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Sally Gardner Reed, United for Libraries present a guide to working with Friends groups
CHICAGO — Executive Director of United for Libraries and former Executive Director of Friends of Libraries U.S.A., Sally Gardner Reed has decades of experience liaising between Friends groups and the libraries that they support, serve, and (sometimes)...
PLA offers post-election resources for public libraries
CHICAGO – The Public Library Association (PLA) knows its members and their libraries may be struggling to respond to the post-election challenges our communities face. Public libraries have an unparalleled ability to bring people and knowledge together...
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Public Programs Office and the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) invite library professionals to attend a free learning series to explore various dialogue facilitation approaches and...
An oral history of librarianship in transition
CHICAGO — Just as it did for society at large, the second half of the 20th century brought monumental upheaval to librarianship, affecting every aspect of what it means to be a part of the information services profession. But as the librarians who worked...
Accepting appointments for career counseling during the 91´«Ã½ 2017 Midwinter Meeting
CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½’s (91´«Ã½) JobLIST Placement and Career Development Center will provide complimentary career counseling sessions on Saturday and Sunday, January 21 - 22, 2017 during the 91´«Ã½ 2017 Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta. The...
A new instruction librarian workbook for trainers and learners
CHICAGO — A comprehensive but concise roadmap specifically for librarians who are new to instruction, or who are charged with training someone who is, has remained elusive. Until now. “ The New Instruction Librarian: A Workbook for Trainers and Learners,”...
Learning the skills to have effective difficult conversations
CHICAGO — In an information landscape where change is the status quo, difficult conversations come with the territory. Being a library leader means knowing how to confidently steer these conversations so that they lead to productive results instead of...
91´«Ã½ Store warehouse is moving
CHICAGO – To improve customer service and support, effective December 12, 2016, the 91´«Ã½ Store is moving to a new physical warehouse and fulfillment center. Send returns to: 91´«Ã½ ATTN: Receiving Department 3280 Summit Ridge Parkway...
An updated How-To-Do-It Manual for winning grants
CHICAGO — Newly revised and refreshed, the second edition of “ Winning Grants: A How-To-Do-It Manual For Librarians,” published by 91´«Ã½ Neal-Schuman, will teach you the skills and strategies crucial for finding, applying for, and winning grants. Whether...
A survival guide to technical services for subject liaisons
CHICAGO — Subject liaisons act as a bridge connecting academic departments to the library and its services, helping facilitate instruction sessions, research support, and collection development. To be at their best in these roles, subject liaisons need a...
A planning guide for serving patrons with disabilities
CHICAGO — Librarians are continually faced with challenges of how to best meet the needs of patrons with disabilities, whether those patrons have physical or intellectual disabilities, differing learning styles, or even temporary problems which impact...
[Deadline EXTENDED] RUSA’s Online Learning Proposal Submissions
CHICAGO – Do you have an idea for a webinar or online course you would like to present? Send the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) a webinar proposal or online course proposal by Monday, October 31, 2016. Presentations will take place from...
Upcoming RUSA CODES Conversation: Reader’s Advisory Teaching and Training
CHICAGO — How to teach and learn to perform readers' advisory work in the library is the subject of the next CODES Conversation, a listserv-based discussion hosted by the Reference and User Services Association’s Collection Development and Evaluation...
Why do librarians need to know about ontologies?
CHICAGO — More data and information is being created than ever before. Ontologies, formal representations of knowledge with rich semantic relationships, have become increasingly important in the context of today's information overload and data deluge. The...
CHICAGO — The importance of being “fully present” in face-to-face as well as virtual interactions in the complex, challenging, and rapidly changing work environment of today’s libraries cannot be overstated. It means the difference between conversations...
