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Professional Development Resources for Library Staff & Board Members July 2019
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July 12 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) Do you shy away from conflict? In organizations across the world conflict is avoided. Expectations go unmet, values are violated, and overall under-performance exists because people do not know how to effectively resolve issues without resorting to the use of power. This one-hour session introduces you to concepts that enable you to begin to "integrate conflict" - to walk into it and effectively handle it - rather than avoid it.
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August 2 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) Learn what it takes to build your high performance team. The strongest and most effective teams tap into and activate the strengths of every team member and build an environment rich with trust and respect. This allows for open communication and cohesiveness, which enables a team to rise to its full potential and overcome any obstacle to achieve desired results.
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We have all heard the B-word at some point in our life, most recently through the very popular Ban Bossy campaign founded by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. The campaign states that “When a little boy asserts himself, he’s called a ‘leader.’ Yet when a little girl does the same, she risks being branded ‘bossy'” (banbossy.com). The media response to the campaign has been impressive and controversial—with much debate over whether being is bossy good or bad, and whether it really holds women back. A team of researchers at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) set out to answer these questions. Using data from real leaders, their research shows how these playground stereotypes transform when people enter the workforce and shed light on whether women—and men—leaders get penalized for being bossy.
The audience for this webinar includes managers, leaders and individuals who are interested in learning more about the effects of gender and bossiness in the workplace, and those who would like to learn how to avoid being seen as bossy or getting bulldozed by bossy people.
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Smart leaders know that today’s pressures for change don’t come at you one at a time—they come all at once, from all directions. As we try to respond to these overlapping, never-ending changes, the data suggest that we fail more often than we succeed. Can we do better? Yes, but we need to take a radically different approach. This session offers a four-part model that allows leaders to deal with multiple changes simultaneously without drowning in the churn. For each stage of the process, you will receive detailed guidance, practical tools, and real-world examples needed to navigate change the way it happens now.
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*subscription required (provided free to all Marigold member library cardholders) At every stage of your career and in every professional role, feedback is tricky. Giving it in such a way that it's accurate, openly received, and effective. Taking it in without unnecessary anxiety or defensiveness. But regardless of your role, having a coach in your corner is an invaluable asset. This course teaches you how to give and receive feedback in ways that benefit the professional growth of the individual and the organization, leading to more creativity and innovation. Instructors like Tim Harford, the "Undercover Economist," and Harvard Law lecturer Sheila Heen, explain how you can coach others effectively, give unbiased and useful feedback, and understand feedback as essential to growth.
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August 5 - 30 $175 US Strategic planning is not just a tool for looking to the future; it is also an essential and valuable means of aligning your library’s goals, mission and vision to the daily work and services you provide. This class will lead participants through the entire strategic planning process and will emphasis the importance of creating a “living” document that is revisited frequently, rather than filed away and forgotten. Participants will also learn how to fully engage staff in the planning process.
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July 10 | 12:00pm -1:00pm (MT) Does your organization need help directing its fundraising efforts? Planning focuses your organization by setting fundraising priorities and helps give staff and board members a roadmap to success.
This introductory class will provide you the basic steps for developing a fundraising plan, including tips on: - Making your case for support
- Diversifying your organization's fundraising base
- Creating a plan of action
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July 11 | 11:00am - 12:30pm (MT) OR July 18 | 1:00pm - 2:30 pm (MT) $87 US In this live, interactive nonprofit webinar we will teach you how to go beyond putting together a grant application. We will teach you how to customize each proposal to include a compelling need statement and related SMART objectives to engage the grantmakers reading your proposals.
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July 16 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm From the beginning of civilization, storytelling has maintained a uniquely impactful position in defining culture, inspiring action and bringing people together. Today’s marketers need to be better storytellers than ever before as more and more stories are told all around us.
Join Firespring’s CMO, Angie Kubicek as she delivers tips, techniques and tools to help the modern marketer tell better and more impactful stories to activate their audiences through ideas and actions.
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August 7 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) This class will provide you with an overview of how to write a standard project proposal to a foundation. It will include: The basic elements of a proposal The "do's" and "don'ts" of writing and submitting a proposal How to follow up whether the answer is yes or no
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Advocacy is an area where both board members and staff may feel unprepared. With a change in the provincial government, the need to ensure that MLAs have the right information for making decisions about libraries is crucial. This webinar / presentation will introduce you to a helpful way to think about advocacy, and to approach your local decision makers.
