| Increase your impact and sign up for our online Public Programming in the Pandemic course with your team. Library Journal and School Library Journal offer group discounts so that your team can learn together and launch a plan to implement meaningful new programs. When you sign up as a group, your team will be placed in the same small workshop group, where discussions and project-based assignments receive feedback from an experienced librarian. Teams can work together to come up with their program ideas on how to implement them immediately into their libraries. The speaker program runs on March 23, March 30, and April 6, 2-4pm ET (recordings available) with an ongoing workshop over three weeks. Contact libraryjournal@edmaker.co for group discounts. In this course you’ll learn: How leading libraries have pivoted to meet their communities’ changing needs Best practices for running a digital event, tackling essential services like workforce training and student support, and offering asynchronous programs like storywalks and scavenger hunts How to engage users without access to devices, an Internet connection, or comfort with technology—or who are simply all Zoomed out About clever program ideas that peer librarians have already translated to the digital or socially distant environment, such as a parking lot gaming tournament or a musical alternative to a book club, and generate ideas of your own How to document your impact to show funders and voters how effective library service is regardless of whether the building is open Walk away with: Three replicable program ideas for your library and a plan to implement them A digital learning toolkit to use for years to come, whether you’re working with patrons in-person or remotely—or even both at once The ability to assess the success of your programs so that you can demonstrate your impact and refine future offerings. | 