Check out the Professional Development Calendar for more information and to register for the following FREE online training opportunities:
ADVOCACY
July 13: Get Outside the Lines: Leverage Social Media to Make the Most of Your Campaign (TechSoup)
July 14: Creating Custom Tables and Colorful Maps Using American FactFinder (U.S. Census Bureau)
July 14: Building your Base (ALA)
July 21: The Best Defense is a Good Offense (ALA)
July 28: Message, Marketing, & Media (ALA)
ASSESSMENT & PLANNING
July 6: Integrated Assessment for Informed Collection Management: A Review of the Pilot Year (Georgia Library Association)
July 12: Webinar Surveys: How to Get Useful Feedback From Your Audience (Idealware)
July 20: Introduction to Fundraising Planning (GrantSpace)
CAREERS
July 14: Everywhere Leaders: How To Move Your Library & Your Career Forward (Utah State Library)
CHILDREN & TEENS
July 7: Embedding Music in the Early Childhood Inclusion Classroom (EdWeb)
July 12: How to Set Up a Minecraft Program for kids (Washington State Library)
July 18: Leading Teens – Accidental Teen Librarian (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
July 27: Early Childhood Science Inquiry is a Journey (Not a Series of Unrelated Activities): Learning from the Research (Connect4Learning)
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
July 6: Making Your Catalog Work for Your Community: How to Develop Local Cataloging Standards (Nebraska Library Commission)
July 6: Integrated Assessment for Informed Collection Management: A Review of the Pilot Year (Georgia Library Association)
July 19: Collection Development: Children’s and Young Adult Books about Native Americans (Association for Library Service to Children)
July 19: Best Bets for Book Groups (Booklist)
COMMUNICATION
July 6: Everything Tom Ahern Knows in 53 Minutes About Making Your Donor Communications Far More $ucce$$ful, Leaving Ample Room for Introductions and Such (Nonprofit Hub)
July 12: Webinar Surveys: How to Get Useful Feedback From Your Audience (Idealware)
July 13: Get Outside the Lines: Leverage Social Media to Make the Most of Your Campaign (TechSoup)
July 21: We Need To Talk: Overcoming the fear of having a difficult conversation (Colorado State Library)
July 27: How to Make your Website More Inclusive to All Audiences (American Alliance of Museums)
July 28: Meaningful Donor Conversations that Make More Money (Nonprofit Hub)
DATABASES & eRESOURCES
July 1: PubMed® for Librarians: Customization – My NCBI (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
July 6: Your Business By The Numbers: Census Business Builder App (U.S. Census Bureau)
July 7: Data Tools (U.S. Census Bureau)
July 19: Discover two In Context databases: World History and U.S. History (Wyoming State Library)
July 20: Breezing Along with the RML: Librarian Involvement in Electronic Health Records (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
DEVELOPMENT & MANAGING CHANGE
July 6: Introduction to Proposal Writing (GrantSpace)
July 7: 2016 ALA Annual Tech Wrapup (American Library Association TechSource)
July 12: Mindful Leadership: How Emotionally Intelligent Are You at Work? (GovLoop)
July 12: 6 Essentials for Teams That Work (Effectiveness Institute)
July 13: Grooming Young Professionals for Success in an Age of Change (Training Magazine Network)
July 14: Everywhere Leaders: How To Move Your Library & Your Career Forward (Utah State Library)
July 14: The Value of Data-Centric Security (GovLoop)
July 14: Gender Inclusivity in Special Libraries (Special Library Association)
July 18: Leading Teens – Accidental Teen Librarian (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
July 27: Cultivating a Library Technoculture: We are Tech Workers! (TechSoup)
FUNDRAISING
July 6: Everything Tom Ahern Knows in 53 Minutes About Making Your Donor Communications Far More $ucce$$ful, Leaving Ample Room for Introductions and Such (Nonprofit Hub)
July 13: How to Create an Effective Donate Page (4Good)
July 20: Introduction to Fundraising Planning (GrantSpace)
July 28: Meaningful Donor Conversations that Make More Money (Nonprofit Hub)
LEGAL
July 14: The Value of Data-Centric Security (GovLoop)
MANAGEMENT
July 6: Introduction to Proposal Writing (GrantSpace)
