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PROGRAMS AND EVENTS:
WebJunction Webinar: Revitalizing Morale: Cultivating a Supportive Library Culture - October 11*
Lunch & Learn: Black Lives in Focus: African American Faces from Early Maryland - October 12*
Maryland Library Association (MLA) Maryland Public Library Managers' Academy - October 17 and Beyond*
Children's Services Division Presents: Storytime Bootcamp - October 23*
Enoch Pratt Free Library (EPFL) & State Library Resource Center’s (SLRC) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference - October 23 & 24*
WebJunction Webinar: Building Community Relationships for Better Library Services - October 24*
Participate in the Online RJ@PL Strategic Planning Workshop on the Topic of Racial Justice and Farming/Agriculture - October 26*
Free Webinar on the Newly Revised Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States - November 2*
Maryland Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Panel Presents: A Clear And Present Tension: Intellectual Freedom And Safe Spaces - November 6*
Library Journal (LJ) Librarian of the Year 2024: Nomination Period is OPEN - November 6*
Maryland Library Association Annual Award Nominations close November 10*
WebJunction Webinar: Let’s Talk Race: Community Healing through Conversation - November 14*
RESOURCES, PUBLICATIONS AND NEWS:
Enoch Pratt Free Library (EPFL) Named Library Journal's (LJ) Marketer of the Year
Abell Foundation Digital Inclusion Map
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) partners with the University of Chicago Library to expand The Banned Book Club
Maryland Library Association (MLA) October Happenings Newsletter
Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) October 2023 Digest
United for Libraries October Digest
National Study on Library Card Access
WebJunction Resources
Reminder of Topics in the Previous Digest
WebJunction Webinar: Revitalizing Morale: Cultivating a Supportive Library Culture - October 11*
Wednesday, October 11; 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Building on research and insights presented in the webinar, Low Morale in Libraries: Impacts and Countermeasures, this panel discussion delves deeper into essential facets that foster a healthy and supportive library culture, exploring institutional and individual solutions to countering low morale. Examining how organizational culture, library hierarchies, and management styles affect the workplace experiences of library staff, we’ll explore various strategies for library staff working to navigate power dynamics and advocate for positive personal or organizational change. Recognizing the trauma, stress, and burnout experienced by library staff, we’ll consider how to:
- Assertively communicate needs while embracing change, set boundaries to address toxic positivity, and foster a compassionate environment
- Explore visionary leadership approaches for inclusive libraries and promote collaboration for library staff at all levels
- Gain insights on trauma-informed practices and collective care to help recover from burnout and foster empathy and resilience
Join this panel of researchers, library practitioners, and changemakers as they share experiences, research, and practical strategies to help foster a healthier, empowered library environment.
Learn more and register here.
Lunch & Learn: Black Lives in Focus: African American Faces from Early Maryland - October 12*
Thursday, October 12; 1 - 2 p.m.
Registration encouraged.
Maryland’s 19th century African American community has a rich visual legacy that extends beyond Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman. This program will introduce original print and photographic portraits from the Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection of Black enslaved and free Marylanders, the largest collection in the state, discovered through 50+ years of search and research. From the earliest identified portrait of an enslaved Marylander in 1750, the program then focuses on photographic images of these largely forgotten people from the 1845-1870s including rare daguerreotypes and wet-plate photographs accompanied by their recently discovered stories. Most of the photographs in this presentation from The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection were just acquired by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. through the generous support of the Ford Foundation to now make these images a permanent part of the American memory.
Learn more and register here.
Maryland Library Association (MLA) Maryland Public Library Managers' Academy - October 17 and Beyond*
Tuesday, October 17; 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Elkridge Branch)
Tuesdays, October 24, 31, November 7, and 14 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (virtual)
The MLA Public Library Managers’ Academy will provide 30 middle managers and upand-coming leaders with the nuts and bolts of library management. One goal of the
Academy is to build a cohort of Maryland Library Managers working together to
improve their management and leadership skills to be successful in today’s library
environment. The academy will be a mix of in-person and online training beginning
with a one day in-person workshop on October 17th. The cohort will continue to meet
for online events weekly through November. The cohort will be expected to participate
in online discussions with instructors. The instructors for the Academy include a
combination of regional library directors, specialists, and workshop facilitators. Topics
to be included: Staff and Facility Security, Marketing, Library Material Challenges, The
Library Physical Environment (including mobile units), Diversity, Equity. Inclusion and
Accessibility.
