East Middle School, Plymouth, MI
Beth Gourley, Western Academy of Beijing, Beijing, China
Dorcas Hand, Annunciation Orthodox School, Houston, TX
Alida Hanson, School Library Teacher Program, Simmons College GSLIS, Boston, MA
Violet H. Harada, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Heather Hersey, Lakeside School, Seattle, WA
Valerie Hill, Ethridge Elementary School, The Colony, TX, and Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Studies, Denton, TX
Kimberly Hirsh, Butner-Stem Middle School, Butner, NC, and G. C. Hawley Middle School, Creedmoor, NC
Shannon Hyman, Byrd Middle School, Henrico, VA
Pamela Jackson, East Wake High School, Wendell, NC
Melissa P. Johnston, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Jesse Karp, LREI – Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School, New York, NY
Sara Kelley-Mudie, The Forman School, Litchfield, CT
Tricia Kuon, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Neil Krasnoff, New Tech High School at A. Maceo Smith, Dallas, TX
Jennifer LaGarde, New Hanover County Schools, Wilmington, NC
Teri S. Lesesne, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Margaret Lincoln, Lakeview School District, Battle Creek, MI
Kate MacMillan, Napa Valley USD, Napa Valley, CA (see also Chap. 9)
Adrienne Matteson, White River Elementary, Noblesville, IN
Kathleen McBroom, Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, MI
Walter McKenzie, ASCD, Alexandria, VA
David Meyer, TMC Furniture, Ann Arbor, MI
Ben Mondloch, Cherry Lake Publishing, Ann Arbor, MI
Leslie L. Morgan, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Cathy Jo Nelson, Dorman High School, Spartanburg District 6 Schools, Roebuck, SC
Beverley Rannow, Otsego Public Schools, Otsego, MI
Howard Rheingold, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Nikki D. Robertson, Auburn High School, Auburn, AL
Daniella Smith, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Evan St. Lifer, Scholastic Library Publishing, Danbury, CT
Jennifer Stanbro, South Portland School Department, South Portland, ME
Caitlin Stansell, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Jeff Stanzler, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Carolyn Jo Starkey, Buckhorn High School, New Market, AL
Wendy Steadman Stephens, Buckhorn High School, New Market, AL
Michael Stephens, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Linda Straube, New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL
Cathy Stutzman, Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington, NJ
Mega Subramaniam, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Margaret Sullivan, Smith Systems, Plano, TX (see also Chap. 6)
Joyce Kasman Valenza, Springfield Township High School, Erdenheim, PA
Karen Villegas, Grosse Pointe North High School, Grosse Pointe, MI
Jeanna Walker, Portage Public Schools, Portage, MI
Donna Watt, Invercargill City Libraries, Invercargill, New Zealand
Holly Weimar, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Senga White, James Hargest College, Invercargill, New Zealand
Erin Drankwalter Wyatt, Highland Middle School, Libertyville, IL
Amanda Yaklin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Alice Yucht, Retired/rewired Teacher-Librarian, NJ
Marci Zane, Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington, NJ
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The New Normal? Challenges of Leveraging the eBook Opportunity in K-12 Libraries
I was honored today to participate in the Library Journal and School Library Journal's Digital Shift virtual ebook summit opening keynote panel featuring Robin Nesbitt and John Palfrey . A heartfelt thank you to Ian Singer, Brian Kenney, Barbara Genco, Dodie Ownes, and the fabulous tech team along with 1300+ participants who helped make our session happen. I'll be publishing a separate post this week with follow-up answers to questions directed to me in the Q&A chat that we didn't have time to address in today's session.
"School Libraries: What Next?" Ebook Project
We are delighted to accept submissions for a collection of crowdsourced short essays on the future of school libraries from multiple perspectives, to be published in e-book format to coincide with Treasure Mountain and AASL in October 2011. We believe this e-book is a way for librarians to take the lead as content creators and publishers with custom, community-significant content for patrons. We imagine e-readers as publishing platforms for us, not competition.
Whether you're an ardent supporter or see the proverbial handwriting on the wall, what do you see as the next 10 or 20 years of school libraries? This book will also tackle an "elephant in the room" question: with the nation's education systems in an economic depression and many school librarians being pink-slipped, what is the future of school libraries? How might they be reinvented to remain deeply significant – for student learning? Should they? What past practices will we need to jettison? What stalwart beliefs must we hold tightly?
We're posing a set of essential questions that will encourage you — and us! — to think deeply about the future of school libraries in the areas of:
- Gaming
- 21st-Century Learners
- Who and When Do We Teach?
- Reading
- Emerging and Multiple Literacies
- Networks and Organizations
- The Physical Library
- The Virtual Library
- Collaboration
- Collection Development
- Librarian Coursework and Professional Development
You can learn more about our project, the topics we are exploring, and how to submit by visiting the links on the Submissions page. The Submission Guidelines document will let you know more about the length, style, and topics.