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In recent years a number of large library systems have completed economic impact studies. If your resources are more limited, how do you calculate and communicate the library’s value in a way that rings true to your stakeholders? What can you learn from your calculations? This session will explore the process of calculating a market value return on investment at your library and communicating it to your target audience.
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How do you connect with your community to let them know about upcoming programing, events and important information in today’s new media landscape? From traditional media to social media, how we communicate with our patrons has changed, and in today’s era of fake news it has become even more complicated. This interactive and informative program is designed to give some tips and techniques on how to use local media resources as well as social media to tell your Library’s story.
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July 18 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm (MT) $65 US
In communicating with our communities, we need to ensure that our imaging, messaging, targeting, and language speaks to everyone. Having a well-tailored marketing strategy is a must for any library, and you need to ensure that diversity and inclusion are at the center of your approach. In this workshop, Kim Crowder, a marketing and communications expert with experience in libraries and the corporate world, provides you with proven strategies for developing marketing plans and campaigns with diversity and inclusion in mind, and shows you how you can avoid some major pitfalls as you develop your plan.
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July 30 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) So you’ve finally adopted social media as a legit way to connect with your target audiences, but now you want to use it to stand out from the crowd. In our Social Media 101 webinar, we covered the Big 3 (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn) and walked through social media tools. Now it’s time to learn a few advanced social media tips and tricks, elevate your social media presence through micro strategies and activate your advocates.
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A recent social media marketing study found that 82% of viewers prefer live video to social media posts, and 80% prefer live video to reading a blog. If you want to get your audience’s attention online, live streaming social video is a great way to stay ahead of the competition.
Live video can be used throughout every stage of a fundraising campaign – to tease the campaign and increase anticipation, to launch the campaign with a bang, to thank donors throughout, and to keep the momentum after the campaign has officially ended. In this webinar, digital fundraising expert Julia Campbell will guide through a process to prepare, create, and launch live streaming social videos that will help you raise more money during your online fundraising campaigns.
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Twitter Essential Training Lynda.com *subscription required (provided free to all Marigold member library cardholders) Learning how to speak the language of the "Twitterverse" can help you tap into a worldwide conversation and express—in 140 characters or less—your own ideas and opinions. In this course, learn the ins and outs of Twitter, one of the world's most prominent social media platforms. Explore the conventions and lingo of the microblogging social network, including tweets, retweets, direct messages, follows, and mentions. Discover how to create an account, write tweets, include images and links in your tweets, find people you know or who have shared interests, download and install the Twitter app on a mobile device, and more.
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July 10 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) The Centre for Equitable Library Access, CELA, is Canada's most comprehensive accessible library service, providing books and other materials to Canadians with print disabilities.
This orientation webinar provides an overview of CELA service, including collections offered, eligibility, how to order DAISY audio books or other alternative format books for your library, patron registration, and promotional ideas.
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July 10 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm (MT) $65 US Useful, usable, desirable: like three legs of a stool, if your library is missing the mark on any one of these, it's bound to wobble. Every decision you make affects how people experience your library. Design is more than determining what text or what images go where; it is about creating a resource for your community.
In this workshop, User Experience (UX) expert Aaron Schmidt will introduce the concept of User Experience (UX) thinking and illustrate how it can help improve your website, programs, services, and more. After this session, you’ll have a keener critical eye and a framework with which you can improve your library.
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July 18 | 10:00am - 11:00am (MT) $45 for members / $55 for non-members Contemplating a major change to your library services or space? Curious about offering a new service? Or just feeling disconnected from your users? User experience (UX) assessments shift your focus and help your library service their community better by making sure that decisions are made to improve libraries for the people we serve, not for ourselves. This session will walk you through the steps to create and organize a UX assessment plan that suits your needs. Follow along with an idea if you have one!