Learn more and register here.
Children's Services Division Presents: Storytime Bootcamp - October 23*
Monday October 23; 10 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. Laurel Branch
Develop and refresh your storytime skills at Storytime Bootcamp! This in-person half-day conference is an opportunity for library staff to develop their
storytime knowledge and skills through presentations and practice with
experts in the field. Due to a large turnover in library children’s services staff
in the past 2 years, many staff doing storytime are relatively new to this
unique form of early literacy programming. Storytime is an essential library
service for families with children birth to five and can be the entry point for
library use and lifelong support of public libraries. Therefore, it is important
that staff doing storytime programming provide exceptional experiences for
the adults and children attending.
- Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen (Mother Goose on the Loose, LLC) will present a two-hour session about brain basics, early literacy, and how to create developmentally appropriate storytime programs. Attendees will practice proven techniques for joyfully selecting and presenting books in storytimes.
- Kathy MacMillan (Stories By Hand) will present an hour storytime showdown full of fresh ideas, practical tricks, and easy flannel boards, fingerplays, sign language rhymes, and other activities. Participants will learn how to keep an audience’s attention, transition smoothly between activities, and keep kids and parents coming back for more!
- Elaine Sarlo (Queen Anne's County Library) and Nicole Wilson (Baltimore County Public Library) will present an hour session on how to best add caregiver tips into storytime.
Attendees will explore different ways to design a storytime around Every Child Ready to Read early literacy practices, use materials in storytime to demonstrate those practices to caregivers, and add tips to predesigned storytimes.
Learn more and register here.
Enoch Pratt Free Library (EPFL) & State Library Resource Center’s (SLRC) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference - October 23 & 24*
Registration is now open for the Fall 2023 Enoch Pratt Free Library & State Library Resource Center’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference on October 24th and 25th, 2023.
This year’s theme is “This is What Democracy Looks Like!,” and we’ll explore that concept in multiple different ways.
Please share this opportunity with your colleagues, review the event program, and register to attend, either for the virtual day, in-person, or both.
We’re looking forward to seeing you at the Central Library of the Enoch Pratt Free Library & State Library Resource Center at the end of October to consider the intersection of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Libraries and Democracy.
If you have any questions or need more information, please reach out to slrcprogramsandtraining@prattlibrary.org.
WebJunction Webinar: Building Community Relationships for Better Library Services - October 24*
Tuesday, October 24; 3 - 4 p.m.
Many libraries are increasingly focused on planning library services collaboratively with their communities. Connected Learning, Participatory Design, and Community Led-Libraries are becoming standard practice, but to successfully embark on that work, the first (and ongoing!) thing library staff need to do is build robust and meaningful connections within their communities. In this session, we will explore strategies for finding community partners and building relationships with them with the goal of truly working in collaboration with people they serve. We will discuss strategies for small rural libraries up through large urban systems. You will hear from library staff who have successfully started doing this work in their own communities with partners who serve all ages. You will also learn about the importance of this work and why it needs to be supported by administrators and supervisors.
Learn more and register here.
Participate in the Online RJ@PL Strategic Planning Workshop on the Topic of Racial Justice and Farming/Agriculture - October 26*
Thursday, October 26; 3 - 4 p.m.
Dr. Bharat Mehra, EBSCO Endowed Chair in Social Justice and Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama and Dr. Kimberly Black, Associate Professor in the Department of Computing, Information and Mathematical Sciences and Technologies at Chicago State University invite you to participate in an online Strategic Planning Workshop (via zoom) on the topic of FARMING/AGRICULTURE scheduled on October 26, 2023 (2.00-3.00pm CST) [Thursday] as part of a grant project, “Civic Engagement for Racial Justice in Public Libraries (RJ@PL)”.
RJ@PL seeks to explore the role of public libraries in their support and promotion of racial justice and positive social change in communities. The purpose is to document the perspectives and experiences of public library staff about their information offerings, activities, and initiatives to address issues related to racism and racial justice in their communities. Data collected from this research will help develop contextually relevant strategic information tools (e.g., roadmap, strategic action plan) that public libraries can use to overcome problems related to racism in their communities.
