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Spaces, Gardening, Outreach, DDC, Web Design, Change, Tutorials, & EBooks!

 More and more continuing education opportunities for you! Enjoy!

• Creating Dynamic Library Atmospheres: What we can learn from theater, retail, museums, and the container store, a PLA webinar scheduled for Thursday, February 23 at 1 p.m. Central Time. Cost = $28 - $35*, registration required.
• Fertile Ground: Growing a Great Gardening & Homesteading Collection, a FREE Booklist webinar, scheduled for Tuesday, February 28 at 1 p.m. Central Time. Registration required.
• Libraries for Sustainability: Call to Action & Collaboration, the first in a series of four webinars, from ALA's Task Force on the Environment, scheduled for February 28 at 1 p.m. CST. Registration required.
• State Library Outreach to State Employees and Elected Officials, an ASCLA webinar, scheduled for February 28 from 2-3:30 p.m. CST. Cost = $40 - $65*, registration required. 
• Libraries for Detained and Incarcerated Youth 101, Session One: Programming, an ASCLS webinar, scheduled for March 13 from 1-2:30 p.m. CST. Cost = $40-$65*, registration required.
• Understanding and Applying Dewey Decimal Classification, an ALA eCourse, scheduled to begin April 2 and continue through April 27. Cost = $175*, registration required.
• Web Design Basics for Librarians, an ALA eCourse, scheduled to begin April 2 and continue through May 11. Cost = $250*, registration required.
• Libraries and Change: Skills for Successful Change Management, an Infopeople Online course, scheduled to begin April 3 and continue through April 30. cost = $150*, registration required.
• Greening Your Library: Save Money and the Environment, an ALA Editions workshop, scheduled for Wednesday, April 18 from 1:30 - 3 p.m. Central Time. Cost = $40*, registration required. 
• Developing Online Tutorials for Patron and Staff Instruction, an Infopeople Online Course, scheduled to begin Tuesday, May 15 and continue through June 11. Cost = $150*, registration required.
• EBooks and Public Libraries: It's a Wild and Wooly World Out There, an Infopeople Online Course, scheduled to begin Tuesday, June 5 and continue through July 2. Cost = $150*, registration required.

* SCLS Member public libraries may use CE Grant funds to attend.

Materials Handling, Strategic Planning, Volunteers, Library Spaces, & More

 There are a lot of great upcoming webinars and workshops. Enjoy!

• Top Tech Trends in Materials Handling, a FREE Infopeople webinar, scheduled for Tuesday, February 14 at 2 p.m. Central Time. No advance registration required, simply visit this link on the day of the program to join.
• Next Chapter Book Club: An Innovative and Viable Approach to Meeting the Literacy Needs of Adolescents and Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, an ASCLA webinar scheduled for Thursday, February 16 at 1 p.m. Central Time. Cost = $40-65*, registration required. Registration closes at 5 p.m. on February 14. 
• Strategic Planning for Your Online Branch, an ASCLA webinar, scheduled for Tuesday, February 21 at 1 p.m. Central Time. Cost = $40-65*, registration required. Registration closes at 5 p.m.on February 19.
• Library P.I.: Process Improvement Library-Style, a FREE Infopeople webinar, scheduled for Wednesday, February 22 at 2 p.m. Central Time. No advance registration required, simply visit this link on the day of the program to join.
• Successful Volunteer Recruitment Strategies: Capturing the Talent of Baby Boomers and the Generations that Follow, a FREE Infopeople webinar, scheduled for Thursday, February 23 at 2 p.m. Central Time. No advance registration required, simply visit this link on the day of the program to join.
• Fundamentals of Collection Assessment, an ALCTS Online Course, scheduled to begin on February 27 and continue through April 6. Cost = $109 - $129*, registration required. 
• Fundamentals of Acquisitions, an ALCTS Online Course, scheduled to begin on February 27 and continue through March 23. Cost = $109 - $129*, registration required.
• Big Talk from Small Libraries, a FREE Online one-day conference, scheduled for February 28 from 8:45 - 5 p.m. Central Time. Registration required.
• Strategic Downsizing, a FREE Infopeople webinar with George Needham and Joan Frye Williams, scheduled for Tuesday, February 28 at 2 p.m. Central Time. No advance registration required, simply visit this link on the day of the program to join.
• Engaging Volunteers during Difficult Economic Times, a FREE Infopeople webinar, scheduled for Tuesday, March 1 at 2 p.m. Central Time. No advance registration required, simply visit this link on the day of the program to join.
• Designing Effective Library Spaces, a GSLIS Online course, scheduled to begin March 1 and continue through March 31. Cost = $200-250*, registration required. 
• Marketing Your Library, a GSLIS Online course, scheduled to begin March 1 and continue through March 31. Cost = $200-250, registration required.
• Managing Electronic Resources in Public Libraries, an ALA TechSource workshop, scheduled for Wednesday, March 7 and 14 from noon to 1 p.m. Central Time. Cost = $85*, registration required.
• It's All About the Money: Corporate Fundraising for Children's Programming in Public Libraries, a FREE Infopeople webinar, scheduled for Thursday, March 8 at 2 p.m. Central Time. No advance registration required, simply visit this link on the day of the program to join.
• Integrating E-Books and E-Readers into Your Library, an ALA TechSource workshop with Sue Polanka, scheduled for Wednesday, April 4 and April 11 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Central Time. Cost = $85*, registration required.

* SCLS Member public libraries may use CE Grant funds to attend.

Programming, Teens & Technology, Books, Reference & more Programming

Happy Thursday! More CE Opportunities for you!

• Power Programming, a YALSA e-course, scheduled to begin Monday, February 6 and continue through March 5. Cost = $135-$195*, registration required. 
• Connect, Create, Collaborate: Supporting Teen Needs with Technology, a YALSA e-course, scheduled to begin Monday, February 6 and continue through March 19. Cost = $149 - $215*, registration required.
• Youth Media Activities in Your Community: Teaching Digital Natives, a FREE Infopeople webinar, scheduled for Wednesday, February 8 at 2 p.m. Central Time. No advance registration required, simply visit this link the day of the program to join in.
• Books for Youth Alert: New Titles for 2012, a FREE Booklist webinar, scheduled for Tuesday, February 21 at 1 p.m. Central Time. Registration required.
• Turning the Page 2.0, a FREE online Advocacy training course from PLA, begins the week of March 19 and continues through April 23. The course meets online over the course of six weeks. Cost = FREE, registration required. 
• Rethinking Reference Collections, an Infopeople Online Course, scheduled to begin March 20 and continue through April 16, 2012. Cos = $150*, registration required. 
• Adult Programs on a $0 Budget, a FREE WebJunction webinar scheduled for March 27 at 1 p.m. Central Time. Registration required.
• Creating Presentations that Don't Put People to Sleep, an ALA TechSource workshop, scheduled for Thursday, March 29 at 1:30 p.m Central Time. Cost = 50*, registration required.

* SCLS Member public libraries may use CE Grant funds to attend.