This course will help you to understand the budget process and the components that make up a library's budget. details...

One of the main targets for this course is the new trustee or board member, someone ready to begin their new trustee responsibilities but searching for more detailed information on what this job entails. details...

This tutorial covers the basics of scanning and will improve your understanding of the issues involved with digitization projects, including copyright issues, equipment, terms, funding. details...

Change is a given in 21st century libraries. Being an effective change agent and coping with change partly depends on your sense of perspective. details...

Knowing what copyright entails and how to deal with the most basic copyright situations in a library can help a library avoid the more common copyright risks. details...

This course is designed to present the basics of ethical behavior for library leadership and covers topics such as Practical Matters, Everyday Ethical Standards, Benefits, and other ethical concerns. details...

In this course, authored by noted library and organization consultant Pat Wagner, uses case studies (stories that highlight specific ethical challenges in libraries) to give us the opportunity to think, write, and talk about ethics. These simple case studies can help to anticipate complex issues. details...

There is a temptation to celebrate on the first day of the Fiscal Year... the budgeting cycle has finally ended, the budget has been passed, and it is time to spend the money. However, the budget process has not ended... details...

Is it possible to improve library service to the community while cutting the budget?

Budget cuts can be beneficial to a library and a community. We must examine what our libraries do and how effectively/efficiently we do it. It's time to responsibly make the right decisions and make the necessary changes. details...

This course will pay special attention to those gifts that are intended to become part of the "stock" of the library. It will also deal with the elements of a complete gift policy and discuss the political and public relations implications involved with gifts. details...

This tutorial will cover each phase in the grant writing and submission process: 1) Prepare; 2) Focus on Priorities; 3) Develop the Project; 4) Research; 5) Write the Proposal; 6) Implement, Evaluate and Continue the Process. details...

This course will give you some fresh perspective on strengthening communication weaknesses in your library, along with some practical tools to tackle specific co-worker problems you may be worrying about today. details...

This course focuses on the area of presentation skills for librarians. Students should understand how their organization and presentation of information, as well as presentation of themselves, affects the audience's receptiveness. details...

Influence can be taught and practiced. This course is for 21st century library people who choose to become influential. details...

The focus of this course is on Corporate Etiquette...the Rules of Engagement in the Library! details...

In an ideal world, you would build a new library that is designed for easy maintenance. You would hire custodial staff who would know which products clean which surfaces. And, you would have staff and a clientele that appreciated the new library so much that they would take really good care of it. In the real world... details...

Today, leadership skills are required at every level to ensure libraries can respond effectively to the new worlds we live in. Everybody needs to be able to think and act like a leader.
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Librarians have historically fought to protect the privacy of library users. Now, a precarious balance and sometimes ambiguous relationship exists between privacy rights and laws relating to public information. This course will help you prepare for the eventuality that you may face some day when you have to decide between individual privacy and law enforecement. details...

Dealing with difficult patrons is a never-ending topic among library staff, especially those working in public libraries. details...

Whether you are the organizer and facilitator or an attendee, there are certain expectations regarding your work within any meeting. This course will provide you with new tools and practical ideas to implement in your meetings at work and in other areas of your life. details...

Throughout this course, we will be exploring how to create the best interchanges between mentors and protégés, with an eye toward positive results for all involved. details...

Microsoft Excel is probably one of the most versatile and powerful programs you can have on your desktop. Having a basic understanding of the software can save you hours of time and make record-keeping a much simpler process. details...

Designed to help librarians make effective presentations to governing boards, conferences, and community groups, this tutorial walks the novice through choosing the best slide designs, layouts, and color schemes; selecting effective slide transitions and animations; inserting images, clip art, and charts; and perfecting presentation skills. details...

The purpose of this short course is not to teach you how to use a computer, but to provide some basic templates for common library applications using Microsoft Word and Publisher. details...

The purpose of this short course is not to teach you how to use a computer, but to provide some basic templates for common library applications using Microsoft Word and Publisher 2007. details...

This short course will introduce tenets of evaluation of different genre of literature in terms of both literary and extra-literary concerns. details...

Serving diverse and multicultural customers is an exciting and challenging part of working in libraries today. But it also presents situations that may be new and unsettling for you. details...

The term reluctant reader refers to young people who can read with some independence, but choose not to. There are a variety of reasons these students have a negative attitude towards reading and with some form of motivation it is possible to get the student to re-engage with the process of reading. details...

This tutorial will give you specific ways you can reach out to teens and provide asset building programs in your library. details...

Retailers that are successful realize what their product is and they maximize sales as a result. A narrow definition of what the organization does is essential to survival. Libraries need to realize that the same principles hold true with the products we provide. If we are not satisfying a latent demand or creating demand for a product then our relevance and, thus, our ability to generate funding wanes. details...

This course will offer you exciting information concerning Radio Frequency Identification. Whether you are considering implementing the system in your library or are currently utilizing an RFID system, you will better understand RFID's role within a library. details...

What happens if you don't have time to research and write an A+ strategic plan? What if you have an impossible deadline, no budget, no experience, and no staff? Something has to give. details...

Strategic planning is about inventing a new future and creating a written plan for coordinating the steps and resources to get there. Five minutes is all it takes to begin to explain the main steps of a more reasonable, beneficial strategic planning process for your library. details...

Why is effective library supervision so hard, even for the smart, nice, and experienced library employee? details...

This course is designed to give you an overview of what typically constitutes technical services work in a library. details...

In addition to providing a brief review of the basics of children's literature, this course will examine contemporary books and trends for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Primary emphasis will be placed on books published since 2000 and strategies for keeping current on new titles published each year. details...

This tutorial and its two companions (Basic Budgeting and Financial Management), will take the mystique out of budgeting and put you in control of the budget. details...

This in-depth course will concentrate on addressing the needs of library professionals using electronic databases. details...

This course is designed to provide library staff the tools to create and effectively manage a successful volunteer program. details...

This course will discuss the reasons for weeding, the criteria for weeding, the steps in the weeding process, and then help you design a weeding project. details...