Here are the April 2024 professional development opportunities both free and paid opportunities!
If you know of webinars, classes, conferences, publishing opportunities, etc. that would be of interest to fellow Iowa library folks, please pass it along to one of us on the ILA/ACRL Professional Development Committee.
Sarah Slaughter
Laura Kerr
Liz Riordan
Sarah Voels
Free Opportunities
News Literacy Project
- Detect and Debunk Misinformation, AI Generated and Human-made April 29th, 2024
Network of the National Library of Medicine NNLM
OCLC (selected)
- Unlocking the power of your e-resources with EZproxy Analytics April 9th, 2024
- The Power of Collaboration: Cross Departmental cooperation and resilience April 10th, 2024
- Proving your library as a critical asset: Aligning library spending with your institution’s academic programs April 17th, 2024
- See synchronous webinars
- On-demand webinars
Paid Opportunities
Online Learning from ACRL
- Beyond the Framework: What’s Next for Your Equity Practice – A Four-Part Series April 3-April 24, 2024
ALA Core Webinars
- Best of Core Forum: Evaluating Your Library Assessment Program April 9th, 2024
- Best of Core Forum: Python for Data Visualization April 10th, 2024
- Best of Core Forum: “What is Cataloging?” An Analysis of Job Postings April 23rd
- See More Webinars
Infopeople
- Technology in Libraries April 9th-May 20th, 2024
Library Juice Academy (Selected)
- Real World Objects: Linked Data in Library Metadata & Cataloging April 2024
- Python for Librarians April 2024
- Ethics and Sustainability for Digital Curation April 2024
- See More Courses
Preserve This (selected)
Upcoming Conferences
- Information Literacy Summit April 19, 2024 – Glen Elyn, IL
- Midwest Archives Conference May 2-4, 2024 – Des Moines, IA
- 2024 ILA/ACRL-IPAL Spring Conference May 29-30, 2024 – Ames, IA
More information about the organization can be found on the ILA/ACRL Website.