Embracing a Public Service Mindset to Better Demonstrate Your Library’s Value

On-Demand

Webinar

Shift to a public service focus to demonstrate value and change how the public perceives and talks about your library.

Public library workers and those we serve can get narrowly focused on the stuff that are housed in libraries. Yet public libraries serve the community in many ways besides book borrowing and computer use. By shifting our mindset to a public service focus and rethinking how we approach and talk about our work, we can not only demonstrate our value to the community but also change how the public perceives and talks about us for the better.

Originally presented February 28, 2024.

Presented By:

Event tags:
Administration & Leadership
Advocacy
On-Demand
Online
Public Library
Rural Library
Tribal Library
Urban Library
Webinar
February 28, 2024
1:00 - 2:00pm CST

ALA eLearning

$47.40 for PLA personal members; $71.10 for ALA personal members; $79.00 for nonmembers
Upcoming Events
21
May

eLearning

The presentation will focus on the lived experience of a librarian who recently moved into a large middle management role at a sizable R1 institution, while adjusting to a new discovery of their neurodiversity.

28
May

eLearning

The Core Competencies for Cataloging & Metadata Professional Librarians provides an important framework to assess professional-level cataloging and metadata skills, knowledge, and behavior.

28
May

eLearning

Webinar

Don’t wait! Celebrate the PLA 2026 Conference early with a conversation between four amazing authors.

29
May
31
May

Conference

New Jersey Library Association Conference

29
May

eLearning

Webinar

Library consultant Toby Greenwalt demonstrates the capabilities of Super Searchers and Meet LEO and showcases potential applications in the library workspace.

01
Jun
30
Jun

Celebration

Find resources to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month in your school library.

01
Jun
30
Jun

Celebration

Find information and resources to celebrate National Immigrant Heritage Month with learners in your school library.

01
Jun
30
Jun

Celebration

Find information and resources to celebrate Audiobook Appreciation Month with learners in your school library.

01
Jun
30
Jun

Celebration

Find resources to celebrate Rainbow Book Month in your school library.

02
Jun
27
Jun

eLearning

This 4 week course Fundamentals of Management is designed for new managers to build the skill set they need to successfully lead their department or organization, as well as support existing managers looking to

02
Jun

eLearning

Webinar

Learn about pathways to leadership in PLA and the public library profession.

04
Jun

eLearning

This 90 minute webinar will cover the similarities and the differences in Canada and the US's approach to copyright.

04
Jun

eLearning

Discovery products providing a single search interface to library collections have become industry standard in large academic libraries since their emergence in the late 2000's. This presentation begins to fill

04
Jun

eLearning

Webinar

Learn how a library created a classification system that people bought into, was collaborative, and was scalable.

09
Jun
18
Jul

eLearning

Learn about and apply backward design, a model for effectively determining what you want to accomplish in workshops, library instruction and training sessions.

10
Jun

eLearning

This presentation will help pull the shroud of mystery off library design by briefly exploring the history and roots of 20th century libraries through the interplay of technology, space design, information