Free Webinars and Trainings for Academic Library 

Workers (COVID-19) 
This is a crowdsourced list of free webinars and training for academic library workers. You can use this list 
for your own professional development or to assign your supervisees during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Please feel free to add suggestions, especially for missing content areas, or updated links/recordings. 
Contact:​ Jessica Dai, ​jessica.dai@mail.wvu.edu  
Link to this document: ​bit.ly/FreeLibraryWebinars  
Tracking Academic Library Conferences (COVID-19): ​bit.ly/COVID-19_Conferences  
Last updated: March 30, 2020 

Thank you to all of the generous and thoughtful contributors. If you would like acknowledgement, please 
add your name to the ​Contributors​ section of the document.
 
Webinars and Trainings in Response to COVID-19 
ACRL: Open Learning for Uncertain Times (Series) 
ALISE 
American Libraries 
Libraries and COVID-19: Providing Virtual Services 
Libraries and COVID-19: Managing Strategies and Stress 
APALA 
Novel Coronavirus 2019 Anti-Xenophobia Resources and Statements (and more) 
DeEtta Jones & Associates 
Free Library Web Conference (in development) 
International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT) 
Librarians. Support. 
Library 2.0/PCI 
Public Health Webinars (Self-Paced Learning Opportunities) 
World Health Organisation Courses 
Working Remotely 

General Topics 

Accessibility 

Archives, History, and Preservation 

Collections and Technical Services 

Copyright and Fair Use 

Digital Humanities 

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Digital Libraries 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression 

Instruction 

Government Information 

Medical Librarianship 
National Network of Libraries of Medicine 

Open (Access, Education, and more) 

UKRI’s Open Access Policy and the Implications for Publishers webinar: Monday, April 6, 2020, 10 AM 
Eastern 

Podcasts 

Research in LIS 

Scholarly Communication 

Sustainability 

Technical 

Technology 

Vendor Webinars and Trainings 

OCLC 
Ex Libris 
Springshare 

Work-related 

Contributors 

Webinars and Trainings in Response to COVID-19 

ACRL: Open Learning for Uncertain Times​ ​(Series) 

● Information Literacy Instruction at a (Social) Distance: Strategies for Moving Online​ (YouTube) - 
captioned version is available at ​Illinois Media Space​,​ resources and chat transcript are available in 
a ​Google folder 
● Pandemic Pedagogy: Resources for Library Instruction at a Distance​ (YouTube) 
● Copyright for Campus Closures: Exploring the Copyright Issues around Moving Instruction and 
Reference Online​ ​(YouTube) 
● ACRL Presents: Tips for Suddenly Switching to Online Reference and Access Services 

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ALISE 
● Yes, You Can! Tips for Moving Online at Short Notice​ (YouTube) and ​Resources​ ​(Google Folder) 

American Libraries 
● Libraries and COVID-19: Providing Virtual Services  
● Libraries and COVID-19: Managing Strategies and Stress 

APALA 

● Novel Coronavirus 2019 Anti-Xenophobia Resources and Statements​ (and more) 

DeEtta Jones & Associates 

● “Leadership in the Time of Coronavirus: Real-time Strategy Sharing:” ​Shared notes from all three 
sessions 

Free Library Web Conference​ (in development) 

Web conference on the theme of collective resistance and community resilience. Currently seeking 
presenters (3/22/20). Looking for a diversity of presenters. No charge to attend.  

International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT) 

● What to Expect from the Unexpected​ (YouTube) 

Librarians. Support. 
● Real Time Sessions​ (thru April) - R. David Lankes will be inviting speakers to a live call-in-style 
class/show 

Library 2.0/PCI  
● Libraries Stepping Up! Serving the Needs of Communities in Crisis Mini-Conference​ - Need to 
register to view recordings. Membership is free.   

