Knowledge is power. Increase your strength by attending workshops, webinars, and other opportunities. Lists include SEWI offerings, Wisconsin library organizations, Wyoming State Library’s Free Training, Webjunction, and more. Click on on any tab that interests you to find what’s coming up.
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- October 8-11: WLA Conference, Wisconsin Dells (WLA)
- Nov 13-14: Library Marketing & Communications Conference (LMCG)
- At Your Leisure: Sound Learning: Audiobooks in the Library to Support Literacy (School Library Connection)
- Oct 1: Brilliant Book Club Picks (Booklist)
- Oct 1: Picture Perfect: Books for the Youngest Readers (School Library Journal)
- Oct 3: Practical Book Repair (Connecting to Collections Care)
- Oct 4: Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian presents… Advertising Government Documents: Simple and Easy Ways to Raise Awareness of Collections (North Carolina Library Association)
- Oct 8: Multicultural Picture Books: A Deeper Look at Your Collection (Maine State Library)
- Oct 8: Mad about Middle Grade (Booklist)
- Oct 16: Fierce Fighting Girls (School Library Journal)
- Oct 16: Diversity in Context: Stretching the Idea of Building Diverse Collections (edWeb)
- Oct 21: Check It Out! New Books for Ages 0-18 (State Library of Iowa)
- Oct 29: The Books are Afoot (Booklist)
- Oct 30: We Stories: Diversity in Children’s Literature at the Library (Georgia Library Association)
- Oct 9: The Networking Game: Engaging with Colleagues at Your Consortia, Professional Associations, and Conferences (Pennsylvania Integrated Library System)
- Oct 16: Being a Better Ally to All (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
- Oct 22: Integrating Online Communications into Your Fundraising Campaign (IdealWare)
- Oct 23: Top 5 PowerPoint Tips for Engaging Your Audience (Training Magazine Network)
- Oct 23: Introduction to Website Accessibility (Infopeople)
- Development & Change
- Fundraising
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- Marketing
- Outreach
- Programming
- At Your Leisure: Networking: A Survival Guide for Introverts (North Dakota State Library)
- Oct 18: Three Steps to Thriving in Chaos (Effectiveness Institute)
- Oct 24: Playing Well with Others – At Work (Colorado State Library)
- Oct 25: Library-Created Games: A Showcase (Indiana State Library)
- Oct 30: Public Libraries Partner to Respond to the Opioid Crisis (WebJunction)
- Oct 1: 4 Ways to Rock Your Year-End Fundraising (Network for Good)
- Oct 2: Get Your Board to Help You Fundraise—Even if They Don’t Wanna! (Firespring)
- Oct 8: Tell Your Foundation’s Impact Story (Blackbaud)
- Oct 8: Giving Tuesday 2019 for Libraries (EveryLibrary)
- Oct 9: Event Sponsors: How to Find Them & Create a Win-Win (Bloomerang)
- Oct 10: Writing Year-End Appeals: How to Make Legacy Giving a Star (Network for Good)
- Oct 16: Engaging Your Board for Better Fundraising (Network for Good)
- Oct 16: Rethinking Philanthropy: Indigenous-led Grantmaking (GrantSpace)
- Oct 22: How to Turn Event Guests Into Donors (CharityHowTo)
- Oct 22: Integrating Online Communications into Your Fundraising Campaign (IdealWare)
- Oct 30: Introduction to Finding Grants (GrantSpace)
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- Oct 1: Marketing the Value of Your Library: How (and Why) to Do a Simple External Communication Audit webinar (WVLS, NWLS, SWLS)
- Oct 15: Marketing the Value of Your Library: Creating Compelling Copy – aka Persuasive Writing and How to Effectively Tell Your Library’s Story webinar (WVLS, NWLS, SWLS)
- Oct 29: Marketing the Value of Your Library: Effective Messaging for Library Support webinar (WVLS, NWLS, SWLS)
- At Your Leisure: Sound Learning: Audiobooks in the Library to Support Literacy (School Library Connection)
- Oct 1: Business Liaison Librarians: Creating and Connecting Communities (Indiana State Library)
- Oct 3: How to Develop Healthy Living Programs through Shared Use Partnerships (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