July 7: Playing by the Rules: Creating an Effective Volunteer Handbook (VolunteerMatch)
July 12: Mindful Leadership: How Emotionally Intelligent Are You at Work? (GovLoop)
July 12: 6 Essentials for Teams That Work (Effectiveness Institute)
July 12: Intro to the Iron Triangle: Quality, Resources, and Time Constraints (Siera Learn)
July 13: Introduction to Project Budgets (GrantSpace)
July 14: Gender Inclusivity in Special Libraries (Special Library Association)
July 27: How to Successfully Manage a Government Project (American Management Association)
OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS
July 7: Seeding Engagement and Cultivating Volunteers through Crowdsourcing (Connecting to Collections)
July 7: Before Bilingual Storytime: The Outreach Bridge to Engaging Latino and Spanish-speaking Families (WebJunction)
July 14: Many Paths to Conversation: techniques for successful ESL clubs (Infopeople)
July 19: Serving At-Risk Patrons: Lessons from Library Social Workers (Programming Librarian)
PROGRAMMING
July 12: How to Set Up a Minecraft Program for kids (Washington State Library)
July 14: Many Paths to Conversation: techniques for successful ESL clubs (Infopeople)
July 27: Health Information Resources for Seniors (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
READERS’ ADVISORY
July 12: Handselling: Readers’ Advisory for Under the Radar Titles (Booklist)
July 19: Collection Development: Children’s and Young Adult Books about Native Americans (Association for Library Service to Children)
July 19: Best Bets for Book Groups (Booklist)
REFERENCE
July 6: Your Business By The Numbers: Census Business Builder App (U.S. Census Bureau)
July 7: Data Tools (U.S. Census Bureau)
July 20: Breezing Along with the RML: Librarian Involvement in Electronic Health Records (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
July 25: Your Constituents by the Numbers: Accessing Data for Political Boundaries (U.S. Census Bureau)
July 26: The APIs of Data.gov (North Carolina Library Association)
July 27: The Queer Omaha Archives (Nebraska Library Commission)
July 27: Health Information Resources for Seniors (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
SCHOOL LIBRARIES
July 7: How Chromebooks Can Change Your Classroom: Student and Class Projects using Chromebooks (SimpleK12)
July 7: Embedding Music in the Early Childhood Inclusion Classroom (EdWeb)
July 19: Amazing Digital Projects for All Students with Google Tools (SimpleK12)
July 20: Making Project-Based Learning Work (Education Week)
July 21: Learning Without Borders using Skype in the Classroom (SimpleK12)
July 27: Early Childhood Science Inquiry is a Journey (Not a Series of Unrelated Activities): Learning from the Research (Connect4Learning)
July 28: Chromebooks in the Classroom 101 (SimpleK12)
TECHNOLOGY
July 7: How Chromebooks Can Change Your Classroom: Student and Class Projects using Chromebooks (SimpleK12)
July 7: New Fiscal Year, New Deals Through TechSoup (TechSoup)
July 7: 2016 ALA Annual Tech Wrapup (American Library Association TechSource)
July 19: Coding for Everyone: How Your Library Can Help Anyone Learn to Code (WebJunction)
July 19: Amazing Digital Projects for All Students with Google Tools (SimpleK12)
July 20: Going Digital (Lyrasis)
July 26: The APIs of Data.gov (North Carolina Library Association)
July 27: Cultivating a Library Technoculture: We are Tech Workers! (TechSoup)
July 27: How to Make your Website More Inclusive to All Audiences (American Alliance of Museums)
July 28: Chromebooks in the Classroom 101 (SimpleK12)
TRAINING & INSTRUCTION
July 14: Truth About Social Learning (InSync Training)
July 19: Coding for Everyone: How Your Library Can Help Anyone Learn to Code (WebJunction)
July 20: Making Project-Based Learning Work (Education Week)
July 21: Learning Without Borders using Skype in the Classroom (SimpleK12)
VOLUNTEERS
July 7: Playing by the Rules: Creating an Effective Volunteer Handbook (VolunteerMatch)
July 7: Seeding Engagement and Cultivating Volunteers through Crowdsourcing (Connecting to Collections)
July 12: Writing Accurate and Useful Volunteer Position Descriptions (VolunteerMatch)
July 14: Engaging the Volunteer of the Future (VolunteerMatch)