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Do you feel like you’re faking it? Are you afraid that someone is going to discover you are an impostor, and that you don’t deserve your achievements and successes? Flawed beliefs about success, failure and self-worth lie at the root of Impostor Syndrome. This syndrome can cause negative stress, fear, anxiety and loss of confidence. It can derail individual careers and also harm team morale and organizational performance.
This webinar will explore what the Impostor Syndrome is, why many high-achieving and driven leaders suffer from it, and how, with the right techniques shared in this session, you can beat the Impostor Syndrome and embrace your success.
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Born between 1997 and 2012, Generation Z is starting to come of age. Researchers are identifying defining traits of this generation that have a direct impact on library services, instruction, and programming. In this interactive and informative session, Lauren will share research findings on Generation Z and then apply the findings to the work we do in the library so that we meet the needs of this new group of young people.
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Most of us believe that we are ethical and unbiased but research has confirmed that, in reality, most of us fall short in the way we perceive ourselves. Our experiences shape who we are, and our race, ethnicity, gender, height, weight, sexual orientation, place of birth, and other factors impact how we view the world. Our hidden biases can guide our perception, behavior, opinions, decisions, and attitudes, even when we’re not aware of it. During the session, an overview of unconscious bias and examples of its impact are provided. You will be encouraged to examine your own biases and assumptions so that you can make more informed decisions.
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Do you struggle with sifting through the heaps of data in Polaris SimplyReports? You know what you want to find, but just don’t know where to start?
In this session, presented by Stephanie Thero of Yellowhead Regional Library, you’ll learn how to break down your question to find the answer, focusing on three types of reports that can be used to improve your collection, customer service and workflows. By the end, you’ll have the fundamental knowledge to extract the information you need — and not get buried by unnecessary data.
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Reaching Into the Community: Tools to Bring Your Library to the People Presented by: Baker & Taylor & Library Journal Event Date: Thursday, June 6, 2019 View On Demand Public libraries are the heart of open access to information and entertainment resources in their communities. They take as their mission to serve citizens from all corners of a community, and as institutions, they are more than just a building with dedicated people. Finding creative ways to reach citizens who are not aware of what the library has to offer, or who may be unable to access the programing and resources at a physical location, is an increasing challenge for modern librarians.
In this webinar, you'll hear from a diverse group of enterprising librarians who will discuss some of their strategies for reaching community members outside the library, including populations who are often disadvantaged and underserved. From programs at county jails, to housing offices and local businesses, learn from our panel of librarians about how they are collaborating with nontraditional community partners to bring access to all.
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While your library is ADA compliant and welcomes all, there may be hidden barriers for some in your community that hinder them from using your library. Who isn’t using your library, and why? How can you find and remove those barriers to make your library more accessible to all? Join us for this interactive session to discuss how to find out who isn’t coming to your library and why, and talk through strategies for breaking down road blocks that some members of your community have to enable them to become more active library patrons.
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The Mindful Workday Lynda.com *subscription required (provided free to all Marigold member library cardholders) Bring your best self to work. Join Dr. Britt Andreatta in The Mindful Workday, a series of mindfulness exercises to keep you connected, grounded, and focused at work. Learn how to maximize your commute—whether it's a two-hour drive or a short walk to your home office—so you show up prepared. Discover how to create a healthy working environment and communicate better with your boss. Find out how to use your downtime in a positive way, stop watching the clock so you can live in the present, and turn meetings into successful, collaborative experiences. Finally, learn how to mindfully leave work and arrive home fully present.
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Comics Collection Management Education Institute July 23 | 11:00am - 12:00pm (MT) $45 for members / $55 for non-members In advocating for comics in our libraries we often try to explain to stakeholders how comics are the same as other literature, in both value and content. But once we get beyond basic advocacy, the truth is we should be treating our comics collections differently than other books. Our comics are special collections. They require both visual and textual literacy to fully experience; they have a power to immediately connect readers with characters or biographical and autobiographical stories; and they allow readers to explore a huge array of fiction and non-fiction all from one section of your collection. This session will cover the value of keeping comics separate from general collections, but also how to market and advocate for that collection so it’s celebrated and not segregated.
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Weeding, removing materials from the collection, is a fundamental part of making any library serve its community. Further, it’s a team effort! Everyone needs to understand the reasons and methodology behind deselecting materials.
