Join Julius Jefferson, ALA President, in a conversation about advocating for libraries from the local to the national level. He will explain the difference between grasstops and grassroots advocacy.
Date Recorded: 2/17/2020
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Julius Jefferson, ALA President 2020-2021, Library of Congress
Did you know the Indiana State Library can provide you with FREE refurbished computers? What about FREE website hosting? Did you know you can check out tech kits, STEM kits, and VR kits to use in patron programming? Don’t know the difference between LDO, PDO, and Public Services? Join us for a brief overview of the ISL’s services and learn how we can support you and your library.
Date Recorded: 12/15/20
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Courtney Brown / Indiana State Library
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Most librarians choose their careers based on the fact that they like to do core library work such as cataloging, collection development, or reference. But you might be surprised how far-removed the work of a Library Director is from core library work. Climbing the ranks to Director finds you crunching numbers, managing facilities, and navigating local politics. Is that really what you signed up for? In this webinar, Lynn Hobbs will talk about the range of duties that could fall under a Library Director’s job description, and will help you determine if it’s the right fit for you.
Date Recorded: 8/10/20
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Lynn Hobbs / Pendleton Community Public Library
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Have you secretly been planning your retirement? Is there a date circled on a calendar somewhere that only you can see? Are you counting the days/weeks/months/years to retirement? Find out what happened when a mid-level manager decided to openly involve her library district with her retirement planning. Succession planning can be an opportunity for the entire organization. And when the big day finally arrives, everyone will be ready.
Terry Beck retired last year as the Information Services Manager at Sno-Isle Libraries. She was responsible for developing and maintaining a comprehensive program of library resources, equipment, and services to meet the reading, information, and connectivity needs of Sno-Isle Libraries’ 750,000 customers. Although she’s been in Washington state for over 20 years, she’s a native Midwesterner whose first professional library job was at the East Chicago (IN) Public Library.
Date Recorded: 6/24/20
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Terry Beck / Retired librarian
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As public libraries continue to strive towards deeper connections with their community, effective and mutually beneficial partnerships are essential. Unfortunately, all too often, instead of being “made in heaven,” many partnerships feel more like “shotgun marriages.” This session will examine the ingredients necessary for healthy, mutually beneficial, and sustainable library-community partnerships, and provide a number of suggestions as to where to start.
Date Recorded: 2/17/20
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Kelly Krieg-Sigman / Retired Director of LaCrosse Public Library, WI
Every library collects statistics throughout the year, but are you doing more with them than just clicking submit on your annual report? In this webinar, we will discuss how to effectively present your annual statistics to your boards, Friends groups, patrons, and other key stakeholders. What should you put on an annual report? How should it look? What’s the best way to format your data? We’ll try to tackle it all!
Patrick Bodily is a Public Library Consultant and State Data Coordinator for the Idaho Commission for Libraries, where he’s worked since October 2014. He is a proud accidental librarian, data nerd, and high-five enthusiast. Prior to moving to Idaho, he was the Library Director of the Richfield Public Library in Richfield, Utah. When not trying to help libraries and librarians increase their capacity to better serve their communities, he enjoys spending his free time working to perfect the shapes, flavors, and smells of artisan bread.
Date Recorded: 3/4/20
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Patrick Bodily /Idaho Commission for Libraries, Public Library Consultant and State Data Coordinator
How do you serve people in your community who are unable get in to your library? How do you find those people? What kind of programs or services could be offered to them? These questions plague libraries everywhere. Learn how we identified our target patron groups, partnered with community agencies to identify patrons, young and not so young, who would benefit from outreach programming, and how we used materials and staff on hand to add outreach to our service repertoire.
Angie Bates is currently the Assistant Director of Perry Memorial Library in Henderson, North Carolina, but she’s not always been a librarian. She taught in elementary schools all across the United States from 1986–2009. In 2010, she graduated from North Carolina Central University with my MLS and began her new career as a youth librarian. She has been blessed to experience many sides of public librarianship; youth and adult services, cataloging, and now administration. Her next adventure is to go beyond her library’s walls through outreach services.
Date Recorded: 2/26/20
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Angie Bates / Perry Memorial Library, Assistant Director (Henderson, North Carolina)
As part of the regular routine in public libraries, we plan/attend staff meetings. As a way to step it up a notch, why not plan a quarterly Staff Development Day for all of your library team. When your crew comes together in a relaxed environment, ideas and creativity can flourish! Plan to attend this webinar to get the Who? What? Why? and How?
Date Recorded: 7/16/19
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Tina Snyder / Director of the Hancock County Public Library (Hawesville, Kentucky)
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Join Lynn Hobbs, director of Pendleton Community Public Library, as she offers advice, tips and tricks for new library directors and new library supervisors in middle management.
Date Recorded: 8-28-19
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Lynn Hobbs, Director of Pendleton Community Public Library
Jennifer Clifton, Library Development Office Supervisor from the Indiana State Library, will give an overview of the public library landscape, as well as the policies and procedures that guide what they do. She’ll talk about funding, budgets, governance, public library law, certification, standards, staffing, and services. This session will be aimed at folks that are new to Indiana libraries, as well as anyone looking for a refresher.
Date Recorded: 9/23/19
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Jennifer Clifton, Indiana State Library