ALA Editions Webinar “Serving ESL and Non-English Speaking Patrons in the Library”

Date

Wed, Apr 9, 2014, 1:30 - 3pm

Cost

$15

CEU

1.5

Event Description

LibraryLinkNJ will purchase 10 individual registrations for the online, real time ALA Editions webinar “Serving ESL and Non-English Speaking Patrons in the Library” with Cate Carlyle.

Date and Time: Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 1:30pm - 3:00pm, Eastern Time

The first 10 members to register by the deadline of 4 PM on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 are eligible for this discount. A waiting list is available.

Program Description:

Serving ESL and Non-English Speaking Patrons in the Library (ALA Editions Workshop)

In today’s library, you often need to serve patrons and students who do not speak English. This can be intimidating—how do you communicate? How do you avoid the risk of creating cultural misunderstandings?

In this workshop, Cate Carlyle, a librarian who has devoted her career to working with non-English speaking and ESL library users, will provide you with the strategies, resources, and best practices to help you meet this challenge.

Participants will learn:

How to welcome, serve, and retain ESL library users with few or no English skills
How to use QR codes and smartphones to better serve your ESL users
How to use the social media platform Pinterest to better serve your ESL users
How to use nonverbal communication to improve interactions and navigate difficult interactions

About the Instructor:

Cate Carlyle is the Librarian and Instructional Resource Assistant for the Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Centre Library at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A former elementary school teacher/librarian, Carlyle has also worked in public libraries and is a member of the Atlantic Provinces Library Association’s Advocacy Group, which promotes the value of all libraries. She earned her Master of Library and Information Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Windsor.

Payment Information

LibraryLinkNJ is subsidizing the cost for 10 individual members to take this online training from the American Library Association. The price to you is just $15! That’s a 75% discount off the list price of $60.

Please send payment (purchase order or check payable to LibraryLinkNJ) to:

LibraryLinkNJ

44 Stelton Road, Suite 330

Piscataway, NJ 08854

LibraryLinkNJ subsidizes the cost of each class to make high-quality, low-cost training available to staff of member libraries. Please pay registration fees promptly.

If you require an invoice before you can submit payment, please email your request to Nanette Cox -ncox [at] librarylinknj.org ( ncox@librarylink)

After the registration deadline, LibraryLinkNJ will assign a "seat" for the webinar from ALA to each particpant. We will provide ALA with particpant contact information. ALA will then send confirmation and all information needed to access the webinar directly to the participant's email.

Further technical information is at the ALA TechSource FAQ page.

This webinar is hosted by ALA and no one at LibraryLinkNJ can help you with technical problems, so please follow the instructions from ALA and read everything carefully in advance of the first class.

Once you have received instructions from ALA and have any questions about access, you can contact Dan Freeman at ALA - dfreeman [at] ala.org (dfreeman[at]ala[dot]org) or call him at 312-280-5413.