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Feedback that Works
Giving effective feedback can be rewarding – and challenging! This webinar will teach us tips on effective coaching and counseling that will help reduce the need for reprimands – whew! What a relief! You’ll know when to use which technique, why it’s important to...
Collection Management Basics
This program starts with the basics, with beginning collection managers in mind. We will go through the collection life cycle and offer tips and efficiencies for managing a collection along the way, from selection to weeding and everything in between. Holly Hibner is...
Library Technology Training for Today and Tomorrow (1 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....
What Would You Do: Strategies for Dealing with Implicit Bias in the Workplace
How do we, as managers and leaders, foster a healthy, inclusive work environment so all employees can succeed? Individuals with diverse backgrounds are being subjected to subtle and overt bias in the workplace due to the divisive climate in which we live. There isn’t...
What to Expect When You’re Constructing
Considering a renovation project and don’t know where to start? Hoping to suggest a renovation project to library administration or Board? Learn the basics of construction and renovation projects to ensure yours will be a success! Consultant and former Director...
Gamar: Adding Layers to Library Instruction Through Augmented Reality
Augmented reality can be an engaging way for students and patrons to interact with the library. From orientations to learn about different library services to scavenger hunts to play a game, there are many uses for augmented reality in the library. At Texas A&M we...
FHSLA – Consumer Health Information Specialization and NNLM funding opportunities
The first half of this one-hour presentation will introduce the Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS), a certificate program from MLA that helps library staff develop essential skills for providing health information to community members. The webinar will...
Hybrid/Blended Learning: Combining the Best of Virtual and “In-Person” Education
Learning online has many benefits as compared to a traditional in-person classroom, which meets only at one time and one physical place. You can attend a live or recorded webcast with your feet up, in your pajamas, with a cat on your lap, and a handy bowl of...
Emojis: What Are They, Where Did They Come From, and Can They Help with Marketing?
A whole new visual language has now become mainstream communication. Emojis have a mixed, but evolving, history. Take a tour of where emojis have been, where they are now, and discover how they can best be used to potentially increase the effectiveness of your...
Free and Low-Cost Alternatives to Popular Software
There are many free software options available as alternatives to popular expensive software. We will examine the best software for libraries that are free to use for editing pictures, videos, and documents to productivity and makerspace resources, helping your...
Nostalgia Programming
We love the 90s (and 70s and 80s), and chances are your patrons do too! Learn how to engage with patrons of all ages and bring dynamic programs from the past back into the library with flair. In this webinar, you’ll get over fifteen programming ideas and activities...
Connecting the Community – Digital Inclusion
Are you looking for ways that your library can help your community to bridge the digital divide?This informative and interactive presentation will explore how one rural library has improved internet access throughout the community, hosted telehealth...
Picturebooks + STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) activities = excellent library programming!
In this informative and interactive webinar, we’ll cover the planning essentials for a picture book/STEAM program, and we’ll look in detail at specific programs you could run at your library, including a picture book and related STEAM activity/activities. Even if...
Building Games in Libraries
For centuries, libraries have provided many different materials in a variety of formats, so it makes sense to include games in their collections and programming, too. Board games, video games, card games, e-sports, and others can fill a library with fun and...
Creating Engagement in an Online Teaching Environment
So, you’ve been dropped into online teaching, and you’re missing that in-classroom dynamic with students? Join colleagues to share, brainstorm, and problem-solve ways in which you can regain that “teacher’s high” (a.k.a. feeling that you successfully achieved your...
Building Great Programs for Patrons in Their 20s and 30s
Emily and Katie will discuss their experience with programming for millennials, which includes establishing a new program series, coming up with a brand, and marketing. Learn about specific programs, such as bar trivia, a book club for adults who like to read YA, and...
21 Things To Do For Yourself in 2021
Many of us are in the habit of being busy. So busy in fact, that we leave little time for ourselves which can lead us to a less fulfilling life than we had dreamed and believed was possible.A New Year approaching is an opportunity to stop, breathe and reflect on who...
How to Create a Positive Strategic Impact on your Community
Life is tough everywhere these days. Many communities are still ravaged by covid19, impacting most major institutions. Libraries can be a beacon of resources to support communities in ways we never considered. Improve your “stickiness” & be the resource...
Trendcasting 2021 and Beyond
Join Brian Pichman of the Evolve Project as he highlights this year’s most significant technological achievements and 20 new pieces of tech to look out for 2021. In this thought-provoking webinar, discuss the overall trends that will continue from the pandemic...
The Art of Communication
Have you ever worked with some who “just doesn’t get it??" Maybe the reason they don’t “get it” is that the two of you are on different “communication” wavelengths. Or perhaps it’s because one of you isn’t listening – and that must be them, right?? In this 90-minute...