Continuing Education Archives

Explore the fundamental principles of serials cataloging with expert trainer Robin Fay. This session guides you through understanding the nature and types of serials, including series and analytics, and interpreting serial authority records. You'll also learn practical techniques for identifying matching records, performing copy cataloging, and creating original descriptions of serials under RDA guidelines. Also covered are the different levels of cataloging for serials, terminology, and review examples. 

Slide deck and handouts coming soon!

Learn why and how to evaluate the Library Director and Board to foster accountability, align with strategic goals, and ensure continuous improvement. Public library consultant Jerry Nichols covers practical steps, tools, key considerations, best practices, and the importance of observation and documentation.

It’s often said “you don’t know what you don’t know” and when it comes to managing the technology in your library, that can be a daily frustration! But the truth is that anyone, regardless of their technology knowledge and comfort, can understand the essentials enough to have a handle on library technology resources such as your broadband connection, WiFi, computers and digital services.

Lily Zheng, Fairness, Access, Inclusion, and Representation Strategist and bestselling author of Reconstructing DEI and DEI Deconstructed, will discuss how to make diversity, equity, and inclusion resonate with skeptics, applying the FAIR Framework to defuse backlash, sustain impact, and build inclusive organizations. In a dynamic 1-hour virtual conversation with RAILS Executive Director Monica Harris, Lily will discuss how these principles can be specifically applied to libraries.

Explore the often-overlooked role of body size in EDIA work and discover how fat liberation promotes inclusivity for all bodies. This session examines the roots of anti-fatness in Anglo-American society, its connection to accessibility, and strategies for creating welcoming libraries. Based on research from the forthcoming Library Quarterly article, "One size fits none," this presentation offers practical insights for all library workers.