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Personal Workflows, Tips, and Tricks to Make Our Jobs Easier
This presentation highlights practical workflows, tips, and everyday tools library staff use to work more efficiently and reduce friction in daily tasks. Presenters will share personal strategies using email features, browser tools, cataloging systems, Google Sheets, and other productivity aids that support common library workflows.
Attendees will leave with adaptable, actionable ideas they can immediately apply to streamline processes and make their workday easier.From Professional Development Alliance & Clemson University Libraries: Open Education vs Inclusive/Equitable Access: Cage Match vs Co-Existence
As higher ed administrators consider inclusive and equitable access programs proposed by bookstores and publishers, many in the OpenEd community argue they present an existential threat to the OER movement. These models claim to lower textbook costs by negotiating discounts and then charging all students for time-limited access to course materials. Questions remain about the transparency of these programs, how they affect faculty choice, how they limit access after courses conclude, and what will be their long term impact on textbook affordability and accessibility. While some worry these initiatives erode interest in open education, others argue this is an ideal moment to demonstrate compelling benefits of OER these models do not match: empowering student agency, increasing cultural relevance, ensuring lifelong access, and more. This participatory “fishbowl” session invites dialogue and recommendations on how to approach these programs with foresight, pragmatism, and creativity.
Panelists:
Brittany Dudek, Director, Library and OER Services, Colorado Community College System
Michael Mills, Vice President, Montgomery College
Kevin Corcoran, Assistant Vice Provost, University of Central Florida
Zach Claybaugh, Access & Reference Services Librarian, Dominican UniversitySmall Changes, BIG Impact: Making Library E-Resources Impossible To Miss
Is your library’s digital collection the "best-kept secret" in town? It doesn’t have to be. Join us for a practical, high-energy webinar focused on turning your e-resources from hidden gems into household names.
In this session, we’ll cover ways to adjust your website’s real estate for more discoverability, email and social media strategies that stop the scroll, and how to turn your programs and events into marketing secret weapons that make e-resources a natural part of every patron’s visit. By the end of the hour, you’ll have a toolkit of low-effort, high-impact tactics to make your digital library visible, accessible, and - most importantly - impossible to ignore.Presenter: Michelle Newcomb is the Communications & Development Coordinator at the Manhattan‑Elwood Public Library District and a 2025 LMCC Best of Marketing Public Library Honoree. An accidental marketer who loves creative problem‑solving, she’s dedicated to helping others feel confident and capable as they navigate library marketing.
Learning Objectives:Identify barriers to eResource usage in their library and understand why patrons might not discover them.
Apply practical, low-effort strategies to improve eResource visibility on websites, in emails, and through social media.
Plan intentional outreach that balances effort with impact, using shared materials and repeatable approaches.
Leverage programs and events as natural opportunities to introduce eResources to engaged audiences.
Foster sustainable collaboration across library staff and community partners to maximize the reach of eResources.