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Thursday, December 11, at 2:30pm at the Middletown Library Service Center
With the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) underway, librarians have an important responsibility—to help patrons understand the effects of the law. Around the country, librarians are reporting that patrons are swarming reference desks for help getting the coverage they need. Is your library ready?
Also in December:
The Power of Play: An Intro to Designing Early Learning Spaces (ALA webinar)
This is a 2-part webinar.
Monday, December 1 at 2:30 pm. and Tuesday, December 2 at 2:30 pm at the Middletown Library Service Center
In this two-part workshop, you will learn how to draw families with young children into your library and make your institution a destination for play. The instructors—an early childhood specialist, a designer, and an outreach librarian—will take you step-by-step through the process of designing an early learning space that fits your space limitations and budget.
The Human Library: Customer Service, Publicity and Outreach
Monday, December 8 at 9:00 am at the Middletown Library Service Center
As librarians, we serve our diverse patrons everyday with care. Within each of our patrons, and in our broader communities, are an immense number of stories about overcoming obstacles, breaking down barriers, and so much more. To serve our patrons in a whole new way, and to get them talking to each other, consider undertaking a Human Library. In this workshop, Amy Greer will talk about what the Human Library is, how it works, and how it can change the way your library interacts with and engages your community.
10 Easy Ways to Ruin Your Library's Reputation
Monday, December 8 at 1:00 pm at the Middletown Library Service Center
In this session, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich will discuss the importance of connecting with your community to determine their priorities, values, hopes and dreams; how customer service (in person, on the phone and online) wins the public's vote everyday; how to align the library's "voice" using word-of-mouth marketing techniques; how to avoid creating a library "insider's club" that makes it difficult for new people to get involved with your library; publicity/display/signage basics; how to build your base of support online; and how to embrace trying new things.
Refresh Your reQuest ILL Skills
Thursday, December 11, 9:30am at the Groton Public Library
Attend this session to refresh your skills and expand your reQuest ILL knowledge. Steve Cauffman will review the reQuest ILL system, particularly the Participant Record and the Lending Policy. You will be able to adjust your library's reQuest ILL settings during the session.
Publisher Projects for Youth Services - Pt. 1 - Publisher 2007 Basics
Monday, December 15 at 9:00 am at the Middletown Library Service Center
In this class, students will learn the basic elements of the Microsoft Publisher 2007 environment. Topics will include text, images, borders, and other design elements. The class will also include a brief discussion of enhanced features in Publisher 2010. This class is for librarians with little to no MS Publisher Experience.
Publisher Projects for Youth Services - Pt. 2 - Projects
Monday, December 15 at 1:00 pm at the Middletown Library Service Center
In this part of today's class, students will alter templates and design publications from scratch to create flyers and projects for library programs. The class is open to everyone, but the emphasis will be on materials for children's and teen services. For this class, students must have basic MS Publisher 2007 Experience or training (see Pt. 1 - Publisher Basics at 9:00am).
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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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