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  • 1.  Webinar topics

    Posted Sep 08, 2023 02:52 PM
    Hi everyone,

    I'm sending this out to the group today for Dale who attended our meeting to discuss webinar opportunities. If you're interested in providing a webinar, please email him directly at dale.poulter@vanderbilt.edu with the topic or topics you're interested in.

    Here is the current list of vetted topics from Dale.

     

    Topic

    Description

    Marketing

    focus on data to run a targeted marketing campaign focused exclusively on re-engaging those lapsed users with the library to grow their numbers.

    Decision making

    Using data when making decisions and executing different data-backed tactics.

    DEI

    Showcase the new Enoch Pratt Free Library & Maryland State Library Resource Center's Advancing Equity Dashboard. The vendor, OrangeBoy, believed it might be the FIRST public-facing dashboard in the library industry to track diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts both presently and in the future.

    Project Management in Libraries

    AI

    Intellectual Freedom – Crafting policies for challenges– partner with ALA Office

    Defending library content

    Training traditional staff to utilize current technologies