Sep 4, 2024
How to Tell if You Have a Toxic Work Environment
Learn the five signs to watch for to distinguish the difference between a toxic environment vs. typical workplace problems.
Learning Management Blogs and Webinars
Explore blogs and on-demand webinars crafted by leaders and experts in mission-driven organizations like yours.
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Aug 8, 2023
How to Prove Compliance to Elected Officials
Follow four training best practices to make it easy to prove that you are aligned with federal, state, and local requirements.
Jul 18, 2023
Addressing Recruiting Challenges
Fostering a healthy organization is critical to overcoming the recruiting challenges many organizations have been facing. Learn more.
May 23, 2023
Evaluating and Improving Your Organizational Health
Innovative and resilient organizations share some common attributes like belonging, mentorship, meaning, vision, recognition, and satisfaction.
Feb 21, 2023
The Top 3 Challenges Facing Libraries Today (And How to Overcome Them)
Check out the blog for the top 3 challenges facing libraries today and learn actionable steps librarians can take to mitigate these challenges.
Nov 22, 2022
Building Efficacy and Empowerment Among Staff with Microlearning
Microlearning is a method of staff training & development that can help libraries build efficacy & empowerment among staff. Learn the benefits of...
Nov 22, 2022
Library Staff Development Ideas,Training, & Trends for 2023
Looking for effective library staff development ideas? Read the blog for predicted trends and relevant training that will empower your library staff...
Nov 8, 2022
Niche Academy's Role in Improving Accessibility
This week, Computers in Libraries published an article that reports the results of a survey about accessibility practices and policies.
Sep 19, 2022
Hispanic Heritage Month 2022
Hispanic heritage month feels, to me, like a reason to celebrate. I also celebrate how libraries build cross-cultural connections.
Apr 4, 2022
How well do you receive feedback?
Critical feedback can be hard to take, but we can train ourselves to embrace it when we understand how it helps growth for us personally and for our...
Mar 15, 2022
The benefits of a growth mindset
A growth mindset is the belief that success comes from skills and abilities that are developed over time and not dependent on fixed attributes.
Mar 15, 2022
Why belonging is a better goal
Cultivating belonging is more than just concern for protected classes. It ensures everyone in the organization can make a full contribution.
Jan 25, 2021
How The Library of Michigan Created and Deployed a Statewide Professional Development Program Start to Finish in Just 3 Weeks
How Niche Academy is helping hundreds of library dramatically improve their staff training.
Dec 9, 2020
How Suffolk Public library increased e-Resource Circulations by 70% In 1 Year
How Niche Academy is helping hundreds of library see dramatic increases in eResource circulations by up to 70% in the first year alone.
May 15, 2020
Webinar: Navigating Screens
This free one-hour webinar will present IMLS-funded research and tools for developing effective services relating to families and digital media.
May 7, 2020
Webinar: Reopening Lives with the Library
In this interactive webinar, we begin a collaboration to create tutorials that will be made freely available for any library that wants to use them.