[Michlib-l] WebJunction content and upcoming webinars for July

[White, Shannon (MDE)]

WebJunction’s free, online course catalog has over 25 self-paced, online courses on library topics, as well as over 145 curated webinar archives ready and available when you are. Create a free WebJunction learner account<http://learn.webjunction.org/> today, and you’ll find a wide range of course topics, including Marketing, Customer Service, and eBooks – something for everyone! Explore the catalog and enjoy a summer of learning. Library staff throughout Michigan are invited to create WebJunction accounts and make use of these resources.

Highlighted content from WebJunction

·        Have you conducted a library awareness campaign or taken on an advocacy challenge? Create a 60-second video<http://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/advocacy-in-action-video-contest-now-open-for-submissions.html> showcasing your library’s successful campaign or an advocacy victory your library has achieved in your community. Five video submissions will be selected by OCLC and posted to the Geek the Library Facebook page for voting.

·        The role of community libraries in Nepal earthquake relief<http://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/the-role-of-community-libraries-in-nepal-earthquake-relief.html> – how our library colleagues at READ Global are helping to support their communities in the wake of the April 2015 earthquake.

July Webinars

No Job Seeker Left Behind: Library Services to Meet Their Needs
Thursday, July 9, 2015 ♦ 2 pm Eastern ♦ 60 min
Registration: http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/no-job-seeker-left-behind.html

Every day, libraries around the country are filled with people seeking help with jobs and careers. How do library staff find time and resources to assist them all? Learn a variety of practical ways to deliver career development services in your library from two certified ALA Career Development Facilitators. They have strategies and resources to help you cover the spectrum from a quick "on the fly" toolbox of forms and templates to ideas for one-time classes, workshop series, and even one-on-one personalized career sessions for patrons. You really can support those job-seekers.

Presented by: Aileen Luppert, Librarian, Spokane County Library District (WA); and Michelle Simon, Program Coordinator, Business and Career Development Services, Pima County Library (AZ)


Crafting a Successful Adult Education Program for Small, Rural and or/Part-time Libraries
Thursday, July 16, 2015 ♦ 2 pm Eastern ♦ 90 min
Registration: http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/crafting-a-successful-adult-education-program.html
No matter how small a community you serve, your library can provide vital, successful adult education opportunities for patrons who lack a GED, or other high school equivalency. When the Shreve Memorial Library (LA) decided that its small, rural part-time branches should be equipped to serve patrons with the same level of instruction and resources offered in the full-time branches, the first ever Rural Adult Education Program was born. Join us to hear how the library's Adult Education Coordinator devised workable, affordable and manageable strategies to launch the program in small libraries; learn about solutions and alternatives that can be adapted to any budget, workforce, workspace and public need.

This session was presented as a preconference at Association for Rural and Small Libraries<http://arsl.info/> 2014 and has been adapted to fit within a 90 minute webinar.

This webinar is hosted in collaboration with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries<http://arsl.info/>. Presented by: Debra Kavanaugh, Adult Education Coordinator, Shreve Memorial Library, Louisiana

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Shannon D. White
Library of Michigan
702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007, Lansing, MI 48909-7507
Ph: 517-373-9489; Fax: 517-373-5700
Toll free:  877-479-0021
whites29 at michigan.gov<mailto:whites29 at michigan.gov>
http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan


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