Iman Mersal is an Egyptian poet, writer, academic and translator.  She will share an examination of perceived Arab culture to the Western audience, including the roles of women through modern Arab Literature. The learner should understand the c

Addressing performance or behaviorproblems can be stressful for both parties, and how managers approach thesemeetings can positively or negatively affect their outcomes. Learn how to havedifficult conversations with your staff members, covering everyt

The Fundamentals of Cataloging (FOC) is a six-week online course that provides an introduction to the principles, policies and practices of cataloging in libraries. It is designed for librarians and library support staff new to cataloging; librarians and

Talking about issues related to racial justice is difficult in today's political climate. Given the uptick of reported incidents of racism that students of color are experiencing in schools, alongside recent developments with state laws, educational policies and instructional practices connected to anti-racism and equity, this webinar will focus on children's literature that supports racial literacy development.

This course will teach the basics of Digital Library Projects

Description: This six-week course is an introduction tofundamental concepts of metadata, including: Similarities and differences between cataloging and metadata Descriptive, technical, and administrative metadata schema C

This course will teach the basics of Collection Assessment

This course will teach the basics of Collection Development and Management

Description: This four-week online course provides anoverview of acquiring, providing access to, administering, supporting, andmonitoring access to electronic resources. The course offers a basic backgroundin electronic resource acquisitio

This webinar will discuss the training and support middle managers received when they were new to their positions as well as the training they wish they had received, based on twenty interviews with current middle managers. We will talk about the range o

In this workshop, you will learn to navigate the many facets libraries can employ to serve patrons of all ages with disabilities, both physical and intellectual. In this session, we will address the basic how-tos of beginning or expanding services to pat

This course ill teach the basics of Cataloging

This course will teach the basic of Cataloging

Learn practical step-by-step instructions for shelf balancing, allocation audits, and diversity audits, as well as helpful tips to ensure ongoing balance.

Gain strategies for adapting your technical services work to the current work environment and advocating for changes with key stakeholders.

With concrete goals and plans for collection diversity audit data, it can help create inclusive public library collections.

Hear the process, results, and learnings from Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Public Library’s first diversity audit of YA materials.

Explore all the aspects of the Curate Shared Foundation in the National School Library Standards with this archived webinar.

Learn about strategies to empower institutions and communities historically marginalized, underserved, and underrepresented.

Join a tour of the best graphic novels you can add to your collections.

Learn how to genrefy a fiction collection on your own and how it has drastically enhanced how students choose their books.

Learn how to boost authentic, equitable representation in your library collection through selection auditing, weeding, and marketing.

Auditing libraries is vital work and ensures that stories captured within the collection create positive views, showcase many perspectives, and celebrate what makes all humans unique.

Free, open-source Library Simplified allows libraries to manage collections and control the patron experience.

Learn how one library is successfully increasing borrowing and gain strategies to increase circulation at your own library.

Learn how to navigate the Edelweiss portal

An autistic librarian shares strategies and book recommendations to build collections and programming that represents children with mental, behavioral, or developmental conditions.