Continuing Education Archives

This webinar is designed to provide an overview of the most crucial aspects of being a notary in Illinois, focusing on current laws, best practices, and the responsibilities of the role. Given the recent updates to the Illinois Notary Public Act, including new requirements for education and journaling, this session will clarify what's needed to ensure you are acting in full compliance and with confidence.

In this webinar, participants will learn practical strategies for engaging with and “speaking” to positional power with clarity and confidence. First, we will explore how awareness is strategic and how successful interactions begin with this core principle. Next, participants will see how “plating” helps set the table for the discussion and provides an opportunity to be positioned as a thoughtful, solution-oriented leader; scenarios will be shared to illustrate the approach.

The spirit of collaboration is a natural force within humanity. This webinar celebrates the spirit of collaboration and aims to deepen our understanding of its value. It offers tips and best practices to help build new collaborations and strengthen existing partnerships with families, organizations, and public officials.

Due to a blip in technology at the beginning of this webinar, the following is the complete description of the first thought exercise:

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.

Mark McCarthy, Lead Accessibility Engineer and IT Accessibility Liaison at the University of Illinois, gave expert advice on the specific challenges and concerns brought by attendees.

In this webinar, learn steps you can take to meet legal requirements and develop a library culture that prioritizes accessibility. Katie Myers, ADA Coordinator at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, will share their ongoing efforts, discuss lessons learned, and provide practical advice that can help you get started identifying regional Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and community resources that provide partnership, collaboration and training.

In this two-part series, Heartland Forward uses their experience collaborating with The Public Library Association to create Getting Started with Telehealth, a new training module available on DigitalLearn.org, to give an overview of telehealth services and teach you how to use the training module to help your patrons.

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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A presentation on common boundary-related challenges for library staff. Participants will gain an understanding of how to apply a model to use to resolve situations that don't have a clear right or wrong outcome. 

This program will discuss what is Emotional Intelligence. It will help the participant to understand how understanding the emotions of themselves and others can lead to more collaborative and productive work relationships. People managers will gain tools to help them with their own jobs and also to help their direct reports. Come be part of the discussion that employers around the globe are having with people - understanding emotions and building actions for maximum job satisfaction.

This webinar discusses some of the reasons that patrons challenge books and other materials as well as how to prepare for and handle resource challenges. Attendees will leave with concrete steps they can take before and during book challenges.

Learn pragmatic ways to identify and remedy different types of difficult people, such as using triage to accurately name drama patterns and deploy proven techniques to lower our reactivity to the most challenging people.

Topics include:

* Inevitability and multi-causality of difficult others
* Discover a triage system to identify the types of difficult others
* Explore remedies that protect the self and preserve the relationship when dealing with bullies, emotional vampires, downers, and know-it-alls.

Many of your library customers expect they can pay bills, order products and services, receive weather alerts, earn discounts, and talk to an expert online via text, e-mail, or social media. It is likely that even before the COVID-19 crisis you were taking advantage of technology to improve communications with your library users. The transition to social distancing with your library has been relatively easy for experienced users of computers and mobile devices. But for some, the loss of the personal connection with your staff is disconcerting.

This interactive presentation will introduce library staff to National Library of Medicine resources, enhance understanding of the public library's role in supporting families living with dementia, and present an opportunity to contribute to our understanding of disease by participating in the All of Us Research Program, a national health research project funded by a grant from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

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Looking for some relief from the stress of the pandemic? Join Hannah Ramlo, Founder and Executive Director of Soulside Healing Arts, as she leads you through the numerous benefits of meditation.

This webinar was recorded on April 23, 2020, and lasts approximately 30 minutes.