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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">WebJunction content and upcoming webinars – September 25, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CYHJHMH"><b>We need your feedback on core library skills!</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">WebJunction and the Idaho Commission for Libraries need your help as we develop a new series of self-paced courses (<a href="https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/press-release-IMLS-grant-ICfL.html">https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/press-release-IMLS-grant-ICfL.html</a>).
We’re collecting feedback in <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CYHJHMH" title="a survey">
a survey</a> for all library staff about the foundational skills for your job and how you learned them. The survey has been designed with busy schedules in mind and should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Please provide your feedback by Friday, October
4. Thank you for helping us better equip library staff with the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to do their jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/tuzzy-consortium-library.html"><b>Tuzzy Consortium Library, I</b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ḷ</span>isaġvik College</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Crisis management and planning have become an increasing focus for the staff of libraries, archives, and museums. This illustrative example demonstrates how a remote Alaska library consortium balances connecting
the community to information and resources, while keeping staff, students, and patrons safe. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://hangingtogether.org/advancing-ideas-inclusion-diversity-equity-accessibility-17-september-2024/"><b>Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 17 September 2024</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This is the latest <i>Hanging Together</i> blog post, part of
<i>a regular </i><a href="https://hangingtogether.org/tag/IDEA/">series</a><i> on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by a team of OCLC contributors.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">WebJunction Webinars</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">These upcoming webinars are open for registration. If you can’t attend a live session, all WebJunction webinars are recorded and available for free in the <a href="https://learn.webjunction.org/">Course Catalog</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Engaging Beyond Our Walls: Libraries connecting communities through outdoor games and stories<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thursday, September 26, 2024 </span>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">◆</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">◆</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> 60 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Registration: <a href="https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/engaging-beyond-our-walls.html">
https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/engaging-beyond-our-walls.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Discover how libraries across the country are creating their own outdoor games and interactive stories that showcase local history, landmarks, and voices. These playful activities, often designed by library
staff, include texting with murals, audio tours by Black feminist historians, ghost scavenger hunts, and "eye spy" quests for architecture and culture. These low-tech creations are part of a national project, Engaging Beyond Our Walls, which aims to connect
libraries with their communities in innovative ways. Learn how over 50 towns and cities have already joined in, using free templates and training from the Playful City Lab of American University and the DC Public Library. Find out how these do-it-yourself
tools can help libraries of all sizes tell their own stories and build stronger places. Whether you're looking for a small or big project, this webinar will provide you with inspiration, resources, and real outcomes that can catalyze community engagement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Libraries and non-profits: Leveraging data analytics for community impact<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Wednesday, October 9, 2024 </span>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">◆</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">◆</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> 60 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Registration: <a href="https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/data-for-good.html">
https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/data-for-good.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Libraries are well-positioned to provide data analysis services to a variety of community groups, from nonprofits to government agencies, enabling them to gain insights into their operations and constituents.
Recognizing the potential of data analytics, the Providence Public Library in Rhode Island (PPL) created "Data for Good," a project to train teens and adults in data analysis and provide these services to local nonprofits. PPL collaborated with library staff
in Georgia and Texas to develop data analytics programming. Using the newly developed skills and the Data for Good (D4G) curriculum, participating library staff were able to bring their knowledge to local community members, organizations, and colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Presenters from libraries in Georgia, Texas, and Rhode Island will share their experiences in using the D4G curriculum, their successes in working with community partners, and innovative ideas for utilizing
AI in data analysis. We will introduce you to the resources made freely available through IMLS funding (LG-250160-OLS-21) to libraries interested in learning about data analytics or implementing a data analysis training program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sustaining ecosystems for climate learning and action<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thursday, October 24, 2024 </span>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">◆</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">◆</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> 60 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Registration: <a href="https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/sustaining-ecosystems-for-climate-learning.html">
https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/sustaining-ecosystems-for-climate-learning.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Join this webinar to learn how public libraries can develop or expand their role in learning and teaching about climate change, climate science, and climate action. We’ll introduce the STEM Learning Ecosystem
Model, which can clarify the need for collaboration across various sectors and organizations to drive meaningful action. You’ll then hear from libraries about their experiences, successes, and challenges working in partnership with others sectors to support
climate learning and action. Plus, strategies to enrich existing partnerships and pave the way for future collaboration. Don't miss this opportunity to become a stronger partner in climate education and action. This work is supported by the National Science
Foundation under Grant Number 2314180 to the Space Science Institute.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-ligatures:none">This program is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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