Title and link: Missing Voices: The Importance of Publishing From The Community College Library Viewpoint
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Spencer Brayton, Amy Glass, Terra Jacobson
Presenting Institution: Waubonsee Community College, Illinois Central College, Moraine Valley Community College
Date Presented: 2022-10-18
Description: N/A
Title and link: Marketing Your Community College Library
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Libbie Hough, Guest Presenter
Presenting Institution:
Date Presented: 2022-09-01
Description: N/A
Title and link: Evaluating Information Now:New and Different Techniques and Practices in a Changing World
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Bryan Clark, Amelia Zimet
Presenting Institution: Illinois Central College, City Colleges of Chicago
Date Presented: 2022-05-10
Description: N/A
Title and link: When Life Gives You Lemons, Bake a Cake
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Thomas Mantzakides
Presenting Institution: Morton College
Date Presented: 2022-04-12
Description: Exploring the Three Tiers of a Library's Transition to a New Home
Title and link: Supporting Student Success Through Tech Lending
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Rebecca Eaton
Presenting Institution: Carl Sandburg College, Learning Innovations Conference
Date Presented: 2022-04-01
Description: N/A
Title and link: Plugging Into Canvas
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Cate Kaufman, Jessica Bastian
Presenting Institution: Illinois Central College - Learning Innovations Conference
Date Presented: 2022-04-01
Description: N/A
Title and link: Using OverDrive to Enhance Digital and Physical Displays
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Amy Pinc and Shekinah Lawrence
Presenting Institution:Triton College
Date Presented: 2022-03-01
Description: N/A
Title and link: Introduction to MarcEdit
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter:Natalie Hall
Presenting Institution: Moraine Valley Community College
Date Presented: 2021-12-07
Description: Have you heard about MarcEdit but aren’t sure how to get started? This webinar is for you! This one hour presentation will introduce the most commonly used functions and tools in MarcEdit as well as best practices for working with MARC data within MarcEdit. Intended to be a practical introduction, it will use real-world examples to demonstrate how to add and delete fields, edit subfield and field data, change indicators, build new fields, and more! It will also cover some supplemental tools to make bulk editing easier including task lists and how to use MarcEdit to find errors in your MARC records.
Title and link: Library Outreach During COVID-19
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Valerie Moore
Presenting Institution: Prairie State College
Date Presented: 2021-11-10
Description: During the 2020-2021 academic year, the Prairie State College Library was only open by appointment. While we knew that faculty, staff, and students were overextended in their personal and professional lives, we wanted to continue offering programming and communications to showcase our work. This presented a unique opportunity to experiment with fully digital programming. We did so with low expectations and had mixed results. This presentation will cover what we did, what worked, what didn't, and how we intend to continue working with our students remotely, even now that the building is open again.
Title and link: Mental Health Awareness-Get to know NAMI
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Teri Latter, State Program Director, NAMI Illinois
Presenting Institution:
Date Presented: 2021-10-21
Description: Take this opportunity to learn about NAMI-National Alliance on Mental Illness, what they do, and the resources they offer.
Title and link: Data Forecasting – An Introduction
Video Host: N/A
Presenter: Sam Suber
Presenting Institution: MVCC
Date Presented: 2021-05-11
Description: Data forecasting is the process of making predictions based on past and present data. It is also the basis of all strategic decisions. For example, one could use forecasting for scheduling, inventory, budgetary, and circulation planning. This webinar will serve as an introduction to forecasting methods and ways to gauge whether a forecast is accurate and/or reliable.
Title and link: Empowering Students Against Disinformation
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Megan Ballengee, Laura Watson
Presenting Institution: Heartland Community College, Highland Community College
Date Presented: 2021-04-08
Description: Help your students understand the difference between misinformation, disinformation, and mal-information. Help them learn to recognize problematic sources, check accuracy, and diversify their news feeds.
Title and link: Data Storytelling Concepts and Strategies
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Kate McDowell
Presenting Institution:
Date Presented: 2021-03-23
Description: Storytelling has been happening for over a century in libraries, but its applications are too often presumed to be narrowly focused on serving children. The skills involved in navigating a dynamic exchange between teller, audience, and story are applicable to the most pressing problems facing libraries and librarians in the 21st century, those of communicating our knowledge and value. This talk will feature storytelling insights based on over 40 interviews from the Storytelling @ Work project, combining insights from librarians with those from storytelling applications in advancement and fundraising. Participants will leave with narrative structures for building informative and emotionally compelling stories from their own knowledge and experience to communicate their value.
Title and link: Pivot Tables: Establishing Relationships – Part Three
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Sam Suber
Presenting Institution: MVCC
Date Presented: 2020-11-20
Description: Pivot tables are a way to view and manipulate your data. Queries are ways to import data. Power Pivot is way to create a shared pivot table through multiple data sets. Measures are ways to create formulas based off a shared pivot table. The next step (next webinar) will highlight the limitations of a shared pivot table and solutions to fix this. Database relationship theory will be discussed and practiced through sample scenarios. No prior experience with database design is necessary.
Title and link: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Video Host: N/A
Presenter: Dr. J.Q. Adams
Presenting Institution: Western Illinois University
Date Presented: 2020-10-28
Description: NILRC’s Professional Development Committee is hosting the free Zoom presentation “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion” with Dr. J.Q. Adams on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dr. Adams, professor emeritus, educational and interdisciplinary studies, Western Illinois University, will explore questions about equity, diversity and inclusion means to individuals, libraries and institutions. Opening remarks begin at 9:45 a.m., Dr. Adams will present from 10 a.m. to noon and there will be some time afterward to continue the discussion with colleagues.
Title and link: Source Evaluation in an Online Environment: The Pandemic and Election Edition
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Bryan Clark
Presenting Institution: Illinois Central College
Date Presented: 2020-10-01
Description: N/A
Title and link: Archive Management
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Katie Cheever
Presenting Institution: Triton
Date Presented: 2020-03-03
Description: N/A
Title and link: Pivot Tables: Making Connections
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Sam Suber
Presenting Institution: Moraine Valley Community College
Date Presented: 2020-02-28
Description: This webinar will dive deeper into Pivot Table practice by exploring how to connect multiple data sets by the use of queries, measures, and through the introduction of the Microsoft Excel Add-On, “Power Pivot”. Sample scenarios will also be provided to reinforce concepts. Database relationship theory will also be discussed if time allows.
Title and link: Instructing Outliers: Teaching Information Literacy in STEM and Health Fields
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Bryan Clark and Sarah Hill
Presenting Institution: Illinois Central College, Lake Land College
Date Presented: 2020-02-18
Description: Do you run library instruction for courses in the sciences, health, or engineering fields? Need some ideas to engage faculty and students? Join Bryan Clark and Sarah Hill Feb. 18th at 2pm as they discuss the various ways to teach information literacy to students in these programs.
Title and link: Pivot Tables: An Introduction
Video Host: YouTube
Presenter: Sam Suber
Presenting Institution: Moraine Valley Community College
Date Presented: 2020-01-31
Description: Pivot tables are a way to manipulate and present data in Microsoft Excel. This webinar will serve as an introduction, introducing concepts of creation, manipulation and presentation of tables, pivot tables and sample scenarios that would be helpful for library operations.