Program Handouts & Information -- Continuing Education -- South Central Library System

Job Center Resources - Dane County

Originally presented July 22, 2021, with Julie Enloe, One-Stop Operator, South Central Wisconsin

Help connect your patrons to local job resources and services. This webinar is part of the Libraries Activating Workforce Development Skills (LAWDS) statewide grant initiative, funded through the Institutes of Museum and Library Services, with the aim to provide library staff with resources and connections to better serve job seekers. This webinar includes Module 1, which is the first of four modules. Module 1: Workforce Development Board Roles and Responsibilities provides information about the workforce development board, and job center resources.

Learning outcomes:

• Learn ways you can answer your patrons' questions and refer them to resources
• Enhance your skills for supporting job-seekers

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development YouTube channel

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Actively Anti-Racist Library Service to Leisure Readers - Collection Development & RA Foundations

Increasing the collection and circulation of titles written by underrepresented authors is not a trend, rather, providing robust readers’ advisory service that values equity, diversity, and inclusion principles is essential to all library service. But moving from being a neutral, well-meaning library where systemic racism is acknowledged to an actively anti-racist organization involves work, some of which is uncomfortable at first. In this program you will begin that work, learning tangible skills to help build enthusiasm for reading and discovering "diverse" books, to deepen RA service through thoughtful inclusion of EDI principles in all interactions with leisure readers, and to be a steward of the anti-racist mindset for your organization. Readers’ Advisory and Collection Development experts Becky Spratford and Robin Bradford will move your team from merely discussing "why" putting EDI concerns at the forefront of all of your work with leisure readers is important to the "how," including an honest look at action steps for all staff. While it may seem uncomfortable at first, Becky and Robin will help you shift your focus allowing your entire organization to craft an actionable plan to incorporate EDI values into your normal RA practices. All you need is a little nudge in the right direction and a commitment to begin the march forward.

Please submit any questions you have for Robin and Becky by using this form. These questions will be answered and discussed by Robin and Becky Spratford at the Actively Anti-Racist Library Service to Leisure Readers live discussion on September 30, 2021, at 1 p.m. Central Time (register here).

Robin's Slides

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Readers' Advisory Foundations with Becky Spratford

Becky's Slides

Recording

After watching both recorded webinars, please submit your questions to Robin and Becky using this form. Questions submitted by Friday, September 17, 2021, will be prioritized for the live discussion.

ILL and OLL Basics

Originally presented June 18, 2021, with Kathy Wolkoff presenting.

New to requesting materials via Outerlibrary Loan or just need a refresher? Join us for an overview of the Outerlibrary Loan process, where we request items not owned in LINKcat for our customers. We'll focus on how to request materials, what happens behind the scenes, tips & tricks, and how-to's. Open to all SCLS member library staff. Bring your questions!

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Update to the ISSN Question: Understanding the ISSN

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Southwest Connections: Local Workforce Development and Public Libraries

Originally presented June 3, 2021, with Rhonda Suda and Dave Shaw

Learn more about the help available to job seekers and communities and meet your partners in workforce development in southwest Wisconsin. Join us for a presentation and meet-n-greet session with the Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board (SWWDB) and the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD). Representatives from SWWDB and DWD will provide an overview of the workforce development system in Wisconsin, and information on programs, services, and support available to job seekers in your communities. Meet job service partners and make connections to local sources of support.

This training opportunity is part of the LAWDS Project and was funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Please see the LAWDS Project website for additional training information and resources.

Slides (Rhonda and Dave)

Slides (Tovah)

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Library Social Workers - Are You Ready for Any Circumstance?

Originally presented April 28, 2021, with Pamela Westby and Libby Richter presenting.

With the need being great to make changes in the services at L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library to better serve marginalized members of the community many options were considered, assessments were done, a proposal was made to hire a social worker, and the rest was history. In 2019 the library appointed its first social worker and has seen the program blossom and shift amongst one of the most trying times for the community, and our world. Learn about what factors were considered when this library was deciding to hire a social worker, what a social worker could do in your library, how they fit into the normal hustle and bustle of services, and why a social service collaboration might be the right fit for your library.

Slides (Pamela)

Slides (Libby)

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Meet Your Partners: Workforce Resources (LAWDS)

Originally presented on April 27, 2021, with Anne Hamland, Mark Jochem, Nicole Rice, Julie Eder, Mitchell Rupp, and Jennifer Krzmarcik.

Meet your partners in providing workforce and community resources! Library staff and workforce partners will gather virtually to learn about services and resources provided by job centers, workforce partners, and libraries. Attendees will get to know their counterparts, tour online resources, work through service scenarios, and brainstorm communication and collaboration strategies going forward.

Learning Objectives
1. Attendees will understand the services and resources available to the public provided by libraries and workforce development job centers.

2. Attendees will work through customer scenarios together and brainstorm potential areas for communication and collaboration.

The LAWDS project brings together public library staff with regional Workforce Development Boards (WDBs) and Wisconsin Job Centers, to facilitate more seamless support of job-seeking patrons, business owners, and entrepreneurs. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Adult Take & Make Ideas for Your Library

Originally presented on April 14, 2021, with Melissa Roelli and Lindsey Ganz presenting.

Take & Makes, Grab & Go, and Workshop @ Home are a few of the names for the craft programs libraries are providing for their library patrons of all ages. In this webinar, Melissa Roelli from the Mount Horeb Public Library and Lindsey Ganz from the Columbus Public Library will share with us their process for providing Take & Makes at their libraries. From the idea stage to the finished product, Melissa and Lindsey will share their tips and best practices for their successful projects. You’ll come away with project ideas, resource lists, and tips on creating a video. And, if you have ideas to share, we’d love to hear them.

Melissa's Slides

Lindsey's Slides

Resource List

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Great New Books for Older Children & Teens

Originally presented March 25, 2021, with Megan Schliesman, Merri Lindgren, and Madeline Tyner presenting.

Join CCBC librarians as they highlight some of the books in CCBC Choices 2021, the most recent edition of the library's annual best-of-the-year list, for older children and teens.

CCBC Choices 2021

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The next CCBC Shorts is April 14, 2021, at 9 a.m. and you can register here.

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Great New Books for Birth - Grade 5

Originally presented March 11, 2021, with CCBC Librarians Megan Schliesman, Merri Lindgren, and Madeline Tyner presenting.

Join CCBC librarians as they highlight some of the books in CCBC Choices 2021, the most recent edition of the library's annual best-of-the-year list, for children from birth through grade 5.

Next up:

• CCBC Shorts, March 17 at 9 a.m. Register here.
• Great New Books for Older Children & Teens, March 25 at 9 a.m. Register here.

CCBC Choices 2021

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Whole Person Librarianship: Buildling the Relationship-Based Reference Collection

Originally presented on March 4, 2021, with Sara Zettervall presenting.

Since the first social worker was hired by San Francisco Public Library over a decade ago, libraries have continued hiring social workers at an exponentially growing rate. These new positions help staff respond appropriately to the needs of patrons who bring a whole spectrum of challenges with them to the library. But what should you do if your library doesn’t have a social worker? How should library staff respond to patrons who have broken through our cobweb-thin social safety net? Where do we draw boundaries so that we maintain a library role within continuums of care? The response highlighted in this talk is that “relationships are the new reference collection.” Through this lens, and with the help of social work concepts like person-in-environment and reflective practice, all library staff can find their place in providing human services connections at the library. Participants will leave this webinar with new ideas and tools to apply to their own work.

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Reflective Practice Worksheet

PIE Worksheet

Social Work Students & Public Libraries

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Recording (Available until June 4, 2021)