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Well, there's a title I didn't ever imagine using, and nor did I ever think I would appear as an expert on wartime knitting on television, but here we are! Yesterday (Monday 1 October) I had to travel to London for the day to be interviewed for a forthcoming BBC Four programme titled, 'The Golden Age of Knitting'.
The venue was Wilton's Music Hall in the east end of London, somewhere I had never been before, even though I had seen it plenty of times on the TV, usually in costume dramas. It is the oldest music hall in London and has a very rustic atmosphere, exposed timbers plaster stripped brick walls, you could just imagine yourself in a run down part of London at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Having trudged through the very soggy streets I met up with the director/producer, camera man and assistant and the questioning commenced.
While I can confess to being an expert on the history of WRVS, or WVS as it was during the war, an expert on knitting I am not; at least I didn't think I was. It is surprising what you can come up with, and the previous day's in-depth research into WVS' role in providing comforts for the forces and merchant services during the war was very enlightening.
The questions came thick and fast, what was the role of the WVS with knitting? How much did they knit? Who were they knitting for? To give you an example, in Hastings and St Leonards in Sussex, WVS organized over 1,000 women, a dozen men and a nine year old boy to knit for the forces. In 1941 they produced 7,000 items, from pullovers to socks and balaclavas for our troops and surprisingly for those of the Red Army. In all during the war nationally between 150,000 and 200,000 WVS members were assigned to knitting and sewing work parties, helping and organising probably another 750,000 'individual knitters'. Just imagine, a million women knitting their socks off!
I spent a very enjoyable hour answering questions and hopefully at least a couple of minutes worth will turn up in the final edit. The programme should air in early spring next year, so I will keep you posted when we know a broadcast date.
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Really great to see WRVS work being highlighted from an historical point of view. I look forward to seeing the programme. Well done Matthew for carrying the legacy on.
Thank you Linda, I had a great time and it is great publicity for WRVS. It's so important for the future development of the Archive that we are able to show we are proud of our history and that after all this time it is still relevant. Matthew
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Audi will add a new model to its lineup of luxe sports cars. The R8 Spyder 4.2 FSI Quattro will feature a V8 engine that offers 130 hp less than its big brother, the 560 hp R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI.
It's the lightest and fastest production sports car in Audi's lineup, and the only thing not to love about the 2012 Audi R8 GT would be its $196,800 price tag.
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The new Audi R8 may have simplified its distinctive visual style, but the performance from the V10 plus model looks to be sharper than ever.
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While big names in RCB camp have struggled to come up with pulsating performances, this young leggie has been a consistent performer with the ball. Yuzvendra Chahal from RCB keeps picking wickets for them in the middle overs and doesn't give away freebies. In rival camp another youngster who has been creating a stir for some time now is Sanju Samson. Samson is a complete batsman and has all the shots in book. It will be interesting to see how this battle of rookies unfolds.
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After Death Communications – Do the Deceased Communicate with Us?
Have you experienced after death communications from a love one? Do the recently deceased really contact us after they have left the Earth? Many people report strange occurrences and synchronicity shortly after a loved one passes away.
I do believe it is their loved ones attempt to get your attention and let you know they are safe, whole, and well on the other side. Some deceased communicate with you via repeating numbers. Others leave physical signs, letters, pennies, or just the scent of their favorite perfume to let you know they are there and still with you. This may happen within the first few days to a few months after they have passed.
I would like to open up this post to anyone who wants to share their after death communications and experiences and I hope it to become part of your healing and grieving from the loss of a loved one.
Seeing 333 as a Sign
Sherry left a comment on my blog about seeing the repeating number 333 that she agreed to let me share with you. We also exchanged a few subsequent emails.
My dad died on April 13 but wasn't discovered until April 18th. He lived 20 minutes from me, but we had a complicated relationship due to his drinking and gruffness.
Despite that, and even though we weren't surprised by his death, we were all shocked! Our nickname for him was, "Energizer Bunny" because he would have many drunken falls, bruises, broken ribs, strokes, heart issues, but he kept going and going…pretty indestructible! He was not religious or at all spiritual that we know of…never wanted to talk about anything deep or painful, (like our little brother's death in a fire in our home). He was "tough" in many ways.
Anyways, on Easter…a few days before his memorial service, we all met to have lunch with our mom, his ex-wife, at her nursing home. It was an emotional Easter meal we all shared, and when my husband, boys and I got to the car for our 2 hour drive home, strangely the driver seat was all the way forward and my husband could not get it to go back. There was no way we could drive the car home like that, and after trying for a few moments, he said that the mechanism to move it was burned out. I kept asking how could it have moved all the way up, and finally said outloud, "Dad, if you're there we need your help…we have to get home!"
