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Lead Your Library: Effective Succession Planning for your Organization

Lead Your Library: Practical Management for Public Libraries Practical Strategic Planning Series Few libraries and their Boards engage in serious succession planning; not just for the Director,...
Date:
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Time:
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Location:
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DLD Online Webinar
Register! - 26 seats left

Session 8: Optimizing Community/ Library Partnerships with Libraries Without Borders

In this session, we will provide a framework for auditing and optimizing community partnerships. Participants will be able to apply auditing tools to current and prospective partnerships, to...
Date:
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Time:
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
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DLD Online Webinar
Register! - 30 seats left

Library of Things Roundtable

Shelving and Storage Join us for our next meeting of the Library of Things Roundtable for a discussion about the best ways to shelve items, and have libraries give opinions on where the most traction...
Date:
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Online event through CT Library Consortium,
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CLC Events

Hands-On Legal Reference for Public Librarians (Virtual)

Does the thought of handling a patron’s legal question cause you to feel uneasy? Wouldn’t it be great to have someone coaching you on what to do? Then sign up for this interactive class with law...
Date:
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Time:
1:00pm - 4:00pm
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DLD Online Webinar
Register! - 4 seats left

AI Roundtable

AI in Libraries: Pros and Cons Join us for the next meeting of the AI Roundtable as we discuss the pros and cons of AI in libraries. Please be prepared to have your camera on if you're comfortable...
Date:
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Online event through CT Library Consortium,
Categories:
CLC Events

Readers' Advisory Roundtable

Poetry Collections Join us for our January 21 meeting of the Readers' Advisory Roundtable to talk about poetry collections. We'll have as our guest a representative from the CT Poetry Foundation to...
Date:
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Online event through CT Library Consortium,
Categories:
CLC Events

Getting Started with Northstar Digital Literacy

This training will cover the tasks needed to start using Northstar effectively and efficiently, how to run reports, resources available to Northstar subscribers, and first steps. The topics covered...
Date:
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location:
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DLD Online Webinar
Register! - 19 seats left

TIAL: Welcoming Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patrons to Your Library

In this interactive overview, you’ll learn communication tips for interacting with deaf patrons, information about American Sign Language and Deaf Culture, and even some basic ASL vocabulary to...
Date:
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 11:30am
Location:
Online - at your computer,
Categories:
DLD Online Webinar
Register! - 19 seats left

Creating Charts and Reports for FY2024 CT Public Libraries' Annual Report Data

This webinar will cover how to navigate charts and reports on the new platform for the FY2024 Annual Report data. We will also discuss best practices for sharing data visualizations that will help you...
Date:
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Time:
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
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DLD Online Webinar
Register! - 25 seats left

Social Media Update for 2025: Enhancing Library Engagement

This presentation explores the continuing evolution of social media and its ongoing influence on library outreach and engagement strategies. The latest trends and platform updates across various...
Date:
Friday, January 24, 2025
Time:
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Categories:
DLD Online Webinar
Register! - 36 seats left

MLSC Appointments

Starting June 1, the Middletown Library Service Center is open by appointment only.

Event Accessibility for Guests with Disabilities

We want to provide what you need to participate!

If you require access services to participate fully, please use the Accommodation Request Form at least 7 days prior to the event.

If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact Gail Hurley at gail.hurley@ct.gov or (860) 704-2223.

You can also see our Library and Accessibility LibGuide for more information.

Registration Eligibility

To register for a DLD workshop or webinar, you must be one of the following:

  • current library staff member
  • undergraduate or graduate library student
  • Friend or Board Member/Trustee*
  • retired or unemployed library staff

Please contact Gail Hurley at gail.hurley@ct.gov or (860) 704-2223 with registration questions.

*Unless otherwise specified that a Friend or Board Member/Trustee is not eligible for a training or workshop.

Note: paid consultants are not eligible to attend DLD workshops or webinars.

Cancellation Policy

If you cannot attend a workshop you have registered for, please remember to cancel at least 3 days in advance so we can give your spot to someone else. You can cancel via the link in your confirmation email, or by contacting Gail Hurley gail.hurley@ct.gov | (860) 704-2222.

Those who miss (without cancelling) 3 events within a 6-month period will be placed on the waiting list when registering for future events. Be sure to sign in when you arrive for any workshop.

Inclement Weather Policy

For all in-person workshops offered by the CT State Library, Division of Library Development:

If the public schools in the town where the workshop is to be held close due to weather, the workshop will be canceled. If the schools have a delay, the workshop will go on as scheduled.

For the most up-to-date information, call us at 860-704-2200.

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Continuing Education workshops and the professional development collection are funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Connecticut State Library.