Check out the Professional Development Calendar for more information and to register for the following FREE online professional development opportunities:
ADVOCACY
Jan 18: Level Up Your Book Displays (Niche Academy)
Jan 26: Make Your Presentations aMMMazing, Every Time! (Training Magazine Network)
ASSESSMENT & PLANNING
Jan 4: How to Conduct a Feasibility Study for Purposeful Program Design (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Jan 11: Designing Surveys for Evaluating Training Programs (Training Magazine Network)
Jan 11: UX Research Methods for Libraries (Niche Academy)
Jan 12: Recession-Proofing Your Nonprofit: How to Continue Serving Your Mission During Challenging Times (Charity Village)
Jan 18: True Program Costs (Propel Nonprofits)
Jan 19: Imagine This: Planning For Your Company’s Digital Future (Wyoming SBDC)
Jan 24: How Your Company Can Be More Strategic About its Tech Spending (Harvard Business Review)
Jan 25: Digital Preservation: What Libraries Need to Know (Indiana State Library)
Jan 26: Sustainable and Passive Ways to Improve your Collection Environment (Connecting to Collections Care)
Jan 26: Finding Your Way Through Census Bureau Geographies (US Census Bureau)
Jan 31: Cut Costs and Get Creative with Nonprofit Appeals (Firespring)
CAREERS
Jan 10: Recharge and Refresh with Wellness Educator Shayna Marmar (Public Library Association)
Jan 11: Is Starting a Nonprofit Right for You? (Candid Learning)
Jan 24: Take Care of Yourself! Self-Care Tips for Trying Times (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
Jan 26: The Impact of STEM Role Models and Mentors (National Girls Collaborative Project)
Jan 30: How to Set Boundaries for Yourself and Your Team (GovLoop)
Jan 31: What’s the Point of APA Style? Relevance of a Writing Style to Life After Graduation (APA Style)
Jan 31: How to Get Organized at Work (GovLoop)
CHILDREN & TEENS
Jan 11: NCompass Live: Best New Teen Reads of 2022 (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan 11: Supporting Trauma-Informed Play to Facilitate Healing in Early Childhood Programs (Early Childhood Investigations)
Jan 19: Celebrating Creativity While Developing Critical Thinkers (Follett)
Jan 19: Body Positivity and Justice: Powerful Middle Grade Stories of Girls Fighting for Their Rights (Mackin)
Jan 25: NCompass Live: Pretty Sweet Tech – Learn About TechGirlz & Inspire Girls in Your Community Today! (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan 25: Lateral Reading Mindset: Contextualizing Information Resources (Niche Academy)
Jan 25: Power in Art: Elevate Student Voice with Editorial Cartooning (News Literacy Project)
Jan 26: The Impact of STEM Role Models and Mentors (National Girls Collaborative Project)
Jan 27: What’s It Really Like? Join the 2023 Mock Newbery LIVE! (School Library Journal)
Jan 31: What’s the Point of APA Style? Relevance of a Writing Style to Life After Graduation (APA Style)
Jan 31: Podcasting 101: Using Podcasts in Your Classroom (TeachersFirst)
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
Jan 10: New Year, Balanced Life (Booklist)
Jan 11: NCompass Live: Best New Teen Reads of 2022 (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan 19: Authors & ARCs (Booklist)
Jan 25: Digital Preservation: What Libraries Need to Know (Indiana State Library)
Jan 26: Sustainable and Passive Ways to Improve your Collection Environment (Connecting to Collections Care)
Jan 27: What’s It Really Like? Join the 2023 Mock Newbery LIVE! (School Library Journal)
COMMUNICATION
Jan 10: Social Media 101 for Nonprofits (Firespring)
Jan 11: Making Your Nonprofit’s Website More Accessible and Inclusive (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Jan 18: Five Biggest Mistakes in Content Creation (TechSoup)
Jan 19: CSL in Session: Dementia 101 for Public Library Staff (Colorado State Library)
Jan 25: How to Write the World’s Greatest Fundraising Letter (Blackbaud)
Jan 26: Make Your Presentations aMMMazing, Every Time! (Training Magazine Network)
Jan 26: Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Jan 30: How to Set Boundaries for Yourself and Your Team (GovLoop)
Jan 31: Annual Reports: Simplifying the Process for Maximum Donor Engagement (Productive Fundraising)
Jan 31: 5 Social Media Tips that Will Help You Turn heads and Raise Funds for Your Nonprofit (CharityHowTo)
Jan 31: What’s the Point of APA Style? Relevance of a Writing Style to Life After Graduation (APA Style)
Jan 31: Podcasting 101: Using Podcasts in Your Classroom (TeachersFirst)
DIGITAL RESOURCES
Jan 17: Engaging With the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): Online Tools & Citizenship Resources (Federal Depository Library Program)
Jan 24: Orientation to Law Library Collections (Law Library of Congress)
Jan 24: Engage & Inspire: Flipped and Blended Learning (TeachersFirst)
Jan 25: Digital Preservation: What Libraries Need to Know (Indiana State Library)
