Happy Shortest Month of the Year!
Check
out the recently added no-cost, online continuing education opportunities which
have been posted to the Librarian Events calendar.
Full details of each event and links to register or join available here: http://kslib.info/librarianevents
Go to http://kslib.info/CE for
CE grant information, archives of past webinars, trainings for library
staff, trustees, friends, and foundations, and the State Library’s LIS
Collection.
A training page for
SLK materials is available– find upcoming webinars and past webinar
archives, FAQ sheets, KSLC info, vendor-provided trainings, promotional
materials, and more.
Questions? Contact kslc@ks.gov
ADVOCACY
Feb. 2:
This Is How Our Most Successful Clients Fill Their Events (Wild Apricot)
Feb. 8: Brand
Architecture: Rethinking How You Connect the Dots Between Your Nonprofit’s
Brand and Programs (nonprofit hub)
Feb. 8:
Using Facebook LIVE to Broadcast Impact (4Good)
Feb. 22:
Getting Started in Scholarship: A Scholarly Publishing Primer for Librarians
(Georgia Public Library Service)
Feb. 23:
Libraries = Education: Your Key to Success (Demco)
Feb. 28:
Visualizing (and Finding!) Funding for Libraries (WebJunction)
ASSESSMENT & PLANNING
Feb. 1:
ESSA’s Impact: Views From Districts and Schools (Education Week)
Feb. 8:
New Statistical Standard for Public Services in Archives and Special
Collections (Nebraska Library Commission)
Feb. 8:
Introduction to Project Budgets (GrantSpace)
Feb. 23:
How to Successfully Roll Out Project Outcome in Your Library (Public Library
Association)
BOARDS
Feb. 15:
Grant Strategy for CEOs, Directors, and Board Members: What You Need to Know to
Succeed (4Good)
Feb. 22:
Developing Your Leaders’ Emotional Intelligence to Improve Organizational
Performance (Training Magazine Network)
CAREERS
Feb. 1: How
Top Nonprofit Leaders Avoid Burnout (Wild Apricot)
Feb. 8:
Handling Change Starts with Leaders Themselves: Exploring Effective Approaches
to Personal and Professional Change (Early Childhood Investigations)
Feb. 15:
2017 Career Planning Clinic (American Management Association)
CHILDREN & TEENS
Feb. 8: Transform
Your Children’s Library Into an Interactive STEAM Learning Environment (Demco)
Feb. 9:
Developmentally Appropriate Programming for Babies & Toddlers (Infopeople)
Feb. 14: Teaching
Tolerance (Booklist)
Feb. 15:
Tween & Teen BUILD Collective (Nebraska Library Commission)
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
Feb. 1: EGAD!
Bed Bugs in the Library? (Nebraska Library Commission)
Feb. 8:
LYRASIS Free Webinar: NEH Preservation Assistance Grants (LYRASIS)
Feb. 16:
Practical Solutions: Quilt Care and Display (Connecting to Collections)
Feb. 22:
Metadata Makeover: Transforming Omaha Public Library's Digital Collections
(Nebraska Library Commission)
COMMUNICATION
Feb. 8: Brand
Architecture: Rethinking How You Connect the Dots Between Your Nonprofit’s
Brand and Programs (nonprofit hub)
Feb. 8:
Using Facebook LIVE to Broadcast Impact (4Good)
Feb. 9:
Asking Styles: A Revolutionary Concept in the Field (Bloomerang)
Feb. 15:
Improving Communication and Relationships at Work with DiSC (Colorado State
Library)
Feb. 22:
Show Your Profile Some Love (GuideStar)
Feb. 22:
Getting Started in Scholarship: A Scholarly Publishing Primer for Librarians
(Georgia Public Library Service)
Feb. 23:
Social Media and Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch)
DATABASES & eRESOURCES
Feb. 10:
A Step inside the D.C. Africana Archives (Lyrasis)
Feb. 14:
Works in Progress Webinar: Umbra Search African American History (OCLC)
Feb. 22:
Metadata Makeover: Transforming Omaha Public Library's Digital Collections
(Nebraska Library Commission)
DEVELOPMENT & MANAGING CHANGE
Feb. 1: How
Top Nonprofit Leaders Avoid Burnout (Wild Apricot)
Feb. 2:
Creativity and Library Leadership: Moving the Next Gen Library Forward
(Booklist)
Feb. 3: 7
Deadly Sins of Time Management (Velocity Firm)
Feb. 8:
Get Ready for Agile Learning and Development (American Management Association)
Feb. 8:
You Can Do I.T.! How to Empower Library Staff with Basic Tech Management Skills
(TechSoup)
Feb. 8:
Introduction to Project Budgets (GrantSpace)
Feb. 8:
Handling Change Starts with Leaders Themselves: Exploring Effective Approaches
to Personal and Professional Change (Early Childhood Investigations)
Feb. 9:
Libraries Transforming Communities: Models for Change Overview (Programming
Librarian)
Feb. 14:
People - Difficult or Different? (Effectiveness Institute)
Feb. 15:
Improving Communication and Relationships at Work with DiSC (Colorado State
Library)
Feb. 23:
Delegating: When, How, and To Whom? (Utah State Library)
Feb. 23:
Bozarthzone! Tips for the Positive Deviant (InSync)
FUNDRAISING
Feb. 1: Nonprofit
911: How to Create Your 2017 Fundraising Plan (Network for Good)
Feb. 1:
The Role of Staff and Volunteer Leadership in the Development Process (4Good)
Feb. 1:
Introduction to Finding Grants (GrantSpace)
Feb. 2:
Capital Campaigns: Best Practices, Common Mistakes (Bloomerang)
Feb. 2:
This Is How Our Most Successful Clients Fill Their Events (Wild Apricot)
Feb. 8:
LYRASIS Free Webinar: NEH Preservation Assistance Grants (LYRASIS)
Feb. 9:
Asking Styles: A Revolutionary Concept in the Field (Bloomerang)
Feb. 14:
Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits (Firespring)
Feb. 15:
Grant Strategy for CEOs, Directors, and Board Members: What You Need to Know to
Succeed (4Good)
Feb. 21:
Crowdfunding 101 (Firespring)
Feb. 28:
Visualizing (and Finding!) Funding for Libraries (WebJunction)
LEGAL
Feb. 28: Set
Up Your Makerspace for Success (Colorado Virtual Library)
LIBRARY SPACES
Feb. 1: Makerspaces
in ECE: A Planning Guide for Administrators (Early Childhood Investigations)
Feb. 6:
Passion in your Future Ready Library (TL Virtual Cafe)
Feb. 7:
Full STEAM Ahead (Booklist)
Feb. 8: Transform
Your Children’s Library Into an Interactive STEAM Learning Environment (Demco)
MANAGEMENT
Feb. 1: EGAD!
Bed Bugs in the Library? (Nebraska Library Commission)
Feb. 2:
Creativity and Library Leadership: Moving the Next Gen Library Forward
(Booklist)
Feb. 3: 7
Deadly Sins of Time Management (Velocity Firm)
Feb. 22:
Developing Your Leaders’ Emotional Intelligence to Improve Organizational
Performance (Training Magazine Network)
Feb. 23:
Delegating: When, How, and To Whom? (Utah State Library)
OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS
Feb. 7:
Leaving the library for nature programming: backpacks and geocaches (Washington
State Library)
Feb. 9:
Libraries Transforming Communities: Models for Change Overview (Programming
Librarian)
Feb. 14:
Libraries Help Patrons Become Financially Empowered Consumers (WebJunction)
Feb. 23:
Libraries = Education: Your Key to Success (Demco)
Feb. 28:
If You Make It, Protect It! Understanding the Importance of Intellectual
Property Rights for Your Community (Federal Depository Library Program)
PROGRAMMING
Feb. 1: Science
Soup, Part Four: How Hot and Stormy Can It Get? NOAA: Oceans, Storms, and Climate
Change (Federal Depository Library Program)
Feb. 7:
Leaving the library for nature programming: backpacks and geocaches (Washington
State Library)
Feb. 8:
Bleep, Blorp, Books: Robots in the Library (Texas State Library and Archives
