Looking for more quality continuing education? We hear you! Here is the tentative 2021-2022 schedule. More training opportunities will continue to be added throughout the year.
- Online Courses: instructor-led online courses that contain live, interactive sessions and asynchronous content; four weeks long unless noted otherwise
- Webinars: one-hour long, free online sessions, usually noon-1pm Pacific time; all are recorded and archived for later access
- LSSC: courses marked as "LSSC" are approved by ALA for the Library Support Staff Certification Program
To stay current with new offerings as they are added, you can subscribe to the IFP Training list.
Looking for courses to take at your own pace? Check out Infopeople on Demand, which provides an opportunity to take recent Infopeople courses at a discounted price.
January 2022
- How to Create a Podcast for Your Library (2-wk course)
- Digital Stories for Community Engagement (2-wk course)
- Basic Cataloging and Classification (LSSC)
February 2022
- We Are NOT Okay: Library Worker Trauma Before and During COVID-19 and What Happens After (webinar)
- Welcoming Immigrants Through Cultural Programming: Lessons From the Field (webinar)
- Advancing Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Public Libraries (3-wk course)
- CORE Reference Fundamentals (LSSC, 6-wk course)
- Foundations of Library Services (LSSC, 6-wk course)
March 2022
- Developing Partnerships to Provide Social Services
- Teen Services Fundamentals (LSSC)
- Basic Cataloging and Classification (LSSC)
April 2022
- Whole Person Library Service (webinar)
- Facilitating Community Conversations
- Going Deeper: Asset-Based Community Development in Practice
- Library Supervision and Management (LSSC, 6-wk course)
May 2022
- All Work is Team Work (LSSC)
- Technology in Libraries (LSSC, 6-wk course)
- Ready Access: Reentry Services for Decarcerated Populations at Your Library (webinar)