Jan 25: ClinicalTrials.gov for Librarians (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Jan 26: Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
DATABASES & E-RESOURCES
Jan 12: Using the Census Survey Explorer to Get Started (US Census Bureau)
Jan 19: What’s New in NoveList Plus? (EBSCO)
Jan 25: ClinicalTrials.gov for Librarians (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Jan 26: Finding Your Way Through Census Bureau Geographies (US Census Bureau)
DEVELOPMENT & MANAGING CHANGE
Jan 10: Recharge and Refresh with Wellness Educator Shayna Marmar (Public Library Association)
Jan 12: Maximize Growth With a 2023 Nonprofit Marketing Plan (Bloomerang)
Jan 18: True Program Costs (Propel Nonprofits)
Jan 24: Take Care of Yourself! Self-Care Tips for Trying Times (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
Jan 26: Leader Talk: Make Hybrid Learning Work (Training Industry)
Jan 30: DEI Success Stories and Exceeding Expectations: Skilltype (Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
Jan 30: How to Set Boundaries for Yourself and Your Team (GovLoop)
Jan 31: How to Get Organized at Work (GovLoop)
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
Jan 10: Cultivating Racial Equity & Inclusion: Using XR (Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
Jan 11: Making Your Nonprofit’s Website More Accessible and Inclusive (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Jan 25: NCompass Live: Pretty Sweet Tech – Learn About TechGirlz & Inspire Girls in Your Community Today! (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan 26: How to Really Reach the Latino Community (Colorado State Library)
Jan 26: The Impact of STEM Role Models and Mentors (National Girls Collaborative Project)
Jan 30: DEI Success Stories and Exceeding Expectations: Skilltype (Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
Jan 31: Revising the “Open” Paradigm: Justice-Oriented OEP for the Modern Information Worker (Lyrasis)
FUNDRAISING
Jan 4: Busting the Top 10 Grant Writing Myths (Nonprofit Hub)
Jan 10: Social Media 101 for Nonprofits (Firespring)
Jan 11:Creativity, Ideation, And Engagement: How A Grant Idea Is Formed (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Jan 11: Is Starting a Nonprofit Right for You? (Candid Learning)
Jan 12: Recession-Proofing Your Nonprofit: How to Continue Serving Your Mission During Challenging Times (Charity Village)
Jan 19: How to Turn your Nonprofit into a Donor Retention Powerhouse (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Jan 19: Planned Giving Best Practices (Bloomerang)
Jan 19: Managing Government Grants (Blackbaud)
Jan 25: How to Write the World’s Greatest Fundraising Letter (Blackbaud)
Jan 26: Make Your Presentations aMMMazing, Every Time! (Training Magazine Network)
Jan 31: Annual Reports: Simplifying the Process for Maximum Donor Engagement (Productive Fundraising)
Jan 31: 5 Social Media Tips that Will Help You Turn heads and Raise Funds for Your Nonprofit (CharityHowTo)
Jan 31: Cut Costs and Get Creative with Nonprofit Appeals (Firespring)
LEGAL
Jan 12: What You Need to Know about Small Claims and the Copyright Claims Board (US Copyright Office)
Jan 12: Orientation to Legal Research: U.S. Case Law (Law Library of Congress)
Jan 18: NCompass Live: First Amendment Audits: What You Need to Know (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan 24: Orientation to Law Library Collections (Law Library of Congress)
LIBRARY SPACES
Jan 18: Level Up Your Book Displays (Niche Academy)
Jan 26: Sustainable and Passive Ways to Improve your Collection Environment (Connecting to Collections Care)
MANAGEMENT
Jan 5: How To Get More of the Right Things Done: A Time Blocking and Energy Management Workshop (Bloomerang)
Jan 18: NCompass Live: First Amendment Audits: What You Need to Know (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan 19: Imagine This: Planning For Your Company’s Digital Future (Wyoming SBDC)
Jan 24: How Your Company Can Be More Strategic About its Tech Spending (Harvard Business Review)
Jan 26: Leader Talk: Make Hybrid Learning Work (Training Industry)
Jan 30: DEI Success Stories and Exceeding Expectations: Skilltype (Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
Jan 30: How to Set Boundaries for Yourself and Your Team (GovLoop)
Jan 31: Cut Costs and Get Creative with Nonprofit Appeals (Firespring)
OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS
Jan 11: Dementia Friendly Community Collaborations: Thrive Alliance and Bartholomew County Public Library (Indiana State Library)
Jan 11:Creativity, Ideation, And Engagement: How A Grant Idea Is Formed (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Jan 11: Practical Strategies for Engaging Veteran and Military-Affiliated Patrons at Your Library (WebJunction)
Jan 12: From Isolation to Conversation: Talking with the Community – Part 1 (Colorado State Library)
Jan 19: CSL in Session: Dementia 101 for Public Library Staff (Colorado State Library)
