Join Let’s Move in Libraries and the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services for a week-long event celebrating the inspiring work of libraries who spearhead StoryWalk® programs – promoting literacy, reading, health, exercise, and movement in communities and neighborhoods across the United States and the world. The 2nd annual StoryWalk® Week will take place November 7-11, 2022. Submit a photo of your StoryWalk® to be featured in the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services’ and Let’s Move in Libraries’ StoryWalk® Week Celebration! Submissions will be accepted Oct 06 – Nov 03. Click to get started!
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Free Webinar – Library of Things : The What, Why and How of Lending Objects
Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Place: Online at https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/library-of-things.html
Presenter: Dania Souid, Young Adult Services Librarian, Baldwinsville Public Library (NY); and Lindsay Delaney, Freelance Librarian (OR)
Cost: FreeHey library workers, are you thinking of starting a Library of Things for your community? From tools to toys, cameras to kitchen appliances, fishing gear to musical instruments, and from blood pressure monitors to robots – you can do it! The presenters will talk about launching these collections for a small library and a large suburban children’s collection. They will highlight their experiences selecting, budgeting, cataloging, displaying, sustaining, and marketing their Library of Things. They will also share what has and hasn’t worked, and you’ll leave with strategies for making the right decisions for your community.
You can access recordings of past WebJunction webinars here.
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Free Webinar – Accessibility in your Library
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Place: Online at https://tinyurl.com/bdf7beaf
Presenter: JJ Pionke
Cost: FreeJoin JJ Pionke to learn about what disability and accessibility are. Learn how to do a walkthrough of your physical space to see how accessible it is and join us for a Q&A to answer your accessibility-related questions.
If you’re interested but not able to attend the live webinar, go ahead and register. We’ll send a recording to all registrants after the fact. -
Free Webinar – Practicing Inclusion : Welcoming Transgender Customers and Colleagues
Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Place: Online at https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=1057&reset=1
Presenter: Beckett CzarneckiAs rights for transgender people continue to be challenged, libraries should be a welcoming place for the youth, adults, and colleagues in our communities. Join us to learn how to provide excellent internal and external customer service to transgender individuals at your library.
This interactive session will help participants reframe ideas around gender, give them best practices for serving trans customers, and end with developing strategies to make their libraries trans-inclusive.
At the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will:
- Build a foundation for fostering gender inclusivity at their library
- Give empathetic and equitable service to all customers
- Have knowledge of social and legal issues impacting transgender customers
- Challenge assumptions and discuss ways to encourage inclusivity in language and action
This webinar will be of interest to: Public library staff at any level
Please be aware that while registration is unlimited, attendance is limited to the first 500 people who join the webinar. This webinar will be recorded and will be available on the Infopeople webinar archive page within two business days of the live event.
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Free Webinar Effective Meetings Utilizing Parliamentary Procedure
Date: Thursday, October 27, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Place: Online at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wHj9gjusTNyTy3-VRNJuCg
Presenter: Adrian Stratton, PRPA workshop to discover how parliamentary procedure, also known as Robert’s Rules of Order, can assist with better meetings. Robert’s Rules of Order is a tool that will give trustees and library staff the knowledge and framework to conduct effective, fair and equable meetings. Attendees will:
- Gain an understanding of Robert’s Rules of Order
- Learn how to conduct more effective, fair and equable meetings
- Encourage respectful discussions and debates
- Utilize time management to fulfill the business of the library
Our presenter: Mr. Adrian Stratton, MBA, PRP, CP is a member of the National Association of Parliamentarians and the American Institute of Parliamentarians. An active parliamentarian, Mr. Stratton advises organizations on procedure and governance and has conducted workshops for diverse participants on fundamental issues impacting contemporary deliberative participation. His ideas on parliamentary law have been published in several journals including the National Parliamentarian and the Parliamentary Journal. Mr. Stratton currently serves as President of the New York Association of Parliamentarians and was recently named the parliamentarian for the American Library Association: https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/04/stratton-named-ala-parliamentarian
SPECIAL OFFER: Mr. Stratton will be donating free consultations to two lucky attendees! 1) a bylaws review session and 2) a one-hour board consultation. The winners will be selected from among those in attendance. The time of these consultations will be coordinated with the winners.
This webinar is brought to you thanks to a partnership with the Public Library System Directors Organization of New York State and the Library Trustees Association Section of the New York Library Association.