[CASL-L] Updated Listing: July 2012 Library Webinars

[Abery, Kris]

Please excuse the cross posting.

The following library webinars are being offered in July. Descriptions and registration information are listed below.


InfoPeople: Identifying & Acquiring New Skills: The Key to Career Growth - July 10th (Online)
In these tough times, how can library staff:

*Leverage their existing skills to their best advantage?
*Learn how to acquire new skills critical for career advancement, career change, or solidifying their current position?
*Determine which of their skills are most marketable and transferrable to other positions?
*Learn how to package their most transferrable skills to maximize career growth and advancement?

This webinar offers practical advice for library staff seeking to expand their existing skill sets and develop new areas of expertise to broaden their career potential, maximize their earnings in their current position or gain that competitive edge for landing their next job. The presenters will identify and discuss more than 30 of the hottest skills in greatest demand in the library world.

Webinar attendees will be encouraged to determine which skills are most important to them and to assemble a customized skill set most likely to yield the highest payback for career growth and advancement.

At the end of this webinar, participants will:
*Understand why expanding their skill set is the most important first step in boosting marketability and facilitating career growth and advancement.
*Learn about the 33 most sought after skills, in greatest demand in the current library work environment and understand why these are the most important skills to acquire.
*Have a firm grasp on six foolproof strategies for acquiring new skills.
*Learn how to conduct a self-assessment of their existing skill set as a prerequisite to formulating a plan to acquire the new skills they need for career advancement.

This webinar will be of interest to library staff contemplating the next job opportunity or career change and those seeking to identify their current skills and acquiring new ones. For additional details and registration information visit:  http://infopeople.org/training/identifying-and-acquiring-new-skills

OCLC: Grant Writing for Libraries Serving Children - July 11th (Online)
 Grant funding is one way to find resources to support innovative programming and services for children. In this webinar, the presenters share advice about finding, writing, and submitting grant opportunities. Information will also be shared about specific grants that focus on diversity, literacy and libraries and are relevant for school and public libraries. Participants will be provided with an opportunity to ask questions and share related experiences. This webinar is presented in collaboration with the Darden College of Education, Old Dominion University and made possible through the LUCY (Librarianship Upgrades for Children and Youth) grant from IMLS. *If you require Closed Captioning in order to attend this webinar, please contact Jennifer Peterson by July 5 petersoj at oclc.org.

For additional details and registration information visit: http://bit.ly/MH7xwW

InfoPeople: Fine-Tuning Facebook for Libraries - July 12th (Online)
Sure, it's incredibly simple for your library to set up a Facebook presence. But, then what? How can you really make it useful for visitors?

*Learn the do's and don'ts of managing your library's Facebook account and what you can do to attract more fans.
*Get the lowdown on using Facebook Insights, the built-in metrics application.
*See real examples of libraries that showcase the good, the bad and the ugly.
*Get ready to make your library's presence on Facebook a whole lot better!

At the end of this webinar, participants will:
*Be able to identify at least three strategies for effective Facebook posting
*Be able to list at least 2 critical differences between a Facebook Profile and a Facebook Page
*Be familiar with some of the key metrics available via Facebook Insights

This webinar will be of interest to library PR and marketing staff, and staff responsible for maintaining Facebook for their library. For additional details and registration information visit: http://infopeople.org/training/fine-tuning-facebook-libraries

GLA: Emerging Technologies: Tips and Strategies for Success in Libraries - July 18th (Online)
Emerging technologies have become an ever-present part of our academic lives. From communicating with library supporters to providing resources for distance learners, educators must think about the tools we use and how we use them. What do we use? How? Why? These are some of the questions that constantly present themselves as we wade through the pool of emerging technologies. For libraries that do not have staff dedicated to digital initiatives, deciding on which tools to use and how to effectively use them can be challenging. This session aims to provide practical insight into understanding emerging technologies and tips for identifying and implementing relevant tools and services.

For additional details and registration information visit: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHVIYU9rTzVTbzBkcC1HVjBnTk8tTmc6MQ

InfoPeople: Hack Your Career: Dream Job FTW! - July 18th (Online)
*Do you know what your dream job is, but don't quite know how to get it?
*Are you an ideal job candidate with less-than-ideal interview skills?
*Are you stymied by the civil service process?

There is no denying that the job market is tough these days, but there are steps you can take to ensure that your next interviewer sees you as the best candidate for the job. And for those of you who are employed, there are steps you can take to ensure that the work that you do today could help land your dream job someday.

In this webinar you will:
*Learn to approach the job search and interview process from the perspective of the person doing the hiring.
*Gain insight into how to think strategically about your current job, as well as about how to prepare to get the next one.
*Discover tips for navigating the often baffling world of the civil service application and interview.
*Learn the things that hiring managers wish every job candidate knew.

At the end of this webinar, participants will:
*Identify the three questions they need to answer before beginning the job search process.
*Understand the three major ways that civil service hiring processes differ from hiring processes in the private and nonprofit sectors.
*Identify ten steps that go into successful resumes, applications and interviews, from the perspective of hiring managers.

This webinar will be of interest to public library staff (though there will be plenty of useful information for staffs of all types of libraries), library school students, job seekers, or any people who are thinking about the next stage

For additional details and registration information visit: http://infopeople.org/training/hack-your-career

GLA: Designing Vibrant Libraries:  Using our Strengths to Create Libraries of the Future - July 18th (Online)
Join Michael as we take a thought-provoking stroll through library history, technology evolution and our shared humanity. We'll examine what makes libraries work at the most basic levels, and how our jobs, right now, have the potential to create a foundation for a stunningly vibrant future for libraries and the communities they serve. Come ponder concepts like need, desire, human nature, society and technology and leave more inspired about your work and your life as an information professional.

For additional details and registration information visit: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGt3WVBSbi0ySlQtTnk2bFFnUEFaM3c6MQ



























Kris Abery
Continuing Education Coordinator
Connecticut State Library
231 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Tele: 860.704.2206
Fax: 704.2228
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