Discover how a design sprint process can lead a group from ideation to implementation in only five days.
This webinar will provide participants with service-oriented strategies for building and growing institutional repository programs.
An ALCTS webcast
Looking for ideas on how to provide services to vulnerable customers in your library system? Join two library social workers to learn how libraries are on the front lines of social work – and how you can help patrons in need in your own communities.
Looking for ideas on how to provide services to vulnerable customers in your library system? Join two library social workers to learn how libraries are on the front lines of social work – and how you can help patrons in need in your own communities.
This course is not currently being offered as part of this year’s course schedule; however, for groups who have 20 or more individuals interested in taking the course, we can offer it exclusively to your organization! In this course, participants will gain an understanding of common behaviors seen with Autism and related sensory processing disorders; discover customer service tips and techniques that they can employ on the job; develop programming ideas and conducting outreach; and explore the role of technology in supporting teens with ASD (autism spectrum disorders).
Join Ady Huertas and colleagues for a program on how library workers can serve the needs of Spanish-speaking immigrant and refugee youth in their communities. Participants will learn about forming partnerships with social service organizations that work with immigrant communities and will receive information on serving and developing programming relevant to those youth who visit libraries, as well as those in more mobile communities.
Many librarians have experience tracking and reporting how their services impact library and university strategic plans, but how many have reviewed goals at the college level?
If you’ve ever heard about a fantastic library idea from a super-big library and thought, “There’s no way I can make that idea work in my understaffed, underfunded small library,” think again! This presentation celebrates all things small and shares big ideas that work in small libraries.
Slow Librarianship is a quality-over-quantity practice that evolved in response to academic hustle culture but applies to all areas of library work. Julia Glassman coined the term in 2017, and Meredith Farkas, inspired by Julia’s work, has been speaking and writing on the topic since.
Slow Librarianship is a quality-over-quantity practice that evolved in response to academic hustle culture but applies to all areas of library work. Julia Glassman coined the term in 2017, and Meredith Farkas, inspired by Julia’s work, has been speaking and writing on the topic since.