Webinar Description: Mental Health and Wellness 101 helps participants to understand mental health in a holistic context and utilize basic mental health awareness in order to self-care and help others. Mental Health and Wellness 101 participants will: Increase basic knowledge of mental health to help reduce stigma. Understand Mental Health as a continuum of wellness […]

Oak Park Public Library in Illinois has built a comprehensive, combined social services and public safety model over the past six years. Rob Simmons, Oak Park's Director of Social Services and Public Safety, has been instrumental in creating innovative programs such as free mental health assessment and counseling services, educational support for low-income students, supportive […]

2021 was quite a year for Facebook. New details that emerged from leaked documents proved that, as nefarious as Facebook is for users here in the United States, the reality for other countries is far worse. Join our data privacy + security experts Dan Ayala and Gary Price for a discussion on how Facebook functions […]

Want to learn more about prison abolition? Looking to explore the role of information in the prison industrial complex? Excited to discuss ways we can collectively offer resources to address violence caused by mass incarceration? Join the club (literally!). This monthly discussion group with Prison Library Support Network will look at a rotating calendar of […]

Facebook broke news in 2021 that it is creating an umbrella company through which it is poised to create a virtual reality. Living life through avatars in a new world has long been the subject of science fiction; now, though, technology is moving closer to making virtual reality, well... a reality. Join our data privacy […]

Webinar Description: Climate change is upon us and presents the biggest challenge of our time. Our survival and the survival of future generations on this planet depends on finding solutions to the full range of issues that climate change affects. Drawdown, an international project, seeks to find those solutions. While it is impossible to cover […]

Copyright affects so much of the creative content we interact with and create... not just a painting we may see in a museum or a novel we are reading, but also the emails we ourselves send, the blogs and articles we write, and the photos we take and post. "Copy That! Copyright Basics for Library […]

Webinar Description: Are you interested in learning how to share your experiences as a library staff member in a creative and powerful way? Come join a panel discussion with three contributors to the ACRLog as we discuss the benefits of blogging!  Three key takeaways will be: Best & worst practices for blogging Recommended tech, services, […]

About This Session Libraries understand the headache of storing materials. How do you create room for an ever-expanding collection? What if you don’t want to weed materials to make room? Enter decentralized storage—a network of P-2-P servers that store materials across a global network in exchange for cryptocurrency. What problems does this solve? What problems […]

Student employees provide invaluable support in academic libraries but it takes time to show them the ropes. Some training and management techniques have been successful and some have not. We all learn from our mistakes right alongside our students and delight in their victories as they grasp new material. Join us as we explore topics […]

In this session, you will learn how the ACP works so that you can encourage and assist your patrons to enroll in the program. The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more. The benefit provides a discount […]