FYI the U-W Madison Information School is offering three free webinars this spring.
March 1 at 12:00 CST
Serving Homeschooling Families in Your Community
with Adrienne Pettinelli, Library Director, Henrietta Public Library (NY)
Homeschoolers are among libraries’ heaviest users and a growing segment of many communities. This webinar provides background focused on how and why people homeschool, Additionally, we’ll discuss how to create policies, programs, and collections that will serve homeschoolers’ particular needs. Participants will walk away with practical strategies to improve services to homeschoolers on almost any budget.
March 13 at 12:00 p.m. CST
Sexual and Reproductive Health Information at the Library
with Barbara Alvarez, PhD student in Information Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Curious about the intersection between Sexual and Reproductive Health information and information access? This is the webinar for you! In this webinar, you will learn about Sexual and Reproductive Health as an information access concern and how the library can better provide these resources.
April 11 at 9:00 a.m. CST
Consortium Cooperation: Ways to improve overall collection development through ordering collaboration
with Betty Adams, Library Director, West Fargo Public Library
Many consortiums have the same titles, while lesser known, niche, fringe, or first time authors, are harder to locate within these systems. This webinar aims to provide fresh ways to think about ordering for libraries who participate in consortiums and offer solutions for collaboration within the communities for better overall collection development and more diversity in title availability, ultimately increasing the impact consortium libraries have within their communities and throughout their consortiums.
Full information (and registration links) for these free webinars can be found here: https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/free-webinars/ Spring Webinar Series - The Information School (wisc.edu)
Cordially,
Mary Martin, Wanaque Public Library
martin [at] wanaquelibrary.org / 973-839-4434