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Website Content Strategy
Does your website have content that is complicated, outdated, or irrelevant? Content strategy provides us with a set of principles, tools, and processes to sustain useful, usable, and findable content. In this presentation, learn how to identify content...
Continuity of Operations (2 of 2)
Have a Plan. 100-year floods that happen every other year. Wildfires. Pandemic(s). What does it mean to provide "essential" services in the eyes of library administrators, and how is that likely to differ from the priorities of larger governmental umbrellas? This two...
Navigating the ACRL’s Visual Literacy Competency Standards Today and Beyond
Libraries have traditionally focused on teaching their patrons how to find text based resources, however, in our increasingly visual world there is a growing demand for visual literacy skills and abilities. What is unique about visual literacy concerns? How can...
Transferrable Skills and the Empowered Employee
Library managers are in a key position to empower their employees and capitalize on the strengths of individual staff under their supervision. Often times staff will join a library or department with a unique set of skills that can be transferred to benefit their new...
Email Marketing for Libraries
Email can be one of the most effective ways we can reach our users. How can we make the most of each email to promote the library and its services and resources? During this interactive session, we will delve into making every email count, including: Evaluating...
English for Nonnative Professionals
English for Nonnative Writers helps business professionals with a sound approach to writing effective business documents in Standard English. This webinar lays a foundation to help nonnative speakers of any language to strengthen their basic English skills. It covers...
Libraries for All: Serving People with Disabilities at Your Library
It doesn’t matter if your library is small or large, public or school, rural or urban—all libraries serve people with disabilities. In this webinar, learn how you can be an advocate for people with disabilities at your library. Acquire best practices for inclusive...
Prezi – Advanced Tactics
Prezi has come a long way from swirling zooming animations. Now you can add audio, voice, and video. In this webinar you will learn how to:– Find your old Prezis and update them– Use Prezi templates and story blocks to create dynamic presentations that can...
Continuity of Operations (1 of 2)
Have a Plan. 100-year floods that happen every other year. Wildfires. Pandemic(s). What does it mean to provide "essential" services in the eyes of library administrators, and how is that likely to differ from the priorities of larger governmental umbrellas? This two...
Conducting the Reference Interview: How to Ask Better Questions to Make Customers Happy
“Do you have any books on law?” “I need information on bats.” Have customers ever asked you general or ambiguous questions like these? How do we connect customers with exactly what they need when the way they ask for something is open to many interpretations? Enter…...
Free Online Tools to Increase Your Workflow and Productivity
Have you ever found a tool or service that made you go “AHA!?" Are there little gems that make your life so much easier that you wonder how you lived without them? This informative webinar is filled with online (and free!) tools that can help you improve your how you...
How to Manage Volunteers in the Library with Pat Wagner
Decades ago leaders in the nonprofit community came to a conclusion: Volunteers needed to be treated like paid employees. They needed to be hired, evaluated, trained, supervised, and evaluated again, not “ignore them and hope for the best." If they handle money, they...
Big Programs, Little Budget: Forging Community Partnerships in a Small Town
Meservey, Iowa, is tiny — fewer than 250 residents —and the library’s budget is tight. Despite this, the Meservey Public Library has managed to triple its program attendance in the past few years and create many memorable, budget-friendly events. Drawing on her...
Library Technology Planning for Today and Tomorrow (3 of 5)
The prospect of technology planning can seem overwhelming and time-consuming, especially for those who work in an already short-staffed library and today in a post-COVID-19 world. You may be thinking: We haven’t had a technology plan up to now, and things seem fine....
How to Teach Civilly in an Uncivil Environment
Conspiracy theories, misinformation, cyberbullying, arguments and much more happen online every second of the day. Librarians frequently interact with their patrons in this fraught environment. How can we teach civil discourse with so much incivility? Carrie...
Winning Library Grants for Advanced Learners
Congratulations for being an advanced library grant writer. Let’s share and learn together to sharpen our skills. Find out how to plan and prepare for an ongoing grant process. Learn advanced tips on writing needs statements, project planning, measuring the impact of...
Instagram – How to Use Stories, Reels, and Other Features to Drive donations and Raise awareness
Currently 1 billion people use Instagram, 35% of online adults use Instagram and 71% of U.S. businesses use Instagram.With hundreds of thousands of brands, nonprofits, and organizations creating accounts on Instagram, how can your group cut through the clutter...
Weed ‘Em and Weep: Hoarding is not Collection Development
Reap the benefits of a well-weeded collection! This session will discuss weeding techniques, how to motivate reluctant weeders, and the public relations side of weeding. Participants will find the joy in a shelf list that reflects a clean, relevant, and current...
FHSLA – American Heart Month
Each February we have the opportunity to celebrate American Heart Month. This national initiative, started over fifty years ago, focuses upon two primary goals: Preventing and/or managing heart-related diseases Promoting heart-healthy lifestyle options With the...
A How-to Guide to Engage Employees in Knowledge Management
Most organizations want to break down internal siloes and improve access to enterprise information and expertise, but only 11% say they effectively motivate employees to participate in knowledge management. This presentation will outline proven strategies to...