At that moment, the seat worked and was able to move again, and my 14 year old son exclaimed, "I just got a smiley face text from mom's phone, mom, did you text me?(my phone was in my purse strapped on my body!!). The time on the car clock was 3:33, and the text was sent and received at 3:33 as well.
We all couldn't believe it, especially my very skeptical Agnostic husband and sons! There is an explanation for the text…if you press the menu button on my phone 8 times, it will send the last text I sent to the first person on my contact list…my 14 year old son. But, the keypad has to be unlocked, it would have had to bump against my body 8 times, and the coincidence of the timing…Then, today, I balanced our business checkbook and the total was $3333.33!!
What does it all mean? I have felt my dad coming into my life since he died…he reassures me that he is healed and whole now, and he's sorry for all the pain. I have had other experiences when loved ones have died, especially over the past 15+ years of my life, (I'm 53), but none with numbers that I've noticed. Is there a place to share after-death experiences?
I have had experiences that are so interesting/amazing…ever since my friend who "awakened" my spirituality died. His was the first death where I can re-call "happenings" both during his passing, and after. Since then, it happens every time. I had heard friends talk of such things, but was sure they were coincidence and made up. Now that they happen to me, and my family, I know that they are as real as anything else I experience!
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Passion for Training Activists & Building Organizations
A bright but shy looking young boy of 9, I walked into while I was visiting Shanti Niketan- a free hostel run by Seva Bharati Himachal Pradesh in the panoramic Dagsai, some 100 kms off Shimla, stunned me when he revealed that it was his first bus ride of life and that he had never seen a bus before he boarded one for Dadsai. He had to walk some 20 kms down the hills to hit the road for boarding a bus. "Am I living in 1908 or am I in 2008," I pinched myself before I believed the boy. How the hell this young boy missed the buzz of modernity, leave alone missing the first look at a 'bus'.
However, for a change, the boy had arrived in the hostel and was admitted to the nearby school and that assured me of his future. That brought me to some more prodding on my part. How does someone reach the remotest village to pick up this boy? Who did the job and how did this person convince the villagers that the boy would be taken care of and get educated? Why the parents of the boy did trust this person?
My probe led me to some consoling and convincing responses. But for the motivation, and the training of the activist, that he received from Rashtriya Seva Bharati, this would not have happened. Without the motivation he would not have walked up the 20 kms "uphill task" to reach the village! Without the training the activist could have failed in impressing and influencing the minds of the boy's parents and the villagers who trusted his words!
I started looking into more such experiences and was astonished to find that this did not happen only in the picturesque Himachal Pradesh but is happening across all the states of Bharat. The more I try to probe the more revealing it is.
I was listening to the experience of a lady full timer " Seva Vrati as they are known- from Tamil Nadu. She narrated the action in one of the Self Help groups in Kanya Kumari district wherein more than 3000 SHGs are being managed by women under Seva Bharati. In a village called Thirparappu the SHG comprised of 18 women members belonging to one particular caste and two members from another caste. Caste divisions in rural areas are distinct and divide society many a times. The caste association wanted the less represented caste women to be removed from the SHG. The activists who were running the SHG refused bluntly to budge. The caste association tried to play the other card of tempting them with an interest-free loan of Rs.1 Lac against removal of the two women belonging to the other caste. The SHG members turned down this offer and defied any discrimination in the name of caste among them. This is something unheard of otherwise in that part of the country in a village.
I was visiting Assam last May and had an opportunity to talk to a group of youth working as "Arogya Rakshaks" in the North Eastern states of Bharat. This was probably the most convincing experience for me. A young lady "Arogya Rakshak" who had completed the training of 21 days duration saved a patient's life who had a severe health problem. She first tried to treat the patient with what ever medicine was available to her in the kit and then decided to take the patient to the district center to an expert Doctor. The timely action saved the life as the problem might have been fatal, informed the expert Doctor.
The case of Manjunath, a paraplegic boy whose parents, relatives and neighbors had lost hope on, is today a guide to many other handicapped or differently able children. The transmutation was possible because of the sustained efforts of dedicated women Seva Vratis in Bengaluru and the experts who involved Manjunath's family as well as school teachers from the village. Everyone around was bleak about the future of this young kid when the Seva-in-Action, an associate organization of RSB, started working with the kid to rehabilitate him. And lo, the boy is up and moving and working and encouraging many others with physical disabilities.
Why did the Seva-in-Action activists and the Seva Vratis at all go to the village to find out Manjunath through a survey? When everyone around including his own parents was hopeless why did they accept the challenge? Obviously, they were fired with the idea of serving selflessly. Obviously, they are inspired by the lives of some famous personalities. Obviously, they were motivated. Obviously, they were trained for the job unlike others. Obviously, they continue to work tirelessly for the society for decades.
