Events

The way we learn has changed in the past 10 years with a larger focus on digital. Join us on this free webinar where we discuss how a library, equipped with educational resources for today’s learner, can improve the quality of life for the whole community. 

Proactively and strategically managing your circulation can be one of the most cost-effective ways to keep patrons sustainably engaged. And engagement is one of the best ways to demonstrate to stakeholders the value of your library and its services to your community. Through this course you’ll learn from circulation experts how to grow your print and e-circulation in creative and innovative ways without spending a fortune on best sellers, investing in costly software, or revamping your entire system.

Hosted by Library Journal in partnership with Hennepin County Library at the Minneapolis Central Library, the newest installment of our library building and design event will bring you the latest trends in library design. Dig deep with architects, librarians, and vendors to explore building anew and renovating/retrofitting spaces both large and small that will engage your community.

Hosted by Library Journal in partnership with Cherry Hill Public Library, the newest installment of our library building and design event will bring you the latest trends in library design. Dig deep with architects, librarians, and vendors to explore building anew and renovating/retrofitting spaces both large and small that will engage your community.

The annual Library Journal Directors’ Summit is an intimate two-day think tank that brings 100+ library leaders and strategic minds from beyond libraries to engage in timely conversations on strategies libraries will be implementing to successfully navigate change now and into the future. Valuable networking time is balanced with robust programming that spans high level thinking to nitty gritty application.

The editors of School Library Journal present a one-day workshop on Cultural Literacy and Diversity Training for Librarians. This immersive, interactive day of learning will focus on evaluation of books and media, collection development practices, readers’ advisory, and book marketing and promotion. Participants will learn how to perform a diversity audit on existing collections and how to craft selection policies and guidelines that set benchmarks for diversity and inclusion.

School Library Journal is pleased to present a new, full-day intensive learning experience. Building on the decade-long success of the annual SLJ Leadership Summit, this program is designed to help foster a new generation of school library leaders. Learn how to enhance your skills to effectively innovate in the real world and shape yourself as the future leader that our school libraries need. Join a hands-on guided expedition to taking those first steps in a new setting or making that leap into leadership.

Is your library looking for a new way to boost early literacy and get young patrons reading? Join this webcast to hear from the creators of the Starling Early-Learning Wearable and two libraries that are lending the Starlings to their communities and hosting early literacy programs around this technology.

For libraries that wish to offer users an in-app mobile checkout experience while browsing the physical library shelves, the cloudLibrary checkout module is now available for quick and easy borrow transactions. Libraries can now offer self-service users a fast and simple mobile checkout experience of physical titles right from their device.
 

The Great Courses are taught by the top 1% of university professors and experts, with topics ranging from photography to physics…astronomy to art…history to health…and more.

These video classes are perfect for serving a wide range of patron interests.

Need ideas on how to engage patrons of all backgrounds? Join in as two library systems share how they successfully serve members of their communities for whom English is a second language with unique programming and outreach services.

In today’s world users often encounter suspect, inflammatory, or entirely incorrect information online. This presentation will examine the role that libraries can play in teaching users how to identify information and information sources that they can trust. It will include an audience-driven discussion about the ongoing fake news controversy in the U.S. and ideas for making libraries more effective information literacy educators within their unique communities.

Every now and again, a library project comes along that, when it ends, feels like we have accomplished something truly spectacular. The Free Library of Philadelphia’s 21st Century Libraries Initiative created an opportunity to not only bring spaces into the present, but also create public library furniture and interiors that provide a new framework for the future of all libraries. Learn more about the “Living Room” concept and how it creates a warm, inviting space that has helped bring the community back to the Free Library of Philadelphia.

Are your students ready to meet the challenges of college, a career and their futures? Join us to learn how one high school in New Jersey has become a one-stop-shop to aid their students in preparing for and succeeding in high-stakes exams such as the SAT test.

Libraries often invest considerable efforts in developing and maintaining processes and tools for handling research assets, including publications, research datasets, and creative works, while complying with a growing number of policies and mandates. What can libraries do to move forward collectively?

In an industry where both large and smaller subscription agents enter bankruptcy, librarians and publishers are rightly concerned with the financial stability of their partners and vendors. Do you know (or understand) how your vendor is doing financially? Do you know how to approach reviewing a critical vendor or how to evaluate the risks involved?

How can OpenAthens simplify your life and make research easier for your users? Join us as we demonstrate experiences as an end user and the administrator. Stop waiting for IT support AND gain the insight needed to make better purchasing decisions.

Digital Rights Management (DRM) is technology used to control the use of digital content and devices after purchase. Although the intention is to prevent unauthorized redistribution, this technology creates certain restrictions and device boundaries that can impact a student’s research.

SELF-e, a turnkey self-publishing program created in partnership between BiblioBoard and Library Journal, has been enabling local writers to become local authors since 2014. Join us to hear more about how libraries, their patrons and local writers all benefit from a cycle of creating, sharing and discovering local writers.

What’s looking good for spring? Join moderator Alea Perez along with a panel of insiders who will share some of the hottest graphic novels hitting the shelves this season. Comics are forever pursuing diverse subjects and themes, so be sure to tune in to this lively and informative webcast.

How can digital magazine archives enhance and enrich academic research? Join us as EBSCO’s Clive Wright shares librarians’ and faculty members’ experiences with magazine archives from his visits to over 1,000 academic librarians across North America, Latin America and Europe.

Feeling overwhelmed by the grant writing process? With a little insight based on real-life experiences from #TheLibraryLife, our panel of experts clarifies the grant preparation and application process, sharing some best practices that are sure to help you win the materials funding you need.

The open library model has been successfully implemented in over 500 libraries of all types and sizes in Europe since 2004 and is making its way to libraries in North America. Learn more about the flexibility of this approach and how open+ delivers a different level of service for today’s self-service library user.

Recorded Books recently launched a streaming video service that allows your library patrons to binge-watch their favorite shows without breaking the library’s budget. Now, your patrons can get unlimited access to all shows—not just a single show at a time. Initial services include Acorn TV® (the best in British TV) and four other offerings—with additional services coming soon.

Join Prepub Alert Editor Barbara Hoffert and guests to hear about fun-to-read titles from both debut authors and veterans that you should put on your reading list now! Register for the next edition of our popular sleeper hits webcasts to find out what you’ll be reading this spring.

This session will focus on how digital magazines are gaining popularity with students and educators for use inside and outside the library. There will be case studies, approaches to implementation, strategies for selection of digital magazine titles, and recommendations for vendors.

As one of our nation’s most trusted educational institutions, public libraries already support adult literacy, GED preparation, and workforce development. But what if your library could actually produce high school graduates? It can – with Career Online High School from Gale.

Computers are full of ingenious logic and astonishing creativity. They’re everywhere, but most of us don’t understand how they work. Turing Tumble provides a way to peek under the hood of computers: the logic isn’t hidden inside a computer chip, it’s right there in front of you.