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Latest Recordings

  • Pushing Back on Misinformation: The Role of the Library

    This session provides a brief overview of the current landscape of mis/disinformation and of the human and tech-based options for combatting it. It then takes a deeper dive into the role libraries can play by highlighting those research-based skills and literacies and discussing how to develop and facilitate engaging and effective programming on the topic.

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  • Cataloging Children's Materials: Tips and Best Practices

    This session covers types of children’s material with a focus on cataloging children’s literature and non-fiction. Tips for evaluating records, assigning Dewey and LC call numbers, and local fields of interest to children’s materials such as award winners are discussed. Also covered are strategies for managing and organizing children’s collections to enhance accessibility and discoverability.
     

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  • Amanda Jones, "That Librarian" and a Journey to Protect Intellectual Freedom

    Libraries are seeing an unprecedented number of book challenges and attacks on our nation's libraries. Amanda Jones – a school librarian from Louisiana and author of That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America – talks about her journey from being the target of a harassment campaign to finding the positives and deciding to fight back.

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  • Collection Management for Today's School Library

    Discover how to assess and improve your school library collection to meet the needs of faculty, parents, students, and the community. Learn the basics of creating a diverse, trend-aware collection, making it accessible and engaging, and managing your budget for new materials. You'll leave with practical strategies to ensure your collection is effective and well-used.

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  • Deepfakes: How Computers See and Mimic Us

    This webinar provides a beginner-friendly overview of how artificial intelligent tools interpret pictures and sound to generate new images, video, and voices.

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