Check out the Professional Development Calendar for more information and to register for the following FREE online professional development opportunities:
ASSESSMENT & PLANNING
Sep 21: Strategic Planning with Your Organization: The Why, The What and The How (Charity Village)
Sep 26: Building a Strong Grants Compliance Team: The Importance of Finance and Program Staff Collaboration (Blackbaud)
Sep 26: How to Keep All Those Donors You Worked So Hard to Get (Productive Fundraising)
Sep 27: Introduction to measuring your impact (Candid Learning)
Sep 28: Six Simple Steps for Evaluation Planning (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
ACCESSIBILITY
Sep 12: Upgrade Your Accessibility: Affordable Ways to Improve Library Access to Those with Visual Disabilities (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Sep 12: Info2Go! Intro to Accessible Web Design (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
Sep 19: Key Ways Digital Books Create Better Reading Accessibility (School Library Journal/OverDrive)
Sep 26: Beyond Keyboards: Alternative Tools for Controlling your Computer (PACER)
BOARDS
Sep 27: Revitalizing Your Library Faculty Governance (Niche Academy)
CAREERS
Sep 13: How to Work with (Almost) Anyone (Training Magazine Network)
Sep 18: Career Challenges & Experiences for Mid-Career/New Archivists and Librarians of Color (Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
Sep 25: How to Manage Up (GovLoop)
Sep 26: How to Survive in a Toxic Workplace (GovLoop)
CHILDREN & TEENS
Sep 13: Exploring Beautiful Stuff: Loose Parts, Nature, and Art in Your ECE Classroom (Early Childhood Investigations)
Sep 20: How to Help Kids Become Skilled Citizens (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
Sep 22: Inspiring Today’s Youth To Reach For The Stars with A MILLION MILES AWAY (edWeb)
Sep 27: Citizen Science at Your Library – FOR BEGINNERS! (SciStarter)
Sep 28: Building Confidence and Resilience Skills in Young Children (Early Childhood Investigations)
Sep 28: Meet STEM Picture Book Author and Founder of Let’s Engineer! Sheryl Haft (National Girls Collaborative Project)
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
Sep 6: Arsenic in Collections (Connecting to Collections Care)
Sep 19: Middle Grade, Latest and Greatest (Booklist)
Sep 20: The Poison Book Project (Connecting to Collections Care)
Sep 20: Lee & Low Books Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Seasonal Showcase (Booklist)
Sep 27: Promoting Your Federal Documents Collection (Federal Depository Library Program)
COMMUNICATION
Sep 14: data.census.gov (Federal Depository Library Program)
Sep 14: Data Can Make the Difference! (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Sep 20: Why Comics Work for Risk Communication (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Sep 25: How to Manage Up (GovLoop)
Sep 27: 5 Social Media Tips that Will Help You Turn heads and Raise Funds for Your Nonprofit (CharityHowTo)
DIGITAL RESOURCES
Sep 12: Rural Health Resources (Federal Depository Library Program)
Sep 14: data.census.gov (Federal Depository Library Program)
Sep 14: Data Can Make the Difference! (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
DEVELOPMENT & MANAGING CHANGE
Sep 13: The Basics of Helping Library Patrons with Social Media (Niche Academy)
Sep 13: How to Work with (Almost) Anyone (Training Magazine Network)
Sep 27: Revitalizing Your Library Faculty Governance (Niche Academy)
FUNDRAISING
Sep 5: How to Supercharge Your Grant Research (CharityHowTo)
Sep 5: Putting Your Best Foot Forward: How to Incorporate Strengths in Your Grant Proposals (TechSoup)
Sep 5: Get Your Board to Help You Fundraise—Even if They Don’t Wanna! (Firespring)
Sep 6: Get Social: How to Reach & Engage Donors on Social Media (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Sep 6: Introduction to finding grants (Candid Learning)
Sep 7: Ask With Confidence: How to Approach Wealthy Individuals for Big Gifts (Bloomerang)
