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that we have some free webinars coming up, beginning this Tuesday – join us! </span></p>
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IN LIBRARIES</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tiffany
Russell, Niles (MI) District Library</span></p>
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Jan. 28, 4pm Eastern</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Have you been
curious about the movement to embed social workers in public libraries but
think your library is too small? Join Tiffany Russell, social worker, for a
spirited conversation about the Niles District Library’s initiative to
coordinate social work services across a network of Class 2-4 libraries. She’ll
talk about the nuts and bolts of her program and offer strategies to help you
think about how to develop relationships and a plan for your own initiative.
Social workers have a lot more in common with librarians than you might think,
and we know you’ll enjoy Tiffany’s effervescent style and commitment to care in
her community. </span></p>
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ACCESSIBILITY</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Colleen Van
Lent, University of Michigan School of Information</span></p>
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February 18, 4pm Eastern</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Are your library website and online materials easily
"read" by those with vision or other impairments? For example, if
your library's contact information is contained in a graphic instead of text,
those with aging eyes or vision problems can't use screen readers to access the
information they need. Is your annual report slide deck chock full of
images ... but without accompanying description? That may be an accessibility
issue, too. Whether you have visually impaired visitors or an aging population
of patrons, accessible online content matters -- and it's important to do so to
be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Whether your
library or school hosts its content itself or outsources web updates to a
third-party vendor, you'll gain vocabulary and concrete action steps to make
your web presence more welcoming to all. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Join Colleen Van
Lent, Lecturer IV at the University of Michigan School of Information, as she
unpacks how you can make your web presence more friendly for all of your
patrons. Colleen teaches hundreds of thousands of online students through her <a href="https://www.coursera.org/search?query=colleen%20van%20lent&" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Web
Design for Everybody course series</a> at Coursera.org. In 2019, <a href="https://www.classcentral.com/report/top-moocs-2019-edition/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Class
Central </a>named her HTML5 course one of the top 100 MOOC courses of all
time. Colleen's friendly, thoughtful teaching makes technical concepts
easy to understand -- even for tech novices. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">DESIGN THINKING</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Mega Subramamian, University of Maryland</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Tuesday, Mar. 10, 4pm Eastern</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">This webinar will introduce participants to the design
thinking approach and associated techniques to obtain community voice and
insights at each stage of the approach – inspiration, ideation, and
iteration. Using examples from youth services that articulate unique
design challenges, participants will experience the design thinking stages and
obtain selected skills needed to inspire, ideate, and iterate innovative
programs and services with library patrons of all ages. Additionally,
participants will reflect on the opportunities and challenges that their
libraries encounter in terms of programs, services, systems, and spaces, and
learn how to articulate them in the form of design challenges. Participants
will receive additional information on resources that are available for further
learning and reflection on this topic.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<strong><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-weight:normal">Dr. Mega Subramaniam</span></strong><strong><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></strong><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">is an Associate Professor and the Co-Director of the </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://yxlab.ischool.umd.edu/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Youth eXperience (YX) Lab</span></a><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> at the </span><a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">College of Information Studies
at the University of Maryland</span></a><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">. Her research focuses on enhancing the role of libraries in
fostering the mastery of emerging digital literacies among underserved young
people. Her research has resulted in several national recognitions, most
recently including the <em><a href="https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=mega-subramaniam-movers-shakers-2019-educators" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Library
Journal’s Movers and Shakers award</a></em> and a Fulbright Specialist Award from the US Department of
State. Her work has been generously funded by various federal and
private agencies, including the National Science Foundation, Institute of
Museum and Library Services, National Library of Medicine, and Google. </span></span></p>
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recording will be sent out within 48 hours of the event.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Kristin Fontichiaro<br>University of Michigan School of Information<br>4427 North Quad<br>105 S. State St.<br>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">734.647.3593</span><br><a href="http://fontichiaro.com/activelearning" target="_blank">Blog</a> | <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/selfsched?sstoken=UUFHX1E5cXRtYUVQfGRlZmF1bHR8YmY3NDdlYzA4ZDM2MjFmMzAzMDM2OTA3NGM3NjliMzQ" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Book an Appointment (school year only) </a></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Projects:</b></div><div><a href="http://michiganmakers.si.umich.edu" target="_blank">Michigan Makers</a> | <a href="http://makinglibraries.si.umich.edu" target="_blank">Making in Michigan Libraries</a> </div><div><a href="http://dataliteracy.si.umich.edu" target="_blank">Data Literacy in High School</a> | <a href="http://ai.umich.edu/portfolio/public-library-management/" target="_blank">Public Library Management MOOC</a><br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div>