Director Roundtables Registration Now Open!

This spring, Director Roundtables will follow our overall education theme for 2023: “Productive Partnerships.” With last year’s theme (“Make Room for Yes”) as a jumping off point, we’ll spend time this year discussing the benefits of finding partners in a common cause and how productive partnerships can advance mutual missions for community betterment. Among likely partners to consider:

-Teachers or school librarians

-Other city departments

-County or nearby libraries

-Arts groups

-Business community

Come ready to share success stories about the productive partnerships your library enjoys. With that as the main focus, there will also be time for open-ended conversation on other topics that attendees would like to discuss.

Register for a Roundtable Near You

Newly-Added Events

Find Grant Money For Your Library And Community: Using Foundation Directory

Two Identical Sessions:
Tuesday, April 25, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 27, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

In this webinar presented by Douglas Moore of Foundation Directory (FD), you’ll learn how to search the interface for grants for your library and how to teach your patrons as well. The first half of this webinar will be a demonstration of how to search and use the information in FD, the second half will be open for your questions.

Note that a library’s IP address must be registered with FD and you must be in your library to access. To confirm your IP is registered and you are able to access FD from your library, contact [email protected].

Register for the April 25 Session

Register for the April 27 Session

Beyond “UNPLUG IT, STAT”: Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan Workshop

Wednesday, May 3, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

When faced with a cybersecurity incident, our first response is probably to unplug the computer and never plug it back in, but there’s so much more to it than that. In this session (presented by Ryan Mulhall, Chief Information Officer of the Iowa Communications Network (ICN)), participants will learn about cybersecurity, the risks, and some common attacks. 

More Information & Registration

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