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Don't Miss These Upcoming Infopeople Courses

 

 

Creating and Retrieving Linked Data: Connecting Your Library Collections to the World - an Infopeople course. March 14- April 24, 2023. Instructors: Xiaoli Li and K.T. Lam. Fee: $200. Woman wearing a name badge with a cup of coffee works on a laptop. Behind her are symbols of data and connections.

 

Creating and Retrieving Linked Data

 

Participants will learn:

  • an overview of Linked Data
  • BIBFRAME and MARC
  • Cataloging in BIBFRAME
  • Wikidata and libraries
  • Searching and Retrieving Linked Data
  • Current applications of linked data in libraries

 

 

 

 

 

Foundations of Library Services - an Infopeople course. February 7 to March 20, 2023. LSSC-approved. Instructor: Stephanie Chase. Fee: $200. A set of Lego building blocks with a library building on top.

 

Foundations of Library Services

 

Participants will learn:

  • mission and roles of libraries
  • ethics and values of the profession
  • library policies
  • core library functions
  • library structures and governance
  • customer service

 

This course is LSSC-approved.

 

 

 

Social Media Stories for Digital Engagement, an Infopeople course. February 7 to February 20, 2023. Instructor: Barbara Alvarez. Fee: $150. There is an illustration of a woman holding a megaphone in the center of a social media post with a bunch of social media notifications popping up around her. Below the title there are icons for facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

 

Social Media Stories for Digital Engagement

 

Participants will learn to:

  • develop an engagement action plan for utilizing digital stories
  • create and upload digital stories on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok
  • design and personalize their digital stories to make them stand out
  • incorporate these digital stories into your library's social media and marketing plans

 

 

 

Core Reference Fundamentals - an Infopeople course. Februrary 21 - April 3, 2023. LSSC-approved. Instructor: Francisca Goldsmith. Fee:$200. A man standing behind a library desk holding a book.

 

Core Reference Fundamentals

 

Participants will learn:

  • communication and reference service methods for diverse populations
  • how to evaluate resources for accuracy, timeliness, and utility
  • how to apply the code of professional library ethics to your work
  • ways to overcome obstacles in reference service delivery
  • how library catalogs can support reference service delivery
  • how to use indexes to locate otherwise-hidden information

 

This course is LSSC-approved.

 

 

 

Teen Services Fundamentals - an Infopeople course. March 7 - April 3, 2023. LSSC-approved. Instructor: Christina Fuller-Gregory. Fee: $200. Two teenagers, one taking a selfie and the other playing a handheld video game.

 

Teen Services Fundamentals

 

Participants will learn:

  • what it looks like to authentically engage teens
  • why strong collections drive connections and engagement
  • how to approach teen services through an equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) lens
  • why information literacy is important and how you can strengthen these skills in the teens you serve

 

This course is LSSC-approved.

 

 

 

Library Supervision and Management- an Infopeople course. March 21 - May 1, 2023. LSSC-approved. Instructor: Heidi Dolamore. Fee: $200. A woman, holding a clipboard, is rating and reviewing an employee.

 

Library Supervision and Management

 

Participants will learn to:

  • advance their knowledge of key management principles
  • develop practical skills needed to deal with day-to-day responsibilities
  • understand the organizational and community dynamics that impact decisions as a leader
  • build confidence as a supervisor

 

This course is LSSC-approved.

 

 

 

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