Check out the recently added no-cost, online continuing
education opportunities which have been posted to the Librarian Events calendar:
ADVOCACY
Feb 7: Advocacy
in the Public and Private Institutions (SirsiDynix)
Feb
22: Civic Literacy and a
Civic Lab (Indiana State Library)
Feb 27: For
Director’s Ears Only: 10 Secret Tips To Support Youth Services (iSchool
@UW-Madison)
ASSESSMENT & PLANNING
Feb
8: Measuring Success: How to
Strategically Assess Your Program (VolunteerMatch)
Feb
12: Surveys &
Questionnaires: a brief course for librarians (Montana State Library)
Feb 19: Good questions, Poor
questions (Montana State Library)
Feb 26: Measuring Up (Montana State
Library)
CHILDREN & TEENS
Feb 7: Big
Body Play: Why Something So Scary is So Good For Children (Early Childhood
Investigations)
Feb 14: Leadership
in Early Childhood Education: Why You Should Care and What You Should Do About
It (Early Childhood Investigations)
Feb 20: Baby-Friendly
Libraries (Colorado State Library)
Feb
27: Programming for 'Tweens
(Utah State Library)
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
Feb
1: Going Digital (Lyrasis)
Feb
12: Disability on the Shelf – Looking for Representation in Library Collections
(Massachusetts Library System)
Feb
15: Building Diverse
Collections for K-12 Students: A Conversation with Jewel Davis (North Carolina
Library Association)
Feb
15: Managing Resources for
Collections Storage Projects: Strategic Planning to Completion (Connecting to
Collections Care)
Feb
20: What's All the Buzz
About Genrefication? (Montana State Library)
Feb
21: NCompass Live: Why
Diverse Literature Matters for Youth Services (Nebraska Library Commission)
COMMUNICATION
Feb
7: Facilitating
Multi-Dimensional Listening: Helping Groups Identify Common Ground while
Acknowledging Differences (InfoPeople/California State Library)
Feb
8: Public Speaking Tips and
Tricks (GovLoop)
Feb
13: Instagram for
Nonprofits: What's New, Tried, and True (501 Strategy)
Feb
15: Libraries, Social Media,
and Politics: Do You Know What to Post? (EveryLibrary and Kixal)
DATABASES & eRESOURCES
Feb
8: Database of the Month: Biography In Context (Wyoming State Library)
Feb
21: Flip Badge This!
Teaching Students to Love Databases (edWeb)
DEVELOPMENT & MANAGING CHANGE
Feb 1: Beyond
the SEA: Disrupting Diversity Narratives: Introducing Critical Conversations in
Libraries (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
Feb
22: Intro to Accessibility:
What Employers Need to Know to Create a Technology-Accessible Workplace (EARN)
Feb 28: Introduction
to Dialogue & Deliberation for Public Libraries Serving Small, Mid-sized
and/or Rural Communities (Programming Librarian)
FUNDRAISING
Feb
1: How to Get Donors to a
Yes - Revenue Boosting New Year's Resolutions for Fundraisers (Bloomerang)
Feb
1: Building a Grant-Writing
Framework for Success (TechSoup)
Feb
5: Motivate Monday with
Fundraising Expert Pamela Grow (Motivate Monday)
Feb
7: Online Tools that Help
Nonprofits Learn, Listen & Engage (Firespring)
Feb
7: Introduction to Project
Budgets (GrantSpace)
Feb
8: Fundraising Strategy
Series: Changing Behaviors and Mindsets to Grow your Nonprofit (Network for
Good)
Feb
8: How to Find and Get
Grants (Bloomerang)
Feb
12: Motivate Monday with
Fundraising Expert Pamela Grow (Motivate Monday)
Feb
13: Monthly Giving Magnet:
Free Fundraising Masterclass (The Good Partnership)
Feb
14: 10 Ways to Improve
Relationships with Your Grantmakers (Nonprofit Hub)
Feb
14: Donor Retention Series:
How to Rock your Donor Love and Loyalty with Secrets from your Favorite
Consumer Brands (Network for Good)
Feb
14: The Happy Healthy
Fundraiser: Strategies for Impact without Burnout with Beth Kanter (Firespring)
Feb
14: Introduction to
Fundraising Planning (GrantSpace)
Feb
15: Donor-Delighting, Money-Raising Newsletters (Bloomerang)
Feb
15: Grants and Proposal
Writing (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
Feb
19: Motivate Monday with
Fundraising Expert Pamela Grow (Motivate Monday)
Feb
21: The Top 10 Things
Nonprofits Should Be Doing in 2018 (GuideStar)
Feb
21: Introduction to Finding
Grants (GrantSpace)
Feb
26: Motivate Monday with
Fundraising Expert Pamela Grow (Motivate Monday)
Feb
28: Introduction to Proposal
Writing (GrantSpace)
LEGAL
Feb 1: CopyTalk:
copyright librarian starter kit (ALA District Dispatch)
Feb 6: Library
Ethics 101 (Indiana State Library)
Feb 6: Creative
