Join staff of the Indiana State Library to learn about how to use the historical collections, Talking Books, and the Young Readers Center. This program may benefit librarians looking for ways to assist their patrons or researchers wanting to know more about the Indiana State Library.
Date Recorded: 11/24/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Indiana State Library’s Public Services Librarians – Monique Howell, Jamie Dunn, Marcia Caudell, Victoria Duncan and Laura Williams
Join librarian, book review blogger, and bookstagrammer Laura Jones as she shares her favorite readers advisory tools and tips to help library staff find the right book for even those patrons with the most eclectic tastes!
Date Recorded: 9/17/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Laura Jones, Indiana State Library
This session covers real incidents that happened in libraries and good ways to respond to those uncomfortable situations. Great pro tips for new & seasoned library workers.
Date Recorded: 9/17/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Paula Newcom and Kara Cleveland, Indiana State Library
Websites and apps often rely on “intuitive design” so that users can navigate them without getting confused. Low-skill tech users often lack the experience needed for good “tech intuition” which prevents them from independently navigating new websites or apps. This session will explore common design patterns and user interface characteristics that you can teach patrons so that they can quickly develop tech intuition and become more confident when using new apps and websites.
Date Recorded: 9/17/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Marianne McKenzie and Alex Hampton, Indianapolis Public Library
This presentation will address how IARA’s resources can help and be utilized by your library. IARA’s staff, Vicki Casteel and Amy Christiansen Janicki will discuss a variety of archives and record management topics. Vicki will share how to direct your patrons to IARA’s most popular genealogy collections and locate records with the recently updated Digital Index. Amy will discuss creating a records management program, understanding retention schedules, and how the County Commission of Public Records can help you.
Date Recorded: 7/28/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Vicki Casteel, Director of Patron and Outreach Services and Amy Christiansen Janicki, Records Management Liaison / Indiana Archives and Records Administration
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The National Book Festival is sponsored by the Library of Congress annually. This year, the events are online and you and your library can join in the festivities. Learn more about this fun opportunity from Suzanne Walker, Indiana Center for the Book and Megan Telligman, Indiana Humanities. The National Book Festival will feature hundreds of author talks, including authors from Indiana, as well as other programs all available remotely. Learn more about how to participate, what’s available, and program ideas for your library in this fun and informative webinar. A tool-kit on how to participate in the National Book Festival will be unveiled. The National Book Festival happens September 17 – September 26. You don’t want to miss it!
Date Recorded: 7/28/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Suzanne Walker / Indiana Center for the book and Megan Telligman / Indiana Humanities
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Athens (Georgia) Regional Library is one of the first public libraries to refocus a social work program toward a trauma-informed framework. This session presents replicable steps in providing library services, designing and implementing policies, and supplying holistic training for staff utilizing a trauma-informed lens. As libraries are asked to do more with less, this session highlights easily attained methods of becoming trauma-informed and establishing a system which reflects the assets of the community and organizational values. 1hr / 1 LEU.
Date Recorded: 6/30/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Trudi Green / Assistant Director for Public Services, Athens Regional Library System; Jennifer Elkins / Associate Professor, University of Georgia School of Social Work; Sarah List / Information Services Librarian, Athens Regional Library System.
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Keeping up with our busy work and personal lives can be a challenge! Technology exists to help make it a little easier, but how do you decide what to use?
In this session, I will share some of my favorite tech tools and shortcuts that help maintain healthy work habits, as well as some ideas on how we can connect with our communities virtually.
Bring some of your favorite tech tools or shortcuts to share and we’ll create a list of resources everyone will be able to access. 1hr / 1 TLEU.
Date Recorded: 2/17/20
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Pam Seabolt / Community Engagement Librarian with the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) –
Pam has served as Community Engagement Librarian with the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) since 2017. Through her role, Pam works with libraries across Indiana to present a variety of training opportunities.
Pam’s educational background includes a B.S. in Child Development and Family Studies with a minor in History and a M.L.S. from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
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Do you ever feel like you give your team the same feedback over and over again with no change or results? Do you ever feel overwhelmed with all these “great ideas” other people have and you don’t have time to implement them? Who has time or that additional project? Who has money for that? Can I just file that thought and move on with my day? Sometimes by looking at projects in a new way, our attitude can change. We’ll look at 10 obstacles that turned into opportunities at my small library.
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Date Recorded: 3/18/2021
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Angela Bodzislaw, Spooner Memorial Library Director (Spooner, Wisconsin)
Angela Bodzislaw is Director of Spooner Memorial Library in Spooner, Wisconsin. She is Vice Chair of WLA’s Wisconsin Small Libraries and serves on Cooperative Children’s Book Center Advisory Board. She earned her MLIS degree from UW-Milwaukee and is a graduate of both Wisconsin DPI’s Youth Services Development Institute and Wisconsin Library Association’s Leadership Development Institute. Most recently Angie co-founded a local initiative called Community First – Washburn County where she worked alongside a handful of community organizations to hand out care packages and deliver food to those in need while also supporting local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Angela’s mantra is “choose joy” and believes greatly in the role of libraries in offering community, opportunity, and literacy.
Hoosier State Chronicles, Indiana’s statewide historical digital newspaper program, and Indiana Memory, a digital library containing materials from institutions across the state, are free resources from the Indiana State Library. This session will cover how researchers can use both collections, including search techniques, item descriptions, and application with other source repositories.
* Picture used in the thumbnail is James Whitcomb Riley with children from the Indiana State Library Digital Collections
Date Recorded: 11/25/20
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Justin Clark / Indiana Historical Bureau