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 August 2023...

All learning is online unless noted otherwise.

Library Issues & Book News

• Aug. 1, 10 a.m.

  Manga and Graphic Novels: Essentials and Best Practices (RAILS)

• Aug. 1, 1 p.m.
  Great Graphic Novels! Graphic Novel Book Buzz, Part II (Booklist)

• Aug. 2, 1 p.m.
  ALA's 2022 LTC Engagement Grant Presents: Black Maternal Health Equity: Building a Platform for Advocacy & Community Engagement at a Unique NYC College (Programming Librarian)

• Aug. 2, 7 p.m.
  LOC National Book Festival – Tananarive Due(PBS Books/ Library of Congress)

• Aug. 3, 11:30 a.m.
  ALA Election Town Hall (ALA)

• Aug. 3, 7 p.m.
  LOC National Book Festival – S. A. Cosby (PBS Books/ Library of Congress)

• Aug. 8, 12 p.m.
  Info2Go! Service and Support Animals in the Library (Idaho Commission for Libraries)

• Aug. 8, 1 p.m.
  Fall Adult Faves (Booklist)

• Aug. 8, 6 p.m.
  How to Fact Check in the AI Age (News Literacy Project)

• Aug. 9, 9 a.m.
  What the Research Says - I Will Drop This Class if You Are the Spy! Teaching Information Literacy with Tabletop Games (Indiana State Library)

• Aug. 9, 7 p.m.
  LOC National Book Festival – Luis Alberto Urrea (PBS Books/ Library of Congress)

• Aug. 10, 7 p.m.
  LOC National Book Festival – Beverly Gage (PBS Books/ Library of Congress)

• Aug. 15, 1 p.m.
  YA Announcements (Booklist)

• Aug. 16, 1 p.m.
  Climate Action Planning (Part 1): An Introduction (WebJunction)

• Aug. 17, 1 p.m.
  ClinicalTrials.gov for Librarians (National Library of Medicine)

• Aug. 21, 1 p.m.
  Science Reads for Summer and Beyond (Booklist)

• Aug. 22, 2 p.m.
  Libraries Helping Refugees and New Immigrants Learn the U.S. Financial System (WebJunction)

• Aug. 23, 7 p.m.
  LOC National Book Festival - TJ Klune (PBS Books/ Library of Congress)

• Aug. 24, 1 p.m.
  Graphic Novels for All! (Booklist)

• Aug. 24, 7 p.m.
  LOC National Book Festival – Matthew Desmond (PBS Books/ Library of Congress)

• Aug. 30, 7 p.m.
  LOC National Book Festival –Héctor Tobar (PBS Books/ Library of Congress)

• Aug. 31, 7 p.m.
  LOC National Book Festival – Angeline Boulley and Trang Thanh Tran (PBS Books/ Library of Congress)

Cataloging

• Aug. 1, 12 p.m.
  Teaching the Policy, Law, and Politics of Information (EveryLibrary)

• Aug. 2, 1 p.m.
  Understanding Intellectual Freedom and Censorship (Niche Academy)

• Aug. 16, 1 p.m.
  Fighting for the First (Niche Academy)

Grants & Fundraising

• Aug. 7, 1 p.m.
  Introduction to Proposal Writing (Candid.Learning)

• Aug. 24, 1 p.m.
  Maximum Impact: 5 Ways to Automate Year-end Giving (Nonprofit Learning Lab)

• Aug. 29, 11 a.m.
  Inclusive Insights: Craft Donor Surveys for Meaningful Engagement (Nonprofit Learning Lab)

• Aug. 31, 12 p.m.
  Get off the fundraising treadmill: Thinking outside the box to raise more for your cause (Charity Village)

Intellectual Freedom & Censorship Webinars

• Aug. 1, 12 p.m.
  Teaching the Policy, Law, and Politics of Information (EveryLibrary)

• Aug. 2, 1 p.m.
  Understanding Intellectual Freedom and Censorship (Niche Academy)

• Aug. 3, 12 p.m.
  Seven Steps to Fight Against Book Bans (EveryLibrary)

• Aug. 16, 1 p.m.
  Fighting for the First (Niche Academy)

Leadership and Communication

• Aug. 2, 1 p.m.
  Your Innovation How-to: Get Real About Transformation (Govloop)

• Aug. 9, 11 a.m.
  Bridging the Gap (Nonprofit Hub)

• Aug. 9, 11 a.m.
  Building Aligned Relationships: Making Connections That Support Your Values and Your Mission (Nonprofit Learning Lab)

• Aug. 9, 1 p.m.
  Staff-Led Strategic Planning - A Roadmap to Success (Niche Academy)

• Aug. 9, 1 p.m.
  How to Manage Volunteers in Collections (Connecting to Collections Care)

• Aug. 10, 1 p.m.  
  Building a Race Equity Culture™ using the Awake to Woke to Work® Framework (Candid.Learning)

• Aug. 14, 10 a.m.
  Writing for Impact: A Nonprofit Professionals Guide to Drafting Content that Inspires (Nonprofit Learning Lab)

• Aug. 16, 12 p.m.
  Dashboards: Making Your Data Work for You (Propel Nonprofits)

• Aug. 23, 1 p.m.
  Gossip Be Gone! Strategies for Building Positive Strengths-Based Teams, by Susan MacDonald (Early Childhood Investigations Webinars)

• Aug. 24, 4 p.m.
  Shannon's Summer Series on Leadership: Part III: This School Year (Follett)

• Aug. 31, 10:30 a.m.
  Building a Culture of Inclusion: Drafting a DEI Strategy for your Organization (Nonprofit Learning Lab)

Technology

• Aug. 1, 1 p.m.
  An Endless Game of Catch-Up: Exploring the Impact of ChatGPT on Research and Learning in Higher Education (CARLI/ Professional Development Alliance)

• Aug. 7, 12 p.m.
  Grow your Library with Google: 360 Virtual Tours (ILA)

• Aug. 9, 2 p.m.
  AI and Libraries: Enhancing Services and Engaging Communities (WebJunction)

• Aug. 9, 2 p.m.
  Harnessing Advanced AI Prompt Engineering for Text (Whole Whale)

• Aug. 14, 12 p.m.
  The Sun & Cell Phone Solar Photography (ILA)

• Aug. 15, 1 p.m.
  Redesigning a Library Website (Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)

• Aug. 22, 9 a.m.
  Inside Titlewave - Learn What's New and How to Get the Most out of Your Sessions (Follett)

• Aug. 30, 10 a.m.
  NCompass Live: Pretty Sweet Tech (Nebraska Library Commission)

Wellness

• Aug. 30, 1 p.m.
  Reducing Burnout for Academic Library Workers who have Complicated Lives (AKA: Everybody) (Niche Academy)

Upcoming Conferences

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

• Oct, 1-3, 2023
  AISLE Annual Conference 2023 (Association for Illinois School Library Educators; Champaign, Ill.)
• Sept. 20-23, 2023
  ARSL Annual Conference 2023 (Association of Rural and Small Libraries; Wichita, Kan.)
• Oct. 24-26, 2023
  ILA Annual Conference 2023 (Illinois Library Association; Springfield, Ill.)
• Feb. 8, 2024
  IHLS Member Day — SAVE THE DATE! (Illinois Heartland Library System; Virtual)
• Apr. 19, 2024
  ILA Reaching Forward South (Illinois Library Association; TBA)
• May 10, 2024
  ILA Reaching Forward (Illinois Library Association; TBA)

Events by IHLS

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

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

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