Best of Core at ALA Annual Conference: Thinking Big
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Start Date: March 27, 2024, 1:00 pm CDT
End Date: March 27, 2024, 2:00 pm CDT

Learn basic American Sign Language (ASL) vocabulary appropriate for use with children in library and classroom settings as well as how to teach stories, songs, and other activities that incorporate ASL.
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Start Date: April 1, 2024, 12:00 am CDT
End Date: May 12, 2024, 12:00 am CDT

This course will provide students with an introduction to basic marketing management and how these principles apply in a public library setting.
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Start Date: April 22, 2024, 12:00 am CDT
End Date: June 3, 2024, 12:00 am CDT

Two librarians reveal how they use podcasts and webinars to create, collaborate, and curate relevant content, giving voice to ideas and concepts that should be shared.
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Inspire students to enjoy reading with 15 creative ideas you can use for years to come in your classroom, library, or school!
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Are you looking for Makerspace Ideas to use with your secondary library patrons? This is the session for you!
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Using two examples from the Boston Public Library’s recent hybrid programming, the presenters will walk through the logistical details to consider when planning hybrid programs.
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AASL leaders and school librarians share their strategies on how they’re working to implement their school’s curriculum and engage learners some of the areas hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Hear about ways to support adult learners in completing diploma programs and measure economic impact on the community.
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Learn how to create your own book bus program.
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Presenters discuss their takeaways from a year of trying all the things, and leave equipped with your own services menu.
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Understand how a trauma-informed service philosophy can reduce harm for library staff and patrons (3rd in a series).
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Learn to present easy, doable programs for astronomy that you don’t have to be an expert to teach.
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Melissa Wong will share strategies for engaging audience members in the hybrid environment.
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This webinar will discuss best practices for conducting hybrid programming in your library, campus, and community.
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Join Laura Mann as she discusses techniques used in her five libraries to determine when weeding needs to happen, what to do with discarded materials, and how to get it all done with faculty, staff, and administration on your side.
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Synopsis of each book are given as well as activities to garner student interest and tips for utilizing social media to promote the library and meet students where they are.
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Learn how to use Instagram to generate excitement among your teen patrons—and watch your library media program grow!
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Learn how academic and school librarians collaborated to bring a college-level information literacy course to rural high schools.
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Learn to design and implement programs to increase seniors’ engagement and understanding of STEAM topics.
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Join 6 school librarians as they share ways to celebrate School Library Month for grades Pre-K to 12.
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Are you seeking to develop relevant and meaningful programs and services for young children and families in underserved communities? Offering outreach programs and services that meet these young children and their families where they live and thrive is c
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What training and preparation does your Board of Trustees need to be prepared for a crisis? Learn how to be proactive in developing a well-prepared board, and what best practices, policies, and procedures need to be developed or revisited.
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How can we aid students in understanding their online behavior while also protecting the legacies and lives they build online?
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Explore how the traditional roles of collaboration and curation are evolving for library, librarian, and student through the Shared Foundations.
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This session will provide details of how the teachers at Henry Barnard Laboratory School collaborate to create project-based learning initiatives that incorporate the AASL standards.
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Teachers, creators, book distributors, and library experts offer details on where to find quality reviews, collection development assistance, programming tools and ideas, and more!
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Learn how to leverage free online resources and engage volunteers to facilitate adult learning in your community.
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Learn to identify opportunities for authentically collaborative community partnerships focused on local history.
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The 20 Book Challenge is a school-wide reading program that encourages students to read books from different predetermined categories, submit responses and reflections through Google Classroom.
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