Upcoming Continuing Education Events

Join us for a discussion of managing the marketing process in libraries. What structures does your library have in place to help facilitate a process that works for everyone? This roundtable is part of the RAILS My Library Is… campaign. This event will include a short presentation by Hollis...

Have you found yourself responsible for cataloging with little or no cataloging background? Is "cataloger" only one of many hats you wear at your library? This course is designed to provide the practical, hands-on training needed to succeed in cataloging print monographs. This course will introduce...

RAILS and RBdigital have partnered to bring RAILS public libraries deeply discounted pricing on RBdigital Unlimited Audiobooks and their education products, Hoonuit and Universal Class. With RBdigital Unlimited Audiobooks, you can offer your library patrons unlimited access to the industry's...

How many times have you said or thought, "If only. . . " when confronted with the challenges of working as a school librarian? This day of professional learning will encourage you to examine the characteristics of your school library, combining a snapshot of where you are with a plan for where you...

Back by popular demand—the BCLC Mock CaldeNott Awards. After the fanfare of the Youth Media Awards in January, let's chat about some of the truly fabulous books published abroad or by non-US illustrators that are sadly left out of the Caldecott conversation. We'll use the official Caldecott terms...

We're sharing our summer reading ideas as well as collecting them as we countdown to the all important start of summer reading. See what others are doing, test out new ideas and generally have fun getting ready for our biggest program of the year. Event Coordinator: Nena Burbank Email: nenaburbank@...

This course provides practical, hands-on information needed to succeed in library classification and subject analysis. In this course, we will explore basic concepts of library classification and basics of assigning call numbers for Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). This session will also...

Join Kate Hall and Kathy Parker, authors of The Public Library Directors Toolkit, as they discuss four core areas of running a public library. The individual sessions will include library finances, HR, trustees and facilities. Each session will delve into each topic, have some group work and time...

Facts Tell, Stories Sell: A Two-Week Marketing Masterclass is a two-week online course that will run February 17 to February 28, 2020. The online course is self-paced using Google Classroom. Register through L2 and login information for Google Classroom will be provided a few days before the course...