Webinars
16 April 2024
Navigating the library director hiring process: A guide for trustees and boards
This presentation offers crucial steps for hiring a library director, empowering your board to secure visionary leadership and avoid pitfalls.
This event has passed. View the archive.
04 January 2024
Libraries Foster Social Connection: Responding to the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation
Explore ways to intentionally design for social connection in library services and programs.
This event has passed. View the archive.
19 April 2023
Proactive Planning for Library Staff Transitions
This webinar introduces practical approaches to preserve organizational knowledge, clarify processes for current staff and trustees, and ease the learning curve for new employees.
This event has passed. View the archive.
24 May 2022
Book Challenges and Intellectual Freedom: Proactive Planning for Public Libraries
This webinar explores ways for libraries to be proactive in developing and sharing policies and procedures around book challenges.
This event has passed. View the archive.
17 August 2021
OurStoryBridge: Creating Community Through Stories
The OurStoryBridge project has released a free toolkit of resources for libraries to create online, three-to five- minute oral histories.
This event has passed. View the archive.
13 January 2021
Proactive Advocacy and Communication for Library Trustees and Staff
This webinar explores communication tools and strategies for boards and library staff to be better prepared for unknown changes.
This event has passed. View the archive.
05 November 2018
Small But Mighty Library Management and Innovation
In this webinar, learn how the Millvale Community Library addresses their community's food desert, uses clean energy, offers a tool-lending library, and more.
This event has passed. View the archive.
18 September 2018
Revitalizing Library Volunteer Engagement
This webinar explores new trends in library volunteerism and presents practical steps to recruit skilled volunteers to help grow your community of library advocates and supporters.
This event has passed. View the archive.
24 May 2018
Building a Culture of Learning with Library Boards
In this webinar, presented in collaboration with the Association for Rural & Small Libraries, find out how to cultivate a culture of learning with your library trustees.
This event has passed. View the archive.
01 December 2016
Engaged Planning: Ask What You Can Do For Your Rural Community
A webinar presented in collaboration with ARSL outlining the steps of an engaged planning process, to align library capabilities with community needs and aspirations.
This event has passed. View the archive.
Related Topics
- Access & equity
- Advocacy
- Assessment, evaluation & planning
- Budgets & funding
- Collections management
- Create & deliver training
- Customer service
- Health & wellness
- Job descriptions
- Legal responsibilities & ethics
- Manage staff development
- Older adults & seniors
- Organizational management
- Outreach
- Partnerships & collaboration
- Personal growth & development
- Policies
- Programming
- Space planning
- Teaching patrons
- Technology
- Young adults & teens