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

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)

CE Activity Report

Recording

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.

Agenda and Resources

Recording

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

CE Activity Report

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

Recording

 

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

CE Activity Report

Recording

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.

Slides

Reflective Practice Worksheet

PIE Worksheet

Social Work Students & Public Libraries

CE Activity Report

Recording (Available until June 4, 2021)

 

Job & Career Search Using Labor Market Information

Originally presented February 10, 2021 with Maura Kirkham presenting.

Review of the DWD website tools to assist in career development and job search. The webinar will focus on using the MyLMI Widgets, the Skills Explorer Tool, and WisConomy, the labor market data tool.

Presented by Maura Kirkham, Bureau of Workforce Information and Technical Support

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Recording - February 10

Recording - February 12

Annual Report Webinar

Originally presented on January 13, 2021, with Mark Ibach presenting.

This session on filing the Wisconsin Public Library Annual Report online is designed especially for new directors or others completing the report for the first (or nearly first) time, or for anyone who has recently experienced questions or problems with the report. However, anyone who is working on the state annual report should find it a helpful review and is welcome to attend.

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CE Activity Report

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Tails and Tales: Summer Library Program and Early Literacy

Originally presented December 11, 2020, with Shawn Brommer presenting.

Shawn Brommer will present practical program ideas that encourage toddlers and preschoolers to engage in early literacy activities during next year's Summer Library Program. Shawn will discuss the highlights of a 6-week program outline and will draw attention to book lists, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, activities, crafts, early literacy connections, and messages for parents that support the 2021 summer theme.

Handout

Slides

CE Activity Report

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Wisconsin Award Winners, 2020

Originally presented November 17, 2020, with Deb Shapiro and Aimee Schreiber presenting.

Each year the Literary Awards and the Children's Book Award Committees read and evaluate many books by Wisconsin authors. Join this year's committee chairs, Deb Shapiro and Aimee Schreiber, to hear all about this year's winners.

Children's Book Award Winners

Literary Award Winners

Slides

• Aimee
• Deb

Recording