Free Library Journal Online Courses for RI Library Staff, Applications Open

Library staff are invited to apply to attend courses this fall, sponsored in full by the Office of Library and Information Services. Courses may be live or self-paced. A selection of multi-course series are also available. Course titles are provided below and linked to full program descriptions on the Library Journal course website. Questions can be directed to Emily at Emily.goodman@olis.ri.gov. 

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Apply online today. 

Available Course Offerings

Live

• Everyone Deserves a Library: Serving Homeless (August)
• Safe by Design: A Library Leader’s Guide to Safety and Security (August)
• Make Your Data Talk (September)
• Managing Different Brains: A Neurodiversity Guide for Library Leaders (September)
• Library Management Training (October)
• The AI Reckoning: Policy, Ethics, and Civic Issues for Academic Libraries (October)
• AI and Academic Libraries: An Online Conference (November; 2-day conference)
• You Can't Do It All (and That's Okay!): Time Management and Balance for Burned-Out Librarians (December)

Self-Paced

• Advocating for the Freedom to Read (Available now)
• Dealing with Front Desk Realities (September)
• Accessibility Without Overwhelm: Library Programs That Actually Work for Disabled Patrons (September)
• Building Readers Who Want to Read: Science of Reading for Elementary Libraries (September)
• Get Funded: Creative Strategies for Public Libraries (October)
• Serving Disabled Patrons (October)
• Prepared to Respond: A Librarian's Guide to Book Challenges and Censorship (November)

Series

• Leadership Safety Series (2 live courses, August)
  
  • Everyone Deserves a Library: Serving Homeless
  • Safe by Design: A Library Leader’s Guide to Safety and Security
• The AI Ready School (3 self-paced courses, September)
  
  • AI Tools for the Overworked School Librarian
  • Search with Sense: Teaching Ethical AI Research Skills
  • Teaching AI Literacy in Schools
• Project Management Certification (4 self-paced courses; September)*
  
  • Project Management Part 1: Plans That Actually Get Used (4 modules)
  • Project Management Part 2: Getting Projects Over the Finish Line (4 modules)
  • Project Management Part 3: Teamwork That Won't Make You Pull Your Hair Out (2 modules)
  • Project Management Part 4: Maximizing (and then demonstrating!) Your Success (2 modules)
• Finding Money for Your School Library When There Isn’t Any (2 self-paced courses, October/November)
  
  • Creative Funding for Your School Library
  • How to Secure Grants for Your School Library