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Reducing Stress Through Meditation
The scientific community has recently been exploring the use of meditation as a healing modality. Join Ajili Hodari, Esq, long-time meditator as he discusses the extraordinary effect of meditation to reduce stress-related responses, improve concentration, and...
Children’s Collection Crash Course: Everything STEM
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) isn’t just for nonfiction these days. STEM topics are showing up everywhere, from traditional nonfiction to picture books, fiction, graphic novels, board books, and more, and young readers are drawn to their...
What Libraries Collect
Privacy Literacy and Data Ethics: They didn’t stop to think if they should Explore data ethics, digital privacy, and the academic librarian’s role in educating and advocating for undergraduate students relating to these topics in this five-part workshop...
Teaching Tips for Virtual Library Sessions
While there are many similarities between teaching face-to-face and online, there are also many differences. Teaching virtually requires the use of different engagement strategies and different pedagogical methods. In this session, you will learn specific...
The Power of Words
Want to have more engaging conversations with your peers and patrons? Want to learn the words to avoid because they initiate resistance? This webinar is for you! Words weld extreme power. More so when non-verbal actions can’t offset a miscommunicated vocabulary...
Online Education, Privacy, & Students Rights
Privacy Literacy and Data Ethics: They didn’t stop to think if they should Explore data ethics, digital privacy, and the academic librarian’s role in educating and advocating for undergraduate students relating to these topics in this five-part workshop series. The...
FHSLA/TBLC ~ Literacy from A to T: Accessing and Utilizing Technology to Manage Your Health
October is Health Literacy Month. Come join us for a webinar demonstrating ways you can support your patrons in utilizing technology to manage their health! Libraries are integral in connecting community members with technology. They provide computers, lend wifi...
Data and Privacy Ethics
They didn’t stop to think if they should Explore data ethics, digital privacy, and the academic librarian’s role in educating and advocating for undergraduate students relating to these topics in this five-part workshop series. The goal of this series is to...
Once Upon a Training: Using Stories to Increase Learning and Engagement In Staff Training
Once upon a time in land near a salty sea, Patrick Hoecherl, a coordinator of staff development sat in his glass tower at the Salt Lake City Public Library. A dark presence, tedium, had permeated the training landscape. Was there a hero who could be called upon to...
Responding to Uncomfortable Situations in the Library Setting
Often, we are caught off guard by inappropriate comments made by patrons or colleagues and we aren’t prepared to respond appropriately. In this interactive and important program, the presenters will go over several scenarios where someone behaves in a manner...
Making Your Images Ready For The Web
Are you responsible for creating and/or posting graphics or photos online? Are your photosstretched or pixelated? Are graphics optimized specifically for specific social media channels? Are website images inadvertently sucking up your patron’s (expensive) mobile...
Introducing Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies and How They Can Impact Libraries
The first generation of the digital revolution brought us the Internet and sprouted a world of information. The second generation is bringing us the “Internet of value” powered by blockchain, which is a new, distributed platform that can ensure the...
Patron Bashing in Public Libraries: Its Effect on the Professional and the Profession
We have all been known to tell stories about our experiences working in the public library. Many of those include stories about patrons, sometimes positive ones, but far too often it’s the negative ones that get us the attention we are looking for when telling a...
Welcoming Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patrons to Your Library
According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders One in eight people in the United States (13 percent, or 30 million) aged 12 years or older has hearing loss in both ears.In this interactive program, you’ll learn tips for...
Find Your Bliss @ Work ~ Really
Although our work can bring us great joy, the workplace can also present a few challenges – differing personalities, friction, work overload, patron demands, negativity – you get the picture! Add to that the strain of a pandemic, work-from-home situations, and...
Florida Library Webinars Presents: Flash Talks! The Potpourri Edition
Popularized at conferences around the world, Flash Talks (aka Spark Talks, Lightning Rounds etc.) are a fun and informative way to learn about a variety of topics in short, 10-minute talks. In our Flash Talks, attendees will experience a variety of topics including:...
Reducing Anxiety Through Meditation
Life in today’s world is stressful. People are anxious about their health, their finances, their relationships, their safety and their work. Doctors and medical practitioners are promoting the benefits of meditation to relieve stress and anxiety. By sitting in...
How to Plan a GivingTuesday Campaign
GivingTuesday 2020 reports are in – total giving increased from $1.97 billion to $2.47 billion in the United States alone, representing a 25% increase compared to GivingTuesday 2019. Read more here. This year Giving Tuesday is November 30 and it’s never too...
First Impressions Matter: How to Win Friends in Admissions and Influence Prospective Students
When students first “meet” your library, their impression is likely formed during an Admissions-led tour of campus. Have you ever been surprised or dismayed by something a tour guide said? Have you wanted to revise their script? This lively webinar will highlight...
Vetting Online Resources for Health and Well-Being – Who Can You Trust Regarding Medical Advice?
One of the more frustrating lessons most of us have learned during the pandemic is how much experienced degreed scientists and medical professionals can disagree. And how the body of knowledge about disease can shift and change rapidly. If you decided to...