Project ENABLE Webinar on Inclusive Programs & Services for Patrons with Disabilities (5/22/15)

A Two Part Webinar Series - Part 2: "The Advocating Librarian"

May 22, 2015  [11:00am-12:30pm Eastern Time]

Presented by Project ENABLE 
A collaboration of the Center for Digital Literacy and the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University 
Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services Grant No. RE-06-13-0071-13 / 45.313 (2013–2015)

On May 22, 2015, Project ENABLE will offer the second of two free webinars for public and academic librarians everywhere to learn about creating inclusive library services and programs to effectively serve all patrons with disabilities. 

This webinar, "The Advocating Librarian", will present: 

1. Taking an active lead on web accessibility;
2. Implementing effective inclusive children's library programs; and 
3. The role of the library and disability community in the maker movement, adaptive technology and creativity.

FREE WEBINAR REGISTRATION 

PRESENTERS
Debra A. Riley-Huff, M.L.I.S, M.S., Head of Web Services and Associate Professor at the University of Mississippi Libraries
Wendy Scott, M.L.S., M.A., Executive Director, DeWitt Community Library
Patrick Timony, M.S.L.I.S., Washington District of Columbia Public Library 

MODERATOR
William N. Myhill, M.Ed., J.D., Co-Principal Investigator of Project ENABLE

ACCESSIBILITY

This webinar will be close captioned and provide audio, video, text, and telephone participation options. It will be digitally recorded, and audio, audio/video, and transcription versions will become available in June 2015. 

OTHER PROJECT ENABLE WEBINARS
May 1, 2015
Supporting K-12 School Librarians to Provide Inclusive Programs and Services for Students with Disabilities

ADA Basics - Webcourse for COJ Employees

This 12-topic webcourse may be accessed using a computer or mobile device with an Internet connection.

Each topic contains 2-8 pages of relevant information and real-life examples, as well as:

• Multiple-choice quizzes to "Apply Your Knowledge."
• Court cases and "Tell Me More" for further reference.
• Glossary of Terms and Acronyms and more Resources.

The webcourse vendor will automatically report
your completion of all 12 units to the City.

You DO NOT need to submit any requests for training credit to JPL Training.

To register:

1. Go to http://www.adasoutheast.org/training/coj/
2. Click New Registration ONLY for COJ employees for ADA Basics webcourse
3. Complete and submit the Registration Form (click image to enlarge)

Completing the Course:

You DO NOT need to complete the entire course at once.

You can login, complete one of the 12 topics, logout, and return later.
The system will track your progress.

Login to Course:

Go to Index of the Course: Choose the topic you want to work on, and click the link for that topic (click image to enlarge).

For Questions on the ADA and COJ

Disabled Services Division
City of Jacksonville, Florida
Phone: 904-630-4940 (voice) or 904-630-4933 (tty)
Email: disabledservices@coj.net

For Webcourse Issues and Technical Support

Southeast ADA Center
Phone: 1-800-949-4232 FREE [voice/tty]
Email: adasoutheast@law.syr.edu

Staff Development Day 2015“Team JPL: Tell Us Your Stories”

We will announce the dates for TMS pre-registration on Friday.

Meanwhile, take a look at the workshop offerings and make your picks.

Staff Development Day 2015 (SDD15) is coming soon—Monday, April 20^th, from 8:30am to 5:30pm.

The event will be held in the Main Library Conference Center and will provide 8 hours of training, including opportunities to get technology training credits. 

Schedule: Main Street Conference Center doors open at 7:00am, registration packet pick-up will begin at 7:30am, and the Morning Kick-Off session will begin at 8:30am.

Our speaker this year is Nancy Dowd of EBSCO, where she has been the lead the development of LibraryAware.

Nancy is the co-author of ALA’s bestselling book, Bite-Sized Marketing, Realistic Solution for Overworked Librarians and The M Word blog. She has spoken around the world helping libraries improve their marketing and advocacy efforts.

Food: Davoli’s Catering will be setting out a full buffet breakfast for you to enjoy from 7:30-8:30.   Then, from 12:30-1:30, join your friends and co-workers for lunch on your own, exploring downtown Jacksonville and spending some quality time together.

Registration: Opening date to be announced. You will have two weeks to preregister in the Training Management System (TMS) for your three workshop sessions. 

Registration for each workshop is first come, first served.  Take a look at the Workshop Schedule pictured below and pick your preferences, so you will be ready when registration opens.

(Click image to enlarge)

Remember that SDD is mandatory for all full-time staff.  Please work with your supervisors to ensure that you are available on April 20^th.

All part-time staff are invited as well but not required to attend.

• If your part-time schedule normally has you working on Monday, you will need to attend.
• If not and you wish to attend, work with your supervisors to allow you to attend without exceeding your 24 hour maximum for the week. 
• Schedules can be modified, with your supervisor’s concurrence, to accommodate attendance.

