Online Learning
Ryan Dowd Homeless Library Trainings
Online de-escalation training for library staff who interact with individuals experiencing homelessness. The Oklahoma Department of Libraries provides a statewide subscription to these trainings. Access must be requested for the on demand trainings on Niche Academy. Click here to request links to register for the live webinars.
WebJunction
Join us for free webinars that allow you to meet and learn from library leaders and practitioners. WebJunction’s catalog of courses and webinar recordings on library topics is now open to all library staff and volunteers. Go to the WebJunction Course Catalog
Free Training Events
The Maine State Library curates a calendar of free training opportunities for libraries. The calendar contains 60-90 free library related education events each month. Events cover all aspects of librarianship for all types of libraries.
Public Library Association
PLA webinars available 24/7 for viewing at your convenience and self-directed online workbooks with tools to assess your current services in a specific area or topic and to identify what would be required to expand those services.
Alternative Basic Library Education (ABLE) Program
Created by the Idaho Commission for Libraries and available through WebJunction, the collection of 12 online, self-paced courses, offers a wide-range of introductory courses for individuals new to the library field. The ABLE courses are organized around three key topical areas: Collection Development, Technical Services, and Public Services.
EdWeb
The FREE edWeb community includes teachers, librarians, and administrators who are passionate and generous in sharing the most innovative and effective ideas that can improve their own practice, but more importantly, student learning and preparation for college, career and life.
Demco
Get practical advice from experts on the top-of-mind issues facing today's libraries.
Learn With NoveList
NoveList is a division of EBSCO. The NoveList team develops solutions for readers' advisory, catalog enrichment, email newsletters, library marketing, and more. But, throughout it all, the core mission continues to be helping libraries help readers. There are both free and paid trainings available in their course catalog.
InfoPeople
Use the sidebar on the left to navigate through a myriad of available training webinars. You will have to sign in but all of them are free.
Booklist
Booklist webinars are free, one-hour sessions geared towards exploring forthcoming titles from the publishing industry and trends in librarianship.
American Libraries Live
American Libraries Live webcasts cover the full spectrum of library topics and give the ALA community a chance to learn about and discuss issues it deals with daily. Each program lasts 60 minutes.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can use the online Request or Submit Contact Hours form to track your contact hours on the Library Certification Dashboard. If your training provided a certificate with contact hours or CEUs listed, you'll just submit the certificate. If you did not receive a certificate, you'll choose the Request option and upload your proof of attendance. If you have any questions, please email ODL.education@libraries.ok.gov.
You will need 36 contact hours to renew your certification. You may attend conferences, workshops, city training, webinars, staff training, or other appropriate training that applies to your job at the library.
One contact hour = .12 CEUs. So, you can divide your total CEUs by .12 to convert them into credit hours to calculate your number of contact hours. You do not need to request special certificates with contact hours since the training already issued CEUs.
The Public Library Academy Dashboard is used for tracking progress through the initial certification classes. You can use it to upload the certificates as you progress through the classes to easily see how many you have left. Any certificates uploaded to the dashboard do not need to be resubmitted when you're ready to apply for your initial certification.
The Library Certification Dashboard is for currently certified library staff. It allows you to see your certification status and track your contact hours towards renewal. The right side of the dashboard will show your current certification level and the date of your last renewal. The left side of the dashboard allows you to track your contact hours as you go towards your next renewal. Any hours submitted to the dashboard do not need to be re-uploaded when you're ready to apply for renewal.