The job of picking up the raw volunteers from the society, orienting and motivating them to serve the society, providing the training for the required jobs, developing the skill sets of the person to suit the tasks, utilizing the best in a person towards social service and that too voluntarily, is being carried out by the organization called Rashtriya Seva Bharati.
Promoting voluntarism in the days of "professionalism" is a huge challenge, one might think, but RSB can state proudly that the youth of Bharat are eager to volunteer their time and talent, given an opportunity and orientation. Good number of youths has joined and is devoting their time despite the professional pressure on them, despite the educational challenges they face. Well, one can not also negate that the corporate sector is encouraging their personnel to volunteer, the colleges and the universities wish their students serve the society.
Every Voluntary Organization or NGO faces certain problems which can be foreseen and yet for the individual organization, tackling these is most difficult. RSB has a pool of experts who can help out in such situations and provide the consultation. To enlist a few common problems here will be worth. Preparing project proposals, building resources- both human, financial and expertise, training and orienting volunteers, assessing the projects, analyzing the challenges, involving communities, preparing flyers & brochures & handouts and such public relations activity, are some of the problems and challenges that every social service organization faces, irrespective of the size of the organization.
A Malaysian author has defined this concept aptly. He says, "When we look at a 'problem' and take ourselves out of it, the problem becomes a 'situation'. If we were to analyze this 'situation' and think how we can rise to it, the 'situation' becomes a 'challenge'. And when we think of our ability to overcome the challenge, it becomes an opportunity." Pertinently, RSB develops the mindset that converts problems into opportunities.
The task of RSB is almost like a parent to some 400 odd organizations drawn from all states of Bharat. Identifying a problem and analyzing the challenges is the first step that RSB treads. This is done for an affiliate member organization. Drawing the right strategy and suggesting solutions, comes next. Effective implementation program and generating the funds from within the society is also guided by RSB. The beauty of the organizations associated with RSB is that the local society supports the whole activity whether it is a slum based tuition class with little expenditure or it is a huge blood bank with big investment. For RSB, the small donors who unswervingly support the activity are precious, and this is encouraged while big donors are also taken care of.
A pool of experts to guide the training is in place with RSB. Preparing project proposals to be submitted to any governmental body or non-governmental body
Periodical assessment is another dimension that comes handy for the affiliate organizations from RSB for the objective growth and tangible development.
"Seva Sadhana" the annual publication of RSB provides a window for the organizations to present their achievements. Every issue of "Seva Sadhana" highlights one dimension or the other. Urban slum programs, some inspiring experiences in serving society, rural development were certain issues that Seva Sadhana had presented in last couple of years. These issues have been received by many with admiration. They are published in both Hindi and English for maximum outreach.
"Seva Sangam" is an endeavor to bring all the affiliated and associate organizations together to generate a common strategy for facing the challenges faced by the underdeveloped, underprivileged classes and the suffering people within our country. More than 1000 delegates representing some 400 odd organizations from all the states of Bharat are expected to participate. They would be sharing their experiences and achievements, understand the size of the effort being put up by all these organizations together, device the best way to generate more and more volunteers, connect to the experts who would be present with them, and like that.
Local organizations from Bengaluru and surrounding districts are also invited to join on the 2ndday of the Sangam i.e. 7thFebruary, which will have a public program. An impressive and extensive exhibition to show case the All India activity is being organized by RSB during the "Seva Sangam".
"Seva Sangam" will help the participatory organizations in many ways while generating the influence of serving the society selflessly " the seva way and this might be the best achievement of the Sangam being organized.
As stated earlier, youth in large numbers are eager to serve the society but are clueless on "how to serve & where to serve?" When "Youth for Seva" in Bengaluru started reaching out to the educational institutions, the common question they had to answer was, "why don't you come right away and engage our students?"
Organizations on the other hand were asking, hey, we need volunteers and how many of them you can send to us?" There is a need at both ends but both ends are not aware of the opportunities available.
Corporate companies in some other cities had a problem of connecting to local organizations and RSB provided them a link through some of its platforms.
The rule here is "more the merrier". The society is facing diverse problems. Greater voluntary effort is most welcome. Rather every volunteer desiring to serve the society selflessly is most cherished.
The common comment after every orientation and training sessions that comes to RSB is, "why did you arrive so belated, we needed this much earlier!"
Do not hang around for the "right moment"to serve the society. The "right moment" is right here!
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The article is really an inspiration and thanks to author. 5
I also attended the Sevasangam at Bangalure on 7th Feb.2010 . upto that time, I have no idea regarding sevaworks done by RSS in this way, but after attending this programme I got clear idea regarding what is RSB, even if I the district president of Sevabharathi palakkad, kerala state. I think RSB will make programmes in future also in different parts of country. 5
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