[Libs-Or] Upcoming learning opportunities (free)

[HANNING Darci * SLO]

Hello library community!

Here’s a summary of upcoming learning resources available through the State Library and other organizations. Be sure to visit the State Library of Oregon’s CE website<https://slo.oregon.gov/conted/> for more learning resources and the CE Calendar<https://slo.oregon.gov/conted/free#s-lib-ctab-24120710-1> which also includes links to the PDF<https://maine-msl.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=76010632> and online<https://www.webjunction.org/find-training/free-events.html> versions of this month's free events listed by category (compiled by the Maine State Library hosted by WebJunction).

>> If you’re looking for learning resources on a particular topic, please contact me<mailto:darci.hanning at slo.oregon?subject=I'm%20looking%20for%20CE%20resources> – I’m happy to help! <<

ONLINE CONFERENCES:

Tuesday - Thursday, March 11-13 (9:00a - 1:00p PT):  Southeast Collaborative Conference<https://sites.google.com/view/secollaborative/Home>
Concurrent 1-hour sessions will run each day from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. PT and attendance is free of charge for all attendees. This conference will utilize the Whova event app and all conference sessions will be pre-recorded. Mychal Threets, library advocate and literacy ambassador, will kick off the conference this year! Don't miss the opening session Catching Joy with Mychal Threets.

Presentation topics include:
·        It's About Time: Time Management for Library Workers
·        Coalition Building as Self Care
·        Creating Connections: Reaching Underserved Patrons of All Ages Through Community Outreach
·        There’s a Theme For That! A New Take on a Traditional Book Club
·        Data Visualizations for Any Budget
·        AI Salons: Low-Cost Conversations, High Impact!
·        You're Not Talking to Jimmy Buffet: An Introduction to Imposter Scams

Visit the conference website <https://sites.google.com/view/secollaborative> to learn more about the speakers, sessions, and registration (free). Hosted by Georgia Public Library Service, Library of Virginia, South Carolina State Library, State Library of North Carolina, and the Tennessee State Library & Archives.

Thursday, March 13 (12:00 - 3:00 pm PT): AI and Libraries: Literacy, Ethics, and Responsible Use<https://www.library20.com/ai-and-libraries-3?mc_cid=ce080fe0cf> (Library 2.0)
We invite librarians, educators, technologists, and thought leaders to explore the critical role that libraries can play in addressing both the opportunities and ethical challenges of AI. From encouraging digital literacy and ethical awareness to guiding the responsible use of AI, libraries are potentially at the forefront showing how emerging AI technologies can be used equitably and responsibly in their communities.

We will explore actionable insights to help navigate the complex ethical questions relating to AI and the unique role of libraries and librarians in addressing them. We will discuss practical strategies for integrating AI tools into library and education settings using ethical best practices while empowering users with the knowledge and skills needed to thrive in an AI-driven world. And we’ll focus on how libraries can not only adapt to this rapidly changing landscape but can also act as catalysts for knowledge diffusion, shaping a more informed, and innovative future for all of our users.

This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. REGISTER HERE<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/library-2025-ai-and-libraries-literacy-ethics-and-responsible-use-registration-1111810197229?aff=oddtdtcreator> to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.

HIGHLIGHTED WEBINARS:

PCI Webinars presents a “Back to Basics” series for March!
All PCI Webinars are on Wednesdays, from 11:00a – 12:00p PT and are available to Oregon library staff, volunteers, board members, and Friend and Foundation members. Request your registration links for these upcoming webinars.<https://www.cognitoforms.com/StateLibraryOfOregon/RequestRegistrationLinksToUpcomingPCIWebinars>

You can find complete descriptions of these webinar on the PCI Webinars web page<https://slo.oregon.gov/conted/free#s-lib-ctab-24120710-1>.

March 5:  Back to Basics: Book Displays
Join Passive Readers’ Advisory expert Lila Denning for an hour of all the ways that you can promote your library’s collection with better book displays. Book displays are a fun, creative marketing technique that any library can use.  Learn how to create book displays that will draw readers in and help them to find those titles that don’t get enough attention.

March 12: Back to Basics: Building Strong Community Partnerships
Partnering with community can be a great strategy for the Public Library. Identifying the needs of community and then partnering with the correct resource can be a win-win solution for patrons and others.  There is no need to recreate the wheel and there are significant benefits involved for the library and the community partner. In this webinar we will look at the foundational principles of creating and sustaining impactful community partnerships.

March 19: Customer Service: Ten Basic and Essential Skills
Customer service skills generally consist of the knowledge, processes, expertise and the understanding that are needed to make customers as satisfied as possible. These skills are developed through several different avenues, including training, support and experience. There are generally two different types of these skills: people and technical. Both types of skills are equally important and good customer service is the ability to combine a good balance of both skill sets to provide the best experience possible.

