3 children of visibly different ethnicities reading while laying in the grass.

Youth Services Update: February 2023

Upcoming Opportunities These opportunities are available for free unless otherwise noted. Descriptions are provided by host organizations. Call for Presenters: Read Across America | School Libraries Applications Open In celebration of Read Across America 2023, the American Library Association Committee on Literacy is seeking to host two webinars highlighting the work of librarians who are…

Call for Referendum Information to Calculate Nationwide and Service Specific Monetary Value of Public Libraries.

Did your library have a public funding vote in the years 2010-2022? Libraries in Community Systems wants to know about it! (https://forms.gle/PPDWDXCtwasjA8KC7, survey live through February 2023). Over the last 18 months the Libraries in Community Systems project team has heard from a lot of librarians that the value of their public library extends beyond…

Free CE and Training This Week – Feb. 13-17

Weekly listing sourced primarily from Wyoming State Library Training Calendar with free training online, and free Texas workshops, updated as new events are added. See what’s happening on the CE calendar. Confirm the date and time when you register or follow links for archive information. Events listed in Central Time Monday, Feb. 13 (10-11 a.m.)Am I Making the Right Decision: The…

3 children of visibly different ethnicities reading while laying in the grass.

2023 Texas Summer Library Program Online Mini-Conference is Two Weeks Away

Texas public libraries can continue registering for the 2023 Texas Summer Library Program Online Mini-Conference for just another two weeks! The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and the Partners Library Action Network (PLAN) are here to lend a hand as you design your Summer programming to meet the unique and changing needs of…

Free CE and Training This Week – Feb. 6-10

Weekly listing sourced primarily from Wyoming State Library Training Calendar with free training online, and free Texas workshops, updated as new events are added. See what’s happening on the CE calendar. Confirm the date and time when you register or follow links for archive information. Events listed in Central Time Tuesday, Feb. 7 (10-11 a.m.)This webinar has been rescheduled for March…

US Economic Census Has Launched

From the US Census website: Most people know that the U.S. Census Bureau measures the nation’s population once every 10 years. But fewer know that every five years, it conducts another important survey that measures the nation’s businesses to give us a comprehensive measure of U.S. economic activity across more than 21,000 geographic areas. The…