The purpose of this message is to invite you to participate in the THIRD of our monthly RJ@PL Strategic Planning Workshop and provide you with the instructions for participating. The goal of each workshop is to revise and finalize the roadmap and strategic action plan for the attainment of racial justice in communities through public library civic engagement in a specific domain or sphere of community life. The domain for our third workshop is FARMING/AGRICULTURE.
If you are willing to participate in the RJ@PL Strategic Planning Workshop on Farming/Agriculture, please follow the steps listed below:
- Step 1: Sign-up for participating in our RJ@PL Strategic Planning Workshop via Google Docs at URL:
- Step 2: Once you have signed-up, you will receive an email with a link to the draft document of our RJ@PL Roadmap and Strategic Action Plan (for Farming/Agriculture) with instructions on how to leave feedback asynchronously. You will also receive the zoom link to attend the live event on October 26, 2023: (2.00-3.00pm CST).
- Step 3: You will have time to review the rough draft of the RJ@PL Roadmap and Strategic Action Plan (for Farming/Agriculture). Please provide your feedback on this rough draft by the end of the month. Further instructions are provided on the document draft.
- Step 4: Please attend a one hour online workshop to discuss the RJ@PL Roadmap and Strategic Action Plan (for Education) which will be held on Thurs., October 26, 2023: 2.00-3.00pm CST.
If you are unable to attend the meeting (Step 4), you can still provide feedback on the RJ@PL Roadmap and Strategic Action Plan by the end of the month.
Follow this link to learn more about the program.
Free Webinar on the Newly Revised Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States - November 2*
Thursday, November 2; 1 - 2 p.m.
The newly revised Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States with Explanatory Text is now in effect and establishes principles that govern the exchange of material between libraries in the United States.
The ALA RUSA STARS Codes, Guidelines, and Technical Standards Committee wishes to encourage awareness and application of the Code in the interlibrary loan community by offering a free webinar to all ILL practitioners.
Whether you are new to interlibrary loan or a long-time expert, join us for a virtual session where the revision committee’s members will explore the purpose and structure of the ILL Code, an overview of the revision process, and what’s changed/hasn’t changed in the document.
Register Here!
Please feel free to forward this message to other resource sharing colleagues or appropriate listservs.
Can’t make the live event? A free recording of the webinar session will be made available afterward.
Maryland Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Panel Presents: A Clear And Present Tension: Intellectual Freedom And Safe Spaces - November 6*
Monday November 6, 2023, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Urbana Branch
In a time of growing social tension, the question of libraries as neutral
entities is under wide scrutiny. Can libraries remain safe spaces for the entire
community and still be a place where all viewpoints are welcome? In this
panel discussion, three frontline staff members from Maryland public
libraries will discuss their experiences balancing intellectual freedom and
libraries as safe spaces.
Learn more and register here.
Library Journal (LJ) Librarian of the Year 2024: Nomination Period is OPEN - November 6*
The LJ editors are seeking nominations for the 35th annual Library Journal Librarian of the Year Award to honor a professional librarian for outstanding achievement and accomplishments reflecting the loftiest service goals of the library profession. Nominations for Librarian of the Year are sought and welcome from the entire profession, as well as from trustees, administrators, officials, colleagues, and library users.
Follow this link to learn more about the program and to submit a nomination.
Maryland Library Association Annual Award Nominations close November 10*
Do you want to recognize that special library colleague? Maryland Library Association is accepting nominations for its awards through November 10, 2023.
When submitting an application, please provide enough information and examples to make a strong case for your nominee.
Learn more about the awards and how to nominate someone here.
WebJunction Webinar: Let’s Talk Race: Community Healing through Conversation - November 14*
Tuesday, November 14; 2 - 3 p.m.
Library communities around the country are seeing rising levels of division, distrust, and segregation. Recognizing the need for community healing, library staff at the Richland Library in South Carolina formed the Let’s Talk Race team to explore strategies for deepening community connections and engagement. Since 2016, the Let’s Talk Race team has facilitated more than 250 in-person or online discussions, community forums, and events, reaching more than 4,000 participants, and creating opportunities for civic engagement, community connections, and courageous conversations. Earlier this year, the Richland Library launched the open-source Let’s Talk Race Curriculum, providing a set of easy-to-follow resources for other libraries, museums, and related organizations to implement with their local communities. The curriculum includes facilitation best practices, conversation guides, videos, and more. The curriculum provides a learning pathway to help get started, build facilitation skills, and create conversation guides to hold your own circles of dialog.
