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Professional Development Day

Library Professional Development Day is an annual event. This meeting is an opportunity for BCLA library employees to learn from one another through presentations, interactive sessions, and discussion.

PD Day 2024 will be held at King University on May 23-24, 2024. 

Below is a preliminary list of program titles:

  • Book-a-Librarian: Implementing a virtual meeting option to support online graduate students
  • The Battle for the Oval Kingdom: A Board Game for First Year Students
  • Weeding: What to do with all those books and the space they create
  • Animated Tutorials - A great way to "toon" up your videos
  • Librarians as AI Leaders
  • Zero to Hero: Rebranding a Library's Social Media
  • Cross-Campus Collaboration: An Example of How Libraries Can Help Support DEI Initiatives
  • WorldShare Record Manager: Cataloging with WMS
  • Integrating NACE Competencies for Student Worker Evaluations
  • Building Inclusive Communities: The Library of Things at Hutchins Library
  • Making Off-Campus Students Feel Welcome
  • Unbound Folios - Problems and Possibilities
  • Move Over Max Headroom: An Exploration of How to Utilize Chat GPT to Enhance Library Social Media
  • Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain: Implementing Systems and Tech Services Issues into LibAnswers
  • Analog to Digital: Milligan University's Digital Repository and Archives
  • #LibrariansintheWild: Using Hashtags to Demonstrate Librarian Engagement & Solicit Collaboration
  • The Great Cookie Debate: Making Research Fun (and Tasty)
  • I Wanna be Where the Activities Are - Engagement and Activities for Information Literacy Sessions
  • Weeding Mindset and Methods

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