Maryland State Library LibGuides: Professional Development: By Topic

By Topic

Programming Basics
- Programming Librarian
- Library Programming For Adults, From Start to Finish (WebJunction)
- Teen Programming: A Mover and Shaker’s Recipe for Impact and Success(WebJunction)
- Programming for Older Adults: Lessons From AARP Foundation Grantees (Programming Librarian)
- Libraries, Children, and Families (WebJunction)
Workforce, Business & Career
Accessibility
- Virtual Accessibility documents from Deaf Culture Digital Library (please scroll down for the three files)
Reference and Reader’s Advisory Basics
- Don't forget to review your library databases!
- WebJunction ABLE Public Services series
- Accompanying the Young Reader: Helping to Choose Appropriate Books
- Readers’ Advisory Services course (WebJunction)
- Reference Services: Tried, True, and New (WebJunction)
- Is That Real? A Crash Course in Verifying Online Content (WebJunction)
- ORE Online (OCLC)
- Hooray for RA (Readers Advisory)!(SLRC)
- Finding and Evaluating Online News Sources(SLRC Research Guide)
Library operations and internal customer service
- Social Work Students and Public Library Partnerships (WebJunction)
- Hooray for Dissent! Moving Beyond a Culture of Conformity (WebJunction)
- Doing the Work Externally and Internally: Race, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (WebJunction)
- Cultural Humility: Colleagues and Customers (WebJunction)
- WebJunction ABLE 4: Collection Development
- WebJunction SABLE 5: Merchandizing Your Collection
- WebJunction ABLE Technical Services series
Customer service (external)
- Conversational Spanish or French (Mango Language, DuoLingo)
- Call to Action: Public Libraries and the Opiod Crisis (WebJunction)
- Scams, Fraud, and Identity Theft: How Libraries Can Help (WebJunction)
- Privacy, Confidentiality, and Intellectual Freedom, Part 1 (WebJunction)
- Crash Course in Verifying Online Content (WebJunction)
- Dealing With Angry Patrons (WebJunction)
- Dealing With Difficult Patons (WebJunction)
- Extreme Customer Service Every Time (WebJunction)
- A Trauma-Informed Lens Changes What You See (WebJunction)
- Working with Patrons in Crisis (WebJunction)
- Cultural Humility: Colleagues and Customers (WebJunction)
- Is That Real? A Crash Course in Verifying Online Content (WebJunction)
- Serving At-Risk Patrons: Lessons from Library Social Workers (Programming Librarian)
- Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness webinars (see Online Training page of this Web Guide)
- Sign Language 101 (Dr. Byron Bridges)
- ASL 101 (Lifeprint)
Leadership/Management/Supervision
- Effective Meeting Facilitation (Frederick County Public Library Lunch & Learn)
- Grappling with Unconscious Bias in the Library Setting (Starnet Libraries)
Youth programming ideas
- WebJunction’s Children Course Catalog
- Connected Lib Toolkit (WebJunction)
- Help Teens Build Financial Well-Being (WebJunction)
- Supercharge Your Storytime (WebJunction) - Saroj Ghoting, is a prominent expert in early literacy.is base
- Basic Developmental Milestones of Early Childhood (WebJunction)
- Creative Spaces and Family Engagement in Libraries (WebJunction)
- Creating Library Spaces and Programs that Nurture Teen Mental Health and Healing (WebJunction)
- Help Teens Build Financial Well-Being (WebJunction)
- The Future of Play (Library Journal article)
- Preschool STEM Lab (Library Journal article)
- Explore and Discover: Nature-Based Spaces and Activities (WebJunction)
- Serving the Underserved: Children with Disabilities at Your Library (Webjunction)
- Beanstack Archived Webinars
Adult programming ideas
- Community Health Challenges (WebJunction)
- Hosting Repair Events At Your Library (WebJunction)
- Financial Literacy Resources For Those Nearing and In Retirement (WebJunction)
- Health Literacy Begins At Your Library (WebJunction)
- Beyond Book Groups: Fun Library Programs for Adult Readers (WebJunction)
- The Golden Age of Gaming: Board Games for Adults (WebJunction)
- Viewing And Discussion Programs with Ken Burns’ The Civil War (Programming Librarian)
- AZ State to Partner with Public Libraries on Citizen Science (Library Journal article)
- Activate, Collaborate, and Educate: Health Outreach and Programming in your Community (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
- Beyond the Buzz: Health Resources for Secular and Gender Minorities (National Library of Medicine)

Self-care and Managing Stress at Work
- Preventing and Treating Compassion Fatigue with Self Care (WebJunction)
- Setting Boundaries with Kindness (Frederick County Public Library Lunch & Learn)
- The Science of Well Being (Yale University on Coursera)
- Compassion Resilience Toolkit (Wise Wisconsin)

Other/COVID-19
- PLA’s COVID-19 response webinars
- How To Combat COVID-19 Related Misinformation (Every Library)