CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR GEORGIA'S PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF
Upcoming CE Events
Welcome to the Upcoming Events page, where we showcase Georgia's in-person and online continuing education opportunities sponsored by GPLS and associated organizations. These opportunities are tailored to meet the needs of our busy professionals, and most sessions are recorded and archived for later viewing.
Introduction
Whether you're looking to sharpen your skills, learn new techniques, or explore new areas of interest, our continuing education offerings have something for everyone. Our experienced presenters are committed to helping you achieve your goals, and we provide a supportive and collaborative learning environment to ensure your success.
So why wait? Register to attend the listed events and start learning. We look forward to helping you achieve your full potential.
The Do's and Don'ts of Delegation
Time: Monday, July 29, 2024, 4 pm Eastern (1 pm Pacific |2 pm Mountain | 3 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
GovLoop
Do you struggle with delegating tasks to your team? As a supervisor, it can be hard to give up some control, especially when you’re responsible for meeting deadlines and overall quality of work. But once you’re comfortable with delegation, only then will your team truly thrive. A team that shares tasks and responsibilities is typically more productive, collaborative and efficient than teams that work in silos.
Sponsors: How to Find Them & Create a Win-Win
Time: Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 1 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific |11 am Mountain | 12 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Productive Fundraising
Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP, for a workshop focused on maximizing sponsorship revenue for your programs and events (both in person and virtually). The session starts by focusing on identifying potential sponsors and beginning the partnership conversation. It closes with a focus on structuring win-win, long-term sponsorship relationships.
Service Enterprise: Transform Your Organization with Strategic Volunteer Engagement
Time: Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Volunteer Match
Join AL!VE for a high-energy session of collaborative learning and driving change to more strategically engage the community and volunteers to deliver an organization’s mission. Attendees will quickly hang the mirror and assess how their organization stacks up against a researched-backed framework of proven organizational characteristics for strategic volunteer engagement. Once attendees have identified where they are strong and where improvement is needed, they will dive into facilitated small-group networking to make connections and barter. Attendees will highlight & share tangible assets and resources inspiring each other, while also gaining support and resources to supplement areas of opportunity. Together, we will wrap up our session by introducing strategies and tools to gain organizational buy-in and implement change to help organizations operate as a Service Enterprise and achieve accreditation in strategic volunteer engagement.
Introduction to Proposal Writing
Time: Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Candid Learning
Are you new to proposal writing or do you want a quick refresher? If so, you don't want to miss one of our most popular classes! This class will provide you with an overview of how to write a standard project proposal to a foundation.
Graphic Novels for All (Graphic Novel Book Buzz, Part II)
Time: Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Booklist
We're wrapping up Booklist's #ReadGraphic Month with a huge webinar featuring new graphic novel titles for all ages. In part two of our webinar series, we'll kick things off with Youth titles presented by Abrams Books, Holiday House, and Annick Press. The second half of the webinar will feature new titles for older and adult readers from Diamond Book Distributors and Fantagraphics Books. Register now for this one-hour Booklist webinar on Tuesday, July 30 at 2:00 p.m. now! Moderated by Booklist's Graphic Novels editor Sarah Hunter.
Harness the Power of Generative AI for Good
Time: Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 1 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific |11 am Mountain | 12 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
TechSoup
This session will delve into practical use cases of generative AI that demonstrate how nonprofits can leverage these tools to more effectively achieve impact, enhance their operations, and drive engagement. In addition, you'll receive an overview of key generative AI technologies that have emerged, including agents, retrieval-augmented generation, and fine tuning. You'll learn the types of problems each of these technologies allows you to solve and when to consider using them in your own practice. Discover how generative AI can revolutionize your nonprofit's approach to problem-solving and resource optimization, making it possible to achieve your mission more efficiently and effectively. Whether you're new to AI or looking to deepen your understanding, this webinar will equip you with the knowledge and inspiration to harness the power of generative AI for good.
