Creating Engagement in Online Meetings Using Zoom: Beyond the Basics
By now, we’ve all heard of Zoom and probably have utilized some version of a virtual meeting. This presentation will focus on unlocking Zoom’s true power and offering more engaging meetings, presentations, and workshops. We will be blending some of the more...
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...
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...
How to Create a Strategic Online Communications Plan for Your Library
Whether your library is large or small, has a huge online presence or is just starting out, we will show you how to create a Strategic Online Communications Plan that will help you focus and prioritize your communications efforts and stop spinning your wheels....
Using TikTok to Engage Communities & Tell Our Story
Learn how any library can leverage the incredibly diverse power of TikTok. We'll talk about why it's safe, answer your TikTok questions, and explore the ways librarians can successfully utilize this technology to enhance advocacy, community building,...
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...
Library Digital Branch Management
More than ever, patrons are engaging with their library online. With that in mind, how can we build our digital branches to best serve users in the present and in the future?During this session, Nick will explore: – Great ideas to implement for digital users–...
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...
How I Learned to Prevent the Curse of Misinformation and Think Critically in Today’s Information Age
By 2025, according to the World Economic Forum, it is estimated that 463 exabytes of data will be created globally every single day, which is equivalent to 212,765,957 DVDs! With this unbelievably massive daily torrent of information hitting us from multiple...
Library Technology Planning for Today and Tomorrow (5 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....
Digital Book Displays
We love seeing (and making) creative book displays highlighting genres or timely topics. Translating that creativity online can be difficult. We’ll look at a WordPress plugin developed by the presenter Jon Lorang which helps you build virtual displays that...
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?...
Library Technology Planning for Today and Tomorrow (4 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....
Website Content Strategy
Does your website have content that is complicated, outdated, or irrelevant? Content strategy provides us with a set of principles, tools, and processes to sustain useful, usable, and findable content. In this presentation, learn how to identify content...
Prezi – Advanced Tactics
Prezi has come a long way from swirling zooming animations. Now you can add audio, voice, and video. In this webinar you will learn how to:– Find your old Prezis and update them– Use Prezi templates and story blocks to create dynamic presentations that can...
Free Online Tools to Increase Your Workflow and 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...
Library Technology Planning for Today and Tomorrow (3 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....
Instagram – How to Use Stories, Reels, and Other Features to Drive donations and Raise awareness
Currently 1 billion people use Instagram, 35% of online adults use Instagram and 71% of U.S. businesses use Instagram.With hundreds of thousands of brands, nonprofits, and organizations creating accounts on Instagram, how can your group cut through the clutter...
Re-Thinking Online Reference: Providing Online Reference Services and Resources to Students and Faculty During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has required reference and instruction librarians at FIU to approach reference services with flexibility and creativity in order to ensure that students and faculty continue to receive the high level of service they expect. While...
Library Technology Planning for Today and Tomorrow (2 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....