Continuing Education
Training Documents | Training Videos | Helpful Links | Professional Development
Whether you’re seasoned library professional or just beginning your career, it’s always a good time to update your skills and knowledge! FLLS offers many workshops, training sessions, and professional development opportunities throughout the year. Further, many of the events we sponsor can help you earn the continuing education credits necessary to keep NYS Public Librarian Certification current.
Workshops, webinars, training sessions, and other continuing education opportunities are announced regularly in our weekly bulletin to member libraries. Members can register online anytime for our events via our online calendar of Upcoming Events. Contact Jenny Shonk, Continuing Education and Outreach Librarian, for more information: jshonk@flls.org.
Training Documents
- Frequently Used Shortcuts and Function Keys
- SimplyReports Template
- OverDrive for Kindle
- OverDrive for Tablets and Smartphones
- Libby How-To for Any Device
- Polaris Documentation
Training Videos
- Polaris Intro Video
- Creating Patron Records
- Patron Status Screen
- Check In Screen
- Check Out Screen
- Polaris Leap Overview
- Polaris Leap: Checking In & Out
- WordPress: Navigating the Dashboard & Adding Authors
These videos are available on Vimeo. To access them, enter the password you use to log into Polaris at your circulation desk.
Helpful Links
- Amigos Library Services
- ALA LibGuides
- Custom Guides
- G Suite Learning Center (Google Docs, Google Sheets, Gmail, Google Drive, etc.)
- GCF Learn Free
- JobNow: How to Use JobNow
- JobNow: How to Use Adult Learning Center
- JobNow: How to Use the Whiteboard
- Libby Help
- Microsoft Office Support
- OverDrive Help
- Software for Dummies
- Tech Boomers
- WebJunction Course Catalog
Professional Development Resources
Professional Organizations:
- South Central Regional Library Council
- New York Library Association
- New York State Library Assistants Association
- Public Library Association
- American Library Association
- Young Adult Library Services Association
- NYSALB – NY State Association of Library Boards
- Empire Friends of NYS
- International Federation of Library Associations
Employment Opportunities:
Listservs:
- NYLINE: New York’s Libraries Information Network; E-mail list
- NYLA Action Listserv
- PUBYAC: PUBlic Librarians Serving Young Adults and Children
Professional Resources:
- Webjunction
- Library Journal
- ProgrammingLibrarian.org
- Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
- Library Professional Development
- Library Juice
- American Libraries
State Education Requirements:
- NYS Continuing Education Requirements for Public Librarians
- NYLA: Continuing Education Opportunities
Degrees, Certificates, Career Planning:
- NYS Library Assistant Certificate Program
- Advanced Certificate in Public Library Administration, Long Island University
- Directory of ALA-Accredited MLS Programs