Nagivating AI Ethics
Time: Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Niche Academy
Join David Hatami for this presentation for academic librarians and instructors on the critical importance of ethics in the development and deployment of AI systems. We will discuss the fundamental principles of AI ethics, including transparency, fairness, and non-maleficence, and examine real-world ethical issues such as privacy concerns, surveillance, and the tension between AI decision-making and human autonomy.
Through a case study, we will illustrate the complex ethical dilemmas that arise in specific domains such as healthcare, criminal justice, or human resources. We will then discuss the process of establishing ethical guidelines for AI, emphasizing the need for diverse stakeholder engagement and global cooperation.
Looking ahead, we will address future challenges and opportunities in AI ethics, including emerging technologies and potential regulations. Throughout the presentation, we will encourage active audience participation and conclude with a Q&A session to foster meaningful dialogue on AI ethics.
By the end of this presentation, participants will have a deeper understanding of the ethical landscape surrounding AI and the importance of proactively addressing these challenges to ensure the responsible and beneficial development of AI technologies.
If you're interested but not able to attend the live webinar, go ahead and register. We'll send a recording to all registrants after the fact.
Hit the Gym or Hit the Library: How to Improve Health and Wellness at Your Local Library
Time: Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars with Tiffany Williams
Libraries offer a variety of health-related resources for anyone looking to improve their health and wellness. Libraries also host programs focusing on fitness, nutrition, and mental health. The challenge is deciding which programs and resources are best for their communities and library users.
Join Tiffany Williams as she shares how the library can support and promote healthy living in their communities.
Attendees will complete this program with:
Ideas for programming
Resources to support healthy living
Knowledge of how health and wellness programs benefit the community
Tiffany Williams ~ Biography
After teaching preschool for a decade, Tiffany decided to pursue a passion for literature and attend the University of North Carolina, Greensboro to become a librarian. After graduation, she was hired as a Media Specialist at the same elementary school where her mother also worked in the same role. Currently, Tiffany is the Children's Services Manager at the Cynthia Graham Hurd Library, where she enjoys creating engaging programs for the community and witnessing the joy and excitement that patrons experience while visiting the library. Tiffany is from Starr, South Carolina, and currently resides in Charleston, South Carolina with her daughter Asia and beagle, Lulu.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
Daring YA Debuts
Time: Thursday, August 1, 2024, 12 pm Eastern (9 am Pacific |10 am Mountain | 11 am Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Booklist
The Zando team is proud to introduce three incredible debut YA authors to librarians and educators! Join the conversation with Madeline Claire Franklin (The Wilderness of Girls), Wen-yi Lee (The Dark We Know), and Trisha Tobias (Honeysuckle and Bone). Zando Young Readers is an independent publisher devoted to publishing timely and timeless books that reflect the fullness of who our young readers are and who they can become. This one-hour Booklist webinar will spotlight these authors' journeys publishing for the first time and dive deep into how their novels explore themes of violence against women, belonging, and identity as well as offer a sneak peek of the ZYR publishing program overall. Register now for this spectacular event. Moderated by Booklist's Books for Youth editor Sarah Hunter.
The Importance of Alternative Literacy: What is it and why is it important to implement in our libraries, classrooms and lives
Time: Thursday, August 1, 2024, 3 pm Eastern (12 pm Pacific |1 pm Mountain | 2 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Colorado State Library
Alternative Literacy is the process of teaching children and young adults literacy skills through non-traditional means. In this presentation, I cover three big examples of this: graphic novels, tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs), and video games. Further, I provide an overview of how educators, librarians, and individuals can implement them into their work or daily life. In this presentation, you can expect to learn:
What alternative literacy is and the benefits
Definitions of graphic novels, TTRPGs, and video games
Why graphic novels, TTRPGs, and video games are effective in teaching literacy
How to utilize graphic novels, TTRPGs, and video games in libraries and classrooms
About the presenter:
Sarah Vail is a Colorado native, growing up in the beautiful front range, now living in Glenwood Springs with their lovely cat, Colonel Turtle. They have been working with the Garfield County Library District for over two years, specializing in teen programming and collections, with a background in programming for a variety of ages. In their work, they tie together their passion for the arts, reading, writing, and all things nerdy into practical programs suitable for the community, such as: coordinating writing spaces during the annual NaNoWriMo event, facilitating guest presenters to run Dungeons and Dragons and Magic the Gathering events, organizing, managing and DMing a monthly Dungeons and Dragons game (one session was attended by Governor Polis!), working collectively with the librarian at our local high school to create a high school book club, among many more programming and outreach accomplishments.
