Secrets to Crafting a Winning Webinar Series

The Georgia Library Association's Carterette Series Webinars, established in 2010, provides free, continuing education webinars highlighting trends, innovation, and best practices in libraries. The current Carterette team, with a combined 24 years experience, will present the necessary components and best practices for developing a successful webinar series from concept through assessment. Covered topics include establishing your purpose, administering your webinar through structured team member roles and documentation, subject matter selection, scheduling, marketing, and assessment. In addition, we will discuss day-of hosting necessities including required technology, presenter orientation and training, and how best to prevent and troubleshoot issues for your attendees.

Learning Outcomes: 

At the end of this webinar, the attendees will be able to:

Who Should Attend: Anyone with an interest in the topic is welcome to attend.

Presenters:

Ashley Dupuy is currently the Department Chair of Public Services and Librarian Associate Professor for the Kennesaw State University Library System. Previously she was the Facility Manager for the Sewell Mill Library & Cultural Center of the Cobb County Library System and Branch Manager for the Alpharetta Branch of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System. She started her library career at Kennesaw State and served in many roles including Director of Research and Instructional Services. Ashley is very involved in the Georgia Library Association and has been since the start of her library career. She held numerous positions in GLA including Vice President of Marketing and Branding, Advisor to the President, and Treasurer. She is currently a member of the Carterette Series Webinar Team and serves as an advisor to the GLA leadership team.

Kimberly Boyd is the Head of Research & Instruction for Brenau University's Trustee Library and she serves on the university's SACSCOC leadership team. She manages the library's access services department, directs the library’s reference services, and leads the information literacy instruction program in addition to teaching semester-long classes in science, business, and psychology. She is dedicated to making the information literacy program at Brenau University strategic, streamlined, and effective. As a member of the Georgia Library Association's Carterette Series Webinars planning team, Kimberly provides professional development and continuing education opportunities to local, regional, and national audiences.

Emily Williams is the Cataloging & Metadata Librarian at the Georgia State University Library. For the past 11 years, she has worked in various library positions within the University System of Georgia and earned her MLIS from Valdosta State University in 2014. She currently serves her professional community as the Speaker Wrangler for the GLA Carterette Webinar Series team and as an officer on the GALILEO Interconnected Libraries (GIL) Cataloging Committee.

Michelle Lee is a Research and Instruction Librarian at Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia. Her research interests include diversity in academic libraries, resource sharing, student engagement, and peer mentoring. Michelle is an active member of the Georgia Library Association, serving on the Atlanta Emerging Librarians planning committee and as secretary of the New Member’s Round Table. Michelle also recently joined the three member planning team of the nationally recognized Carterette Series Webinars.

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