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New Professional Development Opportunity!

Submitted by candace.robertson on Mon, 11/28/2022 - 11:06

Libraries and the Substance Abuse Crisis

When: Wednesday, December 7th, 1:00 pm CST

*Free to all MLS employees*

Tags: 
Niche Academy; Professional Development; Mental Health training; resources

Hold Labels vs Hold Receipts: Tracking Study

Submitted by tricia.andrews on Mon, 11/21/2022 - 15:49

With the price of hold labels increasing, ongoing supply chain issues and the level of stickiness of the labels, we are going to test using hold receipts instead of hold labels. Here is the cost breakdown on hold labels vs receipts:

Attachments: 
Hold Label vs Receipt 2022-11.pdf
Hold Label vs Receipt Tracking Instructions 2022.pdf
Hold Receipt vs Label Tracking.xlsx
Tags: 
Hold Labels, Hold Receipts, Tracking Study

Training Spotlight on Safety: Addressing Threats in Public Libraries (OPT)

Submitted by candace.robertson on Thu, 11/17/2022 - 15:34

Addressing Threats in Public Libraries Town Hall

When: Wednesday, November 30th @ 1:00pm - 2:00 pm CST

Where: Virtual

Tags: 
Professional Development; Safety; PLA; Support; Resources

Room Reservation Resources

Submitted by tim.spindle on Sun, 11/13/2022 - 10:31

Looking for help with reserving rooms? Read on...

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Room Reservations

Ryan Dowd's Homeless De-Escalation 101 Workshop (1h) Available Below

Submitted by candace.robertson on Fri, 11/11/2022 - 09:29

Ryan Dowd's Homeless De-Escalation 101 Workshop 101 (1h)

Don't delay the link is available for a limited time! 

Attachments: 
Core #1 Workshop Workbook.pdf
Tags: 
De-Escalation 101; Ryan Dowd; Customer Service; Respect; People First; Training; Part 2; Professional Development

3P - Microsoft OneNote - Tutorial

Submitted by milissa.copeland on Tue, 11/01/2022 - 13:37

Did you struggle to complete your end-of-the-year performance development this year not remembering what you did in November 2021? With the new PD year starting today, MS OneNote can help you easily track your plans/progress, anything pending, and your perfections or success!  This 20(m) tutorial will help you get started - https://MetroLibrary.screencasthost.com/watch/c3VuY8VDrLW

Tags: 
Learning and development; 3P; OneNote

Wellness Minute Newsletters — November 2022

Submitted by Wellness Works on Tue, 11/01/2022 - 12:53

English Version

November 2022 Compliance Launched

Submitted by candace.robertson on Tue, 11/01/2022 - 00:00

November 2022 - Compliance - Americans with Disabilities Act (REQ)

Due Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

There are two versions of this required compliance course:

Tags: 
ADA; Compliance; PEOSH; Required; Americans with Disabilities Act; 2022

2023 Call for System Access Trainers

Submitted by milissa.copeland on Mon, 10/31/2022 - 13:04

2023 Call for System Access Trainers

Do you:

Attachments: 
2023 System Access Trainers_Co-Trainers.pdf
Tags: 
learning and development; 2023 Call for trainers; trainers; 2023 trainers

Access Workshop Series Revamp

Submitted by tricia.andrews on Mon, 10/31/2022 - 13:03

In July, a workgroup consisting of Nicole Sump-Crethar (NW-LM), Daniel Chesney (WA-EM), Jared Johnson (BE-AM2), Carmen Stoneking (CL-AM2), Kevin Sendall (MC-AM1), Milissa Copeland (L&D), and Tricia Andrews (PSA) have been working to revamp the access workshop series.

We sought feedback from Library Management Team in August and began working on crafting the new access workshops.

We have some updates we’d like to share with all staff:

Attachments: 
Course Descriptions-Objectives-Outline 2022-10-31.pdf
Tags: 
Access Workshops, Access Training, CARL training, CARL

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