ACRL Open Learning for Uncertain Times

ACRL has a variety of easily accessible options for free online professional development to help you build your skills during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beginner System Administrator Training and Certification

New system administrators or library personnel interested in professional development opportunities now have access to the self-paced beginner system administrator training program.  The training is organized in Moodle and relies on SirsiDynix Mentor training guides and training courses. 

Collection of Archived Webinars

• https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/al-live/
•  http://webjunction.org/events/archives.html?_ga=2.231961823.1737236349.1584544913-992899062.1584544913 (creation of free account required)
•  http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/past/webinar
•  https://events.educause.edu/event-finder#?page=1&dateFilterLabel=past&eventenddate=01%2F01%2F0001%7C06%2F26%2F2019&eventOrSession_field=Event&howyouattend_search=Online&sortBy=eventstartdate_field&sortOrder=asc
•  http://www.ala.org/acrl/acrl-presents-archive
•  https://ebscotraining.webex.com/mw3300/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=ebscotraining (link in upper right corner to view session recordings)
•  https://www.libraryjournal.com/?subpage=Events&eventtype=webcasts&status=past
• http://www.aserl.org/archive/
• http://bit.ly/FreeLibraryWebinars
• https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-erl-conference-videos-tickets-99997507236?aff=odeimcmailchimp&mc_cid=be7bf2fa60&mc_eid=bb13c2020c

Crowdsourced list of free webinars and training for academic library workers

http://bit.ly/FreeLibraryWebinars

Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L)

ER&L is enabling free access to the online conference videos from ER&L 2020 to be available to the library community

MARC Edit Webinars by Terry Reese

Terry Reese, the creator of MarcEdit, will be doing a Zoom webinar each week while we all practice social distancing.

LYRASIS

Resources on Copyright & Emergency Remote Teaching & Research

Statement on Fair Use & Emergency Remote Teaching & Research

Asynchronous Library Instruction

Objectives are

1. Developing a concept map to identify search terms and create search strategies.
2. Evaluating information using infographics.
3. Using the Library Search/BOSS to locate sources for your assignment.