Commons: Helping Patrons and Students Find and License Online Content (Texas
State Library and Archives Commission)
Feb 15: VA
Appeals – The Legacy And The New Process (Federal Depository Library Program)
MANAGEMENT
Feb
7: Wearables as Supports for
Executive Functioning and Independence (Center on Technology and Disability)
Feb 8: Developing
Thinking Managers (Training Magazine Network)
Feb 9: Three
Steps to Thriving in Chaos (Effectiveness Institute)
Feb 14: Maximizing
Everyday Leadership Moments (Training Industry)
Feb 15: Managing
Microaggressions in the Workplace (Indiana State Library)
Feb
15: Emerging Workplace Technologies
and Vision Loss (Partnership on Employment and Assistive Technology)
OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS
Feb
6: Lunch at the Library:
Nourishing Bodies and Minds (WebJunction)
Feb 21: Homelessness in Small and
Rural Communities: Libraries Can Help! (WebJunction)
PROGRAMMING
Feb
22: Civic Literacy and a
Civic Lab (Indiana State Library)
Feb
27: Programming for 'Tweens
(Utah State Library)
READER’S
ADVISORY
Feb
1: A Conversation with the
2018 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalists (School Library Journal)
Feb
20: Spring into Picture
Books: New Books, 2018 (Booklist)
Feb 21: What's New in Children’s
Literature - 2018 (Infopeople)
REFERENCE
Feb
6: Making Sense of the
Numbers—Health Numeracy and You (and Me) (Washington State Library)
Feb
14: Introduction to the
American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files (U.S. Census
Bureau)
Feb
15: What’s With that Pop
Clock?—and Other Insights of the Population Estimates Program (U.S. Census
Bureau)
Feb
21: Science Cinema: A
Little-known Resource for Students and Teachers (Federal Depository Library
Program)
Feb
22: Healthy Aging at Your
Library: Connecting Older Adults to Health Information (National Network of
Libraries of Medicine)
Feb
22: Librarian’s Guide to
Trade Data, Part 8: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (Federal Depository Library Program)
SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Feb
1: Improving School
Librarian Evaluation (Association for Educational Communications and
Technology/School Media and Technology Division)
Feb
5: The Incredible Times: A
News & Media Literacy Game from Common Sense Education (edWeb/Common Sense
Education)
Feb
12: Best Practices to
Empower Learners to Be Lifelong Readers (edWeb)
Feb
20: A Practical Approach to
Growing a Diverse School Library Collection and Program (American Association
of School Librarians)
Feb
22: Digital Learning Day
2018: How Innovative Districts Blend Teaching and Technology to Improve Student
Outcomes (Alliance for Excellent Education/Future Ready Schools)
Feb
22: Connecting Competencies:
Learner, School Librarian and School Library (American Association of School
Librarians)
TECHNOLOGY
Feb
1: Tech Trends 2018
(IdealWare)
Feb
7: Writing Your First Lines of Code (Training Magazine Network)
Feb
7: Wearables as Supports for
Executive Functioning and Independence (Center on Technology and Disability)
Feb
8: Assistive Technology for People with Brain Injury (Maine CITE)
Feb
14: Let Me Read It: Screen
Readers for Patrons Who are Blind or Low Vision (Georgia Public Library
Service)
Feb
15: Emerging Workplace
Technologies and Vision Loss (Partnership on Employment and Assistive
Technology)
Feb
22: Intro to Accessibility:
What Employers Need to Know to Create a Technology-Accessible Workplace (EARN)
Feb
22: Need Volunteers? Four
Tech Trends You Need to Know (Wild Apricot)
TRAINING & INSTRUCTION
Feb
6: Making Sense of the
Numbers—Health Numeracy and You (and Me) (Washington State Library)
Feb
7: Writing Your First Lines of Code (Training Magazine Network)
Feb
14: Introduction to the
American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files (U.S. Census
Bureau)
Feb
20: 7 Consumer Realities
That Impact Learning and Development (InSync Training)
Feb 21: From Information Literate to
Information Fluent: The Role of Libraries in Preparing 21st Century Citizens
(Georgia Library Association)
Feb
28: NCompass Live: Eleven
Ways Your Current Tutorials Are as Forgettable as Barb and What to Do About
It (Nebraska Library Commission)
VOLUNTEERS
Feb 6: Successful
Volunteer Interview Strategies (VolunteerMatch)
Feb 20: Build
Staff Buy-In for Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch)
Feb
22: Need Volunteers? Four
Tech Trends You Need to Know (Wild Apricot)