Fall Adult Faves
Time: Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Booklist
What pairs nicely with autumnal sweaters and pumpkin spice lattes? New fall books! Whether you are looking for your next great read, searching for a book club pick, or starting your holiday shopping early, you’ll want to make sure these upcoming adult titles are on your radar. Join us Tuesday, August 6 to learn about new books from W.W. Norton & Company, Hachette Books, Simon & Schuster, and Shadow Mountain Publishing in this one-hour Booklist webinar. Moderated by Susan Maguire, Booklist’s senior editor, Collection Management and Library Outreach.
"Toxic, Traumatized, or Neurodivergent? Setting Appropriate Boundaries without Writing Anyone Off
Time: Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Niche Academy
There is a lot of popular guidance about how to spot and avoid people who seem "difficult," "toxic," or "high conflict," but these people may be privately experiencing traumas or coping with mental health problems. It is often illegal under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to provide less communication or more screening to someone based on their seeming to have a mental impairment - yet people are pulling away from aberrant-seeming parties all of the time, in both their professional and personal lives.
Join Dan Berstein to explore tools to craft effective, appropriate, and accessible communication boundaries that address the following behavior challenges that often seem to be barriers: Monopolization of Time, Persistence on an Off-Limits Topic, Rude/Offensive/Inconsiderate Comments, and Disruptive Behaviors. Equitable norms, policies, and structures can solve a lot of issues that often make some different people seem "difficult." Participants will receive tools for email equity, trauma-informed practices, and accessibility.
If you're interested but not able to attend the live webinar, go ahead and register. We'll send a recording to all registrants after the fact.
From Knowing to Doing: Maximizing the Impact of Employee Training
Time: Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars with Rosie Clark
Training adult learners (andragogy) is very different from teaching children (pedagogy). With training being a critical component in the workplace, how can we maximize impact for employees? Learn how to enhance employee training programs to go from simply knowing to thoughtfully doing.
Join AMA certified trainer Rosie Clark for an insightful and interactive 60-minute online training. She will review the basics of adult learning theory, describe how to create an impactful training program, discuss training pitfalls to avoid, and identify ways to make learning fun and sustainable.
Attendees will learn how to:
Learn how to apply adult learning principles
Identify key steps to impactful training
Create best practices for adult learners
Assess and refresh existing training
Rosie Clark ~ Biography
Rosie Clark specializes in training adults using a learner-centered and participant-engaged approach in various professions, contexts, and life experiences. Over the last 20 years, she has taught a variety of topics to include emotional intelligence, professional development, interpersonal communication, public speaking, environmental, safety, and much more. You can contact Rosie at rosie.x.clark@gmail.com or connect on LinkedIn.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
3 Must Haves for New Hire Training
Time: Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Carterette Series Webinar from Georgia Library Association
Design intentional training plans by using activities that engage both existing stakeholders and new talent. This session will explore three important training moments for new staff:
something “grounding” that taps into librarianship’s goals
something “inclusive” that bridges personal experiences and community needs
something “forward focused” that illuminates new employees’ career paths at your library.
If you are considering refreshing or building a training program for new employees, please join this lively presentation and discussion
About the Presenters:
Alex Olsen is the Staff Engagement Specialist for Gwinnett County Public Library. She began her career as a Circulation Clerk at the Orange County Library System before moving to Georgia and discovering a passion for staff training. She has leveraged both her library experience and her minor in Secondary Education to further develop Gwinnett County Public Library's New Hire Training program. Through her instruction, new employees gain important knowledge of library services and technology proficiency. She also instructs existing staff to grow their skills for serving Gwinnett's rapidly changing community.
