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Best Small Library in America 2015: Belgrade Community Library

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A webinar with the Belgrade Community Library, winner of Library Journal’s 2015 Best Small Library in America Award.

With just six staff members serving a community of 12,700 outside of Bozeman, MT, the Belgrade Community Library won this year’sLibrary Journal Best Small Library in America Award. This award, cosponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was created in 2005 to encourage and showcase the exemplary work of libraries serving populations under 25,000. What is Belgrade’s secret award-winning sauce? With a robust volunteer base, they have reimagined library services and aggressively developed new outreach efforts to meet the community’s changing needs. The result is intense engagement and support from the community and an impact beyond Belgrade’s borders through leadership to small libraries throughout the state. Learn how to replicate and adapt Belgrade’s ambitious outreach efforts on a small-library budget.

This webinar is hosted in collaboration with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries and Library Journal, and will include an overview of the nomination process and details for next year’s award (Deadline: September 9).

Presented by: Gale Bacon, Director, Rebekah Kamp, Children and Youth Services Librarian and Keiley McGregor, Public Services Librarian, all at the Belgrade Community Library; and Meredith Schwartz, Executive Editor, Library Journal.

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Crafting a Successful Adult Education Program for Small Libraries

This webinar, presented in collaboration with the Association for Rural & Small Libraries, showcases successful adult education opportunities for patrons who lack a GED, or other high school equivalency.

No matter how small a community you serve, your library can provide vital, successful adult education opportunities for patrons who lack a GED, or other high school equivalency. When the Shreve Memorial Library (LA) decided that its small, rural part-time branches should be equipped to serve patrons with the same level of instruction and resources offered in the full-time branches, the first ever Rural Adult Education Program was born. Join us to hear how the library’s Adult Education Coordinator devised workable, affordable and manageable strategies to launch the program in small libraries; learn about solutions and alternatives that can be adapted to any budget, workforce, workspace and public need.

This session was presented as a preconference at Association for Rural and Small Libraries 2014 and has been adapted to fit within a 90 minute webinar.

Presented by: Debra Kavanaugh, Librarian, Adult Educator, Researcher, Curriculum Developer, and most recently, Adult Education Coordinator, Shreve Memorial Library, Louisiana.

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Skilled Library Volunteers: PLA Webinar

PLA Webinar:
From Management to Engagement: Skilled Volunteers in Public Libraries

July 22; 2:00 PM EST

We often hear about “skilled volunteerism” but what does it mean and how can it help to build capacity in your library? How do you plan for and recruit skilled volunteers? What changes might you need to make to your traditional volunteer services to be successful with skilled volunteers?

During this webinar, participants will hear from libraries who have been participating in the “Get Involved: Powered by Your Library” volunteerism initiative. Join us to learn about their successes and how to plan your next move.

At the conclusion of this one-hour webinar, participants will:

  • Understand why they need to move from traditional volunteer management to volunteer engagement;
  • Know how to plan for and find skilled volunteers to expand library capacity; and
  • Be able to articulate the seven success elements for volunteer engagement programs.

This webinar is intended for all public library staff.

Instructors:
Carla Lehn, library programs consultant, California State Library
Joan Young, analyst of volunteer services, San Jose (California) Public Library
Amy Campbell, reference librarian, Marshall Public Library (Idaho)

Date: July 22, 2015

Time:
2:00–3:00 PM Eastern
1:00–2:00 PM Central
12:00–1:00 PM Mountain
11:00 AM–12:00 PM Pacific

Registration Information:

 

Individual Registration
• PLA Member: $28.00
• ALA Member: $31.50
• Nonmember: $35.00		 Group Registration
• Group of any size: $129.00

FIND COMPLETE DETAILS AND REGISTER HERE at PLA.org!
Deadline to register is 11:59 p.m. Central, Monday, July 20