Great Professional Development Tools, Databases, and Courses for Library Workers

Learn with NoveListAnnouncing a brand new way for staff to demonstrate their expertise in recommending books! Learn with NoveList now offers the Introduction to Readers’ Advisory Certification, built around a curated set of our courses that cover the essentials of modern readers’ advisory. By helping staff build confidence, the certification gives libraries a great starting point for investing in their reading culture. If you’re not yet using Learn with NoveList, we’d love to show you exactly what our learning platform is all about: practical training, friendly guidance, and real support for the work library staff do every day. When most folks think about professional development in a library capacity, they’re thinking about the conferences—the Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA), the ones put on by large organizations that are either affiliated with or subsets of the ALA, or even big regional conferences like the Texas Library Association. But conferences, while offering a great variety of both Professional Development (PD) and networking opportunities, can be a barrier to even the best-paid library staff, whether the issue is traveling out of state or bein...