Hello everyone! Here are some opportunities for professional development this August.
A quick note: Many of you know that MAC (Midwest Archives Conference) will be held in Des Moines in 2024. Great chance to catch this conference. If you are interested in possibly collaborating on a presentation, check out the link to their Brainstorm form.
Library Juice Academy (Fee costs, all start Aug 7th):
Introduction to Open Source Software in the Libraries
Strategizing the Promotion (and Tenure) Dossier
LSSC Elective Competencies: Collection Management
LRM: A New Foundation for RDA & the RDA Toolkit
Web Accessibility: Techniques for Design and Testing
Developing a Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Course
Getting to Know Your Users through Interviews and Focus Groups
Addressing Misinformation in Libraries: Resources and Strategies
Appraisal and Collection Development for Digital Special Collections
Getting Started With Digital Image Collections
Online Learning with ACRL (Fee costs, Aug 28):
Exploring AI with Critical Information Literacy
InfoPeople (Fee costs, Aug 29th):
Readers’ Advisory Fundamentals: Books and Beyond
OCLC Webinars:
AI and Libraries: Enhancing Services and Engaging Communities (Aug 9th)
Climate Action Planning (Part 1): An Introductions (Aug. 23rd)
NNLM Training:
Course Approval 101: Consumer Health for Library Students (Aug 1st)
Participatory Community Building with Myanmar Refugee Women in Dallas, Texas (Aug 9th)
AI, Higher Education, and Medical Librarianship: Opportunities and Risks (Aug 15th)
ClinicalTrials.gov for Librarians (Aug 17th)
Health Data Privacy in the Library (Aug 31)