Librarians encounter parliamentary procedures in a variety of places such as board meetings, the Faculty Senate, and association councils. This workshop provides a general overview of parliamentary procedure, introducing the concepts explained in Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (In Brief), and a path to fully participate in meetings, identify effective functions, and formulate motions. Whether new to parliamentary procedures or needing a refresher, master the skills and confidence to navigate meetings effectively and contribute to impactful decision-making processes.

Partnerships can be the lifeblood of successful and sustainable programs and services. Engaged community partners help expand services and reach new audiences. Learn to to identify what partners bring to the table and cultivate and activate new and existing partnerships that deliver for everyone invested.

Health literacy is obtaining, processing, and understanding basic health information and services. The National Assessment of Adult Literacy indicates that only 12% of Americans have the necessary health literacy skills to meet their needs, including locating health services, understanding drug labels, and following treatment instructions. Libraries are a natural conduit for working to improve the health literacy of their communities. This session provides examples of ways in which libraries can incorporate health literacy into programs and services.

Transparency in communication is critical at all levels. It is necessary for an equitable and inclusive workplace as well as for library stakeholders to understand changes as they occur. Without it, leaders lack the context needed to understand the decisions they must make, and workers have difficulty with trust and buy-in.

Have you recently been tasked with providing research data management services to your faculty and students but do not know where to start? Many grant funders and publishers are requiring authors and researchers to document how they will organize, share, and archive the data produced in their research, developing a research data management plan is quickly becoming an important part of the publishing process.

Libraries often must justify collection decisions and find creative ways to remove barriers to access. Attaining a broad understanding of intellectual freedom as a professional value will strengthen librarian’s ability to navigate challenges and implement effective policies.

Blogs and newsletters are still a great way to reach various library user audiences. In this session we will break down the components and best practices of effective library blogs and newsletters. Whether you are looking to refresh or launch a library blog or newsletter, this session will give you the tools. We will look a example library blogs and newsletters as well as free and low cost applications to support these library communication channels.

A well-run library depends on established processes and workflows to get work done. But this can also raise the risk of doing things "because that's how it's always been done." Identify and eliminate redundant and time-consuming tasks, automate repetitive processes, and prioritize essential activities using workflow analyses, process mapping, task prioritization, and automation tools. Form a plan for the continuous evaluation of processes and workflows resulting in improved service quality and enhanced user satisfaction.

Is your library's content timely, accurate, relevant, and consistent? Having a coherent content strategy can help you plan, create, publish, and manage content in an effective manner. This course will help you understand what a content strategy is and how to implement and maintain a strategy that suits your organization.