Join EBSCO trainer, Lisa Jones, for an overview on the new features in EBSCO databases.
Date Recorded: 11/9/2022
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Lisa Jones / EBSCO trainer
Tag Archives: Teen Services
Using Book Connections at the Public Library – 1 LEU
Engage and inspire readers with Book Connections resources that can be used both with patrons and behind the scenes. In this webinar we will highlight ways to implement resources in your youth services library programming as well as new tools to complement your work to enhance diversity in your library collections. Learn about the Collection Analysis and Diverse Books Toolkits, ready-to-use resources for your book clubs and story times, homework help features, and more. TeachingBooks and Book Connections are provided to all Indiana schools, public libraries, universities and residents through INSPIRE, a service of the Indiana State Library.
Date Recorded: 2/15/2023
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Book Connections/TeachingBooks Staff
Enriching School Wide Collaboration around Books and Authors – 1 LEU
School library staff! Spread the word and lead the way with resources that directly enrich the literacy work in your school in all content areas. Perpetuate leadership and support school-wide collaboration with colleagues, students, families, and administrators through engaging materials with easy to use share options and promotional tools to excite your community. Book Connections/TeachingBooks is one of many databases provided free to all Indiana residents via INSPIRE.in.gov.
Date Recorded: 7/13/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: TeachingBooks/Book Connections staff
Canva Demo and Q&A: Ask Questions, Get Answers from an Amateur Designer and Professional Librarian – 1 LEU
This session will include a demonstration of Canva, the web-based graphic design and publishing tool. Learn tips and tricks that will help you do more with Canva and help you create graphics that capture the attention of your audience. Questions submitted before the webinar will help guide the presentation.
Date Recorded: 5/17/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Cole Zrostlik, Collaborative Consultant / Winding Rivers Library System (Wisconsin)
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Graphic Arts and the Reading Experience – An Evening with Nate Powell – 1 LEU
The Indiana Center for the Book at the Indiana State Library and the Arkansas Center for the Book at the Arkansas State Library partnered to present a program featuring Nate Powell on the theme “The Graphic Arts and the Reading Experience.” This program focuses on the use of comics/graphical arts to communicate as a mass medium as well as how a graphic writer envisions, creates and curates the reading experience. Teen as well as adult librarians will enjoy hearing from Nate.
Date Recorded: 2/17/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Nate Powell is the first cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. He is from Little Rock, Arkansas and lives in Bloomington, Indiana. Powell’s work has also received a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, three Eisner Awards, two Ignatz Awards, four YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens selections and two Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist selections.
Marketing Tools for INSPIRE – 1 LEU
Find out about the marketing tools available to promote INSPIRE in your library. We will show you how to go beyond pens and pencils to social media, promotional videos and more.
Date Recorded: 5/11/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: John Wekluk, Communications Director / Indiana State Library and Stephanie Hughes and Meghan Bass / Jarbo Marketing
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Curating and Maintaining Vibrant Collections for Users with Print Disabilities – 1 LEU
Almost all libraries have materials for users with print disabilities, such as large print books and audiobooks, but are those collections being given the attention they deserve and are they serving as many users as possible? According to two recent studies, large print collections are a still vital part of library services, and their usage has not diminished in the age of electronic resources. Learn what users with print disabilities need and want, and how best to create and maintain vibrant print disabled-friendly collections, no matter how small or large.
Date Recorded: 3/17/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Holly Hebert, Assistant Professor / Master of Library Science Program at Middle Tennessee State University
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Integrate Book Connections Resources to Inspire Summer Reading – 1 LEU
Make planning easier, find new inspiration, and learn how Book Connections resources can be easily integrated into your summer reading program to inspire independent reading. Locate pre-made summer reading lists and create your own. Discover how to find, share, and incorporate Meet-the-Author recordings, book trailers, activity kits, and more. Book Connections/TeachingBooks is one of many databases provided free to all Indiana residents via INSPIRE.in.gov.
Date Recorded: 2/17/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Kym Davick and Mary Ellen Graf / TeachingBooks/Book Connections
Be the Hero! Tween and Teen Live Action Roleplaying (LARPing) Games – 1 LEU
Secure big numbers of tweens or teens with a real-life video game where they are the heroes! Live Action Roleplaying (LARPing) games allow for a unique opportunity that youth can’t get anywhere else. Get an in-depth look at this revolutionary event type and even create a mini version of the game on the spot.
Date Recorded: 1/26/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Brooke Windsor (she/her/hers), Teen Services Librarian / Stratford Public Library
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From Diversity to Inclusion: How to Audit Your Collection and Why – 1 LEU
Kymberlee Powe, Children and YA Consultant for the Connecticut State Library Division of Library Development, dives into the makeup of the publishing industry. You will learn how to identify the difference between a diverse collection and an inclusive one, and walk through the logistics of performing a diversity audit of your collection. The examples and resources provided in this session will focus on youth collections; however, the methodology of performing a diversity audit, and the reasons to do so, are universal to all collections.
This presentation is brought to you by the Connecticut State Library, in collaboration with the Indiana State Library, the Library of Michigan, and the State Library of Ohio.
Date Recorded: 12/15/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Kymberlee Powe, Children and YA Consultant / Connecticut State Library Division of Library Development
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- Slides from the webinar can be found here: https://bit.ly/DA_12_21
- Chatbox from the webinar is located here: From Diversity to Inclusion 12.15.21 Chatbox
- Connecticut’s Libguide: Children’s and YA Services: Inclusive Collections
- Kym’s Diversity Audit Template (Excel download)
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