In our Youth Services: Building Relationships, Programs, and Engagement online course, you will tackle hot topics in YA librarianship, such as innovative ways to co-design programs with youth and create initiatives to engage teens in the library. Over three weeks starting May 8, 2025, you will learn tenets of conflict resolution, adolescent brain development, and trauma-informed practices that will help you better manage teen behavioral challenges in your libraries. Designed for school and public youth services librarians, this course will leave you with practical ideas for how to engage youth in your library in new and authentic ways.
Course Features
Live sessions: Guest speaker presentations by leaders in their field. (All sessions are recorded for on-demand access for six months after the course ends.)
Facilitated discussions: Audience participation in Q&A and discussion with guest speakers.
Asynchronous workshop: Project-based weekly assignments to connect what you’re learning to your professional life. Includes written feedback from an expert in the field who functions as the workshop facilitator, as well as peer conversation via discussion forums. Workshop available for all multi-week courses plus half-day courses where indicated.
Early access on-demand resources: Access to a series of past live session archives from Library Journal and School Library Journal courses to explore at your own pace.
Online Classroom: The virtual learning platform that holds all course content and is accessible for six months after the course ends.
