Please excuse the cross posting.

Summer has arrived!  In between those beach days and trips to camp, check out some of the online training that is available this month.  For more information and to register, visit the statewide CE calendar at http://maine.evanced.info/signup

Face to Face Training
July 24: MILS Create Lists Training Workshop (Maine InfoNet)

ASSESSMENT & PLANNING
July 11: Hooray for Freedom! Part One: Privacy, Confidentiality, and Intellectual Freedom in the Library (WebJunction)

CHILDREN & TEENS
July 10: Fun, Easy, and Inexpensive Teen Nights (aka After Hours) (Nebraska Library Commission)
July 23: Fall YA Announcements (Booklist)
July 29: Developing Financial Literacy in the Next Generation: Resources for Children and Teens (Reference and User Services Association)
July 31: How Does Your Library Garden Grow? (Nebraska Library Commission)

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
July 9: The Art of the (Graphic) Novel (Booklist)
July 9: HVAC Installation, Renovation, and Collections Environments - An Introduction (Connecting to Collections Care)
July 11: Unreturned Materials as Barriers to Access (Public Library Association)
July 17: Translated Books for Youth: Celebrating the Batchelder Award--Past, Present, and Future (Association for Library Service to Children)
July 23: Fall YA Announcements (Booklist)
July 30: We Need to Talk: Great Book-Group Reads for Fall and Beyond (Booklist)

COMMUNICATION
July 12: Making Difficult Conversations Easy (Effectiveness Institute)
July 16: Presentation Pointers: Digital Storytelling (State Library of Iowa)

DEVELOPMENT & MANAGING CHANGE
July 11: Unreturned Materials as Barriers to Access (Public Library Association)

FUNDRAISING
July 10: Introduction to Fundraising Planning (Grant Space)
July 17: Introduction to Finding Grants (Grantspace)
July 24: Is Starting a Nonprofit Right for You? (Grantspace)

LEGAL
July 11: Hooray for Freedom! Part One: Privacy, Confidentiality, and Intellectual Freedom in the Library (WebJunction)

LIBRARY SPACES
July 9: HVAC Installation, Renovation, and Collections Environments - An Introduction (Connecting to Collections Care)

OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS
July 9: Leveraging Library Card Sign-up Month in Your Community (Libraries Transform/American Library Association)

PROGRAMMING
July 10: Fun, Easy, and Inexpensive Teen Nights (aka After Hours) (Nebraska Library Commission)
July 11: Living in a Material World: Crafting Programs for Adults (Infopeople)
July 31: How Does Your Library Garden Grow? (Nebraska Library Commission)

READERS' ADVISORY
July 2: First Tuesdays: Navigating a Universe of Stories - Readers' Advisory this Summer (Washington State Library)
July 9: The Art of the (Graphic) Novel (Booklist)
July 23: Fall YA Announcements (Booklist)
July 30: We Need to Talk: Great Book-Group Reads for Fall and Beyond (Booklist)
REFERENCE
July 8: Measles, Immunizations, and Finding Accurate Health Information with MedlinePlus (Federal Depository Library Program)
July 9: From Beyond our Borders: Providing Multilingual and Multicultural Health Information (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
July 15: Nutrition Labels for News: A Discussion with NewsGuard About News Literacy and Access to Information (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
July 17: Small Steps and Giant Leaps: How Apollo 11 Shaped Our Understanding of Earth and Beyond (U.S. National Archives)
July 29: Developing Financial Literacy in the Next Generation: Resources for Children and Teens (Reference and User Services Association)

SCHOOL LIBRARIES
July 15: Nutrition Labels for News: A Discussion with NewsGuard About News Literacy and Access to Information (Idaho Commission for Libraries)

TRAINING & INSTRUCTION
July 10: ACRL EBSS: Current Topics Discussion on Copyright & Open Educational Resources (Association of College and Research Libraries)



Stephanie Zurinski,
Region 2 Liaison | CE Coordinator | Data and Evaluation Specialist
Maine State Library
230 State Street
64 State House Station
Augusta, ME  04333
207-287-5632