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Professional Development Resources for Library Staff March 2017
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March 9 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) *FREE* Is your organization open to engaging volunteers in new ways? Often one of the biggest challenges to a new model of volunteer engagement is the resistance of paid staff. Often attitudes and fears of our co-workers prevent us from expanding the work that volunteers do. But, if you've never worked with volunteers before, it can be scary. In this webinar we'll discuss strategies for working with paid staff to engage volunteers. We'll cover what you can do to alleviate some of those fears, strategies for working within a Union environment, and how you can train and support your coworkers as they become responsible for managing volunteers.
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March 21, 2017 | 10:00am - 11:00am (MT) *FREE* Organizations that don’t encourage feedback are setting themselves up for failure. A Gallup report states that managers who don’t provide feedback fail to engage 98 percent of employees. That’s not a typo – 98 percent. And engagement is the key to employee productivity and retention. This is a talent issue that impacts the entire organization. But how does HR infuse feedback into their company culture? Join us for a practical conversation about creating a feedback culture.
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March 22, 2017 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm (MT) $49 US for members / $59 US for non-members Change management is more than just a buzzword in libraries these days. For many library leaders it has become a way of life requiring not only the ability to create change, but the ability to sustain a culture of innovation and change long-term. The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present “Are we there yet? How to Keep Organizational Momentum Going After the Excitement of Change Is Over,” on Wed., Mar. 22, at 1:30 – 3:00 pm (Central time). This webinar will provide practical information about the day to day decision making and concrete activities required to achieve and sustain organizational change.
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Original broadcast - January 11, 2017 *FREE* Keeping current in the digital age is a constant process. Your end goals are in the best interests of your library, but the tides of change can rock the boat for your team. Your library cannot stand still, so you’ll have to guide your team to a peaceful flow. Join technology afficionado Jason Griffey to learn how you can overcome resistance and move forward.
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Original broadcast - February 2, 2017 *FREE* Join Booklist and Rowman and Littlefield for this free, one-hour webinar which will explore the importance of creativity in the modern library and the influence leadership plays in its cultivation. Understanding the significance that creativity plays in the information landscape, its benefits for problem solving, the direct connection leaders play, and practical steps to cultivating creativity, from top to bottom, managers to staff, will also be discussed. You'll hear from Jamie Gray, author of "Becoming a Powerhouse Librarian: How to Get Things Done Right the First Time".
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Original broadcast - February 8, 2017 *FREE* As leaders we often focus so much on helping others handle change, we leave someone important out of the picture - ourselves! Yet, how we take care of ourselves during times of personal or professional change directly impacts our effectiveness in helping others cope with change. This webinar will give participants a chance to take stock of where they are in the process of change, and offer practical ideas for successfully navigating current and future changes.
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Professor Bob Sutton reveals the successful habits of well respected leaders, and outlines the type of habits practised by those who fail to lead. He points out that when people move into positions of power, they can easily loose sight of the needs of those they lead. In this course you will learn what the hallmarks of great leaders are, how leaders need to hear the truth and how to deal with team disagreements.
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Build a great team : one year to success! by Catherine Hakala-AusperkWith library staffing levels and services cut to the bone, creating a team that communicates well and functions smoothly is more important than ever. Building on the model of her bestselling book Be A Great Boss, Hakala-Ausperk presents a handy self-guided tool to the dynamic role of team-building.
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Original broadcast - February 2, 2017 *FREE* You are proud of your collection, your programs, your staff, and your services. But the details of how your library looks and sounds might be what people remember. What would a stranger notice driving into the parking lot, walking up to the front door, spending time in the front lobby, the basement, the stairs, or the stacks? Can you look at your library workplace with fresh eyes and find ways to make it shine, even on a limited budget?
Topics include first impressions, removing clutter, common fixes, the importance of light and color, improving signs, and keeping the library safe for the elderly, in firmed, and children. And how the physical environment can impact staff morale and library customer behavior.
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March 14, 2017 | 12:00pm -1:00pm (MT) *FREE* Get the scoop on the latest youth and adult graphic novels and comics in this free, hour-long webinar. Representatives from DC, Macmillan, and IPG share upcoming titles from their catalogs, perfect for refreshing this high-circulating section. Moderated by Graphic Novels Editor, Sarah Hunter.
