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#OwnVoices for All Readers: Incorporating EDI Values into Readers’ Advisory Service
Providing robust readers’ advisory service that values equity, diversity and inclusion principles is essential to all library service. Join Readers’ Advisory specialist Becky Spratford as she provides the information you need to diversify your suggestions, identify...
Fandoms! What’s Trending and How You Can Bring Fans to Your Library
Fandoms! What’s Trending and how you can bring fans to your library Geekiness has come out of the basement into the mainstream. This fast-paced webinar will cover fandom trends that bleed over into merchandise, gaming, cosplay, TV, movies and more. Get updated...
Voice Assistants and Smart Speaker @ the Library
You have heard about Voice Assistants and Smart Speaker but how are they relevant for your library? BOB Anstett will talk about how these voice assistants work. We will cover some of the many forms they take and give hints on how to get the best use out...
Drag Me to Story Hour! How to Present a Dynamic and Successful Drag Queen Story Hour
Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) is just what it sounds like, drag queens reading to children. DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. This event is geared...
Business Writing for Results
Handout Business writing mastery emerges from an attention to quality and efficiency. The most effective writers in any workplace must craft highly focused descriptions, reports, analyses, proposals, and emails in tight timeframes for readers with...
Engaging Users with Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality (VR), a simulated computer environment in three dimensions, is becoming more popular for gaming, movies, social interaction, and education. In fact, VR is starting to complement traditional education practices by immersing users into a world...
Creating Accessible Email Newsletters
Newsletters can be a great tool in our librarian toolkit and help you reach your users. However, have you thought about how many users you may miss out because your newsletter is inaccessible to them due to ADA issues? During this session, we will discuss creating...
For Flannel’s Sake; Using Felt and Flannel Boards in Library Programs
Flannels bring stories and songs to life! In this fun engaging workshop learn just how to get started in the wonderful world of flannel (or felt) boards! Learn how flannels inspire visual literacy and allow for hands on learning with children and immediately capture a...
20 Ways to Make Your Workspace More Efficient in 60 Minutes
Did you ever reach for that stapler that suddenly was not there . . . had grown feet and walked away? What about searching for hour for that file you just had in your hand yesterday? In this informative and interactive program, we are going to help you...
Publishing for Tenure and Promotion
Each university has its own requirements for tenure and promotion. However, publishing is a common requirement at most institutions. In this informative program, you will learn about different avenues for publishing including within librarianship and outside of...
Rebranding Your Library…On a Budget
In 2018, the Union County Carnegie Library underwent a re-branding in conjunction with our building renovation. Hear details of our experiences and processes in this session, and learn marketing and social media strategies and best practices, how to create a marketing...
The Neuroscience of Story
The famous writer Ursula K. Le Guin once wrote "There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.” Why are stories so important to us? How do they impact our thinking, our families,...
How to Harness the Power of Facebook and YouTube’s Nonprofit Fundraising Tools to Drive Donations
There is no doubt that getting results from Facebook (Getting Results from Facebook) in 2019 is harder than ever. While Facebook continues to roll out News Feed changes at an alarming pace, one vital feature not only seems to be insulated from declining reach,...
Drones and Library Programming
Join Chris DeCristofaro delves into drones and learn how your library can bring drones to your users. Drones are becoming part of the ‘Library of Things’ and there are so many aspects to consider when making these crafts part of your collection. This...
Auto What Libraries Can Learn from Other Organizations About Advocacy and Political Power
Tired of having to fight for monies from your city, county, state and nationally elected officials? Or of being short staffed and short on resources? Feel like libraries don’t have a strong enough voice with the politicians and decision makers? This...
Becoming a Dementia Friendly Library
560,000 Floridians are currently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. This number is expected to rise to 720,000 by 2025. People living with other forms of dementia add to these numbers. While some people move to residential care facilities, most of those affected live at home...
Intro to Diagnosing and Fixing Technology Problems
Library employees without technical training and experience often are put in the position of having to fix workplace technology, from copiers and scanning equipment to computers, software, and applications, and they don’t know where to start. And then add the...
Diverse Books: Something for Everyone
There has been growing awareness of the need for more diverse books and publishings in recent years. Arguably, it’s one of the most pressing issues in children’s and young adult literature. But is it working? How diverse are your bookshelves? Join education professor...
The Success of Failure
Why do we fear failure? In order to succeed, rewrite the notion that failure is a negative outcome. By understanding the benefits of failure, leadership can begin to construct plans for future success. Participants will define what failure means to them and...
The Complete Guide to Facebook Groups: How to Create a Group, Build a Community and Increase Your Organic Reach
More than 1 billion people around the world use Facebook Groups, and over 100 million people see Groups as the most important part of their experience on Facebook. Given Facebook’s recent pivot towards emphasizing private communities, what can libraries do to adapt...
