Conferences & Events Calendar

Atypical managers share their strategies for success, tools for immediate action, and techniques for self-acceptance.

Southeastern Library Association Annual Conference

In this eCourse, respected authority Hilda Weisburg will give school librarians concrete strategies for demonstrating and proving their worth through clear, focused leadership.

"Who Manages, Who Leads Part Two" is a four-week program for managers and leaders to learn advanced theory and practice in leadership, succession, and mentorship, benefiting both experienced and newly hired leaders.

This 6-week online course is an introduction to fundamental concepts of institutional repositories (IR), including considering IR platforms, promoting the IR, faculty publications in the IR, additional sources of IR content, IR metadata, and accessibility of IR content.

In this workshop, participants will learn tips and tricks for creating effective and engaging graphics. Participants will learn the fundamentals of good design and come away with a list of free tools to put their ideas into practice.

This six-week online course introduces students to the breadth of considerations, standards and skills needed to successfully launch and manage a digital library program.

Learn how to grow dementia-inclusive service in public libraries of all sizes, financial capacities, and community contexts.

Bryan Benilous, Chief Consultant, Paperboy Digital Consulting, will discuss how digitization of material collected by libraries, feed AI and how AI is being used to improve digitization. He will explore challenges with the existing ecosystem (silos, paywalls, biases, copyright, etc.) and dig deeper into how Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is utilized and how it is being improved by AI.

This four-week course by librarian and gerontologist Fatima Perkins helps libraries engage older adults. It covers assessing needs, creating impactful programs, and includes mentorship for developing a "signature" service.