Originally scheduled as part of our in-person Teen/Tween Programming Workshop, Katherine Schoofs is taking this program virtual:
 
Going the Distance: Library Programs for Teens and Tweens
Friday, May 8 from 10 - 11 a.m. Central Time
 
Providing programs for teens & tweens during 2020 requires ingenuity, creativity, flexibility, and good-natured courage. You are invited to attend this webinar to learn about innovative programs that allow teens and tweens to safely connect with the library & each other during unheralded times. Get ready to rethink what you thought you knew about programming and prepare to absorb and share inspiration with your colleagues. Katherine Schoofs of the Aram Public Library in Delavan will guide us through uncharted waters and inspire us to think about traditional programming in very UNtraditional ways to support regularly scheduled programs and the upcoming 2020 Summer Library Program. So buckle up, buttercup -- we’re about to have a boatload of fun.   
 
Register here!

Below are the headlines from the 04/24/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• In an effort to keep it short and sweet...
• American Archivist Issues Now Available
• Online Puppetry Workshops for Summer Reading Programs
• Palaces for the People Virtual Discussion: Part 2
• Online Learning Opportunities from WebJunction
• Connecting People & Strategies in Strange Times: May 5th
• US Census Bureau Pivots in the Face of COVID-19
• Newest COVID-19 Related YSS Blog Posts

Please see below the call for program proposals from the WLA Conference Program Committee:

DPI’s Division for Libraries and Technology is proud to bring Beck Tench to Wisconsin for a one-hour webinar on how to take care of ourselves in this time of COVID-19.

Webinar: Being Still in an Emergency
Tuesday, May 5, 1-2 PM
No registration required. Simply login: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting (Updated 5/4/2020) or call in: 608-620-9781(toll); Conference ID: 710 600 689#

We are in an emergency, a worldwide emergency, and the recommend course of action for most of us to stay put, to be still. That seems counterintuitive given our understanding of the word “emergency," but if we consider its original meaning, emergere in Latin, or “to bring to light,” we find another possible meaning for this time: emergence. With this new understanding, being still may make more sense. In this talk, we will learn ways to be still, discuss why it is so hard, and reflect on what COVID-19 may be bringing to light in larger society and also in our own lives.
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Beck Tench is a wife, daughter, friend, teacher, gardener, cyclist, kind stranger, and PhD student at the University of Washington Information School. She studies how to restore and have greater agency over our attention in a culture driven to distraction by the attention economy. She helps libraries become one of those rare places where we slow down and notice the world, our inner life, and each other.
This webinar will be recorded and captioned and available to watch afterward.

Source: https://dpi.wi.gov/wilibrariesforeveryone/webinar-being-still-emergency-beck-tench?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WiLibrariesForEveryone+%28WI+Libraries+For+Everyone%29

The iSchool is hosting a free webinar on May 6, 12 p.m. CST

Preserve This Podcast
Dana Gerber-Margie and Sarah Nguyen
Click here to register.

Preserve This Podcast is a Mellon grant-funded project that ended in January 2020. The collaborators are continuing to reach out to librarians and archives about how they can help independent podcasters preserve their podcasts, or what institutions need to know before preserving podcasts themselves. This persuasive webinar will make a case for paying attention to the podcast community and how to assist them.

DPI’s Division for Libraries and Technology is proud to bring Beck Tench to Wisconsin for a one-hour webinar on how to take care of ourselves in this time of COVID-19.
 
Webinar: Being Still in an Emergency
Tuesday, May 5, 1-2 PM
No registration required.
Simply login: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting (Updated 5/4/2020)
Or call in: 608-620-9781(Toll);  Conference ID: 710 600 689# 

The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) shared several upcoming and "on demand" virtual continuing education opportunities, some free and some at reduced cost. 

FREE Webinar Recordings (available any time) include:

Below are the headlines from the 04/17/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• National Library Week, April 19-25, 2020
• Looking for a Few Good Stories
• Libraries as social infrastructure: Palaces for the People Virtual Discussion
• Professional Development Opportunities: Youth Services Resources
• Top Ten Tips to Educate Your Board
• Small, Rural and Independent Libraries Conference
• All of Us Dementia Awareness for Public Libraries
• Financial Resources during COVID-19 Crisis: A Webinar Event for Wisconsin Practitioners & Educators
• IMLS Federal Emergency Relief Funding for Wisconsin Libraries
• DPI Wi-Fi Mapping Survey

All of Us Dementia Awareness for Public Libraries
Tuesday, April 28, 1:30-3:00
Register at https://www.librarylearning.info/events/?eventID=31313

This interactive presentation will introduce library staff to National Library of Medicine resources, enhance understanding of the public library's role in supporting families living with dementia, and present an opportunity to contribute to our understanding of disease by participating in the All of Us Research Program, a national health research project funded by a grant from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. Participants will also learn strategies to help libraries and their staff become more supportive to people with dementia and their care partners.

Learning Outcomes:

• Increase library staff knowledge of, and comfort with, select medical databases of the National Library of Medicine
• Increase understanding of dementia and its effects on families living with dementia
• Increase recognition of concrete communication strategies and best practices for supporting people with dementia
• Increase awareness of environmental changes that can make libraries more welcoming and supportive environments for people with dementia and their care partners
• Learn how participation in the All of Us Research Program can improve healthcare for All of Us.

The theme for National Library Week (NLW) 2020, “Find your place at the library,” was chosen before the COVID-19 pandemic forced most libraries to temporarily close their physical spaces. Most people can’t visit their libraries in person, but libraries are still very much open for business. To celebrate that, ALA flipped the script a bit on the theme. “Find the library at your place” highlights how libraries are offering virtual services and digital content their communities need now more than ever. You are free to use any of the NLW materials with either theme. If your library plans to participate in NLW, please use the hashtags #NationalLibraryWeek and #LibrariesStrong to bring attention to the valuable role libraries are continuing to play.
 
The new “Find the library at your place” digital graphics and media tools in English and Spanish are available for download on the National Library Week webpage. For libraries that don’t have plans yet for NLW, or are unsure about how they can get involved this year, check out ALA's 20 Easy Ways to Participate in NLW 2020 tip sheet. ALA also has new Because statements that are relevant in our time of social distancing that can be posted to websites and social media.