Continuing Education Archives

Website accessibility continues to gain importance as organizations realize that there are serious legal consequences for websites that aren’t usable by people with disabilities. However, it is not always immediately practical to rebuild a website in its entirety to meet accessibility criteria. Most public libraries will need to be totally compliant by April of 2026.

The program will highlight main lessons from the "How to Hug a Porcupine" book, with attention given to the importance of developing and maintaining unconditional acceptance of ourself, others, and life, and the "How-to's" of doing so.

Attendees will be taught/reminded that each one of us has the power to control and create our emotional destinies--despite and including any challenging outer circumstances.

Presented by: Dr. Debbie Joffe Ellis

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Understand your library’s obligations under the Prevailing Wage Act, including when it applies, what the library has to do and when, and what to do when the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) calls.

Dungeons & Dragons is more popular now than ever before, with new players coming to the hobby every day! Join Dungeon Master Luke to learn how to start and maintain a D&D club at your library! Webinar will include: 

-Why run a D&D club at your library? -The benefits of playing RPGs, including facilitating creative problem solving and teamwork 

-How to play D&D -Discuss the roles of the Dungeon Master (DM) and their players, and cover the core mechanic of D&D: the d20 roll 

Artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing, with the general public now able to access text-to-image generators, chatbots, and other AI-powered tools. In a time of deepfakes and AI hallucinations, how can we discern what is real? This talk by Nick Tanzi includes strategies for identifying AI-generated content and reducing AI hallucinations.