News & Notes from the CE Team

Upcoming Hands-On Workshop | Planning Your Library: Post COVID

Join NYU professor David Vinjamuri, author Library Space Planning: A PLA Guide (ALA, 2019) and architect Joe Huberty to learn how to build or renovate a library that meets your community’s needs.

The workshop has four essential parts:

1. Understanding Community Needs – getting past community input sessions and focus groups to uncover community needs.
2. Analyzing Space Performance – looking at zone use, circulation data, pathways and usage to optimize space use.
3. Planning Zones – creating an effective interior space plan.
4. Hiring the Design Team and Managing Construction – How to build the right team and safeguard the integrity of your design through construction.

This will be a hands-on workshop: please bring a floorplan of your space to use during exercises.

We are offering this workshop in two locations. Choose the venue that works best for you! Register in IA Learns at the links below. This workshop is FREE to those working in Iowa libraries. Lunch will be on your own. 

• Wednesday, November 2 | 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 
  Green Hills AEA, Council Bluffs Office
  24997 Hwy 92, Council Bluffs, IA 51503
• Friday, November 4 | 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  Waterloo Center for the Arts
  225 Commercial St, Waterloo, IA 50701

Newly-Added Events

In Case You Missed It: Learning Circuit Registration Now Open!

Thursday, October 20, 2022, 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Registration is now open for the State Library Learning Circuit on Thursday, Oct. 20. The event will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m at six locations throughout the state. Registration is $15 and includes a continental breakfast and box lunch. Librarians can earn 4 CE credits for attending.

About the Theme: Disaster Preparedness

Local, state, and national experts come together in this event designed to give those working in Iowa libraries additional tools, support, and planning as they think ahead to future, potential disasters.

More information on the event, including location addresses and an agenda for the day, is available on the Learning Circuit webpage.

How to Register

Register at the link below by Thursday, Oct. 13. The $15 fee can be paid online with major credit card or e-check; checks will also be accepted by mail and must be received by Thursday, Oct. 13.

Register for the Learning Circuit

Additional Upcoming Events

Library For The Blind (September 2022): Storywalks & Accessibility

Thursday, September 8, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

In collaboration with the Iowa Library for the Blind & Print Disabled, this webinar will walk librarians through the simple process on how to make their StoryWalk accessible. Learn more about specific strategies on how to implement different formats and develop the tools necessary to help ensure accessibility.

More Information & Registration

Pop YS Live (September 2022) | Get Schooled: Connecting Your Library's Programming and Services to the Local School

Tuesday, September 20, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Pop YS Live returns from its summer hiatus with special guest presenter Peg Gay of the Fisher-Whiting Memorial Library in Mapleton, IA. Peg will share success stories and lessons learned from her 5+ year collaboration with the local school district.

More Information & Registration

Two-Part Series: Strategic Treasure Hunting

Part 1: Wednesday, September 21, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. -- Register for Part 1

Part 2: Wednesday, September 28, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. -- Register for Part 2

The State Library prepares you to tackle local history digitization projects with this informative two-part series. First, State Library Consultant Tom Keyser presents an overview of the best practices needed to organize, digitize, and provide access to these special collections. In part two, join four Iowa librarians as they share how they took local collections and digitized them, preserving and promoting items for future generations. Come to one or both parts! Each will be recorded.

Webinar Archive

View in IA Learns to access the evaluation & see the CE Hours on your transcript. Watch the whole recording, click next in the upper-right, and follow the prompts to get to the evaluation. Remember to type something in every field before hitting "Save."

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If you don't track CE hours, or only want to view for informational purposes, you can also view recorded webinars on the State Library of Iowa CE Team YouTube Channel. Subscribe for alerts when new content is added!

State Library CE YouTube Channel

External CE Training Opportunities

The Wyoming State Library maintains a great list of CE events going on around the country. It's a good place to browse if you're looking for hours, or something on a specific topic. Our thanks to our colleagues in Wyoming for compiling this list. Please note, all times listed are in Mountain Time.

Wyoming State Library Training Calendar

Watch a course from that list or another CE training offered by someone other than the State Library of Iowa? Please complete the "Request for External CE Form" within 45 days of participating in the training.

Request for External CE Credit

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