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A guest post by Danis Kreimeier Developing Leaders in California Libraries (DLCL) met in-person Wednesday, November 30 and Thursday, December 1 in Oakland. After meeting remotely since September, it was obvious that cohort members were excited to be together for the first time in person, as the volume in the...

Are you concerned about homelessness, housing, food insecurity, and other challenges facing your community and library? Join the ALA Social Responsibilities Roundtable on Monday, November 14, for all or part of a day-long summit on “Homelessness and Libraries: A Social Justice Summit.” (Please note the event starts early because it...

California’s public library buildings need help. Thanks to the California legislature (and Senator Toni G. Atkins, a champion for libraries), the 2021-2022 state budget allocated $439 million in one-time funds to the California State Library to address life-safety and critical maintenance needs of public library facilities throughout California, prioritized for...

A guest post by Chris Durr, Library Programs Consultant, California State Library Tutors can be expensive, and families are often faced with the challenge of trying to secure the services of a tutor. In his book, Dream Hoarders, Richard Reeves describes how scarce resources – such as the instructional time...

As of Aug 2022, the Developing Leaders in California Libraries was merged into the California Libraries Learn (CALL) project. Leadership Cohorts 2022/23 (Applications are now closed for these opportunities) In 2022-2023 the Developing Leaders program consists of two cohorts which will work together during the program cycle. The Leadership Development...

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month…but libraries should be aware of dyslexia and neurodiversity throughout the year. Over 40 million Americans have some level of dyslexia, which is a neurological variation affecting phonological processing. People with dyslexia use libraries all the time, but some of them struggle to access library resources....

Has your library been experiencing high employee turnover or are you experiencing an influx of new hires? Are you interested in learning about a way to increase employee retention? Then you may be interested in learning about how you can improve your employee onboarding process. What is Onboarding? Onboarding refers...

Learn to do more with less [effort], really! State and federal funds support online tools for California public libraries, including K-12 tutoring, eBook collections, workforce upskilling, library staff learning opportunities, and so much more. Don’t let your library community miss out. Join the California State Library for a bi-weekly series...

Applications are now open for the California Library Association 2022-2023 Developing Leaders in California Libraries initiative. In 2022-2023 the program consists of two cohorts which will work together during the program cycle. The Leadership Development Learning Cohort is designed to help all levels of library staff build equity- and community-based...

A guest post by Beverly Schwartzberg, Library Programs Consultant, California State Library One of our most popular continuing education offerings in the past year was the webinar on Services to Decarcerated Populations, now available on CALL Academy. This training presents a great toolkit that can help libraries discover best practices for serving...

A guest post by Julianna Robbins, Library Programs Consultant, California State Library According to a June 2022 poll from NextGen California, climate / environment was ranked as the top issue for likely California voters — above inflation, homelessness, and crime and public safety. California libraries and communities are already feeling...

CALL is happy to share professional development and programming opportunities related to the new Parks Pass program through the California State Library and California State Parks, as well as a special webinar on local science programming. This year, all public libraries in California are receiving California State Library Parks Passes...