Casey Wallace is the Staff Engagement Manager for Gwinnett County Public Library and coordinates system training initiatives like New Hire Training Week. As Staff Engagement Manager, she helps new staff become experts in the library’s products and services. She has been involved with many projects during her 16 years with the library. Assisting with everything from helping individual customers, to planning programs, visiting schools, and writing grants, just to name a few. All of these projects have helped shape Gwinnett County Public Library’s services to fit the needs of a growing and diverse urban community.
Work It out @ Your Library with the Wombats!
Time: Thursday, August 8, 2024, 3 pm Eastern (12 pm Pacific |1 pm Mountain | 2 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
WebJunction
This webinar will introduce you to Work It Out @ Your Library! a new program for families in your community, built around Work it Out Wombats!, a national PBS KIDS television series for 4- to 6-year-olds. Through hands-on activities, library storytime sessions, animated videos, and a family app, this flexible program helps library staff guide families through the exploration of computational thinking. Computational thinking is a creative way of solving problems in more organized ways. When children make believe they're running a restaurant, they explore sequencing by figuring out the steps for serving a customer a meal. When they play with blocks to make a castle, they can practice the design process by creating, testing, and improving the structure. Library staff are uniquely suited to promote this learning with their library families. The webinar will cover why computational thinking skills are important for young children, how the free resources have been used to run fun and engaging programs in libraries, and how you can, too.
Presented by: Mary Haggerty, Director of Media Engagement, GBH; and Nicki Sirianni, Outreach and Marketing Manager, GBH
YA All Day: Upcoming Titles for Fall, Winter, & Beyond
Time: Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Booklist
Heart-pounding thrillers; swoon-worthy romances; daring adventures; graphic novels; new worlds, dimensions, and creatures—there’s a YA for every reader and you’ll find a huge selection on display during Booklist’s free, one-hour webinar on Tuesday, August 13. Join us and learn about new YA titles coming this fall, winter and beyond from the Macmillan Library Marketing Team, Disney Publishing, Mad Cave Studios, and Shadow Mountain Publishing! Register now!
Designing Virtual Learning for Application and Impact
Time: Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Niche Academy
Today, more than ever, there is a need to ensure that virtual learning works to improve organizational outcomes. In recent years, most learning programs shifted to virtual formats, which prevented many program owners from designing virtual learning with desired outcomes that connected to the business. Now that virtual learning has become the status quo, program owners and designers alike must demonstrate the results their virtual programs deliver. While studies show that virtual learning often breaks down when measured at the application level (using what was learned) and impact level (the business impact connected to learning)—this breakdown is avoidable.
To secure the support and funding that virtual learning needs, it must deliver business results. Dr. Jack Phillips, co-founder of ROI Institute, Inc., will explain how designers, developers, providers, and program owners can ensure that technology-based learning can deliver desired results by applying design thinking principles that focus on delivering application and impact with virtual learning.
Objectives
After attending this session, participants should be able to:
Identify the five levels of outcomes from virtual learning.
Describe why virtual learning fails to deliver application and impact.
Explain the need to deliver impact and ROI for selected virtual learning programs.
Design virtual learning to deliver application, impact, and ROI, using design-thinking principles.
Plan next steps to ensure virtual learning delivers business value.
If you're interested but not able to attend the live webinar, go ahead and register. We'll send a recording to all registrants after the fact.
Day of the Dead Storytime
Time: Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars with Ana Pavon
Learn more about the joyous Mexican Festival of Day of the Dead (Dia de Los Muertos), which is celebrated each year on November 1st & 2nd, and be prepared to conduct a Day of the Dead Storytime for various age groups using materials your library has or can order.
Webinar participants will learn:
Tips for acknowledging Day of the Dead with a special storytime
How to choose and share authentic, culturally appropriate books true to the spirit of Day of the Dead, both bilingual and in English only
Resources that children and their families will be able to enjoy on their own
Note: This session is in English and will focus on English-language storytimes. This program is part of PCI’s collaborative learning project with California Libraries. (CALL).
