Learn practical steps to streamline your library projects and diversify your cataloging practices with two new, can’t-miss courses: Project Management Fundamentals and Jumpstart Inclusive Cataloging
Course Overview: Project Management Fundamentals for Librarians
Drive greater impact in your community, and realize greater efficiency and confidence in your work, by becoming proficient in project management skills. Entrenching a project management mindset in an organization’s culture and learning to master project management techniques together as a team are crucial elements in achieving and maintaining strategic goals set forth by your organization.
Project management skills and strategies are useful in all kinds of situations, not just formal projects! It’s a way of thinking and approaching all kinds of problems or challenges, and is a crucial skill for more than just library leaders! Support staff, service librarians, and anyone who helps develop and implement programs for their communities will benefit from learning how to create and follow through with a project scope and sequence.
Featured Speakers
Kirsten Clark,
(she, her, hers) Director, Library Enterprise Systems at University of Minnesota
Fola Alabi,
(she, her, hers) Business and Transformational Leadership Expert
Dr. Emad Rahim,
(he, him) PMP, CSP-CM, A-CSM, Kotouc Family Endowed Professor and Chair at Bellevue University
Extend your EDI practices from building your collections to implementing equity-centered cataloging systems.
While the current, standard classification systems have their benefits, they also often create unnecessary confusion and barriers to equitable access to resources. During this course, you’ll learn how to conduct an equity audit of your cataloging system and learn practical strategies for how to ensure your collections are organized with all people in mind.
Featured Speakers
Violet Fox,
(she, her) Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University