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Current Events

Feb 6 2012
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Every Child Ready to Read @Your Library - 2nd Edition
February 6, 21, March 5, 19, April 2, 2012
Our series of webinars by Elaine Meyers will introduce participants to the new Every Child Ready to Read @Your Library, 2nd edition. The five webinars are designed for library staff who were not able to attend the in-person training offered in the fall. One ECRR toolkit is being provided to every public library in Arizona that participates in training on the resources. Webinar topics are:

  • Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library: Introduction and Research - February 6 (a pre-requisite for the following four stand-alone webinars)
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Staff Workshop - February 21
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Core Workshops for Parents and Parents with Children - March 5
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Parent and Child Workshops - March 19
  • Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library: Partnerships and Early Learning Environments - April 2

Elaine Meyers has worked with both editions of ECRR and most recently as a consultant on the 2nd edition.

For more information on Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library see: http://www.everychildreadytoread.org/


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Class Type: Webinars - Intended Audience: Public Library Staff [Sign Up]

Feb 8 2012
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Centennial Summer Reading Program Webinar #3: Promotion and Publicity
February 8, 2011; 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Pamela Blair-Sheldon, Youth Services Manager for Maricopa County Library District; Caris O'Malley, Teen Services Manager for Maricopa County Library District; Nelson Mitchell, Public Relations and Marketing Officer for Maricopa County Library District, and Norine Lawrence, Library Director for Clifton Public Library, will present the third in a series of monthly webinars in preparation for the Centennial Summer Reading Program.

Join them in a discussion of how to get the word out to community members of all ages and engage them in the 2012 statewide reading program "Our State, Our Story; Celebrating 100 Years of Arizona".

Library Practitioner Certification: Counts as 1 contact hour in Adult & Children's Services.


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Class Type: Workshop - Intended Audience: ALL [Sign Up]

Feb 9 2012
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Finding Health Information specific to Minority Populations
4th in a series of Webinars with SIRLS Faculty and AZ Health Sciences Library Librarians
Join us as we find reliable health information specific to minority populations. Let’s navigate through the Special Information Services site, put together by the National Library of Medicine.

Yamila El-Khayat, Outreach Services Librarian at the Arizona Health Sciences Library, will cover how to engage different populations with activities and different resources available.

Library Practitioner Certification: Counts as 1 contact hour in Reference & Information Services.

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Feb 15 2012
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Summer Reader 201, Managing Summer Reader As A Staff Member
February 15, 2012
Staff from Evanced will offer 3 Arizona –specific webinars to assist in using the Summer Reader software. If you cannot attend at the times listed and would like to listen, Evanced will be recording and providing a link to recorded sessions.
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Feb 21 2012
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Every Child Ready to Read @Your Library - 2nd Edition
February 6, 21, March 5, 19, April 2, 2012
Our series of webinars by Elaine Meyers will introduce participants to the new Every Child Ready to Read @Your Library, 2nd edition. The five webinars are designed for library staff who were not able to attend the in-person training offered in the fall. One ECRR toolkit is being provided to every public library in Arizona that participates in training on the resources. Webinar topics are:

  • Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library: Introduction and Research - February 6 (a pre-requisite for the following four stand-alone webinars)
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Staff Workshop - February 21
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Core Workshops for Parents and Parents with Children - March 5
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Parent and Child Workshops - March 19
  • Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library: Partnerships and Early Learning Environments - April 2

Elaine Meyers has worked with both editions of ECRR and most recently as a consultant on the 2nd edition.

For more information on Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library see: http://www.everychildreadytoread.org/


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Class Type: Webinars - Intended Audience: Public Library Staff [Sign Up]

Feb 22 2012
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Disaster and Emergency Preparedness Workshop
Presented by History and Archives Division Director, Dr. Melanie Sturgeon and State Conservator, Jim Neal, these workshops will provide small cultural institutions including museums, archives and libraries with the knowledge, skills and tools they need to protect and recover heritage collections and institutional administrative records damaged by natural or human-caused emergencies.

Events will run from 8:00am until 5:00pm with a break in the morning, a lunch break and break in the afternoon.

WORKSHOP DATES:

  • 11/03/2011 Flagstaff
  • 02/22/2012 Sierra Vista
  • 03/08/2012 Show Low
Workshop Topics:
  • Types and scales of disasters
  • Prevention
  • Preparedness
  • Response
  • Writing the Plan
  • Recovery
  • Tabletop activity to practice handling response and recovery scenarios

Library Practitioner Certification: Counts as 7 contact hours credit in Facilities.


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Class Type: Workshop - Intended Audience: ALL [Sign Up]

Feb 22 2012
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
What's New in Children's Literature-Peggy Sharp
Feb 22, 24, & 25, 2012

Registration opens December 6th, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.; Closes February 15th, 2012

What's New in Children's Literature and How to Use it in Your Program. Learn about the best of the latest children's books and how to use them with your readers in your classrooms and libraries. 

Feb 22nd at the Joel Valdez Main Library, Tucson

Feb 24th & 25th at the Carnegie Center, Phoenix

 


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Class Type: Continuing Education - Intended Audience: Library Staff [Sign Up]
Feb 24 2012
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
What's New in Children's Literature-Peggy Sharp
Feb 22, 24, & 25, 2012

Registration opens December 6th, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.; Closes February 15th, 2012

What's New in Children's Literature and How to Use it in Your Program. Learn about the best of the latest children's books and how to use them with your readers in your classrooms and libraries. 

