Menu of Interactive Sessions
Request an ICfL-facilitated session today! Our staff have a range of expertise and are available by request for brainstorming, consultation, or instruction related to the topics listed below. To inquire about a particular topic, we encourage you to contact the ICfL staff member via email.
- Assistance with E-Rate filings and broadband needs assessments
- Technology consulting and deployment
- Technology refreshes and upgrades
- eBranch website assistance and management
- Emerging technologies
- Brainstorming continuing education and professional development resources to support your career goals
- Apply for funding to attend conferences, take library science courses, or bring trainings to your library with our CE Grants
- Considering the ALA Code of Ethics in library work
- Zines & mini-comics
- Foresight and futures thinking
- Accessible reading formats and inclusive library services
- Talking Book Service (TBS) and National Library Services (NLS) resources
- Outreach strategies for underserved and hard-to-reach communities
- Building and sustaining community partnerships
- Program planning and facilitation for discussion-based programs
- Staff training on accessibility, outreach, and evolving service models
- Program support and services for aging adult library populations
- Supporting library outreach to the Latine community
- Supporting culturally relevant staff trainings
- Assistance with bilingual/bicultural events
General
- Early STEM
- Flannel Board STEM
- Early Coding/Computer Science
- Early Literacy for Frontline Staff
- Intro to Storytime
- Healthy Outcomes for Families through Storytime
- Book Displays, Marketing Your Collection
- Getting Started with Summer Services
- Community Based Summer Services
Teens
- Intro to Computational Thinking
- Intro to Connected Learning
- Intro to Teen Brain Development
General
- Idaho Public Library Statistics
- Library Districting Process
- Library Meeting Guidelines and Best Practices
- Non-Profit/Library Partnerships
- Public Library Friends & Foundations
- Public Records Management
Library Operations
- Library De-Escalation & Conflict Management
- Library Supervision & Staffing
- Public Library Budgeting
- Public Library Facilities and Operations Management
- Public Library Internal Strategic Planning
- Public Library Project Management Best Practices
Library Governance
- Board of Trustees Best Practices
- Board of Trustees Financial Management
- Board of Trustees Roles & Responsibilities
- Idaho Library Law Information
- Library Director Hiring
- Library Policy Best Practices
- Parliamentary Procedure
Online databases:
- LiLI Overview
- Database-specific training (ie. Consumer Health Complete, Gale eBooks, etc.)
- Analyzing database use & cost
- Brainstorming sessions on database options for your community/library
Ebooks and Eaudio
- Idaho’s Reciprocal Lending Agreement
- Libby Basics
- Sora Basics
- Brainstorming sessions on other ebook/eaudio tools
Cataloging & ILL
- Overview of OCLC services offered through ShareIdaho program, includes OCLC documentation and training on various services
- Brainstorming sessions on alternative solutions (other than OCLC)
Libraries and Early Learning
- How to Conduct an Early Learning Community Needs Assessment
- Aligning Library’s Strategic Plan and/or Programs and Services with Idaho’s Early Learning Coalitions and Initiatives
- Play-Based Programs Services & Environments
- Parent & Caregiver Engagement
- Every Child Ready to Read 1&2
- Incorporating Early Math Skills and Concepts into Programs Services & Environments
School Libraries
- Elementary School Circulation Policies that Support Third-Grade Reading Proficiency
- Motivating Children/Teens to Read
General
- Five Types of Nonfiction Every Library Should Include
- Business, economic, and workforce development outreach and programming in libraries
- Customer service and programming training on teaching digital skills and managing customer techspectations
- Digital skills and technology training on topics including but not limited to AI, cybersecurity, and the architecture of the internet
- Support for Local Library Outreach through ICfL’s Youth Services Programs
- Support for Bilingual Library Services through ICfL’s Youth Services Programs
- Connecting Idaho Libraries to Carceral/Reentry Resources or Service Models
- Improving Indigenous Collection Development in Your Library
- Partnering with Idaho Tribes and Tribal Libraries
- Indigenous Idaho: Future, Past & Present course as a Library Staff Group Training – see the Indigenous Idaho webpage










