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E-Rate Competitive Bidding for Internet Service for Libraries with a Dark Fiber IRU

This webinar is designed for library staff who will have to carry out competitive bidding for their internet service for the first time during the fall of 2024. Please prepare for this help session by...
Date:
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Time:
9:00am - 10:00am
Location:
Categories:
DLD Online Webinar

E-Rate Competitive Bidding for Internet Service for Libraries with a Dark Fiber IRU

This webinar is designed for library staff who will have to carry out competitive bidding for their internet service for the first time during the fall of 2024. Please prepare for this help session by...
Date:
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Categories:
DLD Online Webinar
Register! - 14 seats left

Stand Out Every Time You Talk

What happens when you have to make a presentation--whether to staff, the board or a room full of strangers? You get nervous and your message gets lost. In this two and a half hour, interactive...
Date:
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Time:
1:00pm - 3:30pm
Location:
Middletown Library Service Center, 786 South Main St., Middletown,
Categories:
DLD Workshop
Register! - 16 seats left

E-Rate Competitive Bidding for Internet Service for Libraries with a Dark Fiber IRU

This webinar is designed for library staff who will have to carry out competitive bidding for their internet service for the first time during the fall of 2024. Please prepare for this help session by...
Date:
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Categories:
DLD Online Webinar
Register! - 19 seats left

E-Rate Competitive Bidding for Internet Service for Libraries with a Dark Fiber IRU

This webinar is designed for library staff who will have to carry out competitive bidding for their internet service for the first time during the fall of 2024. Please prepare for this help session by...
Date:
Friday, September 13, 2024
Time:
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Categories:
DLD Online Webinar
Register! - 27 seats left

GELS Grant Information Session

Growing Equitable Library Services (GELS) is a workshop series that strives to provide the trainings that help libraries become strength-based, trauma informed, social and emotionally conscious...
Date:
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Time:
10:00am - 11:00am
Location:
Categories:
DLD Online Webinar
Register! - 41 seats left

Eastern Connecticut Library Directors Roundtable

New CLC Contracts & Legislative Agenda It's a new fiscal year, and that means new CLC contracts and new legislative agendas. Join us for our next meeting of the Eastern CT Library Directors...
Date:
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Time:
10:00am - 11:30am
Location:
Online event through CT Library Consortium,
Categories:
CLC Events

Library of Things Roundtable

Wavers Join us for our next meeting of the Library of Things Roundtable for a discussion about waivers. We'll talk about which Library of Things items need waivers, and how libraries can protect...
Date:
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Online event through CT Library Consortium,
Categories:
CLC Events

The Eight Components of Digital Navigation

If you are considering doing a digital navigation program, please join us and Northstar Digital Literacy staff as they talk about: Topics to consider when setting up a Digital Navigation...
Date:
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Time:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
Categories:
DLD Online Webinar
Register! - 39 seats left

Head "Back to School" with The Palace Project

Join us to learn about how eGO and The Palace Project help expand access to ebooks and support library communities. This session will be especially helpful for Public and Academic libraries.
Date:
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Online - at your computer,
Categories:
DLD Online Webinar
Register! - 193 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.