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- Next Webside Chat is Friday, March 15 at Noon
- Meeting link in ASPeN Events Calendar.
- CE: Library Administration - 1 hour
- Access recordings in the MSL YouTube Channel.
- Stay up-to-date with news from the State Library!
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2024 MSL Learn Webinar and Tiny Tech Series
Our theme this year is “Discovering Montana Information and Collections.” Visit the ASPeN Event Calendar to see the lineup of programs we’ve planned through 2024.
In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): February MSL Learn Webinar Recordings
- Access to Montana Government Information (February 13)
- Searching MSL Collections in the Internet Archive (February 27)
Check the ASPeN Event Calendar for resources from these sessions as well as upcoming webinars. Each session will be recorded and posted to the MSL YouTube channel.
Check Your Certification Track!
When does your current certification expire?
It’s important to regularly check your certification track to confirm when your track will end. You have four years to complete a certification track. The clock starts ticking on the "Begin Date." Make a plan to earn credits if you are getting close to the "End Date."
Watch this quick video for how-to steps.
Learning for Library Leaders and Their Staff
Here are some sources you might consider for trainings and information to grow your library skills and learning.
Library Works offers webinars on a fee basis.
LibraryWorks webinars assist administrators and managers in all types of libraries as they deal with day-to-day and strategic challenges.
Timely, topical and interactive, the webinars are conducted by highly regarded professionals in the field and focus on leadership, management, evaluation, assessment, marketing, funding, and more to promote organizational success.
Library 2.0 offers free conferences and fee-based webinars and events.
Library 2.0 was started in 2007 by Bill Drew as one of the first modern social networks for librarians and educators. He passed the torch to Steve Hargadon in 2010 with an amazing 4,500 members, and Steve brought it into his Learning Revolution family of educational networks and online events.
In the fall of 2011 Steve and Library 2.0 started a partnership with Dr. Sandra Hirsh and (what is now) the The School of Information at San José State University to hold large-scale, free, online conference events for the library community at large, branded with the year and playing on the 2.0 theme--the first one being "Library 2.011." This successful partnership has continued to this day, transitioning from one annual two-day event to the current format of three three-hour online (and still free) topic-specific mini-conferences a year, each of which typically draws over 5,000 registrations by itself. Along with the TeacherLibrarian.org network and past event registrants, Library 2.0 now reaches a total audience of 70,000 from 175 countries.
In late 2018, Steve also started a separate Library 2.0 paid Webinar series, largely focused on the work of Dr. Steve Albrecht. Dr. Albrecht later began a regular blog and podcast for Library 2.0, and the "Service, Safety, and Security" section of Library 2.0 was born.
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Library Board Training with the MSU Local Government Center
The MSU Local Government Center (LGC) strengthens the capacity of Montana’s local governments by providing training and support to elected, appointed, and administrative officials and staff. This support includes engaging, interactive board leadership training which, when done appropriately, can increase employee engagement, streamline decision-making, and improve board efforts to provide services to the public.
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Training Topics
- Principles of good governance
- Roles and responsibilities of board members/trustees
- Montana open meeting laws
- Montana citizens right to participate laws
- Executive session/closed meetings
- Board member liability
- Effective meeting management
- Meeting agendas and managing public comment
- Montana’s code of ethics
- Meeting minutes
Participants will have up to four hours of board training at each location and receive reference material packets prepared by the trainers.
This training is designed for library trustees and directors who are new to the job or experienced.
Please register in advance. There is no charge for registration.
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Description & Location
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Date
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Registration
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Broad Valleys Federation Library Board Training – Butte
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March 14
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Email Lori Cannady, Federation Coordinator
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MLA Preconference Library Board Training - Butte
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April 17
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REGISTRATION FORM
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Tamarack Federation Library Board Training – Polson
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April 27
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Email Abbi Dooley, Federation Coordinator
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Library Board Training – Billings
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May 14
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REGISTRATION FORM
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Library Board Training - Havre
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May 21
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REGISTRATION FORM
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Presenters
Dan Clark, Director
Dan Clark joined the Local Government Center in April 2008. He has been serving Montana since 1997. Prior to joining the MSU Local Government Center, he served as the Statewide Director for the Montana Horizons program from 2006 to 2008. Previously, Dan worked as a Montana State University Extension faculty member in Teton County from 1997 to 2006. During this time, he served as Mayor of Choteau, Montana for four years. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Arizona in Agricultural Education and taught high school agriculture for three years before joining Extension.
Ashley Kent, Associate Director
Ashley joined the Local Government Center (LGC) in July 2014. She currently manages the certified education programs the LGC offers for local government officials, provides governance and leadership workshops, and is developing new educational tools to enhance the LGC training offerings. Ashley earned her bachelor's degree in Business Management from Montana State University in 2012 and her Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Montana in 2017. Prior to the Local Government Center, Ashley worked in other departments at MSU including Human Resources and Institutional Equity.
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Some of you may be familiar with the Wyoming State Library’s monthly continuing education calendar. That service is no longer available BUT the Maine State Library stepped up to provide a similar service that highlights free CE from around the country.
Maine CE Calendar
You can subscribe to this calendar or submit events that you offer that can be made available to librarians from around the US. A printable Word Doc or PDF are also compiled and linked from the calendar.
Update your links! Share with your colleagues.
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60 Years Ago
March 1964, No. 41 - Montana State Library Commission Newsletter
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