Ana-Elba Pavon ~ Biography
A librarian for over 30 years, Ana-Elba Pavon has worked at public libraries throughout the Bay Area, including San Francisco, South San Francisco, San Mateo City and County, and Oakland. A Spanish-Services and Children's Specialist, she has provided service to a wide variety of populations of all ages in English and Spanish.
Programming has been one of Ana’s fortes, and she co-authored a book about children's crafts and related programming. Ana has taught Spanish for Non-Spanish Speaking Library Staff at the Oakland Public Library, is active in REFORMA, having served as its National President, and is an Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
MacKids School & Library Fall 2024 Preview
Time: Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Booklist
RSVP now for the MacKids School & Library Fall 2024 Preview Event where they'll preview upcoming picture books, middle grade, and young adult titles! You’ll hear from talented creators, including authors Lydia Corry (Wildflower Emily), Tony Weaver, Jr. (Weirdo), and H.E. Edgmon (The Flicker).
Debut keynote author J. S. Lemon will join live to talk about her fiercely original middle grade novel, Greta. Also, don’t miss National Book Award finalist and 2022 John Steptoe Award recipient Amber McBride, who will join us to reveal the heartrending inspiration behind her new middle grade novel Onyx & Beyond.
CSL in Session: Level up Your Booktalks! New Ways to Engage in School Outreach
Time: Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 3 pm Eastern (12 pm Pacific |1 pm Mountain | 2 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Colorado State Library
Are you new to booktalking?
Does the thought of giving a booktalk make you nervous?
Have you been booktalking for a while but need ideas on how to level them up?
Are you looking for new ways to partner with your local school or public library?
Join the Youth and Teen Librarians from Arapahoe Libraries for an exciting workshop! We will introduce you to the art of confident booktalks, demonstrate ways to engage readers of all ages with interactive strategies, and share ways to create meaningful outreach experiences. Bonus: Grow your reading list with some new-to-you titles for kids and teens!
Strengthening Your Communication Skills
Time: Wednesday, August 21, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Niche Academy
Communication skills are some of the most important skills that you need to develop to be successful in the workplace and in life. We are constantly communicating! We talk to people face to face, and we listen when people talk to us. We write emails and reports, and we read the documents that are sent to us.
Communication, therefore, is a process that involves at least two people – a sender and a receiver. For it to be successful, the receiver must understand the message in the way that the sender intended. Join Andrew Sanderbeck for this interactive and informative program and leave with takeaway tips and techniques you can use at work, at home or wherever you go!
Participants will learn and begin to master:
Techniques for being more effective in the 4 key areas of communication
The Channel of Communication: How to use it more effectively
How to give directions that people will understand the first time
The art, skill, and benefits of being an active listening
Two questions to ask that build relationships and respect
If you're interested but not able to attend the live webinar, go ahead and register. We'll send a recording to all registrants after the fact.
Meeting Challenging Emotions Mindfully
Time: Wednesday, August 21, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars with Aiko Michot
We are incredibly sensitive creatures and very affected by our environment and the people around us. And because we can’t control all aspects of our external circumstances, we experience a whole range of daily challenging emotions such as fear, frustration, sadness, confusion, worry, doubt, helplessness, loneliness, etc. It's natural to not want to have unpleasant feelings.
Most of us have actually become pretty adept at developing avoidance coping mechanisms such as denial, distraction, checking out or going straight into fix-it-mode to eradicate the stressor. While this might offer temporary relief, what originally generated the emotions goes unseen and unaddressed if we don’t allow emotions to complete their expression.
Join us in this webinar to deepen your understanding of the importance of having challenging emotions and how they ultimately serve our well-being. Come learn about the science behind emotions and how to use mindfulness to build your capacity for being with difficult feelings.