With increasing demands for space, having an active physical collection is essential to serving your patrons. We will talk about the tricky, challenging problems of weeding as well as provide tips, tricks, and tools for evaluating your collection. Bring your questions, fears, or doubts!
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July 10 | 9:00am - 10:00am (MT) Are you having trouble peaking the interest of your teens and tweens? Does it seem like an impossible task to get them involved and excited about the programs? You have come to the right place! Janene Hill, from Jensen Memorial Library in Minden, NE, is going to share her expertise to teach us ideas for a variety of Teen Night Events, including examples of successful events, interaction stations with example activities, and group brainstorming.
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July 11 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm (MT) Did you know that crafts are considered to be an excellent way to work through the pressures of daily life stressors? For over a century in the United States, crafts have played an integral part in therapeutic practices. The idea of providing crafts as a creative outlet emerged during the First World War in response to the needs of the returning soldiers. More recently, research has revealed that crafts can provide a variety of tangible health benefits, such as feelings of relaxation, stress relief, a sense of accomplishment, increased happiness, reduced anxiety, and enhanced confidence.
In this webinar, presenter Kimberli Buckley will discuss how to put together an adult craft program on a budget, how to utilize crafts to promote awareness, and she will offer a wide variety and range of craft examples that will prove that crafts aren’t just for kids. Additionally, she will discuss history of crafts and the current state of the crafting world as well as the therapeutic and health benefits that crafts can provide for adults.
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July 16 | 10:00am - 11:00am (MT) The librarian’s response to difficult behavior is often the key to defusing it. In this webinar we will cover:
- Setting and communicating age appropriate behavior expectations for both children and adults
- Tips to diffuse challenging situations
- How to structure storytime for behavioral success
- Specific techniques such as voice modulation, task assignments, focus phrases, and modeling to manage storytime behavior.
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August 7 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm (MT) $60 US If you’re responsible for programming in your library, you know that it’s a year-round job. Celebrating annual seasons and events can give you inspiration for events that are popular and easy to promote. Plan your programs with confidence! In this workshop, library program guru Amy Alessio will give you three program ideas for each month that you can expand, adapt and modify to fit your community’s needs. The presentation will include many low-cost ideas that require minimal staff time. You’ll also have the chance to engage in conversation and Q and A with Amy.
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What’s cooking at your library? In this fun and informative webinar, Youth Librarian Mary Daniels will take you through Maitland Public Library’s history with cooking programs, and offer step-by-step instructions on how to implement cooking in your library no matter your size or budget. While cooking programs are easily adapted and enjoyed by all ages, Daniels will focus on cooking programs specifically for kids in elementary and middle school.
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July 3 | 9:00am - 10:00am (MT) Password Management Tools can help you keep your passwords straight, develop strong passwords, and make it infinitely more difficult for hackers to get ahold of your sensitive information.
This session will cover the following topics: - What are the main threats to my online security?
- How can I prevent this from happening?
- Examples of good online password security
- A demonstration/ overview of LastPass Password Manager
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Although it is entirely possible for things to get better with age, this does not apply to the computers and other technology in your library. Library budgets are often very tight and we all try to squeeze “just one more year” out of our tech, hoping that we can make those limited dollars go as far as possible. However, this does nothing for the patrons using those aging computer or library staff who have to troubleshoot them as they fail. Creating a technology plan builds a schedule where you can plan the replacement of computers and other technology in your library before they fail and cause problems and panic. Having a replacement schedule will also give you a roadmap of how to spend your budget dollars. This session will give you a guideline and tips on how to create a technology plan of your own.
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Code powers everything from laptops to vending machines to cars. But how does it work? In these free course videos, you'll learn what code is, why so many coding languages exist, and how they are matched to achieve specific tasks. Most importantly, you’ll learn why having a basic understanding of code could be beneficial for you.
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July 11 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) New to volunteer management? Looking for a refresher on the basics? This webinar will walk you through the three primary Rs - recruitment, retention and recognition. We'll discuss the most popular program components such as interviews, orientations, volunteer handbooks, and more. And, we'll talk about the importance of managing risk for your program and your organization. All attendees will also receive a sample packet with examples of program documents and program assessment checklists to help you evaluate your existing program.