- Oct 16: PNR Rendezvous: Health Insurance Literacy and How Librarians Can Help (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
- Oct 30: Public Libraries Partner to Respond to the Opioid Crisis (WebJunction)
- At Your Leisure: One Book Wyoming 2019: Ernest Hemingway and Travel (Wyoming State Library)
- Oct 3: How to Develop Healthy Living Programs through Shared Use Partnerships (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
- Oct 8: How Data and Mapping Help Libraries Meet Their Patrons’ Needs (Public Library Association)
- Oct 8: Let’s Celebrate Digital Citizenship Week: Something for Everyone (edWeb)
- Oct 9: Lessons from Model Makerspaces (School Library Journal)
- Oct 15: Bringing Play to Adult Services Programming: It’s Not Just for Kids (Library Journal)
- Oct 16: Study Design: Developing a Citizen Science Project that Delivers Results (DigitalGov)
- Oct 16: A Recipe for Reading: Culinary Literacy at Your Library (Programming Librarian)
- Oct 17: 5 Reasons Why Winter Is the Next Summer (Library Journal)
- Oct 22: Activate, Collaborate, and Educate: Health Outreach and Programming in Your Community (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
- Oct 23: National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair (U.S. National Archives)
- Oct 1: Telling the American Story with the U.S. Census: Teaching with Real Data (Association of College and Research Libraries)
- Oct 2: If You Share It, Will They Come? Quantifying and Characterizing Reuse of Biomedical Research Data (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
- Oct 3: Scholarship Versus Secrecy and Fake News—Primary Sources in an Age of Misinformation (Association of College and Research Libraries/ProQuest)
- Oct 17: Scams, Fraud and Identity Theft: How Libraries Can Help (WebJunction)
- Oct 23: National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair (U.S. National Archives)
- Oct 8: Software Migration Bootcamp—Preparing for Your Implementation (Blackbaud)
- Oct 23: Top 5 PowerPoint Tips for Engaging Your Audience (Training Magazine Network)
- Oct 24: The Future in Your Face: Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality in Libraries (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
- Oct 30: Pretty Sweet Tech (Nebraska Library Commission)
- Oct 1: Instructional Design for the Real World (InSync Training)
- Oct 2: Planning a Palooza: Creating Collaborative Training Opportunities for Library Staff (Infopeople)
- Oct 10: Open science roundup: tools for collaborative research and early discovery (Library Connect)
- Oct 17: Diversity and Inclusion – Planting Seeds of Change in the Digital Space (InSync Training)
- Oct 25: Library-Created Games: A Showcase (Indiana State Library)
- At Your Leisure: Sound Learning: Audiobooks in the Library to Support Literacy (School Library Connection)
- Oct 1: Picture Perfect: Books for the Youngest Readers (School Library Journal)
- Oct 10: What Fred Rogers would Say- “The Difference We Make” -How Simple, Everyday Interactions in ECE are Critical (Early Childhood Investigations)
- Oct 21: Girls Who Code at your Library (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
- Oct 23: Computer Science in Early Learning with LEGO® Education (edWeb)
- Oct 24: Pathways to Nature-Based Play: There Is One for You! (Early Childhood Investigations)
In-Person Opportunities
- WLA Conference
Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells
October 8-11, 2019
Info & Registration - SEWI Technical Services Meetup
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Brookfield Public Library
Info & Registration
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SEWI Directors Retreat 2019
November 1, 2019
Info & Registration
Online Courses
Self-Paced Online Courses (free)
- Gale Courses (Check your local library or library system for availability)
- Webjunction Course Catalog
- GCF LearnFree.org
- Wisc-Online Basic Computer Skills Mooc
- Wisc-Online Computer Science Courses (includes sections on career skills, programming, IT skills, and web development)
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