ALA eLearning Catalog

This three-day virtual event will featured expert speakers on current topics facing library Trustees, Friends, Foundations, and staff who work with them.

This is an example free webinar.

What training and preparation does your Board of Trustees need to be prepared for a crisis? Do your policies properly address intellectual freedom issues? How do you handle it when a board member speaks against a board decision? What happens when a board member's values clash with a board decision? Learn how to be proactive in developing a well-prepared board, and what best practices, policies, and procedures need to be developed or revisited. A panel of experts will include a library director and a member of that library's Board of Trustees.

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Short Takes for Trustees is a series of 10 short videos (8-10 minutes each) that can be shown during Trustee meetings to stimulate discussion about the important role that Trustees play in the governance of their libraries. Topics in the series explain the basics, such as what it means to be a Trustee (discussing the broad fiduciary responsibilities of governing boards as well as the limits of an advisory board), as well as how to set policy, how to evaluate the library director (and why you should!), along with board self evaluation, and the ethical and parliamentary standards for boards — both governing and advisory.

The videos are:

1. What It Means to Be a Trustee
2. Board Meetings
3. Board Ethics
4. Library Advocacy
5. Library Policies
6. Strategic Planning
7. Working with Friends
8. Evaluating the Library Director
9. Board Self Evaluation
10. Succession Planning and New Board Orientation.

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The purpose of this course is to create a heightened awareness of the various segments of library populations and their diverse needs. The course engages demographics and needs assessments to develop skills to analyze, plan and implement services to meet the library community’s diverse needs. With particular attention to multiculturalism, topics explored include programming, facilities, marketing, technology, collection development, and staffing and recruitment.

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Synchronous online library instruction -- classes delivered live via Zoom, Webex, or other conferencing platforms -- have become much more common in the past year, but most of us never learned in library school how to approach this teaching format. This session will help your live online classes become a little less nerve-wracking: learn how to take advantage of the live online classroom environment, discuss some advantages and limitations compared to the in-person classroom, and how to make the most of your time with students.

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Young people in the 'tween,' 'preteen,' or 'preadolescent' ages - a group as diverse as the names by which we call them - are experiencing a time of rapid growth and transition. The challenges of puberty are frequently accompanied by big questions about themselves: who they are and how do they fit into the world? How does their background, life experience, family, race, religion, sexuality and gender identity shape their lives? What kind of person do they want to be, and how can they grow into that role? For library workers, it can be challenging to determine where and how this age group best fits into public library service. This class will address preadolescent development and common experiences, and how to apply those concepts to create effective library collection development and programming for tweens. 
Please note: this course meets synchronously on October 7, October 21 and November 4 at 11:00am CDT.

Social media provides a key opportunity to positively and effectively communicate with members of our communities. Tools and services such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok can be tremendous assets for library instruction, community learning, programming, and many other purposes. With so many tools at our hands, though, it can be easy to become overwhelmed or feel behind the curve. 

In this four-week course, library instruction and community relations expert Paul Signorelli provides a guilt- and judgement-free zone designed to help you use social media tools effectively and comfortably. You’ll learn how to incorporate a variety of social media tools into your daily work and, in the process, find ways to better facilitate collaborations within the communities you serve.

While this course will go deep into exploring various social media platforms, it is designed to accommodate complete beginners as well as those familiar with some of the platforms and tools the course will explore.

This course includes a one-week break for the week of Thanksgiving.

Young people in the 'tween,' 'preteen,' or 'preadolescent' ages - a group as diverse as the names by which we call them - are experiencing a time of rapid growth and transition. The challenges of puberty are frequently accompanied by big questions about themselves: who they are and how do they fit into the world? How does their background, life experience, family, race, religion, sexuality and gender identity shape their lives? What kind of person do they want to be, and how can they grow into that role? For library workers, it can be challenging to determine where and how this age group best fits into public library service. This class will address preadolescent development and common experiences, and how to apply those concepts to create effective library collection development and programming for tweens. 

Please note: this course meets synchronously on October 7, October 21 and November 4 at 11:00am CDT.

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