UALC 2020-21 Virtual Event Series

The Utah Academic Library Consortium invites you to participate in our upcoming year-long professional development series of virtual presentations and conversations.

Find details and links to events below.

Past Events

Friday

September 25, 2020

All Day

ULA Fall Workshop

The ULA Fall Workshop is online this year. It's free and bigger than ever. Join others from throughout the state discussing relevant topics in libraries around Utah.

Friday

October 30, 2020

1 PM - 2:30 PM

De-Escalation Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Tips and Strategies to minimize conflict

De-escalation is the skill of reducing the intensity of a conflict or a potentially violent interaction. These types of situations, that can quickly escalate, are becoming more frequent and more common in libraries due to the pandemic. Patrons who are experiencing loss of varying degrees and dealing with ambiguity, stress, fear and anger are likely to express these frustrations with library staff. In this training library staff can learn how to respond to patron behavior in ways that will help keep everyone safe.

This training will be recorded and linked on this website.

Presented by Raisa Alvarado, Assistant Professor, Dixie State University

Friday

November 20, 2020

1 PM - 2 PM

"generous accountability" Watch & Discuss

Earlier this year, educator and activist McKensie Mack presented “Shifting the Center: Transforming Academic Libraries through Generous Accountability,” the 2020 ACRL President's Program. In our “Watch & Discuss” event, we will explore themes from Mack’s talk and reflect on how we can apply them in our work.

Participants will watch the 90-minute talk before our event on November 20^th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2pnoUcF_o4

The event will be moderated by Wendy Holliday (Weber State University) and will use the following format:

Welcome
Opening remarks (Wendy Holliday)
Small group discussions in Zoom breakout rooms (25-30 minutes)
Large group facilitated discussion (10-15 minutes)

As it is primarily a space for discussion and reflection, this event will not be recorded. Community Agreements and Discussion Questions are provided in advance via the link below.

Community Agreements and Discussion Questions

Thursday

January 14, 2021

4 - 4:30 PM

New Year SOcial and Game

Enter the New Year with a game that will provide a much needed energy boost. We'll be playing a 'get-to-know-you' game with library colleagues from throughout the state.

Friday

January 22, 2021

1 - 2 PM

Library Conversations

As we begin a new year with old and new challenges facing our libraries, we invite you to join a statewide conversation around topics relevant to our communities. Participants of this event will choose to join a breakout room based on a topic relevant to them, which will be moderated by a library employee doing work in that area. Topics of the breakout rooms include:

Staffing/hiring/supervising during Covid-19
Material requests and approaches to copyright exemptions
Health Sciences Librarian Work
Library instruction and faculty outreach
Technology resources for online learning
Streaming media

Friday

February 26, 2021

1 PM

Reaching Out While Staying IN: A Library Panel on Community OUtreach

As much of our world shut down in 2020, library faculty and staff adapted to keep outreach efforts going. Join the UALC Professional Development Committee for a panel discussion with library outreach faculty and staff from institutions big and small, urban and rural, from around Utah. Panelists will share stories and strategies of how they adapted their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A. Discussion topics will include:

Community outreach
Engaging digital outreach events
Connecting to students and faculty on campus and remotely
How to measure outreach impact
Leveraging new technologies adopted during the pandemic to improve outreach efforts in the future.

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