Free Continuing Education Events for the Week of June 11

Jun 11, 2018

Free, online, continuing education events for this week of from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions below. You can subscribe and view the events in your calendar software, or you can find all the events at library.wyo.gov/services/training/calendar.

All times MDT

Monday, June 11 (11-12 pm)
Librarians’ Insights on How to Integrate STEM and Coding into Makerspaces (American Libraries Live)
In this free webinar, Dr. Azadeh Jamalian, head of education strategy at littleBits, will talk about how school libraries are bringing STEM into their curriculum and the leading role that librarians and media specialists are taking to make this a reality.

Tuesday, June 12 (9-10 am)
Introduction to Wikidata for Librarians (OCLC Research)
Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. Wikidata acts as central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia. Beyond Wikimedia projects, Wikidata also provides support to many other sites and services, including the Google Knowledge Graph. It is also relevant to many developing and emerging projects in the library descriptive landscape. In our linked data future, Wikidata may play an important role as a place to find and store metadata and identifiers. This webinar will be of interest to metadata libraries, digital library developers, those interested in linked data and identifiers, and those tracking emerging trends in librarianship.

Tuesday, June 12 (11-12 pm)
Start a Monthly Donor Program NOW. 7 Reasons why you can’t afford to wait! (Charity HowTo)
If you’re hesitant or unsure about monthly donors, this FREE interactive webinar will answer the questions you, your boss or board may still have about the value of adding a monthly donor program to your revenue stream.The presenter, Erica Waasdorp, has worked with organization of all sizes in starting and growing their monthly donor programs. During this webinar, Erica will show you examples of how very small nonprofits have created successful monthly donor programs with minimal effort.

Tuesday, June 12 (12:30-1:30 pm)
The Power of Blogging & Thought Leadership for Nonprofits (Firespring)
Most nonprofits that have tried to blog have failed miserably. In this session, we will share the collective wisdom we’ve gleaned from dozens of nonprofit organizations that have stumbled upon the magic formula for becoming thought leaders in their community.

Tuesday, June 12 (1-2 pm)
Making Space for Active Learning in Your Library (WebJunction)
Transformation happens when a library reimagines and reconfigures its physical space so that community engagement shifts from passive to active. The fifteen libraries that participated in the Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces project are dynamic proof of that. They learned and applied principles of active learning, placemaking and design thinking to create “smart spaces” where the community learns and creates together and strengthens social bonds. In this webinar, we’ll describe an innovative process that any size of library can follow to uncover community needs and translate those needs into flexible lively learning space. Hear about the real experiences of two project participants who transformed drab, underused spaces into hubs of activity and energy. It can happen at your library.

Tuesday, June 12 (1-2 pm)
Demonstrating Library Impact with Data (Infopeople)
In this hour-long webinar, you’ll learn how to develop and implement an outcomes-based evaluation framework that is easy to manage and makes sense for your library. You’ll get the tools to design a logic model that will guide your data collection and set targets to show your success and inform learning.

Tuesday, June 12 (2-3 pm)
Fighting Fake: Digital Forensics and News Literacy Education (edWeb)
In this edWebinar, Peter Adams, Senior Vice President of Education at the News Literacy Project, provides an overview of the field of news literacy, including the most current trends and research, and offers concrete tools and strategies for addressing these skills in the classroom.

Tuesday, June 12 (3:30-4:30 pm)
In Depth With the New AASL Standards, Part VI (Wyoming State Library)
Join Jennisen Lucas, Wyoming School Librarian and AASL Standards Implementation Chair as she takes us on a final tour of the new AASL standards. This month will be all about the Shared Foundation “Engage.” Join us on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 3:30 pm. Come for the information, stay to ask questions!

Wednesday, June 13 (9-10 am)
A New Kind of Village: Combating Loneliness among Older Adults (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
Loneliness among the aging population has been shown to have health risks equivalent to those of smoking and diabetes, with an overall 26% increase in mortality. Join us as we explore how government agencies, solution providers, healthcare, education and multiple other industries can act together to develop solutions designed to help people rebuild social connections and engagement with their communities.

Wednesday, June 13 (12-1 pm)
Introduction to Project Budgets (Grantspace)
Are you ready to start fundraising for your project or idea, but don’t know what and how much to ask for? If preparing a budget for your foundation grant is holding you back, come learn the basic elements of how to draft a project budget with confidence. This class will provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to generate a standard project budget for a foundation proposal.

