Webinar
Webinar: Social Media 101
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWebinar Description: Great, your library has decided to step into the world of social media! Now, what? This one-hour webinar will start you on your way to promoting, posting, tweeting, friending and trending. Learn social media basics, beginner best practices, management and policy tips, audience cultivation techniques, and some best practices around social media. About […]
METRO Webinar: Ethics of the Decentralized Web & Uses for the Law, Journalism, and Humanitarian Work
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWeb 1.0 and 2.0 started out full of idealism, too. What is to prevent the decentralized web from being corrupted by profit, market domination, and bad actors? What is the normative or social layer we need to build alongside the tech? This event is part of a series of workshops presented by Metropolitan New York […]
LILRC Webinar: The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections: A Novel – With Author Eva Jurczyk
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesPlease join LILRC to meet librarian and author Eva Jurczyk and hear her discuss her acclaimed mystery novel, The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (Poisoned Pen Press, 2022). “Toronto librarian Jurczyk’s first novel is a valentine to librarians that doesn’t shy away from their dark sides.” Kirkus. “The Department of Rare Books and […]
SCRLC Webinar: Basic Health Reference and MedlinePlus
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesDescription: This one-hour webinar will provide an overview of the resources available on MedlinePlus, go over basic navigation on MedlinePlus, and will touch on basic health reference and other helpful resources to support your work. This project is funded by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under […]
LILRC Webinar: Drive Your Library’s Marketing Decisions with Market Research
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesMany library workers have the best of intentions. They think they know their users very well, but they don't. Many spend hours promoting events and programs, services, and resources, but there are so many "no shows," or the services being promoted are not being used. This is simply because many library workers become heavily involved […]
ESLN Webinar: Ready, Set, Policy! Using the 2022 “Collection Management” Guide
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesPresenter: Stephanie Cole Adams Based on requests from public libraries across the state, ESLN and PULISDO partnered on the creation of an annotated "2022 Public Library Collection Management Policy Template & Guide." Join us for this 1-hour session on using this resource to update or adopt policies to be ready for materials challenges...and more. We […]
NNYLN Webinar: 404 Page Not Found! and the Rotting of the Internet
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesThe Internet is rotting! Every day millions of links from websites, PDFs, and search engine results become broken un-resolving 404 messages. This isn’t a new problem. The Internet has always been a sea of websites that come and go as servers age, businesses change priorities and new information arises. Our dependence on access to information […]
LILRC Webinar: US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s History Unfolded – US Newspapers and the Holocaust Project
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesHow did newspapers on Long Island and throughout New York State report on Holocaust era events such as the Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses, the German American Bund rally at Madison Square Garden and FDR’s plan to create a free port for refugees at Fort Ontario in Oswego? The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s History Unfolded: […]
METRO Webinar: Choose Your Own EDI Adventure with Dr. Kawanna Bright
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesEquity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) as topics are not only relevant to the work of libraries, archives, and museums, but often integral to the experiences of those who work in these organizations. Given the importance of understanding the impact and influence of EDI, and all of the various ways that it can manifest, it can […]
Webinar: You Got Your Chocolate in My Peanut Butter or How to Facilitate Learning/Programming in a Hybrid Environment
Online Via Zoom NY, United StatesWebinar Description: This workshop will help you ask the right questions to ensure you match the best delivery method to your objectives and audience. In addition, we will touch on some tools and tricks that will make your learning and programs participatory, useful, and memorable. In the last three years of facilitation and programming, we […]