Northeast Ohio Regional Library System

Live Webinars

10.15.2025 - Marketing and Outreach: Creating Engagement and Awareness
Explore how library marketing and communications intersect with community engagement to build stronger connections with your audience. In this webinar, participants will identify goals for awareness, engagement, and usage while creating a . . .
10.15.2025 - Circulation Active Learning Community Meeting
We’re excited to unveil a fresh approach to professional connection and collaboration. Our traditional networking meetings are now Active Learning Communities—dynamic spaces designed for shared learning, real conversation, and practical . . .
10.21.2025 - Holding My Own: Lessons Learned as a Neurodivergent Library Leader
Neurodivergent librarians face unique challenges in the workplace, particularly as they climb the leadership ladder. In this honest and straightforward conversation rooted in her real-world experiences, Librarian and Accessibility Consultant Renee . . .
10.22.2025 - Chair Yoga for Library Workers: Embodying Compassion
Reconnect with yourself and others through this gentle chair yoga class centered on the theme of compassion. Using mindful movement, breath awareness, and guided reflection, we'll explore how compassion, for ourselves and those around us, can support . . .
10.29.2025 - Book Discussion Active Learning Community Meeting
We’re excited to unveil a fresh approach to professional connection and collaboration. Our traditional networking meetings are now Active Learning Communities—dynamic spaces designed for shared learning, real conversation, and practical . . .
10.30.2025 - Thriving at Work: Practical Strategies for Better Days in the Library
Do your work days feel like a blur? Between patron demands, programming pressures, and shifting priorities, it’s easy to fall into survival mode. This one-hour introductory webinar will offer practical strategies to help you reconnect with what . . .
10.30.2025 - Construction and Facilities Active Learning Community Meeting
We’re excited to unveil a fresh approach to professional connection and collaboration. Our traditional networking meetings are now Active Learning Communities—dynamic spaces designed for shared learning, real conversation, and practical . . .
11.4.2025 - Time Management: Eliminating Time Wasters and Staying Organized
Time leaks can sabotage even the most productive days. In this session, participants will uncover the sneaky time wasters—both digital and interpersonal—that interrupt their focus and flow. They’ll also learn how to manage . . .
11.4.2025 - Adult Services Active Learning Community Meeting
We’re excited to unveil a fresh approach to professional connection and collaboration. Our traditional networking meetings are now Active Learning Communities—dynamic spaces designed for shared learning, real conversation, and practical . . .
11.6.2025 - Storytime Beyond the Basics: Virtual Panel Discussion
Join us for Storytime Beyond the Basics, a virtual panel discussion for early childhood educators and library staff looking to enhance their programming. Our panelists will share practical strategies for adapting songs and rhymes, using felt and . . .
11.13.2025 - Building Strong Volunteer Programs: Library & Friends Group Perspectives
Join us for a practical and engaging webinar designed for library staff and administrators seeking to enhance their recruitment, retention, and management of volunteers. This session offers a dual perspective: Debbie will discuss best practices and . . .
11.13.2025 - Youth Services (Children & Teen) Active Learning Community Meeting
We’re excited to unveil a fresh approach to professional connection and collaboration. Our traditional networking meetings are now Active Learning Communities—dynamic spaces designed for shared learning, real conversation, and practical . . .
11.18.2025 - IT Active Learning Community Meeting
We’re excited to unveil a fresh approach to professional connection and collaboration. Our traditional networking meetings are now Active Learning Communities—dynamic spaces designed for shared learning, real conversation, and practical . . .
11.24.2025 - Chair Yoga for Library Workers: Practicing Gratitude
As we prepare for the winter season, take time to slow down and reconnect with what grounds you. This gentle chair yoga class combines mindful movement, breathwork, and guided reflection to help you develop a gratitude practice that supports stress . . .
12.2.2025 - Guided Reading Round Table (GRRT): Historical Literary Fiction
Modeled off the Chicago-area Adult Reading Round Table, the Guided Reading Round Table (GRRT) will lead library staff through an in-depth genre study. Over the course of a year, we will explore historical fiction, with a specific focus on the . . .
12.4.2025 - You’re Not Alone: The Power of Peer Support in Management
Becoming a manager is a significant step, bringing exciting new challenges and shifts in how you approach your work yet, it often comes with a surprising sense of isolation. The familiar camaraderie with coworkers fades, leaving you feeling alone . . .
12.9.2025 - Outreach Active Learning Community Meeting
We’re excited to unveil a fresh approach to professional connection and collaboration. Our traditional networking meetings are now Active Learning Communities—dynamic spaces designed for shared learning, real conversation, and practical . . .
12.10.2025 - The Power of Storytelling and Empathy-Centered Communication
Storytelling and empathetic communication are powerful, often underestimated tools in marketing and outreach. Centering empathy for your patrons' needs and experiences in your communication strategies will enhance the efficacy of your reach and will . . .
12.10.2025 - Special Libraries Active Learning Community Meeting
We’re excited to unveil a fresh approach to professional connection and collaboration. Our traditional networking meetings are now Active Learning Communities—dynamic spaces designed for shared learning, real conversation, and practical . . .
12.11.2025 - Life Art: A New Horizon, Library Edition
This presentation will plumb the depths of human potential by asking folks, what if we consider our contemporary society through the lens of living life as art?  And what if libraries are the perfect synergistically aligned conduits for this . . .
12.17.2025 - Chair Yoga for Library Workers: Reconnecting
The cold winter months can be isolating. Pause and reconnect with your body, mind, and community in this gentle chair yoga class. Through slow, mindful movement and breathwork, you’ll cultivate a deeper sense of presence and connection with . . .