Here are the headlines from the August 5, 2022 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:  

• WLA News Summer 2022 Issue 
• Library Leadership Your Way by Jason Martin chosen for summer/fall ARSL Professional Development Book Club 
• Register for ARSL Conference in-person & virtual options 

 
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Here are the headlines from the July 29, 2022 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:  

• Welcome, Katie! 
• WLA Awards & Honors Committee announces acceptance of nominations for Library of the Year, Librarian of the Year, and more 
• Sexual Harassment: How to respond to a customer's inappropriate comments 
• Making neighborhood GAMES and outdoor STORIES with community history, monuments, and art 
• Save the date for NFLS Staff Development Day on September 3 

 
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Here are the headlines from the July 22, 2022 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:  

• Join the next Small Public Library Strategic Planning Cohort 
• Continuing education highlights from WebJunction 

• Family Engagement statewide collaboration call with WECCP 

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Special event this month:

• Where Intellectual Freedom and Social Justice Meet: A Call to Action, a Freedom to Read Foundation symposium - 11am-3pm on July 12 and 13

NEWI is a continuing education (CE) partnership of library systems located in North Eastern Wisconsin.  The NEWI website aims to be a central source of CE info for staff working at libraries in four library systems: Manitowoc‐Calumet Library System (MCLS), Nicolet Federated Library System (NFLS), Outagamie Waupaca Library System (OWLS), and Winnefox Library System (WLS).

Please check the NEWI list of free webinars to find online continuing education opportunities you may attend from where you are. Most sessions are 60 minutes long, and are provided – at no charge to you – by associations, agencies, companies, and library systems. There’s a lot to choose from, so here’s a sample of topics that may be of interest to you.

Managing stress & building resilience; click title to register:

• Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty, and Get Stuff Done  - 10am on Wednesday, June 8
• Beyond Resilience: A New Path to a Strong Culture - 1pm on Wednesday, June 8
• Compassion Resilience: Expectations from Self and Others - 9am on Friday, June 10
• The Relationship Between Personal Stress and Community Resilience - 11am on Monday, June 20
• How Emotional Intelligence Can Help You in the Workplace - 1pm on Tuesday, June 21
• Compassion Resilience: Compassionate Boundary Setting - 9am on Friday, June 24

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); click title to register:

• Inclusive Leadership for Social Impact - 10am on June 2
• Be Intentional, Not Identical: Creating DEI Strategies for the Library That Serves Your Community - 1pm on Tuesday, June 7
• I See a Library! Making Libraries More Accessible to the Visually Impaired - 9am on Wednesday, June 8
• Policies of Yes - 10am on Wednesday, June 8
• Ensuring Accessibility of Information Products and Services - 10am on Wednesday, June 8
• LGBTQ+ 101 - 9am on Tuesday, June 14
• Creating Healthier Productive and More Inclusive Workplaces - 1pm on Tuesday, June 14
• LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion - 9am on Tuesday, June 21

A sample of webinars on other topics; click title to register:

• Supporting Families and Young Children in Times of Fear and Anxiety - 1pm on Wednesday, June 1
• Info Lit 101 Part 3: Misinformation and Disinformation - 3pm on Thursday, June 2
• Instagram Basics for Libraries - 1pm on Wednesday, June 8
• How to Turn Real Events into Fantastic Fiction - 6pm on Monday, June 20
• From Numbers to Narrative: Getting from Data to a Visual Story - Noon on Wednesday, June 22
• Am I Doing This Right? Advice for First Time Managers - 1pm on Wednesday, June 22
• Classic Picture Books are Boring and What You Should Read in Storytime Instead - 1pm on Wednesday, June 29