Please excuse the cross posting.

Beat the heat and humidity!  Stay indoors and enjoy one or more of the fascinating continuing education opportunities available in August.  More information on each of these events can be found on the statewide CE calendar: http://root.evanced.info/maine/evanced/eventcalendar.asp

Maine Specific Events
Learn more about our new Gale Resources:
Aug 9: Gale Resources Support and Behind the Scenes Tools -if you've ever wanted to know how much your patrons are using the databases, this webinar is for you.  You'll learn how to get statistics that are needed for the annual report.
Aug 23: New Gale Resources for Maine- learn what is available in Chilton Library, Career Transitions, and General OneFile.

Workshop
Aug 24: Building Better Messages About Library Impact -You've heard a lot in the last few years about the importance of using data and stories and you'd love to give it a go but don't know where to start.  This hands-on workshop is designed to give you the tools you need to tell a better story about your library's impact on the community.

Webinars

ADVOCACY

Aug 15: Promoting Your Library in the Community (Utah State Library)

Aug 16: Marketing for Rural Libraries (North Dakota State Library)

Aug 21: Unleash Your Inner Marketer (Indiana State Library)



ASSESSMENT & PLANNING

Aug 14: Digging into Assessment Data: Tips, Tricks, and Tools of the Trade (Colorado Virtual Library)



CHILDREN & TEENS

Aug 14: New Media and Preschool Services (Association for Library Service to Children)

Aug 14: K-12 Science and Health Education Resources (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)

Aug 22: Out-of-School Time: How to Plan STEAM Programming in Your Library (Association for Library Services to Children)



COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT

Aug 8: NCompass Live: Ditching Dewey: How we converted from Dewey to BISAC and lived to tell about it (Nebraska Library Commission)

Aug 8: Create a Knock-out Collection in 60 Minutes a Week or Less (Colorado Virtual Library)

Aug 22: Whose Heritage? Objects, Politics and Collections Care (Connecting to Collections)


COMMUNICATION

Aug 14: How to Produce Captivating Digital Content (TechSoup)

Aug 21: 27 Ways to Improve Your Website Immediately (TechSoup)


DIGITAL RESOURCES

Aug 2: Controlled Digital Lending by Libraries (District Dispatch)



FUNDRAISING

Aug 22: Getting Unstuck: Help Your Board, Staff, and Town Talk about Library Funding (WebJunction, ARSL, and EveryLibrary)


LEGAL

Aug 2: Controlled Digital Lending by Libraries (District Dispatch)


MANAGEMENT

Aug 1: How to Handle that Dreaded Discipline Problem (Utah State Library)

Aug 20: Identifying and Confronting Microaggressions in Our Libraries (Idaho Commission for Libraries)



OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS

Aug 6: Family & Community Engagement (YALSA)

Aug 7: Upholding Core Library Values: Serving Patrons Who Are Houseless (Washington State Library)


PROGRAMMING

Aug 7: The Care and Feeding of Authors: Planning a Successful Author Visit (Indiana State Library)

Aug 7: Geek Programming (Utah State Library)

Aug 15: Star Wars Day: Joliet's Galactic Universe (Programming Librarian)

Aug 21: Engaging the Growing 55+ Population with Arts Education Workshops (Lifetime Arts)

Aug 22: Out-of-School Time: How to Plan STEAM Programming in Your Library (Association for Library Services to Children)

Aug 29: Photography, Storytelling, and Community Connections: How to Develop a Photovoice Project (Public Library Association)


READER'S ADVISORY

Aug 7: Adult Books on the Horizon: Fall and Winter Announcements (Booklist)

Aug 14: Middle Grade and More! (Booklist)

Aug 16: Listeners' Advisory with Joyce Saricks (Booklist)


REFERENCE

Aug 22: NCompass Live: Excel for Librarians (Nebraska Library Commission)

Aug 30: Information Literacy Among the Elderly: Where It Stands and How To Help (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)


SCHOOL LIBRARIES

Aug 9: Library and Classroom Connections: Using Games and Makerspaces (Follett)

Aug 14: K-12 Science and Health Education Resources (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)


TECHNOLOGY

Aug 14: New Media and Preschool Services (Association for Library Service to Children)

Stephanie Zurinski
Region 3 Liaison | CE Coordinator | Data and Evaluation Specialist
Maine State Library
230 State Street
64 State House Station
Augusta, ME  04333
207-287-5632