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October CE Opportunities at SCLS

Managing Security in the Library with Warren Graham, aka The Black Belt Librarian. Thursday, October 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza, 4420 E. Washington Ave., Madison. There will be a $10 fee for lunch and refreshments. More information and registration can be found here. Registration Deadline is Friday, October 1 at 5 p.m.

It's only as Good as the Metadata: Improving OpenURL and Knowledgebase Quality, a NISO webinar, on Wednesday, October 13 from noon to 1:30 p.m. More information and registration can be found here. Registration deadline is Monday, October 11 at 5 p.m.

CBC Shorts with CCBC Librarians. Wednesday, October 20 from 9 to 9:30 a.m. delivered to your desktop via GoToWebinar. Register here.

SCLS Learning Day with Jennifer Reddeman talking about the Change Process, an Advocacy Discussion, and small group discussions. Thursday, October 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Lussier Family Heritage Center, 3101 Lake Farm Road, Madison. Lunch will be provided. SCLS member public library staff register here.

Hope to see you in October!

September SCLS CE Opportunities

Join us for a variety of Continuing Education Opportunities in September:

In Person:

We Have to Start Meeting Like This! Thursday, September 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at SCLS Headquarters with Jeff Russell, Russell Consulting, Inc. presenting. Register here!

Library Services for Pregnant Teens & Teen Parents. Friday, September 24 fro 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Goodman Community Center with Maryann Mori, Director of Waukee (IA) Public Library presenting. Register here!

Planned Giving: An Excellent Opportunity to Create a Lasting Legacy. Wednesday, September 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at SCLS Headquarters with Johanna Allex of the Law Offices of Christenson and Allex presenting. Register here! An SCLS Foundation membership will follow the program.

Online Programs:

Measure, assess, Improve, Repeat: Using Library Performance Metrics. Wednesday, September 8 from 12 to 12:30 p.m., a NISO Webinar. Register here! (for SCLS member public library staff only)

Count Me In: Measuring Individual Item Usage. Wednesday, September 15 from 12 to 1:30 p.m., a NISO Webinar. Register here! (for SCLS member public library staff only)

CCBC Shorts: A (Brief) Monthly Look at Books for Children and Teens, Wednesday, September 22 from 9 to 9:30 a.m., delivered to your desktop via GoToWebinar. Register here! The topic for September is Great New Picture Books.

Coming in October!

Managing Security in the Library with The Black Belt Librarian, Warren Graham. This all-day workshop will be held on Thursday, October 7 at the Crowne Plaza in Madison. Register now to save your place!

SCLS Learning Day (formerly the Annual Meeting) will be held on Thursday, October 21 at the Lussier Family Heritage Center. The theme for the day will be: Trails to Innovation: Embracing Change, Enjoying the Adventure. Join your public library colleagues for a fun-filled day of learning! Register here!

For more information and to register, visit the SCLS Calendar at www.scls.info/calendar.

September Know More Flier

May CE Opportunities

The May CE flier has been sent to all SCLS libraries.  In case you missed it or need an additional copy, here's the PDF version for you.

One correction - the Facilitation workshop is on Monday, May 3 - not May 1st.  Sorry for the mistake!

Hope to see you at an upcoming program!

April Continuing Ed programs - Part 2

As promised, here are the rest of April's CE Opportunities:

• The next episode of CCBC Shorts is Wednesday, April 21 at 9 a.m. Register here! Not able to join us for that one? No worries - we record the programs and past programs are archived on the Past Program blog.
• Pat Wagner of Pattern Research, Inc. returns on Thursday, April 22 for two in-person programs here at SCLS Headquarters. The morning program focuses on recruiting and retaining library employees while the afternoon session will focus on performance evaluations. If you're going to attend both programs, we'll be bringing in lunch from Panera for a cost of $10. Register for the morning program here and the afternoon program here.
• Last, but not least, is the PLA 2010 Recap with Jamie Matczak from the Nicolet Federated Library System. Join us and a few of your colleagues who attended PLA in Portland as we share what we learned. Register here!

Don't forget about the giveaway I mentioned in yesterday's post!

April Continuing Ed programs - Part 1

April has turned out to be a really busy month for CE programs here at SCLS. So, I'll break it up into a couple different posts during this month.

First up is the CCBC annual program.  Librarians from the CCBC will present "Great New Books for Younger Children (Birth - Grade 5) on Thursday morning, April 8, from 9 to 10:15 a.m.  Register here!.  If you can't make it, that's okay as we'll be recording the session and posting it on the Past Program blog. CCBC programs are extremely popular - last year's Great New Books for Younger Children has been viewed an amazing 645 times!

Next up is the final College of DuPage program for the 2009/2010 season. "Technology Trends in Libraries: Tools, Skills, Staffing, and Training" is the is the title for Friday's (April 9) program. The program is streamed live to your desktop beginning at 11 a.m. and lasts for 90 minutes.  Register on the SCLS CE Calendar by Thursday, April 8 so I can send you the link to access the program. If you're not able to watch live, we'll be getting a DVD of the program a few weeks after the program. I'll post the information on the Past Program blog when it arrives.

Find out more about these and other upcoming SCLS CE programs at www.scls.info/calendar.