Jan 25: NCompass Live: Pretty Sweet Tech – Learn About TechGirlz & Inspire Girls in Your Community Today! (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan 26: How to Really Reach the Latino Community (Colorado State Library)
Jan 26: From Isolation to Conversation: Talking with the Community – Part 2 (Colorado State Library)
Jan 31: Revising the “Open” Paradigm: Justice-Oriented OEP for the Modern Information Worker (Lyrasis)
PROGRAMMING
Jan 4: NCompass Live: Critical Hit! Tabletop Gaming in the Library (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan 4: How to Conduct a Feasibility Study for Purposeful Program Design (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Jan 11: Supporting Trauma-Informed Play to Facilitate Healing in Early Childhood Programs (Early Childhood Investigations)
Jan 11: Practical Strategies for Engaging Veteran and Military-Affiliated Patrons at Your Library (WebJunction)
Jan 19: CSL in Session: Dementia 101 for Public Library Staff (Colorado State Library)
Jan 24: Science Literacy: It’s Not Just for Kids (WebJunction)
Jan 25: NCompass Live: Pretty Sweet Tech – Learn About TechGirlz & Inspire Girls in Your Community Today! (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan 25: Power in Art: Elevate Student Voice with Editorial Cartooning (News Literacy Project)
Jan 26: How to Really Reach the Latino Community (Colorado State Library)
Jan 26: From Isolation to Conversation: Talking with the Community – Part 2 (Colorado State Library)
READERS’ ADVISORY
Jan 10: New Year, Balanced Life (Booklist)
Jan 11: NCompass Live: Best New Teen Reads of 2022 (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan 19: What’s New in NoveList Plus? (EBSCO)
Jan 19: Authors & ARCs (Booklist)
Jan 27: What’s It Really Like? Join the 2023 Mock Newbery LIVE! (School Library Journal)
REFERENCE
Jan 17: Engaging With the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): Online Tools & Citizenship Resources (Federal Depository Library Program)
Jan 19: The Occupational Outlook Handbook: Information on Hundreds of Occupations in the United States (Federal Depository Library Program)
Jan 24: Orientation to Law Library Collections (Law Library of Congress)
Jan 25: ClinicalTrials.gov for Librarians (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Jan 26: Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Jan 26: Finding Your Way Through Census Bureau Geographies (US Census Bureau)
SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Jan 7: Teaching Copyright K-12: Ready to go and it’s all free (Copyright & Creativity)
Jan 9: Making Digital Citizenship Meaningful (edWeb)
Jan 10: New Year, Balanced Life (Booklist)
Jan 11: NCompass Live: Best New Teen Reads of 2022 (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan 11: AASL Town Hall | New Year: Reflection & Goals (American Association of School Librarians)
Jan 17: TeachersFirst Tech Tools Smackdown (TeachersFirst)
Jan 19: What’s New in NoveList Plus? (EBSCO)
Jan 19: Authors & ARCs (Booklist)
Jan 19: The Occupational Outlook Handbook: Information on Hundreds of Occupations in the United States (Federal Depository Library Program)
Jan 19: Body Positivity and Justice: Powerful Middle Grade Stories of Girls Fighting for Their Rights (Mackin)
Jan 19: Celebrating Creativity While Developing Critical Thinkers (Follett)
Jan 24: Engage & Inspire: Flipped and Blended Learning (TeachersFirst)
Jan 25: NCompass Live: Pretty Sweet Tech – Learn About TechGirlz & Inspire Girls in Your Community Today! (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan 25: Lateral Reading Mindset: Contextualizing Information Resources (Niche Academy)
Jan 25: Power in Art: Elevate Student Voice with Editorial Cartooning (News Literacy Project)
Jan 26: Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Jan 26: How to Really Reach the Latino Community (Colorado State Library)
Jan 26: The Impact of STEM Role Models and Mentors (National Girls Collaborative Project)
Jan 27: What’s It Really Like? Join the 2023 Mock Newbery LIVE! (School Library Journal)
Jan 31: What’s the Point of APA Style? Relevance of a Writing Style to Life After Graduation (APA Style)
Jan 31: Podcasting 101: Using Podcasts in Your Classroom (TeachersFirst)
TECHNOLOGY
Jan 17: TeachersFirst Tech Tools Smackdown (TeachersFirst)
Jan 19: Imagine This: Planning For Your Company’s Digital Future (Wyoming SBDC)
Jan 24: How Your Company Can Be More Strategic About its Tech Spending (Harvard Business Review)
Jan 25: Digital Preservation: What Libraries Need to Know (Indiana State Library)
Jan 25: NCompass Live: Pretty Sweet Tech – Learn About TechGirlz & Inspire Girls in Your Community Today! (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan 26: From Isolation to Conversation: Talking with the Community – Part 2 (Colorado State Library)
TRAINING & INSTRUCTION
Jan 7: Teaching Copyright K-12: Ready to go and it’s all free (Copyright & Creativity)
Jan 9: Making Digital Citizenship Meaningful (edWeb)