March 26: Back to Basics: Reference Skills
Are your reference skills ready for a refresh? Join us for a practical and engaging webinar designed for librarians and library staff who want to sharpen their foundational reference abilities.

Recordings of PCI Webinars are available the following week after the live event in the Oregon Library Staff Academy<https://my.nicheacademy.com/oregonstaff> in the PCI Webinars section<https://my.nicheacademy.com/oregonstaff?category=20549>; access is limited to Oregon library staff, volunteers, board members, and Friend and Foundation members. If you need access, please use this form<https://www.cognitoforms.com/StateLibraryOfOregon/RequestAccessToContinuingEducationResources>.

Tuesday, March 25 (12:00 – 1:00pm): Cultivating Community Hubs for Social Connection<https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/healthy-places-by-design.html> (WebJunction/Healthy Places by Design)
Community hubs are places where people of all backgrounds can gather to socialize, learn and work together, and develop trusting relationships. Community hubs can make it easier to feel a sense of belonging. Often, people think about community centers, parks, and schools as community hubs, and they certainly are. Many other community spaces and organizations can also serve that role—even those initiated for other reasons, like libraries and YMCAs. In this session, you’ll hear how the Wilmington (DE) Institute Free Library and the Greensboro (NC) YMCA expanded their missions and purposefully expanded beyond the walls of their buildings to create intergenerational and cross-neighborhood connection opportunities that reduce social isolation and increase a sense of wellbeing. Their experiences can inspire other organizations to serve as community hubs, as well.

Register here<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fMFkoRLwRSigo9jEiBVTTw#/registration> for the webinar; additional information<https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/healthy-places-by-design.html> is available at the WebJunction website.

After the webinar, participants can join a post-webinar discussion group from 1:00 - 2:00 pm PT to reflect on the key insights and discuss how they can apply these strategies in their own communities.

SELF-PACED LEARNING:

Digital Collections Stewardship<https://learn.webjunction.org/course/index.php?categoryid=61> (WebJunction)
Planning, creating, managing, and preserving digital collections, however, can be resource-intensive work that requires technology, new skills, and an ongoing commitment to maintain them. Understanding the full lifecycle of digital stewardship is critical to successful digital collections.

These self-paced, online courses, designed specifically with the needs of small cultural institutions in mind, will guide you through the lifecycle of digital stewardship. This lifecycle describes the entire ongoing range of tasks and activities necessary to successfully share digital collections. As you proceed through these courses, you will complete activities using the Digital Collections Stewardship Workbook<https://learn.webjunction.org/pluginfile.php/135473/coursecat/description/Digital%20Collections%20Stewardship%20Workbook.docx>, creating an action plan for your digital collections implementation. If you are new to digital collections, we encourage you to take these courses sequentially; if not, feel free to choose the courses that fit your needs.

Courses include:

  *   Digital Collections Stewardship 1: Introduction
  *   A Community-Centered Approach to Digital Collections
  *   Digital Collections Stewardship 2: Preparing
  *   Digital Collections Stewardship 3: Gathering
  *   Digital Collections Stewardship 4: Digitizing
  *   Digital Collections Stewardship 6: Saving
  *   Digital Collections Stewardship 7: Sharing

Complete information available here: https://learn.webjunction.org/course/index.php?categoryid=61

IN-PERSON FACILITATION TRAINING
Since 2024, Oregon Humanities has presented trainings for staff, board members, volunteers, and program partners of Oregon libraries of all types (public, academic, school, and tribal). These trainings help people involved with libraries strengthen their skills in leading conversations about vital issues and ideas across differences, beliefs, and backgrounds.

Using the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence as a jumping off point, participants will learn about facilitation and reflective conversation, practice new skills and techniques, and learn to design and facilitate conversations that allow people and groups to learn more about themselves and others. These trainings and other programs are part of Oregon Humanities’ work called “Beyond 250”— “This semiquincentennial of the nation provides an opportunity to reflect on our complex founding and history, lift up under-told stories, and appreciate diverse perspectives about the past, present, and future of our nation.”

In 2025, Oregon Humanities will host free trainings<https://oregonhumanities.org/programs/services/trainings-for-libraries/> in Pendleton, Burns, and other communities to be announced.

Registration is free and now open for the following dates and sites:

April 17 and 18: Pendleton Public Library, 502 SW Dorion Ave., Pendleton, OR

  *   Day 1: Thursday, April 17, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  *   Day 2: Friday, April 18, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Go here<https://www.tfaforms.com/5160304> (https://www.tfaforms.com/5160304) to register for the April training in Pendleton.

