Disability and Chronic Illness Representation in Fiction Booklist
In today’s diverse world, everyone deserves to see themselves reflected in fiction. The We Need Diverse Books movement has made great strides in this area. However, disability and chronic illness are still largely under represented and under promoted. This booklist...
FHSLA/TBLC ~ Graphic Novels
Experiencing a health event, receiving a diagnosis, or managing health conditions can be overwhelming and scary: What should you ask?What do you need to do?How can you cope? These are just a few of the many questions that may bombard you. Graphic novels, both fiction...
Negotiation and Cost Containment for eCollections
Working with Vendors: Negotiation Strategies for Cost Containment To help meet the information needs of patrons, libraries must license electronic resources at the lowest possible cost with the best possible terms. This session is intended to help librarians negotiate...
Love for All: Current Trends in Romance
Romance readers are voracious and as librarians, we need to keep up with their appetites. Trends in romance shift and change, and if you’re not an avid reader of the genre you may not be up to date on what books are hot. Public librarian and romance devotee Amy...
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...
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...
Cataloging Graphic Novels and Comics
This one hour session will cover the basic definitions related to graphic novels and comics using a variety of fiction and nonfiction examples for demonstration. The session will pay special attention to descriptive cataloging areas, their associated RDA instructions,...
Copyright Policies & Workflows for Your Library
Does your library have a copyright policy? Have you wondered if you can post your story hour online? Or make copies of books for patrons? Or offer 3D printing? Copyright can be confusing and, many times, the questions asked about it are not easy to answer....
Database Promotion from the Inside Out
This interactive presentation combines skills and techniques used for reference, outreach, and e-resources management to share guidelines to promote library databases. We’ll provide tips and tricks for quickly and thoughtfully evaluating and...
It’s No Mystery: Plan Programs to Engage Your Crime Fiction Fans
Crime fiction in its many forms is perennially popular. There’s something about a good mystery that draws our patrons in. Take advantage of this passion and bring your patrons in with mystery-related programming. Participants will:• Discuss passive programming...
Collection Development in Public Libraries
It is often said that libraries are about more than books, but users might not always agree. Have you ever wondered how library collections are built and maintained? Why do we spend so much time and effort on our collections? What do you need to know to be a good...
How to Translate the Data We Collect Into Stories
Collecting numbers, aka quantitative data, answers many questions regarding your library. How many people in your service area have library cards and how has that changed in the last five years? Are more or less senior citizens coming to events? Which...
Creating and Maintaining a Relevant and Diverse Graphic Novel Collection
How many graphic novels have you read in the past year? Some of your patrons are in their local comic shop every Wednesday, when new individual issues are released. Total sales for graphic novels, individual comic issues, and digital comics topped $1.09 billion in...
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...
20 Books to Recommend to Your Patrons (whether you have read them or not) and Why They Are Important
This presentation will highlight twenty (or thereabouts) books of note that librarians should know about and feel confident recommending to their patrons. The list will include fiction, non-fiction, and even a couple of really important kids books. A wide variety of...
Weeding 101: The How’s and Why’s of Deselecting as a Team
Weeding, removing materials from the collection, is a fundamental part of making any library serve its community. Further, it's a team effort! Everyone needs to understand the reasons and methodology behind deselecting materials.With increasing demands for space,...
Promoting Your Collections: Messaging, Merchandising, and More
Collections are the mainstays of libraries. After spending lots of money and time curating, processing, and making them available, you may think the work is done. But there’s one more vital step—promoting them! This webinar will help you go beyond basic book displays...
Showcase Your Collection: Book Displays for Adults
Book displays are a great way to fill unused shelves or empty table spaces. What happens if you have great books and they never are checked out? How could you increase library program sign-ups, support your library’s mission statement, and provide readers’ advisory...
Creating an On-Going Weeding and Inventory Plan for Your Collection
Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Looking for a better way to weed more effectively and to develop what is in your collection? If you do, it sounds like you need a plan! This webinar will teach you the steps and processes...
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...