Professional Development Opportunities

Metadata analysis, or using data manipulation tools to analyze metadata, is a growing need in libraries. From migration to a new ILS to retrospective clean-up projects, metadata analysis can be useful in a variety of situations. Attend this session to learn about scenarios in which metadata analysis can be useful, as well as techniques and tools for performing this analysis.

This Know & Go session will provide a series of tips from library leaders for the job seeker to utilize as they walk through the job search process. Cover letters, resumes, and interviews will all be addressed.

This class will cover concepts of managing projects portfolio aligned with the institutions’ strategy; governance for portfolio planning and management; assessing the active portfolio and making an informed decision on new additions to the portfolio; and tools for communicating the port-folio progress to the stakeholders and related committees.

Designed for heritage organization staff who are considering the long-term management of their digital assets, this two-part workshop will present strategies for assessing local preservation needs and selecting and implementing digital preservation curation systems and tools.

Heritage organizations use digital preservation and curation systems (DPCS) such as Preservica, MetaArchive, APTrust, Samvera, and others, to undertake digital preservation and curation work in the context of their institutional needs and priorities. We will discuss how these systems provide a framework for managing the various stages and processes involved in digital preservation including content acquisition, preparation for archiving, ingesting, storage, maintenance, access, and ongoing data management and preservation activities.

TikTok, the latest social media platform, is taking the world by storm. Learn how to create short TikTok videos for not only marketing, but readers' advisory, outreach, and programming. Connect with other TikTok users through hashtags, follows, and other methods. Understand TikTok's security, privacy, and copyright policies.

Crisis situations arise in all types of libraries and impact users and staff. Information professionals must be prepared to handle situations that can include drug overdoses, sexual assault, neglect, and mental illness, and that can have social, psychological, medical, and legal aspects. Students will explore the issues and possible resolutions to social crisis management.

The groundbreaking Urban Library Trauma Study (ULTS) used emancipatory and participatory action research frameworks to explore how public library workers in urban centers experience trauma while providing library services and create a path forward for exploring institutional and individual solutions to enable library workers and their institutions to continue providing vital library services to communities in need while caring for the well-being of staff.

We will discuss our series of recommendations to address the pervasive issue of trauma in the library workplace and how the library field can research solutions to problems while being radically inclusive of the workers those problems most impact.

Universal design (UD; also Universal design for learning, UDL) is an approach to teaching that prescribes flexibility and support for many different types of learners. Learn how designing instruction based on UD principles not only helps accommodate learners with disabilities, but supports students of all types. Learn basic UD concepts, and examine simple ways to apply them to improve your library instruction.

The popularity of the mystery and horror genres continues to grow. Learn more about these popular genres, their growing appeal to readers, and new titles and popular programs to entice audiences.

There is increasing interest among archives and cultural heritage institutions in collaborating directly with communities to select and describe photographs, documents, objects, or other items for preservation and access. Public scanning or digitization days and online crowdsourcing projects are outcomes of the emerging phenomenon of participatory archiving.

Cemetery searching may initially sound morbid, but the results can breathe new life into your local history and genealogy work. Cemetery records and headstones contain a wealth of information about ancestors and a location's most prominent citizens. Dig into the types of information found when researching cemeteries, how to locate burial records, and best practices for cemetery research.