Continuing Education Archives

This session explores practical, learner-centered approaches to teaching digital skills in spaces without dedicated computers. Learn how to use discussion-based classes, smartphone-friendly topics, and adaptable class formats to offer impactful instruction and build your community’s digital confidence—no lab required.

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. 

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.