Upcoming Continuing Education Events

Have you faced ethical challenges in your library? Do you struggle to balance intellectual freedom, social justice, and the politics of your community? Please join us for a full day of professional development designed to educate, empower, and encourage library professionals as we handle this...

Hear lively booktalks on the best new diverse books for children and tweens. Extensive booklists will be provided. We'll end with an interactive Guerilla Storytime brainstorm on how to put diversity into action in all of your storytimes, programs, displays and beyond. Topics will include:

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Learning non-linear ways to road-map your career, this event will provide you the opportunity for meaningful professional connections. Participants will learn strategies to supplement their career, and will be inspired by our speaker's stories related to their library careers. Participants will be...

Whether you're planning a new website or want to improve your current one, usability testing is a powerful tool for understanding how your patrons interact with your website. This webinar will walk you through the process of identifying testing needs, planning a test, running one, and summarizing...

Join Bill Crowley of Dominican University to learn how to fine-tune your budgeting and scheduling practices. Generously sponsored by RAILS. Open to RAILS members but seating is limited. Member Library Group: Managers of Children's and Teen Services (MCATS) Event Coordinator: Alea Perez Email:...

You're collecting data about library collections, programs, and patron visits to report to your board and the state, but how can you use these data to evaluate and reflect on library operations internally? So much of the data libraries collect, or could collect, can help us to serve our communities...

Please join SLUI for our annual meeting & program at Downers Grove Public Library on Tuesday May 7th! SirsiDynix representatives will be on hand to showcase new SirsiDynix software and answer your questions and we will also be hosting breakout sessions. Additional information about the program...

A team is greater than the sum of its parts! In this session, designed for library leaders, participants will learn their role in building high performance teams and maximizing the team's performance. Topics include identifying individual contributors' strengths, building trust among team members...