Open Education Resources in Libraries
According to the Open Education Consortium, “sharing is probably the most basic characteristic of education: education is sharing knowledge, insights and information with others, upon which new knowledge, skills, ideas and understanding can be built."" Whether they...
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Getting into the Habit of Regular Collection Weeding and Maintenance
The benefits of regular collection maintenance are many, however librarie are rarely able to find time to fit regular collection weeding into their already hectic project schedules. Find out how Karen was able to create an ongoing weeding plan for Suffolk...
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I Spy: Intellectual Freedom Issues at Your Library
Libraries have embraced technologies such as ILS, security cameras and social media, along with patron conveniences such as self-check out, open hold shelves, and Internet computers. But do these conveniences jeopardize our core value of patron privacy--the right to...
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How to Create a Vision Board to Help You Realize Your Dreams
Visualization is a powerful mind exercise that can help you plan and achieve goals. A vision board, as a tangible representation of what you want to achieve in your life, plays a vital role in this effort.This Webinar provides you with a roadmap to help you to create...
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Best Children’s Books of 2018 (2 Hour Special)
With over 30,000 titles published for children in 2018, it can be challenging to see the forest through the trees. Identifying new titles for use in programs, displays, teacher collections, and class visits can be challenging and time consuming. In this...
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Online Reader Resources
What’s new in the world of ebooks and online reading? This webinar will help you learn about online resources to help all kinds of readers. We will take a close look at all that OverDrive, Hoopla, Freading, Novelist and GoodReads have to offer so you can help...
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Pros and Cons of a Library Gaming Center
Many libraries have incorporated video gaming centers into their teen areas as part of an overall goal to provide safe, welcoming places for them to gather. Have you been thinking about doing the same, but aren’t sure where to start? Do you have concerns about...
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Creating Boundaries with Patrons
The Pareto Principle suggests 80 percent of something is caused or is affected by 20 percent of something else. Pareto was an Italian economist who saw that 80 percent of the peas in his garden came from only 20 percent of his pea pods. And 20 percent of his chickens...
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Best of 2019 CES: Emerging Technology for Libraries
New technologies are often revealed at the annual CES (Consumer Electronic Show) Conference. Diana Silveira will review the newest trends, devices and innovations with a focus on which technologies can benefit libraries today and tomorrow, and what will our...
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Managing the Media When a Crisis Strikes Your Library
Mainstream media and social media platforms have changed dramatically in the last decade. Libraries who don’t understand the motives, cycles, deadlines, and methods of today’s “Multi-Media Journalists” (MMJs) run the risk of being portrayed badly in the Court of...
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20 Ways to Build Customer Relationships in 60 Minutes
Take a moment to consider what your organization would be like if you didn’t build relationships with your customers, employees, shareholders, vendors etc. It’s very likely you wouldn’t have an organization or business at all. Why? Because people, not...
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Helping Seniors With Their Tech
Increasingly, seniors are being brought into the digital age and frustration seems to be a common refrain from the ""Baby Boomers"" when it comes to their devices. Learning new strategies to assist seniors with this new technology is always a challenge for...
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Highly Effective Community Partnerships
How can you take your community partnerships from "good" to "amazing"? We are all looking for ways to deepen our community engagement with partners who share our goals. But it can be tough to know how to pick the right partners, develop the right initiatives, or move...
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Board Games, Rokus, Hotspots and More: Circulating Nontraditional Items
As circulation of DVDs and CDs decline, many libraries are acquiring different types of physical items for the public to borrow.This landscape is changing every day – libraries are adding everything from electronic devices such as Fitbits and blood pressure cuffs to...
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Basics of Computer Coding: Understanding Coding Languages
What code should I learn? What language will help me reach my goal? There are so many different programming languages out there in the world; it makes it challenging to answer the age-old question of: ""what language should I learn?"". In this webinar, we will...
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2018 Adult Fiction Year in Review
2018 is in the books, but have you taken time to step back and assess what happened in those books? Puns aside, 2019 is only days old but everyone is already rushing to make predictions for the coming year. Reading resolutions are being set, and hot upcoming titles...
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Getting Comfortable with Saying “No” at Work
Most of us are comfortable saying “yes” to a request from a boss, co- worker or customer. “Yes” when asked to take on a new project or task, more responsibility and even a promotion opportunity.And many of us say “yes”, when we should say “no”. No, you’re too busy,...
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Our Public Library, Public School Partnership: The Power of YES
In Conneaut Ohio, our local public school asked us to help facilitate library services in the high school. We said yes. This “yes” is a far cry from our typical school “yes” of field trips, assemblies, and classroom collections.This “yes” included ILS, acquisitions...
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Student Empowerment and Making
Library makerspaces are known for providing equitable access to emerging technologies. Learners in all libraries gain access to these technologies, and use them to catapult their own learning. Library staff also use the emerging technologies to learn. When librarians...
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Using Publisher to Make Fantastic Flyers
Have you ever wondered about that Publisher product listed in the Microsoft Office suite? What does it do and what can you do with it? In this 1 hour session, we'll explore Microsoft Publisher with a focus on creating flyers, pamphlets, and brochures. We will also...
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