Don’t forget when you need some self-paced courses to improve or learn new skills WebJunction is available.  WebJunction now provides access to self-paced online courses on a variety of library-related topics.

 

The list of self-paced course titles from WebJunction is shown below.  Certificates of Completion are available upon completion of the course content. You do need to create an account but there is NO charge to participate in a course.

 

To find out more about the self-paced courses, please visit WebJunction at www.webjunction.org  and choose FIND TRAINING in the top menu.

 

Customer Service

·        Dealing with Angry Patrons

·        Extreme Customer Service, Every Time

 

Library Management

·        Directors ASK!

·        Master of Disaster: Developing a Disaster Plan

·        Providing Constructive Employee Feedback

 

Library Services

·        Basic Web-based Reference

·        Readers' Advisory Services

·        Marketing and Messaging

 

Developing Motivating Messages

·        Keep It Simple: Developing a Marketing Plan for Your Library

·        Merchandising That Works

 

Personal/Interpersonal

·        Coping with Change

·        Having fun at work again

 

Social Media

·        Building a Positive Social Media Presence

 

Technical Services

·        Introduction to Cataloging for Non-Catalogers

·        Shelving with Dewey

·        Shelving with Library of Congress Classification

·        Shelving with National Library of Medicine (NLM)

·        Weeding the Library Collection

 

Technology

·        eReader Detective: Solving the case for your library patrons

 

Training & Development

·        You Can Do It: A Recipe for Designing Web-based Instruction

 

Youth Services

·        Accompanying the Young Reader: Helping the Reader Choose Appropriate Books

·        Encouraging Early Literacy

·        Planning Story Times for Children

·        There will always be storytellers

·        Where Teens and Technology Meet

 

Let us know what you think and how we can answer any questions.

 

sdw

 

 

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Shannon D. White

Continuing Education Coordinator

Library of Michigan

702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007, Lansing, MI 48909-7507

Ph: 517-373-9489; Fax: 517-373-5700

Toll free:  877-479-0021

whites29@michigan.gov

http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan