ALA, Depts. of Ed. and Labor, IMLS to host webinar on workforce funding Washington, DC—On October 27, 2014, the American Library Association will host “$2.2 Billion Reasons to Pay Attention to WIOA,” an interactive webinar that will explore ways that public and community college libraries can receive funding for employment skills training and job search assistance from the recently-passed Workforce…
Report: Rising to the Challenge: Re-Envisioning Public Libraries
A new report from the Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries: “The Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries is a multi-stakeholder forum to explore and champion new thinking on U.S. public libraries, with the goal of fostering concrete actions to support and transform public libraries for a more diverse, mobile and connected society.” http://csreports.aspeninstitute.org/Dialogue-on-Public-Libraries/2014/report
9 Ways Leaders Insult Their Employees
Interesting article from Forbes magazine, “Leadership demands self-awareness of your actions and the effects those actions have on others”: http://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2014/10/06/9-ways-leaders-insult-their-employees/
Basics for New Public Library Directors
The recording, slides and related websites for the September 12 webinar, “Basics for New Public Library Directors” are now available on the State Library’s website: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/webinars/index.html
Explore the OverDrive App
Overdrive is providing 30 minute training sessions on using the Overdrive app (recently released V3.2.0). You can register for the course here: http://partners.overdrive.com/learning-center/live-sessions/