Volunteers:  On April 20^th, we welcome volunteers to help with three sorts of tasks:

• Staffing the Registration Tables in the morning and the Help Desk throughout the day
• Serving as session helpers for each breakout workshop by distributing class materials, keeping time for the presenters, and distributing and collecting course evaluation
• Giving directions on upper floors to staff people who are unfamiliar with the Main Library.

Please contact Diane Alexander DianeA@coj.net if you wish to volunteer.

Contact Mike Shell mshell@coj.net for any other questions about SDD15.

Ryan Dowd: "A Librarian's Guide to Homelessness"

Ryan Dowd of Hesed House in Aurora, Illinois, speaks on "A Librarian's Guide to Homelessness"



This video gives viewers a profound sense of how exhausting, frustrating and dangerous the personal experience of homelessness is.

Dowd describes some essential person-to-person concerns for us to keep in mind when dealing with our own homeless library customers.

YMCA Video: Darkness to Light - Preventing Child Sexual Abuse

First Coast YMCA has produced a 2-hour training video to help staff with the prevention of sexual abuse perpetrated against children, as part of a broader grant-funded program of prevention training.

See http://firstcoastymca.org/programs/darkness-to-light/ for more options, resources and training event schedules.

The training video contains a mix of survivor stories, expert advice, and practical guidance for prevention of child sexual abuse. Child sexual abuse is a tough topic. Some of the survivor stories may affect you in a personal way. These stories reflect the personal experiences of actual survivors. These are the experiences children face when they are sexually abused, thus Darkness to Light chooses to include them.

CLICKHERE FOR THE FREE TRAINING »

• The first time you enter this site, you will be asked to create a free login account for yourself.
• If you want to receive 2 hours credit after viewing the video, submit a Request for Training Credit Form.

Training/Travel Request Form

The Training/Travel Request Form has been redesigned as of 1/14/2015.

DO NOT use earlier versions of this form.

Use the form for approval for any event requiring one or both of the following:
 

JPL payment (fees, mileage, travel fares, lodging, per diem expenses)

Out-of-county travel (whether or not there are costs to JPL).

There are two changes to clarify and simplify use of the form:

1. Instructions are within the form instead of on a separate page
2. For NEFLIN and other free out-of-county training events, only the first page and the signatures in Part 5 need to be completed.

If this is a NEFLIN or other free out-of-county event, complete these two items and skip to Part 5.

Transportation (City or personal vehicle) Click here to enter text.
Mileage/Gasoline (if claiming reimbursement) Click here to enter text.
(Use Out-of-City Mileage chart and IRS standard business mileage rate)

Send completed form by interoffice mail to JPL Finance, or email as a PDF scan
 

TO: JPLFinance@coj.net

CC: JPLTraining@coj.net

SUBJECT: Training/Travel Request.

Conference Report Form

JPL TRAVEL PROCEDURES http://jplstaff.coj.net/PolProc/Travel.htm (Item 10) ask staff who travel to conferences and special training events file a Conference Report to help us determine the value to the Library of funding such professional activities.

Procedures for requesting Out-of-county Training/Travel (Conferences, etc.) are published at http://jplstaff.coj.net/training/pol_proc.html#out.

The Conference Report Form itself is at http://inside.coj.net/li/sd/Lists/CONFERENCES%20%20Reporting/NewForm.aspx.

You can also find a link for the form

• on the Training Forms page http://jplstaff.coj.net/training/forms.htm
• on the Staff Learning site http://inside.coj.net/li/sd/default.aspx of the Portal (SharePoint).

On the Conference Report Form, please give brief statements of the following (if applicable):

• Event & dates
• Names of sessions, workshops, classes, committee meetings, etc., you joined
• Specific benefits for JPL customers and for our strategic goals
• Would you recommend this event for others in JPL?  Who?

Steps for using the form:

1. Event & Dates
2. Body – Use this space to enter the required information
3. Attach File – Optional, if you wish to include a Word or other file with more details
4. Save – This step submits the form to the CONFERENCES – Reporting page at http://inside.coj.net/li/sd/Lists/CONFERENCES%20%20Reporting/AllItems.aspx.

Free ALA webinars

Submit a Request for Training Credit Form 

when you complete any of these free webinars.

Find free webinars and training videos by visiting the ALA website and checking specific divisions, offices, and other pages to see what’s available. Many events also offer archives for registrants.

Free "Turning Outward" webinar series

Library professionals are invited to view a free webinar series designed to help libraries strengthen their role as core community leaders and work with residents to bring positive change to their communities. Led by educators from The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, the webinars explain, step by step, how libraries can use the “turning outward” approach to better engage their communities. 

The approach emphasizes taking steps to better understand communities; changing processes and thinking to make conversations more community-focused; becoming more proactive to community issues; and putting community aspirations first.

The first four webinars are available now, ranging from 60 to 90 minutes in length.