Sep 12: Convert Supporters with Powerful Landing Pages (Firespring)
Sep 12: Grants for Public Libraries (Indiana State Library)
Sep 19: How to Use a “Grants Scorecard” to Create Winning Proposals (TechSoup)
Sep 22: Introduction to fundraising planning (Candid Learning)
Sep 26: Building a Strong Grants Compliance Team: The Importance of Finance and Program Staff Collaboration (Blackbaud)
Sep 26: How to Keep All Those Donors You Worked So Hard to Get (Productive Fundraising)
Sep 26: Jump-start Your 4th Quarter with Year-End Appeals that Work! (Firespring)
LEGAL
Sep 7: Orientation to Legal Research Webinar: U.S. Case Law (Law Library of Congress)
Sep 19: Orientation to Law Library Collections (Law Library of Congress)
LIBRARY SPACES
Sep 13: What’s Up Wednesday – You might have heard we had a fire … Eckhart Public Library (Indiana State Library)
Sep 20: Transforming Libraries Through Trauma-Informed Services (Niche Academy)
Sep 26: How to Survive in a Toxic Workplace (GovLoop)
MANAGEMENT
Sep 13: What’s Up Wednesday – You might have heard we had a fire … Eckhart Public Library (Indiana State Library)
Sep 13: Rise and Shine: Find the Joyful Leader Within (edWeb)
Sep 25: How to Manage Up (GovLoop)
Sep 27: Revitalizing Your Library Faculty Governance (Niche Academy)
OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS
Sep 7: Get to Know Your Federal Financial Regulators (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
Sep 13: Prime Time Nourish: Discussing Food and the Human Experience through the Lens of Children’s Books (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Sep 14: Just in Time Housing Guides (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
Sep 14: Bridgebuilding: Fostering Community Engagement and Dialogue (WebJunction)
Sep 14: Personal Librarians: Building Relationships Across Campus (Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
Sep 14: The Confluence of Business and Career Services and the Community: Navigating the Waters (Colorado State Library)
Sep 20: Transforming Libraries Through Trauma-Informed Services (Niche Academy)
Sep 27: From Contraception to Menopause: Identifying and Addressing Reproductive Health Misinformation (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
PROGRAMMING
Sep 13: Exploring Beautiful Stuff: Loose Parts, Nature, and Art in Your ECE Classroom (Early Childhood Investigations)
Sep 14: Bridgebuilding: Fostering Community Engagement and Dialogue (WebJunction)
Sep 19: Prepare for the Eclipses (SciStarter)
Sep 22: Inspiring Today’s Youth To Reach For The Stars with A MILLION MILES AWAY (edWeb)
Sep 27: Citizen Science at Your Library – FOR BEGINNERS! (SciStarter)
READERS’ ADVISORY
Sep 19: Middle Grade, Latest and Greatest (Booklist)
Sep 20: Lee & Low Books Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Seasonal Showcase (Booklist)
Sep 28: Meet STEM Picture Book Author and Founder of Let’s Engineer! Sheryl Haft (National Girls Collaborative Project)
REFERENCE
Sep 7: Get to Know Your Federal Financial Regulators (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
Sep 7: Orientation to Legal Research Webinar: U.S. Case Law (Law Library of Congress)
Sep 12: Rural Health Resources (Federal Depository Library Program)Sep 28: Show Me the Data: How to Help Researchers Share their Data, Software, and Code (Library Journal)
Sep 13: Publishing in Compliance with the OSTP Nelson Memo: Implications for Librarians and Their Researchers (Library Journal)
Sep 13: 2020 Census DHC-A Prerelease Webinar (U.S. Census Bureau)
Sep 14: Just in Time Housing Guides (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
Sep 14: APA Style Webinar: An English Educator’s Guide to Introducing APA Style (American Psychological Association)
Sep 14: data.census.gov (Federal Depository Library Program)
Sep 19: Orientation to Law Library Collections (Law Library of Congress)
Sep 27: Promoting Your Federal Documents Collection (Federal Depository Library Program)
