Teaching Better Online Privacy
Jessamyn West has been helping people with their computers in rural Vermont for 15 years and she’s created a simple privacy toolkit to help people understand the complicated world of online privacy. She’ll share her talk and the resources she uses to support the talk...
Tools for Tense Situations: Reducing Conflicts With Patrons As Libraries Return to the New Normal
Steve is a leading national expert on library service, safety, and security. He has written 24 books on business, HR, leadership, security, and criminal justice topics. Steve has taught library training programs, both live and online, since 2000. As libraries...
Teaching Online: Tips for Moving Your Face-to-Face Instruction Online
In the spring of 2020, many of us had to quickly adjust our teaching from a face-to-face setting to an online environment without time to reflect on how to do that well. In this session, Lauren Hays will share her tips for teaching online. She will share...
Leading During a Crisis ~ How to Be Proactive During a Crisis – Part 3
Building upon knowledge of crisis communication, effective leadership, and different crisis planning strategies, this presentation explores how to use this knowledge in a proactive manner. Participants will learn how to identify opportunities, navigate...
Autism 101 for Libraries: What is Autism Spectrum Disorder and How Can We Help Students and Families at the Library?
This presentation will address characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and how those characteristics manifest in children and adults. The presenter will provide insights into how library staff can support children/adults with ASD based on individual needs....
When Webinars Attack: Getting from Tedious to Terrific
You have been asked (or maybe you volunteered) to do a webinar. Now what? You’ve almost certainly sat through your share of horrendous webinars, and you don’t want to inflict one on anyone else. How do you prepare? How is a webinar different from giving an in-person...
Free Online Tools to Increase Your Workflow & 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...
Creating a Culture of Caring: Practical Approaches to Support Young Adult Wellbeing and Mental Health
Student mental health is a growing concern among high schools, colleges and universities, particularly in light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Students across the country are seeking connection and help from a variety of sources, and community members are...
“Let’s Try It!” Library Outreach in a Culture of Yes
Outreach activities can boost student well-being and enhance positive feelings towards the library. Unfortunately, it is not always obvious how to successfully reach students. In this webinar, UNO Libraries Director of Research and Instruction Services Katie Bishop...
How to Stay Positive and Slay the Negative Dragons in Challenging Times
Inevitably, each of us faces situations that threaten to break our spirit, if not cloud our overall outlook on life. Illness, the loss of a loved one, and the premature end of a job, among countless other circumstances, challenge our ability to navigate life in their...
Learning on the Fly: Responding to the Need for Remote Training, Remotely
During the summer and fall of 2020, parents and caregivers struggled to support students learning remotely. With schooling models changing constantly and caregivers confronted with new technology, Twinsburg Public Library was in a unique position to provide...
Leading During a Crisis ~ What is Crisis Communication and Crisis Leadership? – Part 1
Communication is of the utmost importance during times of crisis. How do we effectively communicate? What information needs to be shared? How and who shares this information? This presentation provides the necessary foundational understanding of crisis...
Everything I need to know about Library Leadership I learned in Youth Services
The everyday work of a Youth Services Librarians is the best training ground to develop leadership skills that are integral to library management and executive positions. In this informative and interactive presentation, Lucia Gonzalez, City Library Director at the...
Learning to Love and Leverage a Remote Workplace
The current pandemic has forced many workplaces to operate remotely. How do you conduct productive meetings, manage staff, and move projects forward in this environment? What tools can help foster engagement and collaboration? Our speakers will examine best practices...
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...
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...
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...
Strategic Planning: A Simple 6-Step Process
Library leaders expend time, money, and energy on strategic planning, yet so many strategic plans fail to drive motivation, effort or change. By building on a simple 6-step process and exploring their reasons for planning, libraries of all sizes can lead a...
Staying Relevant in the Library Profession
Do you feel pressure from your employer, potential employer, educational program, or even yourself to expand your resume and your knowledge as it relates to library and information science? If so, join “Landing a Library Job” author, Deloris Foxworth,...
Welcoming Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patrons to Your Library
In this interactive webinar, you’ll learn communication tips for interacting with deaf and hard of hearing patrons, information about American Sign Language and Deaf Culture, and even some basic ASL vocabulary to introduce yourself and help patrons navigate the...