PLAN Archived Webinars
In partnership with PLAN, webinars originally presented to their membership can now be found and accessed through Florida Library Webinars.
If you have questions about a session, contact PLAN.
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...
Leadership in Libraries: Observations from the Director’s Seat
Between a pandemic, political partisanship, and fast changing technology, public libraries are experiencing a dramatic series of changes and challenges. To survive in these unusual times exceptional leadership is required from our Library Directors. However, few...
Free Online Tools for Creating Visual Content for Your Library’s Marketing
Yes, there are faithful standbys, such as Canva, but there is so much more out there that libraries can make use of! Many tools specialize in creating very specific types of visual content but are not known in the mainstream. Take a one-hour tour of some of the best...
Rebuilding Our Why – for Staff
Have you given much thought to why patrons come to your library? “They have to,” you say? Not so fast. In today’s world, they have a wealth of options to choose from when they need to access resource material, conduct research on a computer, or any other type of...
Rebuilding Our Why – for Managers
There was a day in the not-so-distant past when folks who needed access to reading materials, computer information, and other life pursuits, naturally sought out their local library. In today’s world, though, our patrons have options – those options are also known as...
Bouncing Back: Developing Resilience Amid Challenges and Change
Challenges – check. Change – check and double check. Bouncing back? Maybe??? The real answer to that question is a resounding YES! Bouncing back sounds difficult, doesn’t it? So much comes at us these days in the realm of challenges and change. But let’s think about a...
Creating Amazon Alexa Skills
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way humans work with machines. Voice-controlled interfaces are one example where computers and humans are interrelating in a variety of ways to accomplish certain tasks. Amazon released Echo with their integrated virtual...
Free Unique & Fun Tools to Help Keep You Sane
Let's be honest: sometimes, we all just need a fun distraction, or something to help make the internet fun again. You will be amazed by just some of the endless variety of the creations that are out there, that can be fun, awe-inspiring, or both. We'll spend some time...
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...