Training

Events

  • Lead & Learn: An NC LIVE Workshop For Strong Teams and Smart Service

    Date: Friday, September 19, 2025
    Time: 10:00am - 3:40pm
    Location: Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill Public Library

    Details

    Date: Friday, September 19th from 10am - 3:40pm

    Location: Chapel Hill Public Library

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    Join us at Chapel Hill Public Library on Friday, September 19th for a dynamic, hands-on workshop designed to support both leadership development and resource expertise in libraries. Registrants will choose one track when completing the registration form. As always, registration is free and includes breakfast and lunch.

    Throughout the workshop, you’ll explore practical strategies to lead with confidence, navigate change, and strengthen your library’s impact. Whether you're guiding a team, supporting community learning, or building resource expertise, this is your chance to collaborate with peers across member libraries, exchange ideas, and return to your library energized and empowered to lead.

    Choose Your Workshop Track

    This workshop features two distinct tracks running simultaneously throughout the day. To ensure a focused and hands-on experience, participants will choose one track to attend when completing the registration form. Please note that you can only attend one track, so take a moment to consider which focus best aligns with your role, interests, and library goals.

    • Leading Through Change:
      Focused on conflict resolution, coaching through uncertainty, and engaging staff during transitions. Designed for supervisors, team leads, and aspiring leaders.
    • NC LIVE Resources in Focus:
      Focused on new tools, updated interfaces, and practical ways to use NC LIVE in community programming. Led by NC LIVE staff and vendors.

    Schedule

    Visit our in-person workshops page for the full schedule, including descriptions of individual workshop sessions: https://www.nclive.org/for-librarians/training/inperson-workshops

    Below is an abbreviated schedule. 

    TIME

    SESSION

    9:15 - 10am

    Check-In

    Participants arrive, check-in, and enjoy coffee while networking with fellow attendees.

    10 - 10:45am

    Introduction to NC LIVE

    Overview of NC LIVE's goals and mission, governance and structure, services, and impact. 

    10:50am - 12:10pm

    Workshop Sessions

    12:10 - 1:00pm

    Lunch

    Participants enjoy a catered lunch and continue networking with peers.

    1:00 - 2:10pm

    Workshop Sessions

     

    2:10 - 2:20pm

    Break

    Short break for participants to grab refreshments and recharge.

    2:20 - 3:30pm

    Workshop Sessions

    3:30 - 3:40pm

    Wrap Up & Raffle

     

  • Your Library’s Greatest Hits: Turning Data into a Value Story

    Date: Monday, September 22, 2025
    Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
    Location: Online - At Your Computer

    Communicating your library’s value is more important than ever but where do you start? 

    In this presentation, Sophie Hollis, Community Engagement Librarian at NC LIVE, will outline the processes that NC LIVE uses to create our end-of-year reports and how they can be adapted for individual libraries. 

    The first part of the webinar will cover the kinds of data that libraries can use to communicate their value to stakeholders. These will include real examples from NC LIVE and our strategies for gathering the data we need. The second part will be focused on designing a one-page document that clearly communicates these data and why they are important. Participants will gain ideas for how to best arrange and highlight this critical information concisely and attractively.

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    This webinar is part of NC LIVE's Demonstrating Your Library's Value Learning Series happening throughout the month of September. The full schedule of webinars is available on our website: https://www.nclive.org/demonstrating-your-librarys-value-series

     

  • ADA Title II Toolkit for Libraries Series: Accessible Presentation Slides

    Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
    Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
    Location: Online - At Your Computer

    Join Mark McCarthy in this second webinar of our ADA Title II Toolkit for Libraries series and learn how to confidently create and remediate your PowerPoint slides [or other formats] to meet the latest accessibility standards.

    In this session, learn:

    • accessibility barriers in common presentation formats
    • tips to build accessible presentation slides from the start
    • techniques for remediating PowerPoints [or other slide formats]
    • tools and resources available to streamline your work

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    Presenter: Mark McCarthy is the Lead Accessibility Engineer at the University of Illinois System Office’s Administrative Information Technology Services. He is primarily responsible for ensuring the accessibility of university applications and services, providing assistance and guidance where necessary. In addition, he also works directly with several campus units to assist in accessibility testing and remediation work, provides training to other departments and units, serves on the advisory committee for the IT Accessibility Liaison program, and is an instructor for UIUC’s Information Accessibility Design and Policy certification program.

    This webinar series is hosted by CARLI and is brought to you by the Professional Development Alliance (PDA) - a group of library consortia committed to sharing learning opportunities across member libraries.

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