What you really need to know, what you can ignore, and even when you don’t need to catalog. Just the practical things with enough of the “why?” to make sense of it all. Plus, what you already know about cataloging and didn’t even realize!

Melissa Powell teaches Basic Cataloging Skills for Lyrasis, and the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) and conducts cataloging training for the AspenCat Union Catalog, (Koha-based ILS). Additionally she is the Webcast Producer for Publisher's Weekly, and the Editor of the Biblio Tech Review, an international library technology newsletter. She received a B.A in History and a Masters in Library and Information Studies at Northern Illinois University and has additional training in coaching and communications. Visit Melissa's website at www.biblioease.com.

Counts for 1 contact hour in Collections.

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Areas of discussion:

• What Are the Key Steps in the Team Formation Process?
• Who Are The Players On A Team? (How Do They Assume Their Roles?)
• What Makes For Effective Team Leadership?
• What Are The Pitfalls To Team Effectiveness?
• What Is the Importance of Teamwork In Today’s global marketplace?

Mae Levine Sinclair is a training professional with over 25 years’ experience in the field of learning and employee development. She spent most of her career with one of the top Fortune 500 financial services company starting on Wall Street, then in the Midwest and finally retiring here in Phoenix.

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Resource Description Access (RDA) is a fancy way of saying “we have a bunch of new rules for cataloging”. What is different about this change? Lots and a lot of it actually makes sense! Do you need to worry about it? Yes and no. Yes, because there are some fundamental changes that will make your life easier, and No, because everyone is making the changes all over the world so others are doing a lot of the work for you. This webinar outlines what RDA is and the impact it has on the smaller and rural libraries.

Melissa Powell teaches Basic Cataloging Skills for Lyrasis, and the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) and conducts cataloging training for the AspenCat Union Catalog, (Koha-based ILS). Additionally she is the Webcast Producer for Publisher's Weekly, and the Editor of the Biblio Tech Review, an international library technology newsletter. She received a B.A in History and a Masters in Library and Information Studies at Northern Illinois University and has additional training in coaching and communications. Visit Melissa's website at www.biblioease.com.

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Preparing our children to meet ARS §15-701 Move On When Reading with library-based reading programs.

Learn how to implement a tutoring program using volunteers, technology, and simple software following a successful model currently being used by Chandler Public Library.

• Create collaborative relationships with school administrators, reading specialists and parents
• Learn the components of structured small group book discussions, with a focus on comprehension skills
• Create effective evaluation of program outcomes

Cheryl Becker is an elementary education teacher and the current tutoring program coordinator for Chandler Public Library’s “Read to Succeed” tutoring program. Ms. Becker has earned a Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education from Eastern Michigan University and a Master of Education, Curriculum and Instruction from Arizona State University with professional specialization in English as a Second Language.

Counts as 5 contact hours in Children's Services

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This webinar provides a quick tour of some of the more common mistakes even experienced professionals make (regardless of one’s level of education). Topics include:

• punctuation,
• jargon,
• keeping words “in agreement,”
• too many words,
• using the wrong words, and
• failure to edit, as well as
• using social media abbreviations (texting shorthand) in workplace documents.

Dixie Darr is a self-described reader and lover of books and language. With degrees in sociology and adult learning, Dixie has been a professional writer and university writing teacher for 25 years and an editor for 5 years. She has also presented writing tip webinars for librarians in the popular LE@D program from the University of North Texas. Dixie says that one of the most important things she's learned is that small changes can make a big difference in writing. This webinar will focus on those small changes.

Counts for 1 contact hour credit in Leadership.

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