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By Staff
🎅🏻Santa Visits Scott Co Library🎅🏻
Future Dates & Training Opportunities (All Times in CST)
Click the arrow next to each week to open the list of available training opportunities.
Week of December 9th – 13th
9th – 11 AM – 12 PM – Building Belonging: EDI Strategies for Children’s Services and Beyond | Webinar/Register Here
10th – 10 AM – 11 AM – Get to Know the New EBSCOhost, Public & School Libraries! | Webinar/Zoom Link
10th – 2 PM – 3 PM – Twosday Takeaway: Get the Goods on Goodreads |Webinar/Register Here
11th – 10 AM – 11 AM – Best New Children’s Books of 2024 | Webinar/Register Here
11th – 11 AM – 12 PM – ADOPT Grants | Webinar/Register Here
11th – 1 PM – 2 PM – Who’s on First: Cleaning Up Communication | Webinar/Register Here
11th – 1 PM – 2 PM – “Quiet Quitting,” Productivity, and the Future of Work | Webinar/Register Here
12th – 1 PM – 1:30 PM – Mental Illness Short Course: High Risk and Low Risk Situations | Webinar/Register Here
Week of December 16th – 20th
16th – 11 AM – 12 PM – Grant Trends and What to Expect for 2025 | Webinar/Register Here
16th – 3 PM – 4 PM – How to Inspire an Unmotivated Team | Webinar/Register Here
17th – 1 PM – 2 PM – New EBSCOhost Demonstration & Open Questions | Webinar/Register Here
17th – 1 PM – 2 PM – Overcome the Overwhelm: How to Manage Stress | Webinar/Register Here
18th – 1 PM – 2 PM – How to Be More Mindful in 2025 | Webinar/Register Here
18th – 2 PM – 3 PM – Bridging the Divide: A Panel Discussion on Library Workers’ Loneliness| Webinar/Register Here
Consulting
By Sara Wilson
Free Smokey Bear Swag
If your library did the Smokey Bear program, this year, the National Forest Service has some leftover items that they would like to give to your library, if you would like them, while supplies last! Please see attached flyer for details.
The First Day of Accreditation: A Holiday Song for You
How’s accreditation going?
61% of you are DONE with accreditation for 2024!! 🥳 Great job!! For the other 39%, I have written a little song that I hope you’ll enjoy. The parts that apply to what I need to complete accreditation are in Christmas colors.
On the first day of accreditation, my librarians gave to me:
12 months of learning,
11 retreaters retreating,
10 proofs of insurance,
9 proposed (2025) budgets,
8 consultants consulting,
7 end-of-year (2023) budgets,
6 techs a’ teching
5 explainer videooooooooos!
4 CE & tech surveys,
3 weeks to get them in,
2 digital content checks,
and a happy consultant when you’re all done! 🙂
Cataloging, Collection Development, and ILL
By Miguel Coca
Collection Development Inspiration
Adult Fiction
Children’s & YA Fiction
Sharing about SHAREit
The next Sharing about SHAREit Q&A – All About Statistics – is scheduled for Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at 1pm.
Registration is open at: https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/8145377193955856900
Additional Sharing about SHAREit webinars are scheduled for:
- Wednesday, January 22
- Wednesday, February 19
- Wednesday, March 12
From the SWKLS Pro Collection
New public library directors quickly learn what seasoned directors already know: running a library means you’ve always got your hands full—balancing the needs of staff, patrons, facilities, library boards, and other stakeholders with professional responsibilities like community interactions, legal and financial requirements, and whole lot else that wasn’t exactly in the job description. Whether you are considering becoming a public library director, are brand new to the role, or have settled in but find yourself thinking “there’s got to be a better way,” authors Hall and Parker are here to help. This book walks you through the core components of getting up to speed and then provides templates, sample documents, checklists, and other resources that will make your job easier.
From the SWKLS S.T.E.A.M Collection
3D art made easy for kids: the plastic hardens rapidly allowing kids to literally draw in the air with only one speed and one temperature. Just plug the 3D pen in, insert plastic, wait for the 3D pen to heat up, and then you’re good to Extrude!
Technology
by Christopher Dressler
