LITA offers a number of online learning opportunities throughout the year. Webinars consist of one time sessions while a Web Course meets for multiple sessions.
Previous Online Learning Opportunities
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality and the Academic Library
Presenters: Dr. Plamen Miltenoff and Mark Gill
Offered: August 6, 2020 - September 3, 2020 (rescheduled from May 28)
Library Tech Staff Response to Covid-19
Presenters: Elisandro Cabada, Justin Kovalcik, and Sara Ramezani
Offered: August 5, 2020
Bibliometrics for Librarians
Presenters: Phillip Doehle and Clarke Lakovakis
Offered: July 9, 2020 - July 30, 2020
Troublesome Technology Trends: Bridging the Learning Divide
Presenters: Callan Bignoli and T.J. Lamanna
Offered: June 17, 2020
How to Analyze and Negotiate Library IT Contracts
Presenter: Michael Rodriguez
Offered: June 10, 2020 (rescheduled from May 27)
Using Images from the Internet in a Webpage: How to Find and Cite
Presenter: Lauren Bryant
Offered: June 3, 2020
Digital Inception: Building a digital scholarship/humanities curriculum as a subject librarian
Presenter: Marcela Isuster
Offered: April 22, 2020
A Crash Course in Protecting Library Data While Working From Home
Presenter: Becky Yoose
Offered: April 9, 2020
How to Talk About Library UX - Redux
Presenter: Michael Schofield
Offered: March 11, 2020
Engaging with Algorithm Bias: How Librarians Can Meet Information Literacy Needs of Computer Science and Engineering Students
Presenters: Dr. Shalini Ramachandran, Sheree Fu, Dr. Steven Cutchin, Karen Howell
Offered: January 29, 2020
You Can Keynote
Presenter: Dorothea Salo
Offered: November 14, 2019
Taking Altmetrics to the Next Level in Your Library's Systems and Services
Presenter: Lily Troia
Offered: November 5, 2019 (rescheduled from October 3rd)
In-house vs. Outsourced Digitization: similarities, key differences and pitfalls to avoid
Presenter: Marina Georgieva
Offered: October 29, 2019
Guiding Students through Digital Citizenship
Presenter: Casey Davis
Offered: October 16, 2019
Universal Parity to Resources: Rethinking Library Access
Presenters: Christine Elliott and Courtney McAllister
Offered: July 25, 2019
Managing Special User Groups in Academic Libraries
Presenter: Charissa Brammer and Sommer Browning
Offered: Canceled
Creating an InterDisciplinary Space @ Your Library
Presenter: Jessica Bennett
Offered: June 11, 2019
Techniques in Managing a Library Services Platform
Presenter: Hong Ma
Offered: May 30, 2019
Multimedia Instruction: Connecting through Course Integration
Presenter: Leah Howd
Offered: May 1, 2019 - May 22, 2019
Making Games and Online Interactive Content
Instructor: Ruby Warren
Offered: February 6, 2019 - February 27, 2019
Accessibility for All: Screen Readers
Presenter: Kelsey Flynn
Offered: December 18, 2018
Contextual Inquiry: Using Ethnographic Research to Impact your Library UX
Presenters: Rachel Vacek and Donna Lanclos
Offered: September 19, 2018 - October 24, 2018
Metadata Management Tools
Instructor: Kelsey George
Offered: October 23, 2018 - November 6, 2018
Positioning UX as a Library Service
Presenter: Lisa Gayhart
Offered: November 15, 2018
Project Management for Success - repeat
Presenter: Gina Minks
Offered: June 12, 2018 - July 3, 2018
Nuts and Bolts of Data Visualization
Presenter: Vincci Kwong
Offered: May 31, 2018
IT Security and Privacy in Libraries
Presenter: Blake Carver
Offered: May 1, 2018
Introduction to Schema.org and JSON-LD - repeat
Presenter: Jacob Shelby
Offered: April 18, 2018
Privacy in Libraries, a LITA webinar series
Presenters: Sarah Houghton, Becky Yoose, Matt Beckstrom, T.J. Lamanna, Eric Hellman and Sam Kome
Offered: March 28, 2018 - May 23, 2018
Digital Life Decoded: A user-centered approach to cyber-security and privacy
Presenters: Hannah Rainey, Sonoe Nakasone and Will Cross
Offered: December 12, 2017
Diversity and Inclusion in Library Makerspace
Presenters: Sharona Ginsberg and Lauren Di Monte
Offered: December 6, 2017
Introduction to Schema.org and JSON-LD
Presenter: Jacob Shelby
Offered: November 15, 2017
Building Services Around Reproducibility & Open Scholarship
Presenter: Vicky Steeves
Offered: November 1, 2017 - November 22, 2017
Contextual Inquiry: Using Ethnographic Research to Impact your Library UX
Presenters: Rachel Vacek and Deirdre Costello
Offered: July 6, 2017 - August 10, 2017
Project Management for Success
Presenter: Gina Minks
Offered: May 16, 2017 - June 6, 2017
Universal Design for Libraries and Librarians - Repeat
Presenters: Holly Mabry and Jessica Olin
Offered: May 15 - June 19, 2017
Beginning Git and GitHub
Presenters: Kate Bronstad and Heather J. Klish
Offered: May 4, 2017 - June 1, 2017
What’s so super about supercomputing? A very basic introduction to high performance computing
Online Productivity Tools: Smart Shortcuts and Clever Tricks
Presenter: Jaclyn McKewan
Offered: November 8, 2016
Social Media For My Institution; from "mine" to "ours"
Presenter: Plamen Miltenoff
Offered: October 19 - November 9, 2016
Beyond Usage Statistics: How to use Google Analytics to Improve your Repository
Presenter: Hui Zhang
Offered: October 11, 2016
How to Talk About User Experience
Presenter: Michael Schofield
Offered: September 7, 2016
