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Preservation, Hope, Reference, Ebooks, High Tech and More

 A few more classes and webinars for the end of 2011. See you next year!

• Digital Preservation Fundamentals: Text and Image Formats, a FREE Infopeople webinar, scheduled for Tuesday, January 10 at 2 p.m. Central Time. No advance registration required, simply visit this link on the day of the webinar to participate.
• Intellectual Freedom: Basic Training for New Staff & a Refresher for the rest of us, a FREE Infopeople webinar, scheduled for Thursday, January 12 at 2 p.m. Central Time. No advance registration required, simply visit this link on the day of the webinar to participate.
• The Hopeful Workplace, a FREE Infopeople webinar with George Needham and Joan Frye Williams, scheduled for Tuesday, January 17 at 2 p.m. Central Time. No advance registration required, simply visit this link on the day of the webinar to participate.
• New Year, New Reference, a FREE Booklist webinar, scheduled for Tuesday, January 17 at 1 p.m. Central Time. Registration required.
• The Wild and Wooly World of Ebooks in Public Libraries, an Infopeople Online Course scheduled to begin on Tuesday, January 17 and continue through February 13, 2012. Cost = $150*, registration required.
• Caregiver Resources, a FREE Infopeople webinar, scheduled for Thursday, January 19 at 2 p.m. Central Time. No advance registration required, simply visit this link on the day of the webinar to participate.
• Developing Online Tutorials for Patron & Staff Instruction, an Infopeople online course, scheduled to begin on January 31 and continue through February 27, 2012. Cost = $150*, registration required.
• How to go High Tech on a Tight Budget, an ALA TechSource webinar, scheduled for Wednesday February 1 and February 8, 2012 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Central Time. Cost = $85*, registration required.

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

Learning, YA titles, Babies, RA, Time, Innovations, and Community

There's quite the line up of great webinars, courses and conferences here. Enjoy!

• Trends in Library Training & Learning 2011, a FREE online WebJunction & Learning RoundTable conference, Wednesday, August 10 and Thursday, August 11. Attend online (register here) or join your colleagues at SCLS HQ (register here or here) to share the experience.
• YA Announcements, Fall 2011, a FREE Booklist webinar, Tuesday, August 23 at 1 p.m. Central Time. Register here.
• Ten Tips for Book Programs for Babies with Kathy Kirchoefer, a FREE LE@D Online webinar, Thursday, August 25 at 1 p.m. Central Time. Register here.
• Readers' Advisory Fundamentals, an Infopeople online course, beginning September 13 and continuing through October 10, 2011. Cost = $150*. Registration required.
• Stop managing Too Much with Too Little with Pat Wagner, a FREE webinar from Pattern Research, Thursday, September 15 at 1 p.m. Central Time. Register here.
• Innovations from America's Best Small Libraries, a FREE WebJunction webinar, Tuesday, September 20 at 1 p.m. Central Time. Registration required.
• Putting the Public Back in Public Libraries: Community-Led Libraries, a FREE WebJunction webinar, Monday, September 26 at noon Central Time. Registration required.

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

 

Mentoring, Government Info, and Teen Literature

I'm cleaning out my email in-box and have a few webinars and classes to share with you:

Ten Tips for Effective Mentoring Programs with Paul Signorelli, Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 1 p.m. CDT, presented by LE@D.

The most important resource a library or any other institution or business has is its people. New employees need orientation. When hiring freezes trigger cross-training, everyone will want support. A maturing profession is leaving the workplace, and the knowledge of decades has to be captured and transmitted. How can you help your institution create a mentoring program that helps bridge generational and cultural differences and support employees during periods of stress and change? How can you help build mentor and protégé partnerships that elicit the best in productivity, workplace relationships, and career development?

Cost = Free, Registration required.

Accessing and Using Free Government Information, an Infopeople online course, begins on May 3 and continue through May 30, 2011.

Did you know that governments are the largest publishers of information in the world? Beyond political and legal information, governments publish information on health, travel, history, business, science, and much, much more. Most importantly, governments make this information available at no cost. With government publications moving away from print and onto the Internet, it is even easier to access this wealth of free information.

Cost = $150, SCLS member public libraries may use CE Grant funds to attend.

Cutting the Red Tape: Finding and Using E-Government Tools and Resources Facilitatied eCourse with Diane Kovacs, begins April 4 and continues through April 29, 2011.

During this four-week eCourse (accessible 24/7), you will learn how to quickly find government documents and help patrons file and pay taxes online, locate Medicare/Medicaid provideers and reviews, apply for and track student loans, monitor ongoing legislation as well as codified law and court rulings, and much more.

Cost = $200, SCLS member public libraries may use CE Grant funds to attend.

Teen Literature Update 2011, an Infopeople webinar, scheduled for Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 2 p.m Central Time.

The world of young adult literature is an inherently dynamic one and one that, in the last decade, has become among the most active in publishing. Each new publishing season brings a plethora of new titles, new forms, and new formats, many of which require new methods of evaluation. Keeping up with all of these changes and the new titles flooding the market can be a full-time job. This webinar will help students identify new trends and the best new titles and resources for collection development.

Cost = Free, no registration required. Visit this site to join the webinar on the day of the event.

ARSL Conference

The Association for Rural and Small Libraries conference will be held in Denver from October 14 through October 16. This year's conference will be a joint conference with the Association of Bookmobiles and Outreach Services.

The theme for this year's conference is "Magic in the Mile High City." 

If you're interested, CE Grant funds may be used towards the cost of attending the conference. 

CE Scholarships and Grants Available

The WLA Foundation offers a variety of scholarships and grants to attend a variety of Continuing Education Activities - from attending a conference to taking a class towards your Masters degree at UW Madison SLIS or UW Milwaukee SOIS. 

More information and application information can be found on the WLA web site under Awards and Scholarships.

Don't forget that SCLS also has CE Grants available for WLA and other continuing education activities.  Please contact me for more information.