Online Continuing Education Spring Courses NEW! Expanding your reach with Partnership Marketing, March 6 - April 2 Register: https://go.wisc.edu/vi7fjg FLASH SALE! 20% off when you use ischool20 at checkout! Are you looking to increase your reach without affecting your budget? Partnership marketing can allow you to connect with new potential users without needing to expand your budget. Learn the foundations involved in successfully creating strategic partnerships with community agencies, businesses, media outlets, and schools. Also gain an understanding on how to assign value to current marketable assets to trade for access to new audiences. At the conclusion of this online course, you will have proven strategies and tactics that can be executed for both academic and public libraries regardless of being in a rural or large metropolitan setting. Copyright in Libraries, March 6 - April 16 Register: https://go.wisc.edu/0i00w4 FLASH SALE! 20% off when you use ischool20 at checkout! New technologies give rise to incredible new possibilities for libraries and the communities they serve – and yet, copyright law sometimes seems to get in the way of realizing all those exciting new potentials. In this course you’ll get a solid grounding in the basics of copyright law, with particular attention to legal issues relevant to libraries. You’ll also have opportunities to consider how copyright issues are changing in virtual patron engagements, and to explore specific issues of interest to you in your daily work. Promoting First-Generation Student Success Through Academic Library Services, April 3 - May 14 Register: https://go.wisc.edu/xb62e3 First-generation college students encompass an ever-increasing number of people and represent a vital contact point for libraries. The course will address the ways that academic libraries can enhance their in-person and digital spaces, outreach, and instruction to prepare first-generation students for success as they begin their academic career. Learners will gain an understanding of the unique challenges faced by first-generation students as they enter and continue through college, develop practical support strategies, and apply them in their communities. See full course offerings: https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education Other Learning Opportunities this Spring from UW-Madison iSchool Lead the Way Conference April 24-25 | Pyle Center, Madison, WI $325 (with reduced rate options) Join us for the Lead the Way conference in Madison, WI. Learn strategies for building community partnerships, strategic planning, programs to engage the community, and more at this practical and engaging conference. With sessions that range from community partnerships that make summer reading a success, to getting the most out of focus groups, and marketing to your community you are sure to walk away with some new ideas and strategies. For full details and registration: go.wisc.edu/ischool-engage<https://go.wisc.edu/ischool-engage> FREE Spring Webinar Series * Serving Homeschooling Families in Your Community (Mar 1) * Sexual and Reproductive Health Information at the Library (Mar 21) * Consortium Cooperation: Ways to improve overall collection development through ordering collaboration (Apr 11) Webinar details: https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/free-webinars/ Please direct any questions to ce-info@ischool.wisc.edu.