Continuing Education: Weekly Resources (9/22 – 9/27)

Below is a list of free training opportunities coming up this week and some recently recorded webinars! There is also a monthly list of free training resources which is compiled each month by the Maine State Library and WebJunction.

Many webinars are recorded and can be watched later.

For more information, please visit WebJunction: Free Training

• NCompass Live
  • Sept. 24: Pretty Sweet Tech: Data Center 101 for Librarians
• Basic Skills
  • Sept. 22: The Community and the Library
  • Oct. 20: Management & Supervision (Registration Open)
  • Nov. 3: Leadership (Registration Open)
• Nebraska Events & Meetings
  • Sept. 25: SKILLS – Virtual
  • Sept. 25: CASTL – Fairmont
• Assessment / Planning
  • Sept. 23: Blueprint for Community Change: Strategic Planning Made Easy (Alliance Research & Training)
  • Sept 24: Sustaining Revenue and Navigating Tariff Impacts in the U.S. – A Practical Guide for Nonprofits (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
  • Sept 25: Evolving Staff Roles, Policies, and Practices: Results from PLA’s 2024 Annual Survey (Public Library Association-ALA)
  • Sept 25: From Confusion to Clarity: Strengthening Financial Oversight in Nonprofits (Charity Village)
• Boards & Trustees
  • Sept. 27: Library Policy Retreat for Boards: Intellectual Freedom and Artificial Intelligence (United for Libraries)
• Collection Development
  • Sept. 24: Supercharge Your Collection Development: Prioritize, Curate, and Optimize with Bibz Analytics (Library Journal)
  • Sept. 25: Kids and Young Adult Fall 2025 / Winter 2026 Preview (Booklist)
• Communication
  • Sept 23: Elevate Your Visibility: Instagram, AI, and the Future of SEO (TechSoup)
• Development & Managing Change
  • Sept 23: Unraveling Legacy Toxicity: Navigating Dysfunctional Environments in Leadership (Colorado State Library)
• Fundraising
  • Sept 23: Craft End-of-Year Email Campaigns That Actually Convert (Blackbaud)
• Reference
  • Sept. 24: Library Love for LibraryReads (Booklist)
  • Sept. 25: Leverage documentary film to inspire inquiry, deepen discourse, and drive interdisciplinary learning (ProQuest-Clarivate)
• School Libraries
  • Sept. 23: The Best in Fall Nonfiction – Part 2 (School Library Journal)
  • Sept. 24: Inspire Learning with the Library of Congress! (FDLP)
  • Sept. 25: Kids and Young Adult Fall 2025 / Winter 2026 Preview (Booklist)
• Special Collections
  • Sept. 22: Academic AI Meets Special Collections: Real Stories, Real Impact (Library Journal)
• Technology
  • Sept 22: Academic AI Meets Special Collections: Real Stories, Real Impact (Library Journal)
  • Sept 23: Why Aren’t My Google Ad Grants Ads Working?! Fixes, Tips, and Insights (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
  • Sept 23: Human & Artificial Intelligence in the Library: Supporting Critical Thinking and Research (All4Ed)
  • Sept 24: Pretty Sweet Tech: Data Center 101 for Librarians
  • Sept 24: GenAI in Higher Ed: Adoption and Literacy Education Approaches & Challenges (ARCL/Choice 360)
  • Sept 24: Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education: A Fresh Look at the Basics (Niche Academy)

To submit CE hours for the NLC certification programs:

• Public Librarian Certification
• Library Board Certification

Questions about CE hours or the certification programs, please contact: Holli Duggan