Date: Thursday, January 19, 2023Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PMPlace: Online at https://www.librarieslearn.org/calendar/csl-in-session-dementia-101-for-public-library-staffPresenter: Amy DelPo, Denver Public Library More than 6 million people in the United States have dementia. Once you add in 15 million friends, family members, and caregivers, the numbers represent a significant segment of the population served by public libraries. This means that the dementia […]
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Free Webinar – Dementia 101 for Public Library Staff
Posted on 12 January 2023.
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Grant Opportunity – Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant
Posted on 29 December 2022.
The Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant is an annual grant to recognize, promote, and support innovative and meaningful community engagement efforts in libraries. Libraries are invited to apply by designing and outlining activities for a library-led community engagement project. Community engagement is the process of working collaboratively with community members – be they library patrons, […]
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Grant Opportunity – Peggy Barber Tribute Grant
Posted on 29 December 2022.
The Peggy Barber Tribute Grant is an annual grant that recognizes, promotes, and supports meaningful programs in libraries that have limited and/or no access to budgetary support for programming. This grant aims to help ease budget challenges by annually awarding three libraries $2,500 to support a proposed program, program series, or programming effort. Applications for […]
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Grant Opportunity – Opioid Response Support Kit
Posted on 09 December 2022.
OCLC’s WebJunction needs public library staff to test a new opioid response support kit that will help library staff navigate opportunities and build skills around this topic. Support kits will include information and self-paced activities that will strengthen library staff’s knowledge and skills related to the opioid crisis, with a goal of creating or expanding […]
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Free Webinar – Cultivating Affirmation & Belonging for LGBTQIA+ Youth with the Kaleidoscope Youth Center
Posted on 15 November 2022.
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2022Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PMPlace: Online at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U8NQW1wcSdy1HxWJv3kl5gPresenter: Amanda Erickson, Kaleidoscope Youth Center in Columbus, OhioCost: Free The Collaborative Summer Library Program’s Inclusion Committee is proud to share their 2022 annual online training session. Examine statistics related to discrimination within libraries/schools and risks that LGBTQIA+ youth face on a day-to-day basis in their communities, then […]
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