Due to COVID-19, SEFLIN staff are working from home and available by email
Happy New Year!
Please join the Board of Directors in welcoming Brock Peoples (peoples@seflin.org) as SEFLIN’s next Executive Director. Brock joins us from the Sarasota County Library System where he directed the Selby Public Library since 2016. Prior to his tenure at Selby, Brock held library leadership positions in his home state of Illinois. In each of these positions, he consistently demonstrated collaborative innovative leadership as well as a commitment to his community. Brock’s appointment is effective Monday, January 11th. The Board and the SEFLIN staff are very excited to start our new year with Brock!
Due to a high demand SEFLIN is happy to offer Ryan Dowd’s eCourse “Practical Tips for Challenging Homeless Patrons“ for SEFLIN member libraries. Please send an email to Irina Galilovaif you would like to register for this course.
Social Work in Libraries
FIU School of Social Work partners with SEFLIN and the Miami-Dade Public Library System to provide help to those who need it most.
In this webinar, you will learn which types of animals are covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). What are the two questions you can legally ask? (Yes, there are only two!) Can you legally exclude a service animal if it growls, poops, sets off someone’s allergies, or scares someone with a phobia? Presenter: Ryan Dowd Register
Making Great Video Tutorials
In this non-technical session by an experienced instruction librarian, learn the best approaches for designing and creating clear, useful videos for your library learners. We’ll discuss how to apply teaching principles to the video medium, easy techniques for making videos look good without being an expert editor, and how to approach accessibility in video tutorials. Presenter: Jason Puckett Register
Power to the Introverts – and Extroverts!
Some informal studies show that as many as 70% of those working in the library field are introverts. That’s not really surprising, is it? Introverts tend to like quiet – and although it’s true that libraries aren’t quite as quiet as they once were, many are still more quiet than other workplaces. There are many myths surrounding the idea of being an introvert. This 90-minute webinar is intended to help you really understand introverts and extroverts, as well as appreciate all the positive attributes they bring to your work environment. Presenter: Linda Bruno Register