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4 week eCourse beginning March 8 | 11:00am $99 - $349 US Learn real techniques for increasing your library’s circulation and expanding your staff’s capacity for readers advisory in this four week online course. You will attend weekly guest speaker sessions via webcast and build your collection development strategy through weekly assignments. A dedicated advisor will provide you with one-on-one feedback for your plan within an online discussion group, where you will share resources and best practices with a group of peers from across the country.
Participants will complete weekly assignments that help them build a new collection development strategy and staff training plan to expand their reach in readers’ advisory.
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Self-paced eCourse *FREE* This course is designed for teachers, librarians, and parents who are helping beginning readers choose books to read. As professionals we can fine tune this process before it begins, eliminate much of the frustration, and offer the learner appropriate choices that will get them into actually READING books while they still want to, and not after they're too tired to even care anymore!
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March 22, 2017 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm (MT) *FREE* In a time where there seems to be many negative messages in the media and beyond, we in early childhood programs experience the effects on young children. This webinar will share a variety of ideas and strategies to use in your programs that embrace a culture of acceptance and kindness.
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March 23, 2017 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm (MT) $60 US Library programming is a popular way to motivate and engage patrons—no surprise there! In this workshop, popular duo Katie LaMantia and Emily Vinci, known for their successful workshop “Building Great Programs for Patrons in their 20s and 30s”, will teach you the “ins” and “outs” of hosting your own Comic Con that will draw new and returning patrons into your library! They’ll provide tips that will work for an array of budgets and library spaces. Katie and Emily will first introduce you to what exactly a Comic Con is—how it involves more than just comics and graphic novels—and why pop culture is relevant and reaches across demographics and ages to reenergize library programming. Next, you’ll discover key tips for planning, organizing, and promoting your own Con and how you can tap into community resources and discover hidden gems to form key partnerships. You’ll leave this workshop with the tools to create your own plan for a Comic Con tailored to your library.
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March 28 | 11:30 am - 12:30pm (MT) $45 for members/$55 for non-members Our communities are diverse, not only with culture, but with abilities. Is your library properly serving your residents if programming opportunities don't reflect the whole community? People with special needs and mental health issues make up a segment of your population, but they are often forgotten when it comes to program development. I'm here to explain that programming for these groups doesn't need to be daunting or difficult. This workshop will provide you with steps library staff can use to outreach and support at-risk populations in your area.
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Original broadcast - February 9, 2017 *FREE* Listen in as Deborah B. Ford explores the importance of diversity in your library program. She will share tips on how to add diversity to your teaching strategies, programs, and marketing throughout the webcast. Learn about the most sought after diverse books from JLG’s Spring 2017 Selections that are prefect for books lovers of all ages.
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Original broadcast - February 7, 2017 *FREE* The national push to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) in schools, libraries, and cultural centers continues to grow, and many are now incorporating STEAM (STEM plus art and aesthetics) as well. In this free, hour-long webinar, hear from representatives from Rosen Publishing, DK, Annick Press, and Scholastic, as well as guest expert, Kristin Fontichiaro. We’ll help you look at ways to make STEM and STEAM a more organic presence in your space, programs, and story times.
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8 pre-recorded lessons *FREE* 3D printing can be intimidating if you're new to it, but it's easier than you think! This class will give you the skills you need to make your own 3D printed designs using TinkerCAD- a fun, browser-based 3D modeling program that anyone can learn in no time. Join us and you'll be a digital maker in no time.
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The unofficial guide to learning with LEGO: 100+ inspiring ideas by Danielle BuckleyThe Unofficial Guide to Learning with LEGO(R) brings you tons of awesome, LEGO(R)-based ideas to work on every aspect of education and development. Starting with the basics like learning colors and counting, all the way up to engineering and other STEM topics - we cover it all.
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April 4 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) *FREE* The turbulence of current events increases stress, drains energy and reduces productivity. In this webinar you’ll learn three essential steps for not only surviving but thriving in the chaos. As a result of participating in this session you will:
- Identify the three phases of change and how to manage them effectively.
- Discover how behavior style impacts the change process.
- Apply three tools to increase your ability to thrive.
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Original broadcast - January 19, 2017 *FREE* We work in times of new roles for libraries, changes in technology, pressure to do more with less, and staff members who want to do it all and yet may lack time or resources. These pressures can contribute to a gradual grinding down, a loss of joy or a fading of enthusiasm and passion. In other words: burnout. Yet some in our field go on for decades, maintaining their energy and focus. How do they keep their freshness and fire? How do they maintain such resilience?