Universal Design for Libraries and Librarians
Presenters: Holly Mabry and Jessica Olin
Offered: August 1 - September 9, 2016
Mindful Tech: Establishing a Healthier and More Effective Relationship with Our Digital Devices and Apps
Presenter: David Levy
Offered: a 2 webinar series June, 2016
Yes, You Can Video: A how-to guide for creating high-impact instructional videos without tearing your hair out (repeat)
Presenters: Anne Burke and Andreas Orphanides
Offered: April 12, 2016
The Why and How of HTTPS for Libraries
Presenter: Jacob Hoffman-Andrews
Offered: March 14, 2016
How Your Public Library Can Inspire the Next Tech Billionaire: an Intro to Youth Coding Programs
Presenters: Kelly Smith, Crystle Martin, and Justin Hoenke
Offered: March 3, 2016
Which Test for Which Data: Statistics at the Reference Desk
Presenter: Rachel Williams
Offered: February 29 - March 31, 2016
Teaching Patrons about Privacy in a World of Pervasive Surveillance: Lessons from the Library Freedom Project
Presenter: Alison Macrina
Offered: October 6, 2015
Personal Digital Archiving for Librarians
Presenter: Melody Condron
Offered: October 6 - November 3, 2015
Creative Commons Crash Course
Presenter: Carli Spina
Offered: October 7, 2015
Digital Privacy Toolkit for Librarians
Presenter: Alison Macrina
Offered: October 20, 2015
Top Technologies Every Librarian Needs to Know - 2
Presenters: Steven Bowers, A.J. Million, Elliot Polak and Ken Varnum
Offered: November 2, 2015
Yes, You Can Video: A how-to guide for creating high-impact instructional videos without tearing your hair out
Presenters: Anne Burke and Andreas Orphanides
Offered: May 12, 2015
Technology and Youth Services Programs: Early Literacy Apps and More
Presenter: Claire Moore
Offered: May 20, 2015
Learn to Teach Coding, a Free Webinar
Presenters: Kimberly Bryant and Lake Raymond
Offered: May 26, 2015
After Hours: Circulating Technology to Improve Kids' Access
Presenter: Megan Egbert
Offered: May 27, 2015
Taking the Struggle Out of Statistics web course
Presenter: Jackie Bronicki
Offered: April 6 - May 3, 2015
Beyond Web Page Analytics: Using Google tools to assess user behavior across web properties
Presenters: Ed Sanchez, Rob Nunez and Keven Riggle
Offered: March 31, 2015
Webinar: Re-Drawing the Map Series
Presenters: Mita Williams and Cecily Walker
Offered: November 18, 2014, December 9, 2014, and January 6, 2015
Top Technologies Every Librarian Needs to Know
Presenters: Brigitte Bell, Steven Bowers, Terry Cottrell, Elliot Polak and Ken Varnum,
Offered: December 2, 2014
Getting Started with GIS web course
Instructor: Eva Dodsworth, University of Waterloo
Offered: January 12 - February 9, 2015
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Libraries
Offered: May 14 - 21, 2014
Instructors: (Team teaching with Montana State University research team including: Kenning Arlitsch, Patrick O'Brien, Scott Young, and Jason Clark)
Getting Started with GIS web course
Offered: April 21- May 11, 2014
Instructor: Eva Dodsworth, University of Waterloo
Games in Libraries for Outreach and Instruction
Instructors: Andrew Battista, Mary J. Snyder Broussard, Cecilia Sirigos, Heath Ward and Breanne Kirsch
Offered: May 19, 2014
All Aboard - The Party’s Starting! Setting a Course for Social Media Success
Instructors: Mary Anne Hansen, Doralyn Rossmann, Angela Tate, Scott Young, Montana State University
Offered: April 2, 2014
Web Course: Creating Library Web Services: Mashups and APIs
Instructors: Jason Clark, Montana State University and Karen Coombs, OCLC Developer Network
Offered: November 15-19, 2010; April 18-22, 2011, August 22-26, 2011, November 14-18, 2011
Webinar: Using Scrum to Streamline Web Applications Development and Increase Staff Involvement
Presenter: Michelle Frisque, Northwestern University Galter Health Sciences Library
Offered: July 18, 2011
Webinar: Roadmap to JPEG2000
Presenters: Bill Comstock, Harvard University; Gretchen Gueguen, University of Virginia; Andrew Laas, ProQuest
September 13, 10:00-11:30 am CDT
Web Course: Getting Started with GIS
Instructor: Eva Dodsworth, University of Waterloo
Offered: April 9-30, 2012, August 13-September 4 2012, February 11- March 4, 2013; July 8-28, 2013; November 11 - December 1, 2013
Webinar: Social Networking the Catalog: Community Based Approaches to Building Catalogs and Collections
Presenter: Margaret Heller, Dominican University
Offered; June 7, 2012
Building Web Applications with HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript: An Introduction to HTML5
Instructor: Jason Clark, Montana State University
Offered: August 2012; November 2012; March 2013; August 2013; January 2014
Webinar: All Aboard - The Party's Starting! Setting a Course for Social Media Success
Presenters: Mary Anne Hansen, Doralyn Rossmann, Angela Tate, Scott Young, Montana State University
Offered: August 20, 2013
Webinar: Linked Data Series
Presenters: Jackie Shieh, Jeremy Nelson, Bob DuCharme
Offered: December 5, 2013, January 14, and February 11, 2014
Proposals
The Education Committee identifies topics and presenters, reviews proposals, and selects programs for webinars and online courses. Submit a proposal today!
Suggestions
Send topic suggestions for courses, webinars, workshops, or regional institutes to the LITA Office.