November 2020 – What’s New for You in Professional Development
AzLA Presents Vision 2020 Conference Webinar Series: Libraries Moving Forward
AzLA has a new 2020 vision for the future and this October we will present just that with our AzLA Presents: Vision 2020 Conference Webinar Series. The Series will consist of two main events, an 8 week series of webinars, and one teacher-librarian event. Each event will feature keynote speakers, vendor demos, award presentations, and professional development programming.
The AzLA 2020 Webinar Series is FREE to all current AzLA members. If you would like to join AzLA click HERE to sign up today.
Register for this month’s webinars by visiting the AzLA webpage.
AzLA PD Monthly Webinar Series.
We are on a break but the monthly webinar series will return in January 2021.
Share your expertise and experience. The AzLA Professional Development Committee Monthly Webinar Series is back, and we want you. Submit your webinar proposal here. Submissions will be considered on a monthly basis.
The Professional Development Committee wants to add more voices to our group. If you are ready to help shape the direction of AzLA professional development, contact Patty Jimenez at development@azla.org. We are interested in adding librarians from all types of libraries, from all over Arizona.
Want more professional development? Check out the sources below!
$ = This webinar requires a fee
Children and Young Adults
- Nov 2-29: Bilingual Storytime at Your Biblioteca $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 2-27: Stories, Songs and Stretches III $ (Library Juice Academy)
Information Literacy & Teaching
- Nov 12/19: Research Process, Methods, and Relationships for Academic Librarians (Part 2) $ (ALA)
- Nov 12/19: Research Process, Methods, and Relationships for Academic Librarians (Part 3) $ (ALA)
- Nov 17: Hybrid/Blended Learning $ (LibraryWorks)
Leadership and Staff Development
- Nov 2-29: Introduction to Museums $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 2-29: Art Librarianship $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 2-29: Systematic Review Essentials $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 2-Dec 13: LSSC Elective Competencies: Collection Management $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 3-30: Change Management in Uncertain Times $ (Infopeople)
Library Outreach, Marketing and Advocacy
- Nov 2-29: Building Business Connections in Your Community $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 2-29: Family Service Partnership and Outreach Programs $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 2-29: Developing a Website Content Strategy $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 3-30: Cultivating Younger Library Supporters $ (Infopeople)
- Nov 19: The Art and Science of Marketing Communications for Library $ (LibraryWorks)
Technology & Tech Services
- Nov 2-29: UX & Digital Collections $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 2-29: Dewey Decimal Classification $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 2-29: Ethics and Sustainability for Digital Curation $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 2-29: Authority Control $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 2-29: Introduction to Text Encoding $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 2-29: Introduction to JSON and Structured Data $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 2-29: RDF, RDFa and Structured Data Vocabularies $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 18: ADA Compliance Wins for Digital Library Collections $ (Infopeople)
User Services
- Nov 2-30: Informal Learning in the Academic Library $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 2-29: Introduction to Library Program Evaluation $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 2-Dec 20: Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods $ (Library Juice Academy)
- Nov 17-Dec 14: Providing Trauma-Informed Services in Small and Rural Libraries $ (Infopeople)
- Nov 18: Providing Library Senior Services in a COVID-19 World $ (ALA)
For a complete listing of webinars, see below:
AZ State Library [for a complete listing]
American Association of School Librarians [for a complete listing]
American Library Association [For a comprehensive listing see ALA’s E-Learning Catalog]
Booklist [Check out the webinar archives for past classes]
EBSCO has hundreds of webinars in their training center to choose from each month.
Infopeople [For a comprehensive listing see all upcoming training | archived webinars | on demand–Niche Academy Classes]
Infopeople offers a variety of webinars and self-paced online courses on topics of high interest for library staff. Webinars are free, and the Arizona State Library has purchased a block of registrations for the online courses. Arizona library staff may register for courses by sending an email to Ann Marie Creegan at acreegan@azlibrary.gov, containing:
- The course name and dates
- Registrant’s name
- Registrant’s email
- Library name
- Library address
- Library phone number
Library Journal: Online Courses | All Webcasts | School Library Journal Webcasts
Library Juice Academy: Online Courses
Arizona library staff may register for courses by sending an email to Ann Marie Creegan at acreegan@azlibrary.gov, containing:
- The course name and dates
- Registrant’s name
- Registrant’s email
- Library name
- Library address
- Library phone number
Library Juice Academy offers a range of online professional development workshops for librarians and other library staff, focusing on practical topics to build new skills. Workshops are taught asynchronously, so you can participate as your own schedule allows, within a four or six-week period.
Medical Library Association
PCI: The Arizona State Library now has a subscription to PCI Webinars, giving Arizona library staff access to one live webinar a week and to the webinar archives. PCI Webinars offers webinars specifically for library staff. Email Ann Marie Creegan at acreegan@azlibrary.gov to register.
Public Library Association – On Demand Webinars
Archived Webinars by Topic:
- Administration/Leadership
- Adult Services
- Advocacy/Marketing
- Assessment/Evaluation
- Buildings/Facilities
- Collection Development/Readers’ Advisory
- Customer Service/Staff Development
- Literacy
- Technology
- Youth Services
TechSoup for Libraries [check here for updates]
WebJunction: Search Course Catalog Browse all Webinar Recordings
Access to WebJunction’s self-paced online library courses is now available and free to all library staff members. Simply create an account at http://learn.webjunction.org and then explore the catalog of library-focused courses and archived webinars. Certificates of completion will be available to you for any of the courses or archived webinars you complete from the catalog.
YALSA: Registration | Upcoming Live Webinars | Free Competencies Webinars | Webinars-on-Demand
The Arizona State Library has purchased a subscription for Arizona Library staff to access the YALSA member or subscriber only webinars. Email Email Ann Marie Creegan at acreegan@azlibrary.gov for access.
We appreciate your feedback! Please contact Patricia Jimenez (development@azla.org) with any questions, comments, or upcoming professional development opportunities you’d like to see featured.
Yours sincerely,
The AzLA Professional Development Committee
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