Learn more and register here.
Enoch Pratt Free Library (EPFL) Named Library Journal's (LJ) Marketer of the Year
Congratulations to the Marketing Department at EPFL on being named LJ's Marketer of the year! Learn more about the work that won them this award here.
Abell Foundation Digital Inclusion Map
Follow this link to view the Abell Foundation's Digital inclusion map.
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) partners with the University of Chicago Library to expand The Banned Book Club
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the University of Chicago Library to expand The Banned Book Club. We launched The Banned Book Club in July 2023 to ensure that every reader in communities where books have been banned can access ebook versions of banned titles for free via the Palace app. This new collaboration between DPLA and the University of Chicago Library will expand access to The Banned Book Club to all readers in Chicago and the state of Illinois and underscores our shared commitment to ensuring intellectual freedom for all.
Readers can access The Banned Book Club through the Palace app, an e-reader available on Apple and Android. To start reading, download the Palace app and choose “Banned Book Club” as your library, then follow the prompts to sign up for a free virtual library card. For more specific instructions, click here. For more information about The Banned Book Club, visit TheBannedBookClub.info.
Follow this link to read the full press release.
Maryland Library Association (MLA) October The Happenings Newsletter
Follow this link to read the latest issue of the Maryland Library Association (MLA) newsletter, The Happenings. This issue includes information about upcoming professional development and other events.
Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) October 2023 Digest
Follow this link to read the latest digest from BCALA. This issue includes news and interviews as well as upcoming professional development opportunities.
United for Libraries October Digest
Follow this link to learn about news and upcoming professional development opportunities from United for Libraries.
National Study on Library Card Access
The Association for Rural and Small Libraries is partnering with Brooklyn Public Library to distribute an important survey on cardholder signup policies at public libraries across the United States. The survey should take about 25 minutes to complete.
By responding to this survey, you are contributing to the first known sampling of public library card access trends across the United States. The survey collects data about your library’s cardholder signup process for adults and children/teenagers, as well as how these policies and procedures are revised. Brooklyn Public Library will share findings in a report issued to the field in spring 2024; and will convene a working group next summer to publish a framework for library leaders of best practices around cardholder access.
Ensure YOUR library is represented!
Learn more and complete the survey here.
WebJunction Resources
5 Things You Need to Know About Grant Writing for School Libraries: Consider applying for a grant to support your school library. It's a great way to be able to expand your programs, strengthen your resources, and even build new relationships and partnerships. Check out these approachable resources and strategies that can simplify this process and help you to feel supported and confident in your efforts.
Redefining the Library Experience: Global Insights for Future Planning: During the past year, OCLC Global Council and OCLC Research explored the idea of the changing library experience by focusing on topics such as community engagement, collaboration, and innovative programs that meet library users’ evolving needs and expectations. The resulting report provides an overview of how these findings relate to what resources and services libraries offer, how libraries engage with their communities and partners, and the evolving needs of library workers. Read this article to learn more and access the full Redefining the library experience report.
Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 19 September 2023: This is the latest Hanging Together blog post, part of a regular series on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by a team of OCLC contributors.
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Beyond the Veil: Making Sense of the Spirit World; Online Symposium - Starts September 20*
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Climate Action Planning (Part 2): Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience - September 26*
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Climate Justice - October 3*
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Collaborating for Access: Librarians and Independent Publishers Webinar - October 5*
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Revitalizing Morale: Cultivating a Supportive Library Culture - October 11*
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Preventing Burnout and Fatigue: A Masterclass with Loida Garcia-Febo - October 12*
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The State Library Resource Center (SLRC) presents: An Introduction to Copyright and Intellectual Property in Libraries - November 15*
- Howard County Library System (HCLS) Project Literacy - Pathways to Success - Applications DUE September 22*
- Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Bechtel Fellowship Opportunity - Applications DUE October 15*
- WebJunction Resources
- Libraries in the News
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