In this session, we will:
become aware of the rich variety of emotions that make up experience
understand the mechanism of how feelings arise and the effects that they have on the body and mind
learn about the true value of challenging emotions and what we miss out on when we avoid them
experiment with different meditation techniques to offer supportive conditions to stay long enough in difficult emotions to discover the root need that is calling for attention
Aiko Michot – Biography
Aiko is certified by Mindful Schools and trained in Nonviolent Communication through BayNVC. She has attended over 120 days of Vipassana meditation retreats as both a participant and mentor. Her background in Biology, Pedagogy and Buddhist philosophy allow for a unique secular mindfulness offering where participants can investigate how to bring more awareness into their work, personal and relational lives.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
Civic Literacy in Public Libraries
Time: Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Niche Academy
Civic literacy is one of IMLS's 21st Century Skills and is correlated with civic engagement. As a branch of information literacy, civic literacy could help increase critical thinking skills and combat mis/disinformation. But what, exactly, is civic literacy and how can public libraries develop engaging programming around this topic?
In this webinar, Laura Saunders will define civic literacy and explore some of the research on the topic before diving into specific ideas and examples for public library programming.
If you're interested but not able to attend the live webinar, go ahead and register. We'll send a recording to all registrants after the fact.
Influencing Others into Action
Time: Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars with Dr. Stevie Munz
For this program, we consider how to foster positive influence in our work groups. We will examine our emotional intelligence, communication styles/strategies, and learn best practices for engaging work problems/conflict.
Through examining our work cultures, you will gain transferable skills to create positive influence and action in the workplace.
As a result of this program, you will:
Understand verbal and nonverbal communication patterns
Determine one’s emotional intelligence
Develop effective communication skills for creating positive influence in the workplace
Dr. Stevie Munz, Ph.D ~ Biography
Dr. Stevie M. Munz, Ph.D. is an award-winning teacher and researcher with 10+ years of experience in the communication field. She has led hundreds of discussion forums, presentations, trainings, and workshops. As a communication expert, she is passionate about developing your communication power skills!
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
Emergency and Crisis Management in Libraries
Time: Wednesday, September 4, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars with Jennifer Blair
Libraries are most often in vulnerable positions from crisis of natural disaster to active shooters. But library staff are often not formally trained to handle basic emergency preparedness. Emergencies are not always clear-cut, especially in libraries. Unique challenges arise like damage to resources or patrons confiding with you about personal matters that could constitute getting emergency services involved.
This webinar will help you to prepare your library to handle shut downs and other emergency services through formation of policies and training.
As a result of this program, attendees will:
Delineate between emergency and crisis at various levels and unique library emergencies
Identify best policies and practices for creation of an emergency manual
Implementing plans and responses including mandated reporting
Understand each stage of the process including preparedness and response and recovery
Jennifer Blair ~ Biography
Jennifer Blair is the Head of User Services Librarian and Associate Professor at Azusa Pacific University (APU). Her role is dedicated to the user experience, including marketing the library, and teaching. She has extensive experience teaching online courses in design and computer literacy. Jennifer holds a B.A. in Graphic Design, a M.A in Education with an emphasis in Educational Multimedia, and a M.S. in Library and Information Studies. Her experience in academic and public libraries as well as work experience in art and design allow her to employ visionary strategies to enrich progress and enhance advancement for students.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
Transform and Thrive: Fostering Wellness in Our Work
Time: Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars with Dorothy Stoltz
Library staff and administration do more than point people in the right direction to books and information. We foster wellness for ourselves and others. One way to foster wellness is to tap the entrepreneurial spirit and apply it within the library organization, setting the tone that the library is a welcoming and creative space for all–honoring the genius of everyone within.
Join us to discover how to do more than balance too many projects and not enough time but foster wellness and promote self-renewal. As Emerson inspires: “Life consists in what a person is thinking of all day.” This session does not tell one what to think, but rather shows how to activate creative thinking and how to enrich daily activities in practical ways.
