WebJunction has released their monthly list of free webinars (collected by Wyoming State Library) for library staff. The list for May is at:

https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/free-webinars-for-library-staff.html

The May “list includes 87 webinars, covering 21 topic areas.” They are organized by date and include a brief description and a link for details and to register (if necessary).

Even more useful…the list of webinars is organized by topic areas on the page at:

https://www.webjunction.org/find-training/free-events.html

Once you have the date of a session you are interested in, scroll down on that page and you’ll see the list with links and descriptions organized by date.

Topic areas include:

· Advocacy (7 webinars)

· Children & Teens (11 webinars)

· Collection Development & Management (8 webinars)

· Communication (10 webinars)

· Development and Managing Change (13 webinars)

· Fundraising (13 webinars)

· Outreach & Partnerships (9 webinars)

· Programming (11 webinars)

· Reference (8 webinars)

· School Libraries (19 webinars)

· Technology (10 webinars)

· Volunteers (4 webinars)

· …among 9 other topic areas

For example, here are 19 free School Libraries webinars taking place in May:

May 1: Kind, Empathetic Classrooms that Build Bridges & Create Community in a Diverse World (Early Childhood Investigations)

May 1: NASA’s Universe of Learning (Girls STEAM Ahead)

May 2: The Burnout Cure: Learning to Love Teaching Again (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)

May 7: Many Faces of Collaboration (School Library Connection)

May 7: Collaborate with Content Areas for Deeper Learning (American Association of School Librarians)

May 9: How to Cultivate Social and Emotional Learning With Computational Thinking (Education Week)

May 9: Get the Lib Tech Lowdown: Conference Reports from 2019 TCEA, SXSWEdu, and SXSW Interactive (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)

May 9: Be Bold at #ISTE19: Get the Most Out of Your ISTE Experience (Follett)

May 10: Live Streaming Event with Veronica Roth (School Library Journal)

May 14: Fake News, Real Talk: Engaging Your Patrons on Fake News and News Literacy (iSchool @ UW-Madison)

May 14: Supporting Developing Readers at the Library: Literacy-Based Programs for K-3rd Graders (Colorado State Library)

May 14: Computational Thinking in Your Library: Systematic Problem Solving in School & Real Life (American Association of School Librarians)

May 15: Government Innovators Virtual Summit (GovLoop)

May 15: Making a Mini Makerspace (Indiana State Library)

May 15: Social Emotional Learning: Tools for the Classroom & Library (School Library Journal)

May 15: Design Models That Guide Innovative Thinking (edWeb)

May 22: Is That Real? A Crash Course in Verifying Online Content (WebJunction)

May 23: How to Create Experiences WITH Young Children Rather Than Planning Activities FOR Them (Early Childhood Investigations)

May 28: Fostering Accountability: Media Literacy in the Classroom (Teachers First)

Regards,

Steve

Stephen Cauffman | requestIT CT Coordinator, Division of Library Development

stephen.cauffman@ct.gov | Office: (860) 704-2223

libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/dld/ | 786 South Main St. Middletown, CT 06457 | Fax: (860) 704-2228