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Dec 5

05 December 2023

Tools for Reimagining School Readiness

The Reimagining School Readiness Toolkit provides free, online, research-based resources, created specifically for library staff, to help families prepare children ages 0 to 8 for success in school and in life.

  • Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]

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Nov 28

28 November 2023

Living Our Values Out Loud: Programs that Walk the Talk

This webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative features practitioners who have found ways to design, implement, and evaluate programs using frameworks that better represent their library’s values.

  • Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]

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Nov 14

14 November 2023

Let’s Talk Race: Community Healing through Conversation

Richland Library launched the open-source Let’s Talk Race Curriculum, providing a set of easy-to-follow resources for other organizations to implement locally to deepen community connections.

  • Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]

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Oct 24

24 October 2023

Connecting the Dots: Getting the most from cataloging in WorldCat

A 30-minute webinar to learn how WorldCat enables you to develop quality records, boost efficiency, amplify your library’s impact, and advance the collective collection through collaboration.

  • Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]

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Oct 4

04 October 2023

The power of WorldCat for public libraries

A 30-minute webinar to learn more about WorldCat and how it ​​​supports library functions, helps your library become more visible, and facilitates DEI initiatives

  • Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]

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Oct 3

03 October 2023

Climate Justice

This webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative will explore the disproportional impacts of climate change on systematically oppressed communities.

  • Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]

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Sep 21

21 September 2023

Putting the pieces together with WMS and EZproxy: Analyzing library data to support student success

A 30-minute webinar to discover how our advanced library services platform, WorldShare® Management Services (WMS), and our trusted e-resource access and authentication solution, EZproxy®, uniquely integrate to uncover which library resources have the greatest influence

  • Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]

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Sep 14

14 September 2023

Bridgebuilding: Fostering Community Engagement and Dialogue

Learn about the free tools in the Bridgebuilding Resource Hub and hear from public library staff who have offered bridgebuilding programs for deeper engagement with their communities.

  • Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]

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Aug 15

15 August 2023

Meet me on the web: Reach information seekers where they search

New and expanded initiatives in OCLC’s unique web visibility program help more people connect with libraries from popular web locations in searchers’ typical information journeys. This program provides details about key components of OCLC’s web visibility program — direct links from Google Search results to library catalogs and WorldCat.org and its associated mobile app, WorldCat Find.

  • Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]

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