Creating Online Help for Library Services and Resources
Our digital resources are amazing - they help students research and learn, they help small businesses develop and plan, and they entertain through eReading and streaming media. All for free! We also promote our in-person programs, resources, and materials on our...
Serving Patrons with Developmental Disabilities
People with developmental disabilities may be cognitively or physically impaired, or both. While not always visible, these disabilities can result in serious limitations in everyday activities of life, including self-care, communication, learning, mobility, or...
Creating Content for Video
Video is one of the most effective ways to reach our students and users. On average, people spend 100 minutes a day watching videos (smartinsights), so how can we be part of this daily viewing habit? What are the different options for creating live and recorded...
YouTube Live Streaming
Live Streaming is a great way to engage your users online. As libraries, we can use it to bring our services and programs to users throughout our community. During this interactive session, we will explore the basic how-to's of live streaming, the tools we can use to...
Pages Against Prejudice
Racism is still an issue in our country; and, COVID-19 related discrimination reconfirms that any race can be the target. Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, has created an anti-racist reading list for adults. However, a similar...
Alphabet Soup: Serving LGBTQ+ Teens at your Library
Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) are no longer just for the school environment. Library-facilitated GSAs are a unique opportunity to practice and promote radical inclusivity for LGBTQ+ youth in the public library. This program will walk you through how to start a...
Get Cooking (Virtually) @ Your Library!
Food brings us together, and what better way to help create community during a pandemic than cooking together? And even though we can’t gather together in person that doesn’t mean we can’t get together virtually. In this informative webinar, join Danielle from...
Guidelines for Online Writing that Entertains, Educates, Engages, Encourages, and Entices
Writing online is how you talk to the world; what does your voice sound like? Intelligent, thoughtful, credible, engaging? Something that causes your audience to linger? Read again? Touches friends, co-workers, library customers, and community members?...
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...
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...
15+ Adaptable Programs: Any Age, Any Size
Emily and Katie will present several engaging and interactive programs for patrons of all ages, including those that are great for the whole family. Get tips for spooky fun with Haunted Halloween Happenings and learn the simple craft of making and keeping...
Outside the Library Walls: A Toolkit for Public Libraries Working with Patrons Experiencing Homelessness
This program with give participants approaches on preventing conflict and creating empathy driven problem solving solutions to patrons experiencing homelessness. The participants will also learn applicable concepts to help implement unconventional, equitable,...
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...
Using Pop Culture to Create Great Library Programs
Library staff will get tips to invigorate programs for all ages by taking cues from pop culture and fandoms. We share examples of past programs we have successfully implemented by incorporating pop culture and nostalgia themes to reach a wider range of audiences....
Tips for Virtual, Outdoor, In-Person Programming During COVID-19 for Children, Youth, and Family
This interactive and informative 90-minute webinar will introduce emerging practices, fundamental methods, and knowledge to empower library staff to: • Incorporate children, youth, and family programming during the COVID-19 pandemic challenge,• Design,...
Let’s Move in Libraries!
Join us for a webinar with Charlotte Mecklenburg (N.C.) Library and Let’s Move in Libraries! to learn how libraries of all sizes can incorporate walking into programs for all ages. How have libraries walked their book clubs and programming outside their walls? We will...
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...
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...
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...