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July 18 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) A good position description can make the recruitment and placement of volunteers so much easier, but this foundation component of a program is often overlooked or put into a folder and never used.
This webinar will start with the basics of what should be included in a position description and will help you create or update position descriptions for all of your volunteer opportunities. Once those position descriptions are created – use them! Learn how accurate and up-to-date position descriptions can help you recruit and train volunteers, and how they can help with retention and the development of leadership positions within your volunteer engagement program.
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September 21 | Spruce Grove October 19 | Fairview October 26 | Medicine Hat November 2 | Strathmore *registration open approximately one month prior to workshop date The Public Library Services Branch Library Board Basics Workshops are open to all library trustees, library managers and library system staff. They are designed to help participants understand the structure of public library service in Alberta, and how to support the delivery of effective public library service in their communities and regions.
In particular, participants will understand: - Libraries Act and Libraries Regulation and other pertinent legislation.
- The structure of public library service in Alberta.
- Library board roles, responsibilities and relationships. Library board trustee roles and responsibilities.
- Other important issues such as finances and board effectiveness.
There is no fee for the workshop. Participants will receive a workbook and other support materials, snacks, and lunch. Other meals, travel, and any required accommodation will be the participant's responsibility. Print copies of the Library Board Basics Workshop workbook are available. If you would like a copy please email libraries@gov.ab.ca. A pdf version is available here. An email will be sent to all public libraries when registration opens, which will be approximately one month prior to the workshop date.
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Connectivity 2019: Arts Integration & Steam Online Conference July 18, 2019 8:00am - 2:00pm (MT) $129 US Welcome to the world’s largest arts integration and STEAM education conference for teachers. Each event, classroom and arts teachers connect for a crazy-good day of learning. And it’s all online – so it’s flexible, affordable and practical, too. Just log in, learn and go!
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August 8 | 8:00am - 3:00pm (MT) This free, daylong event will feature high-profile and up-and-coming YA authors talking about their latest titles for teens. You'll also have the chance to get advice from innovative librarians tackling timely issues relevant to your teens and services.
YA books provide readers with mirrors and windows, and teens, librarians, and authors are also pushing past established structures to forge a new path. As the fight continues for diverse representation in books and safety in social spaces, teens protest for climate change legislation and deal with increased mental health concerns. Just as publishers and creators must rethink how stories are told, on and off the page, youth service librarians must consider their role in their communities, in and outside the library walls. Engaging author panels and library programming sessions will give you tools and ideas on how to continue the work of engaging with teens as they enter into an increasingly challenging world. As YA protagonists know, even if the gates don’t open, we must find a way in.
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The Power of People: Rural Libraries Conference 2019 Grande Prairie, AB September 26 - 27, 2019 Every year, over 150 delegates from school and public libraries in northern Alberta, northern British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories attend Peace Library System's Rural Libraries Conference. This year's conference is themed The Power of People. On September 26 & 27, delegates will have the chance to network, visit the exhibitor tradeshow, and attend a variety of sessions on topics ranging from programming to board relations to collection development.
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October 7, 2019 The Okanagan Regional Library System (ORL), Nelson Public Library (NPL), and British Columbia Library Association (BCLA) are pleased to announce a professional development opportunity for children’s and teen library staff from across the province at this FREE one-day event.
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October 18 - 20, 2019 Whether your library is a grand historic edifice or a popup in the local strip mall it is, at its essence, a physical place. Reading, community building, sharing and existing, all of it happens in that space. Libraries across the province are reimagining their space not as a warehouse, but as the beating heart of the community.
Passionate about libraries? Join us at White Point Beach Resort for a weekend of professional development, social connections and fun at this year’s NSLA/LBANS Conference.
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November 13 -14, 2019 LMCC, the only event of its type for this library specialty, is designed for library employees of any level who are involved in marketing, communications, public relations, social media, and outreach in academic, public, and special libraries. Conference sessions will explore issues that are important for this niche of library work, and the event will include time for attendees to network and to discuss mutual challenges.
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Disclaimer: The links provided in this newsletter are intended to inform subscribers about information and learning opportunities that may be of interest. Inclusion in this newsletter does not constitute a recommendation by Marigold Library System or its staff members.
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