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Library Signage

Successful signage brings new patrons into the library and assists them in finding needed information. Less successful signage is often unclear, cluttered, or misplaced. Learn best practices for creating, displaying, and evaluating library signage. Working together, participants will brainstorm creative and effective ideas for placement, discover tools for developing user-friendly signage, and identify common issues libraries experience when updating their signage.

Website Accessibility for Everyone

Creating a website with accessible content is essential for libraries that serve people of all ages and abilities. With an understanding of accessibility fundamentals, library staff can improve digital content and ensure a user-friendly online presence. Learn how to meet WCAG standards and explore tools to help keep your website compliant in this interactive session.

Strategic Communication Planning for Libraries

Effective communications are vital for the success of libraries. Since most libraries have limited staff and financial capacity for communications efforts, it is critical to deploy these resources as strategically as possible. The concepts and skills covered in this course will help libraries approach communications in a way that builds commitment to their organization’s mission, strategic initiatives and outreach activities.

Event Planning 101

Author visits, conferences, awards programs, or fundraising dinners - planning events can be overwhelming without a clear framework. Building from an overview of the process, focusing on the essential components needed to plan, coordinate, and deliver a successful event, participants will examine key stages, including goal setting, budgeting, timeline development, coordination, evaluation, and contingency planning. Highlighted tools and strategies will help organizers manage logistics, anticipate challenges, and respond effectively when plans change.

Creating a Social Media Policy

Does your library have a social media policy that explains how your library uses social media, provide parameters for staff use of social media at work, and how to respond to positive and negative comments from the public? Take the first step toward a stronger, safer online presence, with this course, you will learn how to mitigate your library's social media with the development of a robust social media policy that can align social media practices with your library's mission.

Graphic Design for Librarians

Whether it is creating flyers, posters, social media graphics, or even designing the library's website, graphic design skills are essential for librarians to effectively communicate their message. Learn graphic design's fundamental principles and elements, including color theory, typography, and layout. Explore how to use Canva to produce professional-looking print and electronic designs.

Copyright 101: Helping Patrons Understand Copyright

Librarians come in contact with copyright laws in a variety of ways in their work. Whether it is a student wanting to make copies, an instructor wanting to show a a film in class, or a small business owner wanting to use content for marketing materials, our work and our patrons present us with a myriad of copyright-related dilemmas. In this course, we will start with a brief overview of the history of American copyright law and then discuss how copyright law effects our work as information professionals.

The Usable and Accessible Library Space

A primary goal for librarians is to connect people with the information that they need. While librarians play a very large part in this process, we must not forget the role of library spaces. Libraries should be attractive, yes, but above all, they should be usable and accessible to all patrons. Develop the fundamentals for conducting a usability and accessibility audit for library spaces that will yield solutions for improving library layout, signage, and services, thus optimizing its usage.
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