Sep 27: From Contraception to Menopause: Identifying and Addressing Reproductive Health Misinformation (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Sep 12: The Future ELA Classroom Is Here: Using Generative AI to Improve Writing Practice, Feedback, and Revision (edWeb)
Sep 13: Exploring Beautiful Stuff: Loose Parts, Nature, and Art in Your ECE Classroom (Early Childhood Investigations)
Sep 13: AASL Town Hall: Finding Joy in the Journey (American Association of School Librarians)
Sep 13: Reading Like a Historian (Stanford History Education Group)
Sep 14: APA Style Webinar: An English Educator’s Guide to Introducing APA Style (American Psychological Association)
Sep 19: Middle Grade, Latest and Greatest (Booklist)
Sep 19: Super Searchers for Library Workers (Public Library Association)
Sep 19: Key Ways Digital Books Create Better Reading Accessibility (School Library Journal/OverDrive)
Sep 19: Prepare for the Eclipses (SciStarter)
Sep 20: Lee & Low Books Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Seasonal Showcase (Booklist)
Sep 20: Why Comics Work for Risk Communication (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Sep 20: How to Help Kids Become Skilled Citizens (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
Sep 22: Inspiring Today’s Youth To Reach For The Stars with A MILLION MILES AWAY (edWeb)
Sep 27: Beyond the Bubble History Assessments of Thinking (Stanford History Education Group)
Sep 27: Citizen Science at Your Library – FOR BEGINNERS! (SciStarter)
Sep 28: Building Confidence and Resilience Skills in Young Children (Early Childhood Investigations)
Sep 28: Meet STEM Picture Book Author and Founder of Let’s Engineer! Sheryl Haft (National Girls Collaborative Project)
TECHNOLOGY
Sep 6: Experimenting with AI in the Classroom (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
Sep 7: Libraries in the Age of AI: a primer (Colorado State Library)
Sep 12: The Future ELA Classroom Is Here: Using Generative AI to Improve Writing Practice, Feedback, and Revision (edWeb)
Sep 19: Super Searchers for Library Workers (Public Library Association)
Sep 26: Beyond Keyboards: Alternative Tools for Controlling your Computer (PACER)
Sep 27: NCompass Live: Pretty Sweet Tech (Nebraska Library Commission)
TRAINING & INSTRUCTION
Sep 6: Experimenting with AI in the Classroom (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
Sep 7: Wait? We’re Drawing? Engaging Visual Strategies for First Year Library Orientation (Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
Sep 12: The Future ELA Classroom Is Here: Using Generative AI to Improve Writing Practice, Feedback, and Revision (edWeb)
Sep 13: Reading Like a Historian (Stanford History Education Group)
Sep 14: APA Style Webinar: An English Educator’s Guide to Introducing APA Style (American Psychological Association)
Sep 28: Show Me the Data: How to Help Researchers Share their Data, Software, and Code (Library Journal)
ONLINE CONFERENCES
There are no conferences for the month of September.
AT YOUR LEISURE – Pre-recorded webinars to view at your convenience
ACRL Presents: Creating Welcoming Spaces in Academic Libraries (Association of College and Research Libraries) Members of ACRL’s New Roles and Changing Landscapes Committee and invited panelists discuss strategies and assessment techniques for making your library welcoming to all users. Visit: https://youtu.be/1a1XwXyAb2g
Customer service: From transactions to transformations (Colorado State Library) Libraries and library staff have had to continuously adapt over the last two plus years while continuing to provide the services their customers needed. In this session, we will discuss all of the different ways we interact with our patrons, learn about a transformation model and how it applies to customer service, and brainstorm what we intentionally want to carry forward. Visit: https://www.librarieslearn.org/calendar/csl-in-session-customer-service-from-transactions-to-transformations
*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.