Feb 22nd at the Joel Valdez Main Library, Tucson

Feb 24th & 25th at the Carnegie Center, Phoenix

 


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Feb 25 2012
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
What's New in Children's Literature-Peggy Sharp
Feb 22, 24, & 25, 2012

Registration opens December 6th, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.; Closes February 15th, 2012

What's New in Children's Literature and How to Use it in Your Program. Learn about the best of the latest children's books and how to use them with your readers in your classrooms and libraries. 

Feb 22nd at the Joel Valdez Main Library, Tucson

Feb 24th & 25th at the Carnegie Center, Phoenix

 


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Feb 29 2012
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Summer Reader 301, Administration of Summer Reader
February 29, 2012
Staff from Evanced will offer 3 Arizona –specific webinars to assist in using the Summer Reader software. If you cannot attend at the times listed and would like to listen, Evanced will be recording and providing a link to recorded sessions.
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Class Type: Webinars - Intended Audience: ALL [Sign Up]
Mar 5 2012
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Every Child Ready to Read @Your Library - 2nd Edition
February 6, 21, March 5, 19, April 2, 2012
Our series of webinars by Elaine Meyers will introduce participants to the new Every Child Ready to Read @Your Library, 2nd edition. The five webinars are designed for library staff who were not able to attend the in-person training offered in the fall. One ECRR toolkit is being provided to every public library in Arizona that participates in training on the resources. Webinar topics are:

  • Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library: Introduction and Research - February 6 (a pre-requisite for the following four stand-alone webinars)
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Staff Workshop - February 21
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Core Workshops for Parents and Parents with Children - March 5
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Parent and Child Workshops - March 19
  • Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library: Partnerships and Early Learning Environments - April 2

Elaine Meyers has worked with both editions of ECRR and most recently as a consultant on the 2nd edition.

For more information on Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library see: http://www.everychildreadytoread.org/


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Class Type: Webinars - Intended Audience: Public Library Staff [Sign Up]

Mar 7 2012
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Big Picture Presentation: Inspire a Shared Vision
March 7, 2012
Join us to hear our Big Picture speaker share his experience envisioning the future and inspiring others to share that vision. Our speaker, Dr. Lattie Coor, is a highly regarded Arizona statesman and esteemed president emeritus of Arizona State University (1990-2002). As president of ASU, Dr. Coor elevated the university’s status as a major research institution with high-quality academics and a diverse student body. He is now chairman and CEO of the Center for the Future of Arizona and founded the independent nonprofit organization in 2002. Its mission is to create an Arizona in which there are opportunities and quality of life for all citizens, now and in the future.
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Class Type: Conference - Intended Audience: ALL [Sign Up]
Mar 8 2012
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Manage Summer Reader the Following Year
March 8, 2012
Staff from Evanced will offer 3 Arizona –specific webinars to assist in using the Summer Reader software. If you cannot attend at the times listed and would like to listen, Evanced will be recording and providing a link to recorded sessions.
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Mar 19 2012
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Every Child Ready to Read @Your Library - 2nd Edition
February 6, 21, March 5, 19, April 2, 2012
Our series of webinars by Elaine Meyers will introduce participants to the new Every Child Ready to Read @Your Library, 2nd edition. The five webinars are designed for library staff who were not able to attend the in-person training offered in the fall. One ECRR toolkit is being provided to every public library in Arizona that participates in training on the resources. Webinar topics are:

  • Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library: Introduction and Research - February 6 (a pre-requisite for the following four stand-alone webinars)
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Staff Workshop - February 21
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Core Workshops for Parents and Parents with Children - March 5
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Parent and Child Workshops - March 19
  • Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library: Partnerships and Early Learning Environments - April 2

Elaine Meyers has worked with both editions of ECRR and most recently as a consultant on the 2nd edition.

For more information on Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library see: http://www.everychildreadytoread.org/


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Class Type: Webinars - Intended Audience: Public Library Staff [Sign Up]

Mar 23 2012
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Reader's Advisory in the Real World
This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to Novelist and a variety of on-line sources. We’ll also discuss the relationship between collection development and reader’s advisory practices. Tips and tricks for “on the spot” reader’s advisory will be shared. You’ll never be stumped again!

Presented by veteran librarian, Karen Greaber, Manager of Pima County Public Library's Dewhirst-Catalina Branch Library.

Library Practitioner Certification: May be counted for 2.5 contact hours in Readers Advisory


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Apr 2 2012
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Every Child Ready to Read @Your Library - 2nd Edition
February 6, 21, March 5, 19, April 2, 2012
Our series of webinars by Elaine Meyers will introduce participants to the new Every Child Ready to Read @Your Library, 2nd edition. The five webinars are designed for library staff who were not able to attend the in-person training offered in the fall. One ECRR toolkit is being provided to every public library in Arizona that participates in training on the resources. Webinar topics are:

  • Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library: Introduction and Research - February 6 (a pre-requisite for the following four stand-alone webinars)
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Staff Workshop - February 21
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Core Workshops for Parents and Parents with Children - March 5
  • How to Prepare and Present the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library Parent and Child Workshops - March 19
  • Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library: Partnerships and Early Learning Environments - April 2

Elaine Meyers has worked with both editions of ECRR and most recently as a consultant on the 2nd edition.

For more information on Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library see: http://www.everychildreadytoread.org/


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Class Type: Webinars - Intended Audience: Public Library Staff [Sign Up]

 

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