Jan 11: Designing Surveys for Evaluating Training Programs (Training Magazine Network)
Jan 12: Orientation to Legal Research: U.S. Case Law (Law Library of Congress)
Jan 24: Science Literacy: It’s Not Just for Kids (WebJunction)
Jan 24: Engage & Inspire: Flipped and Blended Learning (TeachersFirst)
Jan 25: Lateral Reading Mindset: Contextualizing Information Resources (Niche Academy)
Jan 31: Podcasting 101: Using Podcasts in Your Classroom (TeachersFirst)
VOLUNTEERS
Jan 11: Engaging the Volunteer of the Future (VolunteerMatch)
Jan 12: Successfully Implementing Volunteer Program Changes (VolunteerMatch)
Jan 19: Re-Energize Engagement with Mission-Driven Opportunities (VolunteerMatch)
ONLINE CONFERENCES
- Jan 21 (9-11 am) Future Ready Librarians® January Summit (All4Ed/Future Ready Librarians) Connection Development: Exploring Your Collaborations and Partnerships: The Future Ready Librarians® summit is a FREE, live, virtual, interactive, high-quality professional learning experience for librarians interested in learning, growing, and expanding their professional practice through collaboration and networking with like-minded colleagues from across the country. This interactive online event will help librarians ground their practice in the research-based Future Ready Librarians® Framework and define new ways in which they can lead, teach, and support learning in their schools. For more information and to register, visit: https://all4ed.org/events/
- Jan 27 (6-4 pm) National NewsLitCamp®: Trust and Credibility (News Literacy Project) The decline of the public’s trust in news media and major institutions has had a dramatic impact on civic life. As misinformation continues to spread online, and partisan divides in media trust widen, how we decide who to put our trust in and what to believe is critical to a functioning democracy. In a complex digital landscape where anyone can be an “expert,” the ability to identify signs of credibility is a vital skill. This special NewsLitCamp is a unique, virtual event designed to help educators teach students to evaluate news and information with a skeptical — not cynical — eye. This immersive day of professional learning will zero in on what it means for news to inform us credibly, how persuasion can and should be credible, and what it means for a source to be trustworthy. For more information and to register, visit: https://newslit.org/newslit-nation/events/
AT YOUR LEISURE – Pre-recorded webinars to view at your convenience
- Gale Tools – Google Classroom Integration (Gale): This tutorial shows you how to integrate materials from library resources directly into your Google Classroom site to share with students. Visit: https://support.gale.com/doc/google-classroom-integration
- Promote Community Engagement and Challenge Prejudice with a Human Library (WebJunction): The idea of circulating ‘human books’ first emerged in 2000, in Copenhagen, Denmark, as a way to help grow community understanding of the diversity of the human experience, locally and on a global level. The Human Library® model seeks to create safe spaces for dialogue where topics are discussed openly between human books and their readers. Join us to gain insights from a public and academic library using this innovative and impactful model to create meaningful community dialogue. Visit: https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/human-library.html
- Graphic Novel Collection Development for School Libraries (LibraryPass): Adding popular graphic novels and manga to your school library’s collection is a surefire way to drive circulation—but it can also bring scrutiny from parents and administrators who don’t believe they’re appropriate for young readers. Ensuring your collection development plan is up-to-date with your administration’s goals and objectives is a critical first step to garnering support for your efforts. In this webinar, our panel of experienced librarians discuss how to successfully integrate comics, graphic novels, and manga into your collection development plan, and offer insights on aligning your collection to support classroom instruction, while also meeting students’ varied reading needs and interests. Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2aZ4nmXtFo
- Receptive to Race: Normalizing the Discussion of Race with Children in Libraries (Colorado State Library): Research shows that children notice race at a very young age, and often draw erroneous conclusions if no one speaks to them about it. With a focus on story time, programming, collection development and user services, we will discuss and model ways librarians can talk about race and racism in age appropriate ways with children. Visit: https://www.librarieslearn.org/calendar/receptive-to-race-normalizing-the-discussion-of-race-with-children-in-libraries
*Training opportunities are compiled and shared by the Wyoming State Library each month via WebJunction. See WebJunction for detailed abstracts. Note: some of these opportunities may not be free.