Drupal in an Hour
Want to build a website but not sure where to start? Join Brian Pichman as he shows you the quick tips for getting a website build on Drupal up and running. Drupal is a Content Management System; that if properly deployed can save time and energy in building...
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How To Make Your Mark!
People go to libraries to find their hobbies, their histories, their music, art and culture. To find neighbors, elected officials, and their myriad connections to each other and their neighborhoods. How can libraries find them? Learn how Sarasota County is...
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Creating a Digital Toolkit for Users: How to teach our users how to limit their digital footprint and escaping hackers
Ever wonder what you should or shouldn’t share on the internet? Do you see users who are posting everything thing they possibly could on the internet and wonder how to help educate them to protect themselves? All of this collective sharing, creates a data gold...
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Working with Challenging Patrons
What is a challenging patron? It all depends on who you ask and what branch of the library they work for. Challenging patrons are various types of people, all with different issues and concerns. From eccentric behaviors to mentally unbalanced people. From...
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Immigration Resources
Florida is a unique state in many ways. We lead the nation in the number of retirees, we lead the nation in the number of immigrant small businesses, and we lead the nation in the number of refugees. All these trends in population growth and demographics are factors...
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Design Sprints
Streamline your next service or project in the library with a Design Sprint. A Design Sprint is a week or two week long series of workshops -- meaning sticky notes and sketches -- that libraries and other organizations run internally to brainstorm and test out new...
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Best Series for Teen Anime Clubs
Anime Clubs are often the most popular programs hosted by libraries for teens. However, how do you keep your Anime Club content new and refreshing, and keep new participants interested? Learn ways to choose exciting and engaging anime series to screen, as well...
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Does the Word Copyright Make You Want to Cringe? Help is Here!
You are not alone in your feelings about copyright; the word makes many people uncomfortable. The academic world tends to cringe when you mention the word copyright. Many think and hope they fall under the Fair Use Act, or the TEACH Act and that educational use keeps...
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Assess and Improve Information Literacy Instruction
Is your information literacy instruction getting you the results you want and your students need? Perhaps it’s time you consider doing something different, but do you have idea where to start? There is no one-size-fits-all approach to assessment and improvement. Join...
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Geeky Programs at the Library
According to geekthelibrary.org.,“to geek” is: • To love, to enjoy, to celebrate, to have an intense passion for. • To express interest in. • To possess a large amount of knowledge in. Geek and fandom culture is a growing part of our media landscape—and an amazing...
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Image Editing in the Cloud
Do you ever wonder how some people are able to take professional looking photos taken on a phone? In this 1 hour workshop, we'll explore (free!) online image editors including their basic image editing features; such as: Contrasting Adjusting Color Photo...
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What to Do When Emotions Disrupt at Work
Like it or not, emotions show up in our workplaces every day, sometimes all throughout the day -- and emotional displays at work, whether ours or others, have the potential to create problems for everyone around us. So, can we do anything about it other than to...
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4 Ways to Maintain Calm and Make Decisions Under Pressure
Work environments are not always easy to handle. There are deadlines to meet, people to report to, projects to arrange, changes to implement and a variety of other elements to navigate. All of that can lead to stress and overwhelm and possibly even chaos. While you...
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Open Education Resources in Libraries
Librarians are educators. Libraries are educational institutions. Librarians are in the sharing business and it is first-rate! According to the Open Education Consortium, “sharing is probably the most basic characteristic of education: education is sharing knowledge,...
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Weeding 101: What to Keep, What to Toss and What to Replace
Deselection is an integral part of collection management, but often falls to the side in the busy world of planning programs, serving patrons and day to day operations. Eliminating outdated, worn, or trivial items can not only improve circulation, but maximize...
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Best of the 2017 ALA Conference (Find Out What You Missed)
It was a fun, action filled week at the ALA Conference in Chicago this year! Did you attend? Whether you went to the American Library Association conference or not, we’ve got you covered! Andrew Sanderbeck and his special guests will report back the Best of ALA...
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Increasing Creativity in the Workplace
The demand for creativity from employees is rising! Creativity is important in the workplace because it's the engine of innovation - it stimulates individual leadership and healthier more high performing teams. But without a conducive environment for creativity to be...
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I’ve Been Hacked: The Essential Steps to Take Next
It happens. A place you shop at frequently gets its data stolen. Someone was able to get access to one of your accounts. Or a system you manage gets compromised. No matter how the data breach happened, it is important be prepared ahead of time before the worst...
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Building a Better Data Back Up Strategy for Your Library
Does your library need to create or modernize its back up strategy? Does your library keep data secure and are your back-ups easily accessible? Do you worry that the backup plan you have in place really isn’t going to keep your data secure? Or that you don’t feel...
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An Overview of Open Access Publishing
An open access publication is freely available to all potential readers online, rather than being restricted to individual subscribers or to affiliates of college or university libraries. This is made possible by the internet; open access is a web-age concept. But...
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