Niche Academy helps libraries train staff more quickly and efficiently than ever before. Get access to thousands of videos and tutorials from a global...
Join Kymberlee Powe to learn how to perform a diversity audit on your library collection. Kym will share what a diversity audit is, why we should audit our collections, why the structure of the publishing industry may make it difficult to cultivate inclusivity, and most importantly, why it’s important to build collections that are diverse AND inclusive.
The core of library service is human interaction - whether between staff or with the public. Having a better understanding of what influences our behavior, and the behavior of others helps build empathy and improve our interactions. Join therapist Casey Coker and librarian Kevin King and discover methods to steer uncomfortable situations onto a healthier path.
What is visual literacy, and why should you make it a part of your information literacy instruction? Join Nicole Fox as she defines visual literacy and discusses how you can empower students across the disciplines to be effective and ethical image creators and users. Learn how to help students evaluate and find different kinds of images, with practical examples for a variety of classes.
In order to serve students and community members in a radical way, particularly during difficult times, we must first be in tune with ourselves and our own capacities for empathy, hospitality, love, honesty, candor, and imagination. Join Nicole Cooke as she addresses the need for library professionals to engage in critical, or radical, self-reflection.
How do you build a résumé or CV that will get you an interview? Are cover letters really necessary? Why complete the online job application when a résumé says everything? Who are the best references? Join Melissa Lockaby as she shares recommendations and guidance on how to get an interview by providing an application that highlights your accomplishments while addressing what employers want.
No matter how much time and effort we put into developing charismatic one-shot training sessions or providing students with carefully crafted LibGuides, students still struggle to learn information literacy skills. Are there more systemic problems we need to address? Join Mary DeJong as she describes what some of those problems might be, including students' lack of motivation, poorly designed research assignments, and lack of standardization in the vocabulary of information literacy.
Niche Academy helps libraries train staff more quickly and efficiently than ever before. Get access to thousands of videos and tutorials from a global...
Since 2014, Niche Academy has been helping libraries all over the world dramatically increase their eResource circulation, with many seeing growth of ...
Marketing, in the library world, is how we communicate our value to the people we serve. With effective marketing, we help potential users understand ...
Most of the patrons using the computers in your library and everyone who is connecting from outside the library will interact with your website. Given...
Originally presented Oct. 14, 2016 For this webinar, we partnered with Kathleen O'Dell, the Community Relations Director at the Springfield Missouri P...
Originally presented August 17th, 2016. Most of us in the library world weren't trained to be marketers. We feel constrained by the limits of our expe...
I should start out by telling you that I'm not a graphic designer or an artist of any kind. I'm not a trained marketer either. I have an MA not an MBA...
Originally presented December 2015 This webinar focuses on some simple ways to drive up electronic resource utilization.
Originally presented February 11, 2016 Shows easy to use tools and step-by-step techniques for creating graphics that effectively promote library reso...
Originally presented September 2015 Stephen Abram is a librarian and an advocate for libraries. He is a big picture thinker and a longtime observer an...
There is a sense of community that runs deep among librarians. Generally speaking, they are quick to share their time and expertise, and also quick to...
INTRODUCTION: The Niche Academy platform provides value to libraries by helping them deliver their own educational curriculum more efficiently. The re...
Libraries offer a great product to their customers. They offer educational resources that help people solve their most pressing problems and achieve t...
There’s a car dealership near where I live that has a new motto: “We Hear You”. They have a long-running series of billboards emphasizing the message ...
All too often I hear people say, “I didn’t know xyz resource was available from the library.” Then, inevitably a little while later I hear, “How does...