May 12 and 13: 1899 Foundry, 307 N Broadway Ave., Burns, OR

  *   Day 1: Monday, May 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  *   Day 2: Tuesday, May 13, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Go here<https://www.tfaforms.com/5162817> (https://www.tfaforms.com/5162817) to register for the May training in Burns.

Questions? Please contact programs at oregonhumanities.org<mailto:programs at oregonhumanities.org>. For more information about Oregon Humanities and “Beyond 250” please visit: https://oregonhumanities.org/programs/beyond250/

Upcoming live PCI Webinars:
Each Wednesday from 11a - 12p PT, explore new, relevant topics during a live webinar from People Connect Institute.  Note: all PCI Webinars (live and recorded) are limited to Oregon library staff, volunteers, board members, Friend and Foundation members. Full descriptions are available on the PCI Webinar CE page<https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted/free#s-lib-ctab-24120710-3>.


See above for the March series, “Back to Basics”; coming up in April:

  *   April 2: For Managers and Supervisors: Cultivating an Inclusive Workplace for Neurodivergent Staff
  *   April 9: Focusing on Focus Groups
  *   April 16: Enhancing Your Energy and Enthusiasm
  *   April 23: Managing Difficult Employee Behaviors
  *   April 30: Trauma-Informed Libraries -- What are they, why do they matter, and how we do we become one

Request your registration links for these upcoming webinars.<https://www.cognitoforms.com/StateLibraryOfOregon/RequestRegistrationLinksToUpcomingPCIWebinars> These webinars will also be recorded and available the following week in the Oregon Library Staff Academy / PCI Webinars<https://my.nicheacademy.com/oregonstaff?category=20549> category; if you need access to the academy, please submit this form<https://www.cognitoforms.com/StateLibraryOfOregon/RequestAccessToContinuingEducationResources> and choose the option for the Oregon Library Staff Academy.

Webinars coming up the week of March 3 (visit the CE Calendar<https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted/free#s-lib-ctab-24120710-1> for details add additional webinar), all times are Pacific:

Monday, March 3:

  *   8 – 9am Amplify Your Impact: Effective PR Strategies for Nonprofit Success (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
  *   10 – 11am Enclosures 101 (Core Book and Paper IG / ALA)
  *   12 – 1pm Memory Labs: Empowering Patrons to Preserve their History (Core / ALA)
  *   12 – 1pm Teaching How AI Works to K-8 Students (edWeb)

Tuesday, March 4:

  *   9:30 – 11am Writing Cover Letters and Other Tips for Getting an Interview! (South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association)
  *   10 – 11am Enhancing Nonprofit Websites with AI Tools Insights from the 2025 AI Benchmark Report (TechSoup)
  *   10 – 11am Summer Fun for All Ages with GLOBE Citizen Science! (StarNet)
  *   11am – 12pm Assistive technology for dyslexia (Pacer Center)
  *   11am – 12pm Humanities Education and Student Career Readiness (Choice360)
  *   11am – 12pm Magnificent Middle Grade (Booklist)
  *   12 – 1pm Embracing neurodiversity: Cultivating an inclusive workplace for neurodivergent staff (WebJunction)
  *   2 – 3pm Interactive Learning Experiences: Engaging Students Through Hands-On Activities (edWeb)

Wednesday, March 5:

  *   8 – 9am Breaking Barriers: The Importance of Digital Accessibility (Nebraska Library Commission)
  *   10 – 11am Future-Proofing Nonprofit Fundraising: The G.I.V.E. Framework in Action (Nonprofit Hub)
  *   11am – 12pm PCI: Artificial Intelligence as a Cataloging Tool
  *   11am – 12pm Prepare for One Million Acts of Science at Your Library (SciStarter)
  *   11am – 12pm QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online: How to Make the Move (TechSoup)

Thursday, March 6:

  *   8 – 9am The Impact of AI in the Classroom: Experiences and Learnings (Choice360)
  *   10 – 11am Book Banning Webinar: A View From Bookstores, Libraries and Courtrooms (ALA)
  *   11am – 12pm Adult Faves (Booklist)
  *   11am – 12pm Transforming Email Fundraising with AI: Best Practices for 2025 (Bloomerang)
  *   12 – 1pm Storytelling that Connects and Inspires (Firespring)
  *   12 – 12:30pm Lessons From the Science of Reading (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
  *   12:30 – 1:30pm Empowering Teens through Meaningful Service (Colorado State Library)


Cheers,
Darci Hanning, MLIS (she/her/hers)
Public Library Consultant / CE Coordinator
Continuing Education Resources: https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted
State Library of Oregon | Library Support and Development Services
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