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July Professional Development Opportunities


What's New for You in AzLA Professional Development – July 2020


NEW! AzLA PD Monthly Webinar Series. Please join us for Horner Fellowship Experience with Ashley Gohr on Thursday, July 9, 2020, at 1 pm.


Since 1989, under the Horner Fellowship, over 20 librarians from Japan and Arizona have had the opportunity to travel abroad to foster cultural understanding and to facilitate informational exchanges. In October 2019, Michelle “Ashley” Gohr went to Japan to visit public and academic libraries and museums and colleagues to study international perspectives of justice, activism, and hate speech, and the role libraries and educational institutions play in education and support of marginalized students/community, social justice, and human rights. In this webinar, she’ll be sharing her cultural and research related experiences on the trip as well as information about the Horner Fellowship opportunity.


GoToWebinar Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8931956782977361421


Share your expertise and experience. The AzLA Professional Development Committee Monthly Webinar Series is back, and we want you. Submit your webinar proposal here. Submissions will be considered on a monthly basis.


The Professional Development Committee wants to add more voices to our group. If you are ready to help shape the direction of AzLA professional development, contact Patty Jimenez at devel...@azla.org. We are interested in adding librarians from all types of libraries, from all over Arizona. 


Want more professional development? Check out the sources below!


$ = This webinar requires a fee


Children and Young Adults


Information Literacy & Teaching


Leadership and Staff Development


Library Outreach, Marketing, and Advocacy


Technology & Tech Services


User Services


For a complete listing of webinars, see below:


AZ State Library [for a complete listing]


American Association of School Librarians  [for a complete listing]


American Library Association [For a comprehensive listing see ALA’s E-Learning Catalog]

Listing by ALA Unit


Booklist  [Check out the webinar archives for past classes]


EBSCO has hundreds of webinars in their training center  to choose from each month.


Infopeople [For a comprehensive listing see all upcoming training | archived webinars | on demand--Niche Academy Classes]

Infopeople offers a variety of webinars and self-paced online courses on topics of high interest for library staff. Webinars are free, and the Arizona State Library has purchased a block of registrations for the online courses. Arizona library staff may register for courses by sending an email to Ann Marie Creegan at acre...@azlibrary.gov, containing:

  • The course name and dates

  • Registrant’s name

  • Registrant’s email

  • Library name

  • Library address

  • Library phone number


Library Journal: Online Courses | All Webcasts | School Library Journal Webcasts


Library Juice Academy:  Online Courses

Arizona library staff may register for courses by sending an email to Ann Marie Creegan at acre...@azlibrary.gov, containing:

  • The course name and dates

  • Registrant’s name

  • Registrant’s email

  • Library name

  • Library address

  • Library phone number


Library Juice Academy offers a range of online professional development workshops for librarians and other library staff, focusing on practical topics to build new skills. Workshops are taught asynchronously, so you can participate as your own schedule allows, within a four or six-week period.


LibraryWorks 


Medical Library Association


PCI: The Arizona State Library now has a subscription to PCI Webinars, giving Arizona library staff access to one live webinar a week and to the webinar archives. PCI Webinars offers webinars specifically for library staff. Email Ann Marie Creegan at acre...@azlibrary.gov to register.


Public Library Association On Demand Webinars

Archived Webinars by Topic:


TechSoup for Libraries [check here for updates]


WebJunction: Search Course Catalog Browse all Webinar Recordings

Access to WebJunction’s self-paced online library courses is now available and free to all library staff members. Simply create an account at http://learn.webjunction.org and then explore the catalog of library-focused courses and archived webinars. Certificates of completion will be available to you for any of the courses or archived webinars you complete from the catalog.


YALSA: Registration | Upcoming Live Webinars | Free Competencies Webinars | Webinars-on-Demand

The Arizona State Library has purchased a subscription for Arizona Library staff to access the YALSA member or subscriber-only webinars. Email Ann Marie Creegan at acre...@azlibrary.gov for access.


We appreciate your feedback! Please contact Patricia Jimenez (devel...@azla.org) with any questions, comments, or upcoming professional development opportunities you'd like to see featured.


Yours sincerely,


The AzLA Professional Development Committee


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Patricia Jimenez
AzLA Professional Development Chair

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