Commission)
Feb. 9:
Developmentally Appropriate Programming for Babies & Toddlers (Infopeople)
Feb. 13:
Adult Programming That Works (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
Feb. 14:
No Internet, No Problem – Leveraging Offline Technology to Prepare Inmates for
Success Outside the Walls (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Feb. 14:
Libraries Help Patrons Become Financially Empowered Consumers (WebJunction)
Feb. 15:
Science Soup, Part Five: The Air We Breathe and the Water We Drink: The EPA -
Keeping Our Environment Safe (Federal Depository Library Program)
Feb. 16:
Practical Solutions: Quilt Care and Display (Connecting to Collections)
Feb. 22:
Media Literacy: A Crash Course in 60 Minutes (edWeb)
READERS’ ADVISORY
Feb. 14: Teaching
Tolerance (Booklist)
REFERENCE
Feb. 1: Science
Soup, Part Four: How Hot and Stormy Can It Get? NOAA: Oceans, Storms, and
Climate Change (Federal Depository Library Program)
Feb. 10:
A Step inside the D.C. Africana Archives (Lyrasis)
Feb. 14:
Works in Progress Webinar: Umbra Search African American History (OCLC)
Feb. 15:
Science Soup, Part Five: The Air We Breathe and the Water We Drink: The EPA -
Keeping Our Environment Safe (Federal Depository Library Program)
Feb. 22:
Post-Truth: Fake News and a New Era of Information Literacy (American Library
Association and Programming Librarian)
Feb. 28:
If You Make It, Protect It! Understanding the Importance of Intellectual
Property Rights for Your Community (Federal Depository Library Program)
SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Feb. 1: ESSA’s
Impact: Views From Districts and Schools (Education Week)
Feb. 6:
Diving Deeper Into Nonfiction: Using Readers Rules of Notice (Corwin)
Feb. 14:
Future Ready Librarians: What’s Not to Love? (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Feb. 22:
Media Literacy: A Crash Course in 60 Minutes (edWeb)
TECHNOLOGY
Feb. 1: Makerspaces
in ECE: A Planning Guide for Administrators (Early Childhood Investigations)
Feb. 6:
Passion in your Future Ready Library (TL Virtual Cafe)
Feb. 7:
Full STEAM Ahead (Booklist)
Feb. 8:
You Can Do I.T.! How to Empower Library Staff with Basic Tech Management Skills
(TechSoup)
Feb. 8:
Bleep, Blorp, Books: Robots in the Library (Texas State Library and Archives
Commission)
Feb. 14:
No Internet, No Problem – Leveraging Offline Technology to Prepare Inmates for
Success Outside the Walls (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Feb. 21:
Emerging Tech Trends in Libraries – Part 6 (Infopeople)
Feb. 28: Set
Up Your Makerspace for Success (Colorado Virtual Library)
TRAINING & INSTRUCTION
Feb. 6:
Diving Deeper Into Nonfiction: Using Readers Rules of Notice (Corwin)
Feb. 7: Bozarthzone!
Instructional Design for the Real World (InSync)
Feb. 8:
Get Ready for Agile Learning and Development (American Management Association)
Feb. 14:
Putting the LOVE Back into Your Blended Learning Instructional Design (InSync)
Feb. 14:
People - Difficult or Different? (Effectiveness Institute)
Feb. 22:
Post-Truth: Fake News and a New Era of Information Literacy (American Library
Association and Programming Librarian)
Feb. 22:
Media Literacy: A Crash Course in 60 Minutes (edWeb)
VOLUNTEERS
Feb. 7:
Where Do I Go From Here? Engage Volunteers in New Ways (VolunteerMatch)
Feb. 9:
Writing Accurate and Useful Volunteer Position Descriptions (VolunteerMatch)
Feb. 14:
Successful Volunteer Interview Strategies (VolunteerMatch)
Feb. 15:
Creating a Culture of Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch)
Feb. 23:
Social Media and Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch)