LibGuides: Reference &amp; Instruction Onboarding, Evaluation, and Professional Development: Professional Development

Welcome to Lakeland Library's Reference Staff!

Lakeland Library encourages engagement in professional development opportunities including webinars, courses, conferences, participation in local, regional, and national library organizations, and collaboration on programs both inside and outside of the library. Please see the links below for opportunities, and don't hesitate to recommend a resource!

Academic Library Professional Organizations

Conferences

ALA Conferences and Events
ACRL Conferences and Online Learning
Contains conference information, live webcasts, workshops, and online courses.
ALAO Events
Information about all upcoming events, including the annual conference held in late October/early November.
Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L)
The Conference on Academic Library Management (CALM)

Courses and Certifications

WebJunction
Free courses and webinars for library staff. Requires creation of an account.
Association of College & University Educators (ACUE)
Provides semester-long and microcourses for college and university instructors. Topics include online learning and inclusive teaching. Lakeland typically selects a faculty cohort for each offering.
Ohio College Teaching Consortium (OCTC)
Asynchronous online course for inclusive teaching. Includes synchronous webinar offerings.

Webinars and Presentations

NEO-RLS Workshops and Webinars
The library has gold membership for webinar access. Please see Linda Glasser for more details.
OhioLINK webinars
Webinars on a variety of topics from our consortium. Access requires an OhioLINK account.
OhioNET Professional Development Training
Includes free webinars and those with fees for registration.

Tutorials

Springshare LibGuides Tutorials
Includes recorded trainings.
EBSCO Tutorials
Includes tutorials for discovery, e-books, e-journals, and database interfaces.
Accessibility tutorials
Accessibility tutorials created by Lakeland Librarians for LibGuides accessibility project.