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Successful trainers spend their whole career collecting and sharing tips and techniques for improving delivery of training. We’re all focused on the best outcomes for our learners. Whether your delivery is face-to-face or live-online, find and share your great ideas here. Whether developing training for staff or patrons, you'll find tools for instructional design, online and blended learning, tutorial design and training strategies of all kinds.
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October 9, Libraries and non-profits: Leveraging data analytics for community impact
Publish Date: News / 9 October 2024
Learn about "Data for Good," designed to support library training and community services for data analysis, through teen and adult programming.
Transforming Lives with Adult Literacy Programs
Publish Date: News / 23 August 2023
When people think about how libraries support literacy, the first thing that comes to mind is often a children’s storytime or a bustling summer reading program. At Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library in Caldwell, Texas, you’ll certainly find these pro...
Introducing a School Librarian's Information Shelf
Publish Date: News / 9 May 2023
School librarians and staff help prepare all students for success. A shifting educational landscape presents new opportunities and challenges, requiring fresh approaches to the important work of empowering students. Learn more about a School Libraria...
Virtual Teaching and Learning - Transforming School Library Practice
Publish Date: News / 23 February 2023
Explore effective tools and practices for teaching and learning in online spaces.
Learn Free with the Goodwill Community Foundation
Publish Date: News / 7 June 2022
Next time you drop your yard sale rejects off at the local Goodwill, take a moment to think about what they do with the proceeds from their retail stores. You may be surprised to find out about the numerous programs they support that provide educatio...
Virtual is Here to Stay: Making Online Sessions Fun and Focused
Publish Date: Webinar / 10 November 2021
Learn strategies to plan, design and host live online meetings or presentations that will energize, inform, and encourage your audience.
Skills for Community-Centered Libraries Curriculum Available
Publish Date: News / 23 September 2021
Like many libraries across the nation, the Free Library of Philadelphia is undergoing a paradigm shift. Increasingly, our focus is not only on extensive collections but on how we are engaging with our communities. To address this shift, the Free Libr...
Training New Supervisors for Success: Don't Start from Scratch
Publish Date: Webinar / 4 May 2021
This webinar, hosted in collaboration with ALA's Learning Round Table, presents ready-made resources to help implement supervisor training at your library.
Learning Group Facilitation Guide
Publish Date: News / 3 May 2021
Learning groups can enrich a self-paced course experience, creating opportunities for idea sharing, community building, and accountability as participants progress through course material together. This learning group facilitation guide provides a fr...
Delivering Engaging Online Learning: Enlivening the Virtual Environment
Publish Date: News / 2 February 2021
This article is part of the Delivering Engaging Online Learning series on strategies for cultivating dynamic, engaging online virtual learning experiences. Libraries of all types—K-12, public, university, and more—are exploring various forms of onlin...