INSPIRE is Indiana’s Virtual Online Library. INSPIRE is a collection of online academic databases and other information resources that can be accessed by Indiana residents. This will be an informal question and answer session about all things INSPIRE.
Date Recorded: 11/10/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Paula Newcom / Indiana State Library
Get started planning your 2022 Summer Library Program by this VIRTUAL Collaborative Summer Library Program training! Join Beth Yates of the Indiana State Library for this training where you will be introduced to and receive updates about the 2022 CSLP Summer Reading Program “Oceans of Possibilities.”
Date Recorded: 12/9/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Beth Yates / Indiana State Library
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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
Board games are fun for children of all ages, but they are also promising tools for education. How can we best practically incorporate them into K-12 classrooms in order to optimize learning? As a former neurobiologist who transitioned to teaching, I have experimented for the past seven years with the integration of board games as educational tools. Here I will discuss best practices for using board games effectively to teach content knowledge, focusing primarily on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects. Topics covered will include gamer motivations, fun yet educational game mechanics, lesson plan structures, roles of educators in scaffolded learning, and common mistakes I have discovered in the “gameschooling” process. I will also show preliminary evidence that board games can effectively improve content knowledge. Overall, I hope to show how popular modern board games could be utilized in educational arenas.
Date Recorded: 10/27/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Catherine Croft, Ph.D. / Co-Founder & CEO, Catlilli Games
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Are you worried about getting children and teens back into the library post-COVID? You aren’t alone! A community-based approach will help you expand your reach to patrons new and old, so in this webinar we’ll talk about Community Asset Mapping, a strategy that will help you discover and develop new partnerships.
Date Recorded: 10/19/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Beth Yates, Children’s Consultant / Indiana State Library and Christy Franzman, Teen Coordinator / Hamilton East Public Library
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Sexual harassment is prohibited under state and federal law. You are entitled to a workplace free of sexual harassment, but not all unpleasant encounters constitute harassment. We will discuss the difference between annoying behavior and actionable behavior. We will identify key elements of a sound sexual harassment policy and offer tips on how to handle uncomfortable situations that do not constitute sexual harassment. In this webinar you will learn to identify: Who can be a target of sexual harassment and who can be a harasser? What is the difference between risky behavior and sexual harassment? What should you do if you are the target of sexual harassment? What can you do if you are a witness or bystander? What are your duties as a manager or supervisor?
Date Recorded: 6/24/2021
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Cheri Harris/ Indiana State Library
Resources: Handout on Harassment Resources Sexual Harassment 2021, Sexual Harassment 2021
In July 2021, the Indiana State Library (ISL) launched a new librarian certification portal: Certification for Indiana Librarians. Many librarians have accessed the portal, updated their information, and successfully renewed their 5-year certificates online. This informal meeting is designed to demonstrate how the portal works, share some tips for successfully navigating within the portal, illustrate activities that can be done from the portal, and address individual’s questions and concerns. We will demonstrate how to use the public look-up function, how to find and print out your own certificate, and how the name change process works.
Date Recorded: 9/30/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Cheri Harris and Kara Cleveland/ Indiana State Library
Resources: Guide to Using Cert Portal
Join Angela Fox, ISL Public Library Services Consultant, at this webinar to learn what new IMLS guidance on programming means for your stats, why many of the rules from last year are wrong – and why the impact on your 2021 Annual Report will be minimal.
Date Recorded: 10/7/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Angela Fox / Indiana State Library
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This session will highlight support staff who did innovative programs during the pandemic. They will cover and ins and outs of how the program was done, how it went, what they learned and the outcome of the program.
Date Recorded: 9/17/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Ashley Bartley, Julie Jolliff and Sarah Morbitzer
Our panel will discuss the “not-so-fun but “oh-so-real” issues of troubleshooting relationships with a supervisor. Some possible topics: What if your boss isn’t approachable? Is there a problem you want to discuss? Do you need strategies for those conversations? This will be the place for you!
Date Recorded: 9/17/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Lynn Hobbs, Chris Scandling, Donna Seaton and Jason Fields