Wednesday, June 13 (12-1:30 pm)
Live and Learn: Collections Emergency Lessons and Training (Connecting to Collections Care)
This webinar will help you to make sure your Emergency Plan is a living document by focusing on learning opportunities both before and after emergencies: training and after-action reviews. We will provide ideas for training all staff who work with heritage collections and we’ll discuss how to debrief after actual emergencies to learn from them in the most effective way.

Wednesday, June 13 (12-12:30 pm)
Learning and Growing Together: WebJunction, the Learning Place for Libraries (WebJunction)
Since 2003, WebJunction has helped thousands of library staff members build job skills to deliver transformational services to their communities. Our resources are always free, all are welcome, and we’re always open. Join this 30-minute webinar to learn about WebJunction, who we are, what we do, and how you can leverage our resources; explore the variety of self-paced, web-based training resources available for free; and hear about our projects and programs that connect public library service to community needs.

Thursday, June 14 (11-12 pm)
Meet the Starling – Library Technology That’s Inspiring Early Literacy (School Library Journal)
Is your library looking for a new way to boost early literacy and get young patrons reading? Last year, School Library Journal called the Starling “a potential game changer.” Join this webcast to hear from the creators of the Starling Early-Learning Wearable and two libraries that are not only lending the Starlings to their communities, but are also hosting early literacy programs around this advanced technology.

Thursday, June 14 (11-12 pm)
Building a Pipeline of Major Donors: 5 Key Metrics for Success (Bloomerang)
Are you tired of the year-to-year fundraising treadmill of grant writing, mailings, and special events? Are your board members burned out on writing letters, filling tables, and asking their friends for money? Join us to learn Benevon’s metrics-based, high-touch process for building a pipeline of mission-focused major donors who will, in turn, introduce others. This session is for all sizes and types of nonprofits.

Thursday, June 14 (12- 1 pm)
Making Project-Based Learning More Than a Project (Education Week)
What are the first steps in creating space for Project-Based Learning in your schools? Join our special guest Mike Miele from the Highlander Institute as we share the eight components of strong PBL. Whether you’re a school leader or a classroom teacher, this webinar will help you get started.

Thursday, June 14 (12-1 pm)
American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899 (Federal Depository Library Program)
This webinar demonstrates access to full-text searchable documents listed in Steven L. Johnson’s  Bibliography Guide to American Indian Document’s in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899, Clearwater Press, 1977.  There are currently 6,000 titles freely accessible on the internet.

Thursday, June 14 (12-1 pm)
How to Communicate Effectively, Even When It’s Hard (GovLoop)
Learning how to communicate effectively – especially at work – is one of the most important assets you have in your career arsenal. Join NextGen Nation online for an engaging presentation from communication experts on effective tools you can use to improve communication and leadership with emotional intelligence.

Thursday, June 14 (12-1:30 pm)
Usability Testing with Steve Krug (DigitalGov)
Join us for a 90 minute demonstration and talk with Steve Krug, where he will share how you can get started making usability fixes, no matter what your full time job is.Steve will start his presentation with a demo of a live usability test to show that anyone can do usability testing. Then he will share how you can find the most important problems with your website or product, and make fixes with just a small number of participants.

Thursday, June 14 (1-2 pm)
“I could really use a good laugh!” How to Give a Laughter-as-Therapy Program in Your Library  (Infopeople)
This webinar will give you the skillsets necessary to teach both your library users and library staff a fun & effective way of managing the stresses of their day. Laughter-as-therapy in the library environment can be offered to library users of all ages.

Thursday, June 14 (3-4 pm)
STEM-errific Ways to Avoid the Summer Learning Loss (edWeb)
STEM-rich activities are an engaging way to combine summer fun with quality learning experiences. In this edWebinar, discover family-friendly activities that you can share with your students’ families, your neighbors, and your own kids!

Friday, June 15 (12-1 pm)
Job Hunting Like a Boss (Colorado State Library)
Whether you are looking to make that next big jump professionally, or you want to better serve your job hunting patrons, we have valuable tips and tricks for navigating the turbulent waters of job hunting. We will provide insight from both sides of the table: a seasoned veteran with more than 15 years of experience hiring in libraries, and a recent MLIS graduate who has submitted too many job applications to count! Come prepared to share your thoughts, experiences and questions, so that after this presentation, you will be better equipped to land your next big opportunity, and you will have a new/improved toolbox that you can use to help your patrons land theirs.

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