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Please check the NEWI list of free webinars to find online continuing education opportunities you can attend from where you are, whether in the library or working from home. Most sessions are 60 minutes long, and are provided – at no charge to you – by associations, agencies, companies, and library systems. Here are samples of topics that may be of interest to you.
For webinars on managing stress & building resilience, click title to register:
For webinars on equity, diversity and inclusion, click title to register:
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Below are the headlines from the November 20, 2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
Below are the headlines from the November 6, 2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
Please check the NEWI list of free webinars to find online continuing education opportunities you can attend from where you are, whether in the library or working from home. Most sessions are 60 minutes long, and are provided – at no charge to you – by associations, agencies, companies, and library systems. Here’s a spotlight on topics that may be of most interest to you.
For webinars on managing stress & building resilience, click title to register:
For webinars on equity, diversity and inclusion, click title to register:
Trustees Supporting Library Directors, a 4-part series from IFLS Library System; you may register for the whole series, or click title below to register for individual sessions:
Below are the headlines from the October 23, 2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
Below are the headlines from the October 16, 2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
Please check the NEWI list of free webinars to find online continuing education opportunities you can attend from where you are, whether in the library or working from home. Most sessions are 60 minutes long, and are provided – at no charge to you – by associations, agencies, companies, and library systems.
For webinars related to COVID-19, click title to register:
For webinars on managing stress & building resilience, click title to register:
For webinars on equity, diversity and inclusion, click title to register:
A sample of webinars on other topics; click title to register:
Please check the NEWI list of free webinars to find online continuing education opportunities you can attend from where you are, whether in the library or working from home. Most sessions are 60 minutes long, and are provided – at no charge to you – by associations, agencies, companies, and library systems.
For webinars related to COVID-19, click title to register:
For webinars on managing stress & building resilience, click title to register:
Below are the headlines from the August 21, 2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
Below are the headlines from the 7/31/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
10:30 – 11:30 am Presenter: Geoffrey Trotier, Attorney, von Briesen & Roper, S.C. Info & Registration: https://sewilibraries.org/?p=6671 Our society has gone through an unprecedented period. But as we begin the process of reopening, renewing and reinvigorating – including our HR function – what are the key points to consider as we move forward? “Business as usual” is likely not the answer. Instead, we must assess challenges and create solutions. During this interactive webinar, we will discuss “best practices” being adopted by employers and compliance with rapidly changing laws and regulations surrounding re-opening in the midst of a pandemic. We will address: Below are the headlines from the 7/24/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
During the COVID-19 stay home orders, Whatcom County Library System kept staff whose library work couldn't be done from home busy by having them work from home to close caption the many videos on the WCLS YouTube channel. Getting this closed captioning done to make the videos accessible to more patrons had been on the system's to-do list for a long time, but they hadn't had the staffing to take up the project. It was a great way to keep staff busy from home during the closure, and they are proud of the fact that (almost) all of the videos they are creating about library services are now accessible to those who are hard of hearing. (They are still working through some of the backlog.)
If you still have library staff who can't return to their normal schedules 100%, this might be a good project for them to take up. Below are the headlines from the 7/17/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
According to a recent blog post by Microsoft, cybercriminals have been "taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic in an attempt to defraud customers in 62 countries around the world. Our civil case has resulted in a court order allowing Microsoft to seize control of key domains in the criminals’ infrastructure so that it can no longer be used to execute cyberattacks."
Because this issue directly affects our librarians, we thought it important to relay the following information regarding these phishing attacks. Read more below for a highlight that has been pulled from the article... Below are the headlines from the 7/10/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
Below are the headlines from the 7/2/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
Opportunities to learn, wherever you arePlease check the NEWI list of free webinars to find online continuing education opportunities you can attend from where you are, whether at work or at home. Most sessions are 60 minutes long, and are provided – at no charge to you – by associations, agencies, companies, and library systems.
For webinars on COVID-19, click title to register:
For webinars on racial equity, click title to register: Brown County Library enters “Chapter 2” of reopening planBeginning Monday, June 29, 2020, Brown County Library will reopen its buildings for controlled access to computers by appointment only. Reservations are required.
Knowing that many people lack home broadband access and that the public library is often the only source of free access to computers and the internet, this next step in the library’s phased reopening plan will benefit jobseekers, those who need to connect with services, and others. Below are the headlines from the 06/26/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
The 2020 Leadership Development Institute live event will be postponed to December 8-10.
More details and application information will be shared in the coming weeks. Read more details in the Update to the WLA COVID-19 Response. Original Post: 4/28/2020 After much consideration, the WLA Board at its June 12th meeting made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 annual conference. A workgroup is being created to explore alternative ways to provide professional development opportunities to members yet this year. Click here for more details about the decision. ORIGINAL POST: 3/11/2020
Please see the below a copy of the email delivered on March 11, 2020, by the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) regarding WLA conferences and COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019): In order to encourage reading and classroom read-aloud experiences, and to support schools and public libraries forced to close by the escalating COVID-19 outbreak, Penguin Random House is permitting teachers, librarians and booksellers to create and share story time and read-aloud videos and live events, according to the following guidelines which have been extended to August 31st, 2020. This Open License is not meant to grant permission for the posting of any pre-recorded audiobook product.
For the full announcement please visit https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/penguin-random-house-temporary-open-license/ |
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