{"id":14085,"date":"2013-03-19T18:30:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T22:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=14085"},"modified":"2013-06-05T13:19:02","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T17:19:02","slug":"keeping-current-low-cost-professional-development-marchapril-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=14085","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Current: Low-Cost Professional Development, March\/April Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Adrith Bedore Bicchieri, Head Editor,<a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?page_id=5710\" target=\"_blank\"> INALJ Nevada<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Keeping Current: Low-Cost Professional Development, March\/April Edition<\/span><\/h3>\n<div>Professional development opportunities can be difficult to take advantage of if you&#8217;re unemployed or underemployed. Here are some avenues for gaining new ideas, skills, or perspectives without breaking the bank.<\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Free online webinars, on a variety of topics:<\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Student Advisors, Library Advocates: Getting Students Involved at Your Library<\/strong>, hosted by the Georgia Library Association, Wednesday, March 20, 2pm Eastern <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1peRYH8R6L6djLYqUuFYGoXAfa_GzMDOUYgke6SD-P9Y\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/<wbr \/>d\/1peRYH8R6L6djLYqUuFYGoXAfa_<wbr \/>GzMDOUYgke6SD-P9Y\/viewform<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Accessibility Testing in Enterprises Big and Small, hosted by the Accessible Technology Coalition<\/strong> (presented by ADA Online Learning and the ADA National Network), Thursday, March 21, 2pm Eastern\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/atcoalition.org\/training\/accessibility-testing-enterprises-big-and-small\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/atcoalition.org\/<wbr \/>training\/accessibility-<wbr \/>testing-enterprises-big-and-<wbr \/>small<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tech on the Spec(trum): Making Libraries More Accessible for Children with Special Needs<\/strong>, hosted by TechSoup, Tuesday, March 26, 2pm Eastern <a href=\"https:\/\/cc.readytalk.com\/cc\/s\/registrations\/new?cid=d15wpkf6nc4m\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/cc.readytalk.com\/cc\/s\/<wbr \/>registrations\/new?cid=<wbr \/>d15wpkf6nc4m<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>So Many Devices, So Little Time<\/strong>, hosted by OCLC WebJunction, Wednesday, April 3, 1pm Eastern\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webjunction.org\/events\/webjunction\/So_Many_Devices_So_Little_Time.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.webjunction.org\/<wbr \/>events\/webjunction\/So_Many_<wbr \/>Devices_So_Little_Time.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>What&#8217;s New in Youth Nonfiction<\/strong>, hosted by Booklist, Thursday, April 4, 2pm Eastern <a href=\"https:\/\/alapublishing.webex.com\/mw0307l\/mywebex\/default.do?nomenu=true&amp;siteurl=alapublishing&amp;service=6&amp;rnd=0.13482398096055837&amp;main_url=https%3A%2F%2Falapublishing.webex.com%2Fec0606l%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D1003629408%26%26%26%26siteurl%3Dalapublishing\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/alapublishing.webex.<wbr \/>com\/mw0307l\/mywebex\/default.<wbr \/>do?nomenu=true&amp;siteurl=<wbr \/>alapublishing&amp;service=6&amp;rnd=0.<wbr \/>13482398096055837&amp;main_url=<wbr \/>https%3A%2F%2Falapublishing.<wbr \/>webex.com%2Fec0606l%<wbr \/>2Feventcenter%2Fevent%<wbr \/>2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%<wbr \/>3Ddetail%26confViewID%<wbr \/>3D1003629408%26%26%26%<wbr \/>26siteurl%3Dalapublishing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Technical Services Librarians Matter at Your Library: Finding a Career in Technical Services,<\/strong> hosted by ALCTS, Wednesday, April 17, 2pm Eastern <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alcts\/confevents\/upcoming\/webinar\/pres\/041713\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alcts\/<wbr \/>confevents\/upcoming\/webinar\/<wbr \/>pres\/041713<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Grants for attending ALA Annual:<\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>The<strong> ALA New Members Round Table<\/strong> offers a number of awards to help defray the cost of attending and participating in events at Annual Conference. If you&#8217;re planning to be in Chicago, you may wish to consider applying.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>NMRT Professional Development Grant<\/strong> awards $1000 to help finance attendance at Annual Conference (airfare, lodging, and registration) &#8211; applications due March 31, 5pm Pacific: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/nmrt\/initiatives\/applyforfunds\/3mawardinformation\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ala.org\/nmrt\/<wbr \/>initiatives\/applyforfunds\/<wbr \/>3mawardinformation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The<strong> NMRT Annual Conference Professional Development Attendance Award<\/strong> provides the winner a ticket to one of the ticketed special events of his or her choice &#8211; applications due April 16: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/?p=220\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/<wbr \/>?p=220<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also see Sarah Deringer&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/sarahderinger.wordpress.com\/calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\">monthly calendar of Free Webinars<\/a>!!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Adrith Bedore Bicchieri, Head Editor, INALJ Nevada Keeping Current: Low-Cost Professional Development, March\/April Edition Professional development opportunities can be difficult to take advantage of if you&#8217;re unemployed or underemployed. Here are some avenues for gaining new ideas, skills, or perspectives without breaking the bank. Free online webinars, on a variety of topics: Student Advisors,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=14085\">Read more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[3895,69,3592,3898,3610,3896,3897],"class_list":["post-14085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-adrith-bedore-bicchieri","tag-article","tag-blog","tag-grants","tag-inalj-nevada","tag-professional-development","tag-webinars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1WoMK-3Fb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}