[Libs-Or] ALA Prof Dev Opps in January: Library Signage, Handling Stress, Library Service Design

[Jennifer Maurer]

The American Library Association is offering the following professional development opportunities in January 2017. Two are 4-week courses, and one is a 90-minute webinar.

Mindfulness for Librarians: Handling Stress and Thriving Under Pressure
<http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02MDU4MTQ3JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY3OTcxNjQmbGk9MzkxMDkwNTc/index.html>Richard Moniz and Martin House

4-week eCourse
Beginning Monday, January 9, 2017
Do you ever find yourself feeling overwhelmed or stressed at work? Throughout this four-week eCourse, you'll learn tips and tricks to better handle stress and become more mindful in the workplace. Instructors Richard Moniz and Martin House will discuss burnout theory and the overall impact it has on you, library users, and your organization as a whole. You'll be introduced to mindfulness, discuss its significance and how it relates to the library profession, and learn techniques to put theory into practice. The practical strategies you learn can be implemented right away to succeed in your position and thrive under pressure.

http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=11879


Effective Library Signage: Tips, Tricks, & Best Practices
<http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02MDYxMTEzJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY3OTcxNjQmbGk9MzkxMzY5NzE/index.html>Mark Aaron Polger and Amy F. Stempler

A 90-Minute Workshop
Thursday, January 5, 2017
2:30 PM Eastern | 1:30 PM Central
12:30 PM Mountain | 11:30 AM Pacific

Library signage represents the first lines of communication between a library user and the library. Are you doing everything to ensure that your signage is user friendly and inviting? Although we have the best intentions, sometimes our signage can be punitive, contradictory, outdated, or passive aggressive.

In this new workshop, Mark Aaron Polger and Amy F. Stempler, library professionals who've conducted a four yearlong study at the College of Staten Island, CUNY that involved an extensive signage audit and replacement project, will provide you with the top ten tips to follow when preparing new signage for your library. They will discuss what constitutes "bad" and "good" signage and the importance of developing a signage policy to ensure consistency in design and overall language. Other topics that will be addressed will be placement, ADA compliancy, branding, design, verbiage, and the use of images, language, and font. You'll come out of this workshop with the best practices to assess your current signage and develop improved signage for your institution.

http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=11891


Getting Started with Library Service Design
<http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02MDY0OTQyJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY3OTcxNjQmbGk9MzkxNjcyNzE/index.html>Joe J. Marquez and Annie Downey

4-week eCourse
Beginning Monday, January 9, 2017

Service design is a holistic, co-creative methodology that puts the user at the center of the service delivery model to create user-centered services. This eCourse will explore the service design methodology as a valuable toolkit that librarians and administrators can use to assess, revise, and create library services, spaces, and workflows.
Within this 4-week eCourse, you will read articles, respond to prompts in a general discussion board, and complete exercises to help familiarize yourself and get comfortable using service design tools. By the end of the course, you'll create a draft service design plan for a service or touchpoint in your own library. The course will also rely on a workbook created by the instructors that highlight the phases and tools of service design, as well as the list of library service design heuristics.

http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=11880


FYI,
Jen

Jennifer Maurer, MLS
School Library Consultant
Library Support and Development Services
Oregon State Library
250 Winter Street NE
Salem, OR 97301
503.378.5011
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