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Association for Rural and Small Libraries Conference by Thomas Flynn / Marshall-Lyon County Library
This was an immensely valuable event overall, and it highlighted a lot of important topics and discourse specific to libraries in rural settings — something I've found to be difficult to find in the larger conferences and webinars put on by the American Library Association, or other such monoliths in the profession.The topics of community [...]
SLIS Graduate Coursework through Mankato State University – KSP 630 Materials for Young Adults by Johanna Hanneman
As a continuation of my path to obtaining licensure in School and Library Information Sciences, I took a semester-long course focusing on selecting and evaluating both print and multimodal media materials that are appropriate for students in grades 7-12. I became more knowledgeable about issues facing secondary school librarians: book challenges, selecting the right ebook [...]
Young Adult Services Symposium by Emily Blaeser / Meinders Community Library
I attended the virtual Young Adult Services Symposium. I've always wanted to attend a YALSA Symposium, so I was very excited to have the opportunity with it going virtual. Some of the sessions were recorded ahead of time and some were live, and they’re all available to watch after the conference ended.I attended many panels [...]
MLA 2020 by Rachelle Golde / Hutchinson Public Library and Litchfield Public Library
MLA 2020 wrap up notes for Prairielands I was able to attend the first ever fully digital MLA conference with the help of Prairielands. The class sessions and speakers were scheduled and we had multiple choices of topics and classes to choose from for each session time. On Wednesday, Sept. 30th I attended the following [...]
ALA Virtual – Community Through Connection by Emily Blaeser / Meinders Community Library
I've attended an ALA Annual and Midwinter before, but it's been a while, so I was excited to have the opportunity to attend ALA Virtual this year. The nice thing about this online format is that many of the panels were recorded and available to watch outside of their scheduled time. I watched a panel [...]
SLIS Graduate Coursework through Mankato State University – KSP 622 Materials for Children by Johanna Hanneman / ISD 423 – Hutchinson Public Schools – K-5 Libraries
Entering my third semester at Mankato State University, I elected to take the course, KSP 622: Materials for Children. This course focused on selecting and evaluating both print and multimodal media materials that are appropriate for children in grades kindergarten through sixth grade. I became knowledgeable about current issues such as censorship, social justice, and [...]
Camp Read-A-Lot 2020 – Virtual
Virtual Camp! Register for Virtual Camp Read-A-Lot! Visit the Camp Read-A-Lot Site! Like so many other meetings, the Covid-19 Pandemic will greatly influence the final look of Camp this year. Reading Lists [...]
Public Library Association – Nashville, TN by Vicki Bartz / Ortonville/Graceville Library
Thank you so much for the grant to attend PLA in Nashville. I had a wonderful time. I met many new librarians, authors, and vendors. I attended a session called "Serving Patrons With Mental Illness and Promoting Wellness". This session fit in well with my library. We have 3 different "houses" of patrons who are [...]
Teen Summit on Social Emotional Skills
Presented by the University of Minnesota Extension "Social emotional skills are powerful and complicated. There are no cookie cutter methods that work with every young person, but youth workers can influence how social emotional skills are caught and taught within their program. This training builds an understanding of how to support social emotional learning (SEL). [...]