Category Archives: Continuing Education

Creating Finding Aids with Empire ADC

Join us to gain hands on experience with the EADitor, a tool used to create, encode, and mount finding aids with the Empire Archival Discovery Cooperative.

Who Should Attend:Anyone interested in creating access to their hidden collections with the EADitor, by participating in the Empire Archival Discovery Cooperative!

Takeaways:

Participants will learn:

  • how to add their organization’s finding aids to http://empireadc.org/
  • how to create a finding aid with the EADitor
  • how archivists use DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard) to create finding aids
  • how good description enhances discovery of materials

Click here for more information or to register!

10 Practical Tips for the New Rural Library Director

Thursday, August 11, 2016 ? 3 pm Eastern / 12 pm Pacific ? 1 hour

Registration: http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/beyond-the-job-description.html

On paper, your job description as a library director may not cover some of the unique challenges and opportunities that come with serving a small or rural community. Juggling the nuances of a new position can be overwhelming, but equipped with a tool belt of everyday skills ranging from assessment to communication and outreach to time-management, you can move through your new role with confidence. This session will be useful for anyone interested in strengthening their role in the library, even if you aren’t a director. Come learn from a successful new director, 10 fresh tips for working with staff, boards, and the community to create a strong and vibrant library. Join us and bring your tips and ideas to help new directors succeed!

This webinar is hosted in collaboration with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries.

Presented by: Jennifer Pearson, Director, Marshall County Memorial Library (TN) and current board member, ARSL

 

FREE online Library Campaign Training Institute, July 14-Aug. 4

Part 1: Building your Base – July 14, 2016, 12:00, CST

This workshop makes the connection between program and services outreach and building a library’s base of support for advocacy.  This workshop details:

  • Using recent research as well as preparing public service return on investment calculations.
  • How to map a community.
  • Options for program development – examples used are the Recreation market and local elected officials.
  • Connection between customer service and advocacy.
  • Use of social media.
  • Managing data.
  • Using volunteer messengers.

Register here: http://ala.adobeconnect.com/e237rpvpkjb/event/registration.html