Registration is open for these upcoming workshops and webinars!

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Wednesday, September 2

9:00 AM-Teaching Technology to Your Patrons with Adam Delaura
Middlebury PL

This session will cover some strategies and techniques that will help you organize, prepare and execute technology training in large or small groups, and in 1-on-1 sessions.
This workshop will also be offered on October 21, 2015 at the Willimantic Library Service Center.

Thursday, September 10

10:00 AM-Webinar: Sharing with Social Media: Social Bookmarks with Rita Gavelis
Online
In this webinar we will discuss the value of social bookmarks as a reference tool. We will investigate how to use Delicious, Pinterest, and StumbleUpon as pathfinders and databases for library staff and patrons. As well as explore the features in these three free resources and best practices for implementation in your library.

Wednesday, September 16

8:15 AM-Justice Fair on Collaboration Between Public Libraries, Legal Aid Providers, and the Judicial Branch - Brought to you by the CT Judicial Branch Access to Justice Commission
Hartford - UConn School of Law
This program will kick off a series of legal resource continuing education workshops to be held around the state. Speakers will include public and academic librarians, attorneys, judges, and law librarians from the legal aid community, Court Service Centers, and Judicial Branch law libraries. Topics will include current gaps in access to justice for CT residents, ways to bridge those gaps, and what we can do moving forward.

Thursday, September 17

10:00 AM-Library Advocacy: The Unquiet Zone with Libby Post

Middletown
This session covers the nuts and bolts of why library staff and leadership should be advocates for their library, and how to go about doing it. We’ll review the differences between lobbying and advocacy, where the line is, and how and when to cross over from one to the other.

Friday, September 18

9:00 AM-STAR POWER workshop with Saroj Ghoting
Berlin
Overview of the early literacy components, the five practices (sing, talk, read, write and play) and eight modules in ECRR 2nd edition. Designed to give participants the skills necessary to be able to present early literacy workshops for parents and caregivers. Demonstration of centerpiece adult workshop. The parent and child workshops (Fun with Letters, Fun with Words, Fun with Science and Math, Fun with Parent and Child) will be reviewed with hands-on practice included.

Monday, September 19

9:00 AM-Managing Library Partnerships with Tom Lawrence
Middletown
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? For example, how can youth services staff benefit from partnerships within the community? Is there more than partnering with the local elementary school? Where can adult services find a useful partnership?

Tuesday, September 22

1:00 PM-Make Your Voice Heard: Public Speaking to Advocate for Your Library and Yourself with Amy Greer

Middletown
In this workshop, we will learn about the different presentation and storytelling styles that accompany advocacy work and how to prepare for each of these styles.

Thursday, September 24

9:00 AM-Charts, Graphs, and Statistics in MS Excel with Caitlin Augusta
Simsbury
Learn how to organize and share your data more effectively using Microsoft Excel 2010. Class topics will include basic formula, charts, graphs, tables, and some of the new features in Excel 2010. Basic knowledge of Excel helpful, but not required.

10:00 AM-Webinar: Tablets for Library Research with Rita Gavelis
Online

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.

Wednesday, September 30

9:30 AM-MS Word - Tabs and Tables with Diane McKeever
Darien
This course should be a requirement for anyone that uses Microsoft Word. We’ll explore the two ways to enter information into columns. We’ll start by exploring the use of tabs and then move on to inserting and formatting tables. Basic computer knowledge and some familiarity with MS Word is required.
This workshop will also be offered on October 2 at the Middletown Library Service Center

1:30 PM-MS Word - Mail Merge and Using Graphics with Diane McKeever
Darien

Mail merge is the powerful feature in Word that allows you to create mailing labels and personalized emails from lists you’ve created. In addition, we’ll explore inserting graphics into a document, wrap text and add special formats. Basic computer knowledge and some familiarity with MS Word is required.
This workshop will also be offered on October 2 at the Middletown Library Service Center

Hope to see you soon!

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