LearningExpress Library Overview

Join me on Thursday, March 18 at 1:30 p.m. for an overview of LearningExpress Library.

 If you'd like to help your patrons overcome test-taking anxiety, raise test scores, and improve skills with just the click of a mouse, then you should attend this LearningExpress Library overview. LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help students and adult learners achieve their academic and career goals.

Register here!

If you're not able to join us, I will record the program and it'll be posted on the Past Program blog.

Adolescent Literacy Workshop

The South Central Library System, Arrowhead Library System and Southwest Library System are sponsoring an all-day workshop that will provide information about adolescent development,  teen brain development, adolescent literacy, developmental needs and reading tastes of adolescents.  The workshop will be held on Friday, May 1st in Madison.

Please see the Adolescent Literacy Workshop flier (.pdf) for information about this workshop; feel free to forward this information to your colleagues who might be interested in attending this informative workshop.

Feel free to contact me or Shawn Brommer with any questions.

February SCLS CE Opportunities

Much Ado About… Summer Library Programming 2009
Friday, February 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the SCLS Administration Offices, 5250 E. Terrace             Drive, Madison and Portage County Public Library in Stevens Point (via videoconference)

 Karen Wendt and Geri Cupery, Presenters

 Karen and Geri will present programming ideas for preschool, school-age, and young teens. The Much Ado workshop will include how to be creative for family nights at your library, reader’s theater, poetry reading and writing, and how to make your own journal. They will present art & craft ideas such as papermaking and facepainting workshops for tweens and teens, and nature and recycled art projects. They will share outlines for being creative at EC storytimes (What is EC? You’ll find out.) They will offer tips on how to use teens as volunteers for events and for summer reading registration and rewards. Finally, Geri and Karen will highlight a few ideas in the 2009 SLP Manual that they find noteworthy. Join us! It will be crazy creative chaos!
             Please bring: ice cream bucket (5 quart size) with lid (if you have one – we only need 10-12 total) and 3-4 sheets of comics from Sunday paper.
             Register on the SCLS Calendar  at www.scls.info/calendar

Targeting the Ages: Programming that hits the mark
Friday, February 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. delivered to your desktop from the College of                           DuPage.

            Penny Mandziara and Kelly Watson, Presenters

Any library, whether it is school, public, academic, or special, is many things to the community it serves. A library offers the information patrons need to improve their quality of life. A library provides open access to technology and the world of online information, as well as guidance on navigating that world. A library also gives their community something that is less tangible, yet just as essential to improving their patrons’ lives: nourishment not just for the mind, but the spirit as well.     
            How do libraries do that? Through the programming opportunities they create.
In this program we will look at some of the innovative programming libraries today are creating to meet the evolving needs of their patrons. We will also provide a basic primer for anyone who has always wanted to plan a program, but didn’t know where or how to begin.
            College of DuPage workshops are streamed live to your desktop. A few days before the program, the program link will be emailed to registered participants.   
            Register on the SCLS Calendar at www.scls.info/calendar

Play Date: More with Flickr – Rescheduled
Tuesday, February 17 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

            Tana Elias, Web Resources Coordinator for Madison Public Library

            Expand your Flickr knowledge with an overview of Flickr changes in the last year.  Learn how to make the most of your library's Flickr account (or find compelling reasons to sign up with Flickr) including customization options, badges, easy photo editing, Flickr timesaving utilities, behind-the-scenes manipulation of dates and viewing permissions, and Flickr's new video storage.  Discover the differences between a free and Pro account, and explore legal ramifications of Flickr for libraries including questions about photo copyright and photo permissions.
                Register here.

Play Date: Gaming @ The Library: The Whys, Wiis, and Hows Explained
Friday, February 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

            Jeannie McBeth, Oshkosh Public Library

If you’re unsure of the role gaming has in libraries, or if you want to start new game programs at your library but don’t know how to go about it, attend this session to get answers as well as basic & practical tips.   
            Jeannie McBeth of Oshkosh Public Library will talk about the gamut of gaming opportunities in libraries—from board games to Wii, and from kids to seniors. Join us to learn about libraries as the setting for gaming, playing, and learning!
            Register here.

Your help needed!

SCLS has applied for a 2009 LSTA grant called “Health Information for Elderly and Caregivers.”

Input from you will help us design workshops on health information resources for public libraries, specifically geared toward health information needs of the elderly and their caregivers.

Please take a moment before December 15 to complete the survey. 

Thanks in advance for your help!

August CE Opportunities

Be sure and check out the August  CE Calendar- we have a great line-up of programs for you!

• Marketing & Demographic Information for Businesses, Thursday, August 2 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at SCLS Administration
• Ready for 2.0!: Blogs, Wikis, & Other Cool Tools You can use at your Library, Thursday, August 16 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. via the SCLS OPAL Room
• Parenting Counts: Train the Trainer Workshop, Friday, August 17 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at SCLS Administration.  This program is followed by Shawn's Annual Youth Services Grassroots Meeting
• Emotional Intelligence Skills: Your Success Tool Kit, Thursday, August 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at SCLS Administration

For more information or to register for any of these programs, please visit the CE Calendar.