MLA|SLA '23 Continuing Education Courses

Conducting Difficult Conversations: Improving Workplace Effectiveness, Relationships, and Satisfaction (CE400)

Your ability to engage in difficult conversations can improve your effectiveness and sense of well-being as an employee, team member, and supervisor. Learn the steps to holding productive conversations and establishing an internal quiet confidence no matter the situation.

Developing a Collection for All Your Patrons: A Workshop on Writing a Collection Development Policy (CE200)

Does your library have a collection development policy? Can it guide your budgeting and enable you to serve all your patrons? Bring your policy or use a template and leave the class with guidance, resources, and skills on how to create a contemporary collection development policy for any library.

Effectiveness and Efficiency in Exhaustive Searches (CE100)

Learn a new, efficient, and effective method for conducting exhaustive searches. You’ll leave the course able to create complex searches checked for completeness and translated between databases and interfaces much faster than with traditional methods.

Research for the Non-Researcher (CE500)

Do you want to do research but don’t know where to begin? This course is the place for you! You’ll gain a solid understanding of how to complete a research project and develop skills that will help you contribute to your profession and further your career.