• Hosting and Leading Community Conversations
• Theming and Using Public Knowledge
• Hosting and Using Innovation Spaces
• Partner Selection and Managing Relationships

Two remaining webinars will be released in the coming months:

• Calibrating Community Conditions (Nov 19)
• Sweet Spot of Community Change (Feb 19)

Free episodes of American Libraries Live

AL Live is the popular free streaming video broadcast from American Libraries, covering library issues and trends in real time as you interact with hosts via a live chat and get immediate answers to your questions. With the help of real-time technology, it’s like having your own experts on hand. Upcoming topics include:

• Open Access and Libraries (Nov 6, 2 p.m. EST)

Find out more on American Libraries Live, including how to catch upcoming episodes and access the archive.

Free Booklist webinars

 
Enjoy free Booklist webinars, most weeks, covering top-of-mind topics in collection development and readers’ advisory for all age groups. All Booklist webinars start at 1 p.m. CDT. Upcoming webinars include:

• What We’re Reading: Staff Favorites from Penguin Random House Library Marketing (Nov 6)
• Reaching Students with ProQuest's Research Companion (Nov 11)
• Expanding Your E-Book Collection with Nonfiction from Britannica (Nov 18)

Sign up for upcoming webinars or access archives here!

LLAMA Thought Leaders webinar series: Sari Feldman

In today’s rapidly changing library environment, innovative ideas and practices are more important than ever before. The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present the first in a series of 60-minute webinars featuring library thought leaders from a wide variety of library types and sizes. ALA President-elect Sari Feldman will kick off the series with a free webinar on Nov. 12, at 1 p.m. CST.

Run, Hide, Fight: Surviving Workplace Violence

This six-minute video was produced with a Department of Homeland Security Grant by the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security.

Link to Run, Hide, Fight on The Best of PubLib for a full discussion of the video.

 

Although there is no JPL training credit for this 6-minute video,
we urge all staff to view it.

This six-minute video was produced with a Department of Homeland Security Grant by the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security. It includes three key concepts ~

RUN – When an active shooter is in your vicinity:

• If there is an escape path, attempt to evacuate
• Leave your belongings behind.
• Help others escape if possible.
• Prevent others from entering the area.
• Call 911 when you are safe.

HIDE – When Escape is not possible:

• Lock and / or blockade the door.
• Silence your cell phone.
• Hide behind large objects.
• Remain very quiet.

FIGHT – As a last resort, and only if your life is in danger:

• Attempt to incapacitate the shooter.
• Act with physical aggression.
• Improvise weapons.
• Commit to your actions.

In addition to those key concepts of Run, Hide, and Fight – the video also discusses how to interact with law enforcement.

911 – When Law Enforcement Arrives:

• Remain calm and follow instructions.
• Keep you hands visible at all times.
• Avoid pointing or yelling.
• Know that help for the injured is on the way.

The information provided in the video has been endorsed by numerous law enforcement agencies.
Libraries are certainly not exempt from workplace violence. Many have disaster plans in place and policies and procedures that are meant to reduce the likelihood of violence.

However, they are open to the public and certainly permeable to people with ill-intent. Many are also open to an increasing population of concealed carry permit holders – including patrons and staff.

Link to Run, Hide, Fight on The Best of PubLib for a full discussion of the video.

FY13 Training Survey Results

Thanks to the 40 people who gave us their snapshot views of JPL training for last fiscal year.  We ran the survey from October 17th to 29th. 16 supervisors and 24 non-supervisors responded.

43% were satisfied or very satisfied overall with FY13 training.  31% were neutral and 25% were unsatisfied or very unsatisfied.  While only 14% of supervisors (2) expressed overall dissatisfaction, 33% (8) of non-supervisors did so.

One supervisor's comment summarized the challenges of FY13:

The re-organization created havoc with training...the shear amount of change and the number of people doing different jobs without any prior preparation, resulted in most learning on the fly.... We did things backwards initially with Tech training, setting the objectives before setting the competencies and before having the training in place.  Training Dept. did a good job of playing catch-up.

Two concerns stand out in the responses and comments:

• People need training directly relevant to the specialized needs of their work
• Time management is the number one challenge to delivery of training.

The survey highlights things we will start to work on in FY14 as part of addressing Strategic Plan Goal #3 (Engaged and Skilled Staff).

• An on-the-job learning focus to build employee confidence and competence
• Comprehensive learning needs assessment
• Individualized learning plans, created jointly by supervisors and their employees
• Training resources and delivery methods targeted to specific needs in specific work settings
• System-wide reappraisal of staff and time allocation in support of Strategy 3.2 (Strengthen staff skills and knowledge).

As we develop our plans we will keep you posted.

Thanks,
Mike Shell
JPL Training Coordinator

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See Fiscal Year 2013 Training Survey for questions and results:

• Show a graphical summary of responses
• Show all responses

See Fiscal Year 2013 Training Survey Report for analysis and recommendations.