All Courses Available Live and On-Demand! | Whether you’re looking to build your customer service skills, de-escalation best practices, conflict management techniques, or just the fundamentals of librarianship, we have courses designed for you! | Customer Service Training for Frontline Staff Why take this course: Learn effective communication techniques to engage with patrons courteously and empathetically, fostering positive interactions and building lasting relationships. Discover best practices for handling inquiries, resolving complaints, and addressing challenging situations with confidence, compassion, and professionalism. | Fundamentals of Librarianship for Frontline Staff Why take this course: This new, online course is designed to equip library staff who don’t have an MLS degree with the essential knowledge and skills needed to work in a library. We will cover foundational topics such as intellectual freedom, information literacy, and the basics of collection development, weeding, and cataloging. | Safety and De-Escalation Foundations for Frontline Staff Why take this course: This course, intended for public-facing librarians and frontline staff, will teach you how to manage conflict and safety concerns proactively by learning strategies and tactics for conflict resolution, de-escalation, and long-term safety in your library. | Managing Conflict with Colleagues and Patrons Why take this course: This course will teach you foundational strategies for engaging with conflict at work, both internally with colleagues and externally with patrons. You will learn tenets of cultural humility regarding language, as well as de-escalation techniques and how to assess your own communication and conflict styles in order to bring self-awareness into all situations. | Request a discount for groups of 3 or more and work with your colleagues on a project for your library. | Purchase packages of course tickets that you can allocate to your staff as needed and apply to our full roster of courses. Purchase 15 or more registrations and apply them across multiple courses. | Heading to ALA? Stop by and see us in booth #1638 to join us for one of our author signings and more! | |