Continuing Education

Find upcoming training opportunities from LM for Michigan library staff and trustees, including live PCI Webinar content, viewable by date or month with links to registration.

United for Libraries is the American Library Association (ALA) division supporting library trustees, friends, foundations, and advocates. Members of the Michigan library community are provided with membership courtesy of the Library of Michigan. To create your own account, visit the site and follow the path for "Statewide Access-Find Your State" to use the member resources. This project is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

WebJunction provides online training on a variety of library-related topics. Certificates of completion of provided with self-paced courses and webinar archives are available.  This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

A monthly listing of dozens of free, online sessions on a variety of libray-related topics that can support the increase of your knowledge, skills and abilities to help move your library forward and connect with your community.

We've archived webinars provided by Library of Michigan staff on a variety of topics. These are available to you 24/7 for your convenience. Check back often for updates.

A biennial 3-day conference aimed toward Michigan small and rural library staff. SRLC offers small and rural library staff with the opportunity to experience top notch keynote presenters and authors in addition to ten tracks of attendee-driven sessions.  The Library of Michigan Foundation generously supports the conference through administration of Loleta Fyan funds and is made possible in part by funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

This event is being transformed into an online, self-paced course for library staff without a Master's degree in Library Science. Beginning Workshop is a requirement to obtain Level 3 or Level 4 Library of Michigan library staff certification.  If completion of this even by staff is necessary for a library to receive State Aid for FY21 the library will be provided with a waiver. The course is supported with funds from the Library of Michigan Foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Completion of the self-paced, online course is necessary for director certification as part of the qualification criteria for State Aid to Public Libraries.  The New Director Workshop is made possible in part with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Completion of the self-paced, online course is open to all library directors but is necessary for director certification for those administering Class 4, 5 and 6 libraries as part of the qualification criteria for State Aid to Public Libraries.  The Advanced Director Workshop is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The Library of Michigan strives to support libraries’ efforts to provide quality services and programming to their communities. A major element of excellent service is empowering library staff to learn and implement new skills and best practices. The Library Continuing Education Stipend program helps by providing financial support for library staff continuing education.

Tech Training materials for library staff and patrons.

14 eLearning modules on lifelong soft skills providing basic and foundational skills for the workplace to help workers succeed in the 21st century

The Alternative Basic Library Education (ABLE) Program is designed to help library staff members who have no formal education in library science to acquire the basic knowledge and skills needed to operate or work in a library through general classes.

The Supplemental Alternative Basic Library Education (SABLE) Program is designed to help library staff members who have no formal education in library science to acquire the basic knowledge and skills needed to operate or work in a library through more specific classes.

Infopeople is part of the Califa Group, a nonprofit consortium of more than 230 libraries committed to unleashing the impact of libraries. Infopeople provides library staff quality continuing education opportunities that are tailored to library needs and developed by experienced library professionals. Training formats include 2-6 week asynchronous online courses, as well as free one-hour webinars. InfoPeople offers a limited number of scholoarships for their online courses to ARSL members. 

Provides an introduction to the many and unique facets of public library directorship.  This series of four on-demand recordings provides a broad overview that both informs and inspires.

Each academic term, the UW-Madison SLIS is offering a selection of moderated online courses for a fee on library continuing education topics.