Library Learning Roundup April 2025

We've crawled the web for some of the most useful library learning opportunities, most of them free and all of them curated for the librarians of Illinois.

Here's where you can expand your skills in April 2025...

All learning is online unless noted otherwise.

Grants & Fundraising

April 1, 1 p.m.
Introduction to Project Budgets (Candid. Learning)
April 8, 1 p.m.
Introduction to Fundraising Planning (Candid. Learning)
April 15, 1 p.m.
Is Starting a Nonprofit Right for You? (Candid. Learning)
April 22, 1 p.m.
Introduction to Proposal Writing (Candid. Learning)
April 29, 1 p.m.
Introduction to Measuring Your Impact(Candid. Learning)

Leadership and Communication

April 1, 10 a.m.
Navigating Detours: Resetting Your Strategic Plan When the Unexpected Strikes (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
April 2, 1 p.m.
What Kids Are Reading in 2025: Closing Skill Gaps this Year (Education Week)
April 8, noon
Strategic Planning Insights: Effective Approaches and Common Trends (Fast Forward Libraries) April 8, noon
Taking the Terror Out of Technology for Your Staff (techsoup)
April 10, 1 p.m.
Creating Empathic and Inclusive Spaces Where Every Child Belongs (edWeb.net)
April 10, 1 p.m.
Determined to Change: Five Leadership Essentials for People-Centered Change in a Fast-Paced World (aserl)
April 10, 1 p.m.
Exploring History, Expanding Minds: Fostering Student Ownership in Research (School Library Journal)
April 14, noon
Am I Making the Right Decision? The Role of Ethics in Volunteer Engagement (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
April 16, 1 p.m.
Andragogy: Understanding Adult Learners (Niche Academy)
April 28, 10 a.m.
Marketing for a Mission (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
April 28, 3 p.m.
How to Be Productive Without Burning Out (Govloop)

Technology

April 1, 1 p.m.
Promoting Integrity and AI Readiness in High Schools (Education Week)
April 7, 1 p.m.
Patron Engagement Tools (Library Journal)
April 8, 4 p.m.
Generative AI Guidelines for Student Media Making: Centering Youth Voice, Ethics, and Productivity (edWeb.net)
April 9, 1 p.m.
Increase Your Library Instruction Engagement and Interaction with Nearpod (ASERL)
April 9, 4 p.m.
Cracking the Code: How AI Shapes What We See (and What We Miss) (edWeb.net)
April 10, noon
Safeguarding Public Libraries: Cybersecurity Best Practices and Solutions (OCLC)
April 15, noon
Designing Inclusive and Impactful Nonprofit Websites (techsoup)
April 22, 3 p.m.
Emerging Technologies in K–12, from AR/VR to the Metaverse (School Library Journal)
April 22, 3 p.m.
Technology for Littles: Internet Safety Essentials for Young Children (edWeb.net)
April 23, 1 p.m.
Disciplinary Differences: Generative AI in the Research and Publication Process (Niche Academy)
April 30, 10 a.m.
Pretty Sweet Tech: Computers in Libraries 2025 Highlights & Trends (Nebraska Library Commission)

Wellness

April 2, 3 p.m.
Loneliness and Social Isolation: Tackling the Social Disconnection Epidemic (Colorado State Library)
April 9, 11 a.m.
Constant Burnout in the Workplace (Oberlin DEI & Antiracism Committee)
April 23, noon
Spirituality in the Library Workplace: Bringing Your Whole Self to Work (Colorado State Library)

Want more learning opportunities? Visit the Training Calendar from the Maine State Library.

Upcoming Conferences

Grab your tickets! These conferences are coming up in the next few months.

April 4, 2025, Effingham, Ill.
Reaching Forward South 2025

Other Events by IHLS

Illinois Heartland Library System has an expanding variety of learning opportunities, too. View them all on our Events page.

IHLS Events

All upcoming continuing education events by IHLS and its divisions; many are for IHLS members, some are open to system members statewide

SHARE Events

For SHARE members

Statewide CMC Events

Free cataloging trainings available to system-member libraries statewide

Have suggestions, ideas, or questions about Continuing Education? Contact our Continuing Education Coordinator at 618.474.9948.

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