Join change management expert Debra Westwood in this interactive webinar where she will identify the factors that contribute to burnout as well as techniques for avoiding or alleviating those conditions. Attendees will learn skills that can be applied at work and at home, and be able to formulate a plan to put those new tools into action.
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Original broadcast - February 8, 2017 *FREE* The library field relies heavily on technology, but few front-line staff receive training in basic I.T. concepts that can build confidence when managing public access computer and working with patrons.
Demystify technology to empower others around you, no matter your technical ability or where you work. See approaches to I.T. training to engage different learning styles, free and adaptable resources, and lessons learned from hands-on experience in the field.
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Original broadcast - February 22, 2017 *FREE* Let’s face it. Fake media is a hot topic in, ahem, the media. But it is also a hot topic in education. In November 2016, the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) published Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning, a study that revealed concerning results. Because students increasingly turn to online news to meet their research needs, it is more important than ever for educators to help them separate truth from fiction. In this session, USA Today Reporter Greg Toppo joins Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School, CT, to discuss shifting trends in the news business and what teachers can do to help their learners sift through the information pool to find trustworthy journalism. This recorded webinar will benefit librarians.
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4 week eCourse beginning March 6, 2017 $175 US Tired of hearing all the reasons why you should be using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other popular social media tools? Perhaps it’s time to explore social media tools in a supportive and engaging environment with a keen eye toward using those tools more effectively in your work.
Join us and social media guru and innovator Paul Signorelli in this four-week, highly-interactive eCourse as he explores a variety of social media tools in terms of how they can be used to organize information and communities. Together, you will survey and use a variety of social media tools, such as Delicious, Diigo, Facebook, Goodreads, Google Hangouts, LibraryThing, Pinterest, Storify, Twitter, and more! You will also explore how social media tools can be used to organize and disseminate information and how they can be used to foster and sustain communities of learning.
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Original broadcast - January 20, 2017 *FREE* Let’s face it. Our work environment can be very stressful. While you can’t make that stress magically disappear, you can learn how to manage what comes up, how to maintain your calm in the middle of the chaos and make decisions that get the best job done without you losing it or being detrimental to your health and well-being.
In this interactive and informative session, you’ll learn how to identify what triggers your stress and where your stress may be coming from, and easy-to-implement ways to manage it if it does come up along with “new” habits to implement into your life to keep you stress-free in the first place.
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*FREE* In this free course Stress Management - Dealing with Personal Stress you will be introduced to stress mapping and how to sensitize yourself to potential stressors in the environment. You will learn mays to manage your own stress such as writing a stress journal and analysing your own personal stress. Learning how to react with your own stressors will help you to cope more efficiently with stress and this course could help you to avoid stressful situations altogether.
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Hardwiring Happiness : The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence by Ph.D Hanson, RickLife isn't easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad and ignore the good makes us worried, irritated, and stressed, instead of confident, secure, and happy. But each day is filled with opportunities to build inner strengths and Dr. Rick Hanson, an acclaimed clinical psychologist, shows what you can do to override the brain's default pessimism.
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Original broadcast - February 23, 2017 *FREE* During this presentation, you’ll discover a strategy that is ushering in a new era of how we view libraries. Presenter Valerie Gross details the steps to rebranding your library as a key educational institution in your community, helping you gain the respect and funding you deserve. This game-changing vision of “Libraries = Education” has been hailed by Library Journal as “a 21st-century model worthy of study and consideration by every library in America, if not the world.”
The approach will help you transform the image of your library to be on-par with your region’s schools, colleges and universities and earn your institution optimal funding. The Libraries = Education approach can be used for all types of libraries — and the best part? By making just a few easy modifications to how you present your library, you can enjoy huge returns.
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Banff Park Lodge Resort Hotel & Conference Centre | 222 Lynx St, Banff, AB Our theme this year is “Bringing It All Together” and our logo embodies this by displaying all the different elements that make up the work that library technicians do every day!
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Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront | 1133 West Hastings St, Vancouver, BC What gets you fired up? How do you know what to change, what to create, and what to let go? Creative tension can lead to breakthrough ideas in the library sector. Together, we can spark new solutions to the challenges we face, and light the path to future discoveries. The conference theme is a timely call to action: be curious, take risks and explore the unknown. If you want to engage with people who ignite innovative change, join us at the 2017 BC Library Conference.
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Disclaimer: The links provided in this newsletter are intended to inform subscribers about information and learning opportunities that may be of interest. Inclusion in this newsletter does not constitute a recommendation by Marigold Library System or its staff members.
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