We’ve got some great workshops and webinars (group viewings at the MLSC as well as ones you can watch from your own PC) coming up:
Seven Strategies for Creating Career Opportunities—(ALA Webinar)
Thursday, 8/14, 2:30pm. Location: Middletown Library Service Center (MLSC)
This workshop will identify the seven strategies that will enable you to recognize and prepare for current and emerging LIS career opportunities. You will learn skills that will allow you to integrate these strategies into your daily professional activities and help you take a strong, proactive role in shaping your career.
(Just Added!) Weed 'Em and Weep: Hoarding Is Not Collection Development—(PLA Webinar)
Wednesday, 8/27, 2pm. Location: MLSC
Reap the benefits of a well-weeded collection! This session will discuss weeding techniques, collection management policies, and how to motivate reluctant weeders—all with sense of humor and encouragement from the pair behind the blog “Awful Library Books.”
Leadership Series: Managing Library Partnerships
Monday, 9/8, 9am. Location: MLSC
Typically, the biggest partnership library managers need to address is the one with the Friends of the Library. Beyond that, there is a veritable buffet of opportunities to choose from. How do you figure out which one will be the most fruitful?
What You Need to Know About Graphic Novels—(ALA webinar)
Wednesday, 9/10, 2:30pm. Location: MLSC
In this webinar, David Serchay will help you develop your graphic novel collection by providing a wealth of tips and practical advice about buying, recommending, cataloging, and shelving graphic novels. You will gain invaluable knowledge about graphic novels and how best to build and manage an optimal collection that is targeted both to please the format’s many dedicated fans and to help others discover it.
12 Months of Children's Programming: Grades K through 6
Monday, 9/15, 10am at the Avon Free Public Library
Library programs and services for children need to incorporate programs for elementary-age children that integrate the school, the library, and the community. Lisa M. Shaia and Joanne M. Moore will show librarians how to do just this using their fully-integrated, holistic approach, which builds children’s programming with schools and the full calendar year in mind.
Affirming Our Mission: Grant and Project Management Workshop
Wednesday, 9/17, 9am. Location: MLSC
Writing a winning grant is only one part of creating successful programs at your library. At this half-day workshop, we will look at research conducted comparing the role of libraries to the experiences of librarians, and walk you through the process of creating a successful grant-funded project.
Facebook in the Library: Enhancing Services and Engaging Users (ALA webinar)
Wednesday, 9/17, 2:30pm. Location: MLSC
Digital branch and social networking innovator David Lee King will share what he’s learned from years of experience and experiments with the Topeka and Shawnee County’s Facebook page. He will answer your questions and share time-saving tips on getting the most out of using Facebook.
Leadership Series: Budgeting & Financial Management
Monday, 9/22, 9am. Location: MLSC
Budgeting can be perplexing to new managers and directors. Sometimes it’s common sense and sometimes it’s a minefield. Learn the difference.
Records Management Essentials For Public Libraries & Library Associations
Wednesday, 9/24, 9am. Location: MLSC
In this workshop, you will learn about your institution’s records management responsibilities and your own responsibilities. Topics include basic concepts of records management such as records retention and disposition and best practices for managing email and electronic records.
Wednesday Webinar Series: Tablets for Library Research
Wednesday, 9/24, 10am. Location: Online (your computer)
In this webinar, Rita Gavelis will demonstrate how tablets can function like a desktop or laptop in the library, from searching publications databases, to creating and editing documents. Though an iPad will be used for demonstration purposes, the content of the webinar can apply to many Android tablets as well.
Portal, Platform, Public Option: An introduction & overview of the Digital Public Library of America (ASCLA webinar)
Wednesday, 9/24 at 3pm Location: MLSC
This overview presentation explores how we view the Digital Public Library of America: as a portal, a technical platform, and an advocate for the public good. Within that, we talk about our Hubs model, do a walkthrough of the site, talk about copyright and the value of opening up our resources to greater usage, and APIs. There will be a Q&A for participants to have their questions answered about the DPLA.
Wet Books and Other Collection Emergencies
Tuesday, 9/30, 9am. Location: MLSC
Jane Cullinane, Preservation Librarian at the Connecticut State Library will discuss how to plan for and deal with collection emergencies. Attendees will learn how to assess risks to their collections, what to include in an emergency response plan and steps for recovery from a collection emergency.
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Julie Styles
Professional Development Coordinator
CT State Library | Division of Library Development
786 South Main Street, Middletown, CT 06457
860.704.2206
julie.styles@ct.gov
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