As a result of this program, participants will be able to:
Demonstrate an ability to create wellness in their work by using the entrepreneurial spirit: starting with the end in mind, tapping dignity, unity, and harmony in our thinking and daily activities. creatively reducing bureaucracy
Explain at least three actions successful librarians take to activate the skill of discernment when prioritizing and making decisions
Cite at least three resources that can be used to further hone their skills in fostering wellness in their work
Dorothy Stoltz ~ Biography
Dorothy is a professional librarian, author, consultant, mentor, and trainer. With more than 40 years in public libraries, she has experience in outreach, programming, community engagement, supervision, management, and administration. Dorothy has spearheaded several projects, including a research study to determine the effectiveness of library training and school readiness; two peer learning project studies; and a traveling augmented reality (AR) exhibit featuring history stories and artifacts. Dorothy is owner of Waldo Publishers, LLC, inspired by the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. https://waldopublishers.com/ Waldo’s goal is to present and publish books that inspire “activating from within.” Stoltz Creative Consulting offers a range of mentor, consulting, and training services on creativity and peer learning for libraries and other organizations.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
¡Canta Conmigo!: Ten New Songs for Bilingual Storytime
Time: Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars with Sheridan Cazarez
Is your bilingual storytime in need of new content? Learn ten original translations of songs to refresh and revitalize your Spanish bilingual storytime!
This program will present a hands-on approach to learn fingerplays, action songs, and songs for manipulatives, as well as ideas on how to adapt these songs to fit early literacy programming targeted to babies, toddlers, or preschoolers. Aside from new content, this program will also provide insight on how to approach translation for early literacy programming.
As a result of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Incorporate new songs, rhymes, action, and manipulative songs into bilingual storytime programs.
Understand how to adapt these songs for babies, toddlers, or preschoolers.
Identify basic translation methods utilized to produce translations of songs and rhymes.
For optimal learning, participants should have a basic grasp of bilingual storytime and Spanish. For manipulative songs, participants should have an egg shaker, scarf, and rhythm sticks available.
This program is part of PCI’s collaborative learning project with California Libraries. (CALL).
Sheridan Cazarez ~ Biography
Sheridan Jay Cazarez is a Youth Services Librarian at the Long Beach Public Library. At LBPL, he coordinates Summer Reading, and other reading initiatives, facilitates early literacy programs, bilingual programs, and works on community engagement and outreach, both on digital platforms and in person. He has presented on translation and cultural competency for early literacy programming at the REFORMA National Conference, California Library Association Conference, Seguimos Creando Enlaces Conference, and the American Library Association Conference.
He graduated with a Master of Science in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is an American Library Association Spectrum Scholar, a Katharine Sharp Scholar, and an Illinois Library Association Sylvia Murphy Williams Scholar. His graduate studies examined bilingualism and early literacy, and culturally competent services to Latinxs and Spanish speakers. Sheridan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, completed at California State University at Long Beach, where he studied the histories, literatures, cultures, and politics of the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula, as well as basic translation and interpretation methodologies.
He serves with the Los Angeles Chapter of REFORMA, and is currently helping to plan the next REFORMA National Conference which will take place in Long Beach, CA in September 2025. Learn more at reformaconference.org.
For more bilingual storytime resources visit Sheridan's and his colleague, Luisa Leija's website, www.bibliocuentos.com.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
The Librarian's Guide to Authors
Time: Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific |12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars with Cari Dubiel
Every community is home to authors. Whether independently or traditionally published, authors are out there wanting to connect with you. In this webinar, we’ll explore the relationship between authors and librarians, including the unique ways each group is attracted to books and how to use those attractions to work together.
As a result of this program, attendees will:
Learn about marketing and promotion challenges for authors and how to help
How to work with authors who approach the library
How they can support authors and create a mutually beneficial relationship
Participants will also receive a free copy of Cari’s short ebook, The Librarian's Guide to Authors
Cari Dubiel ~ Biography
Cari Dubiel is the Assistant Director at Twinsburg Public Library. She brings many years of experience to both her author and library careers. Leveraging her unique perspective, Cari speaks to both authors and librarians about the ways they can partner with each other. She has written both The Librarian's Guide to Authors and The Author's Guide to Libraries.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
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