Public Health Webinars (Self-Paced Learning Opportunities) 

● Don't Panic: Principles of Crisis and Risk Communication Scenario 
● Risk Communication for Emergency Preparedness 
● Decision-Making in Emergency Preparedness 
● Managing Change in Emergency Preparedness 
● Cultural Competency Program for Disaster Preparedness and Crisis Response 
● View a​ curation of resources​ related to COVID-19 that we will continue to update. 

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World Health Organisation Courses   
● Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
● COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country 
preparedness and response 
● Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and 
control 
● Many more​ ​OpenWHO courses​ available in different languages as well. 

Working Remotely  
● How to Manage a Remote Team Well​ - Free archived webinar from Know Your Team (not 
library-specific) 
● LinkedIn: Remote Working: Setting Yourself and Your Team Up for Success​–​16 part series 
● Tech Soup: Pivoting to Remote Work - COVID-19 Response Course Track for Nonprofits​–9 parts 
(not ​library-specific) 

General Topics 
● ACRL YouTube 
● ACRL Presents Webcasts 
● ACRL Section Professional Development Presentations 
● ACRL-Choice Webinars​ ​and​ ​ACRL Choice YouTube  
● Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) Webinars​: Includes recording and slides 
● Carterette Series Webinars​ from the Georgia Library Association 
● Choice​: one-stop for all of Choice’s free professional development including ACRL-Choice 
webinars, bibliographic essays, The Authority File (podcast), and more.  
● Connect and Communicate​: Links to webinars (and slides) and blog posts from PaLA’s College and 
Research Division. ​Youtube 
● Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L) 2020 Conference Videos​: Includes audio, video 
recordings and slides, with closed captions available. Free access. See link for access details. 
● Infopeople  
● LYRASIS​: Free to members AND non-members for 30 days; email ​es@lyrasis.org​ to register your 
institution 
● Pattern Research: ​Tuesday, May 26, 2020, Noon-1pm MDT, ​Pattern Research “​Why Futurists 
Can’t Predict the Future, And How You Can​” 
● WebJunction  
 
 

Accessibility 
● LinkedIn: Accessibility Courses 

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 ● Microsoft Suite 
○ Create accessible PDFs 
● National Center on Disability and Access to Education: ​Cheat Sheets 
● Inclusive Design, #ID24  

Archives, History, and Preservation 

● ALCTS Preservation Webinars 
● Archivematica Campfire Stories (Texas Digital Library 2019) 
● Digital Preservation Webinar Series from Texas Digital Library (2017)   
● FAIC Collections Care (various topics) 
● Introduction to Web Archiving Texas (Texas Digital Library series, Summer / Fall 2019) 
● Lighting the Way Forum on Archival Discovery and Delivery (presentations, February 2020) 
● NARA Professional Development for Educators 
● National Council for the Social Studies Webinar Library 
● National Genealogy Society Free Resources 
● NEDCC Preservation 101 
● NEDCC Fundamentals of AV Preservation 
● NEDCC Preservation Leaflets 
● New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Webinars 
● Morgantown History Museum YouTube Channel 
● SAA DACS Primer Series​ (Click the link for next video to go through the series) 
● West Virginia Humanities Council YouTube Channel 
● West Virginia Archives & History YouTube Channel 

Collections and Technical Services 

● ALA ALCTS Archived e-Forum and Webinars 
● ER&L Conference Video Archive​: Freely available, need to register 
● MIT Press Live​: Virtual book talk series (check dates) 
● Thursday, March 26, 2020, 1 PM Greenwich Mean Time​: "​Interrogating eBook usage data, what 
can be learned​?" - UKSG 
 
 

Copyright and Fair Use 

● Creative Commons Certificate​: Check dates 
○ CC Resources 
● Copyright for Educators and Librarians​ ​(Coursera): Offered by Duke University, Emory University, 
and UNC Chapel Hill. Check dates.  
● Getting Started with OER (Webinar series from Texas Digital Library 2019) 
● Copytak webinar series from ALA 
● CopyrightX Lectures and Readings 
 
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Digital Humanities 
● Global Digital Humanities Symposium​: ​March 26-27, 2020 
● Hathi Trust: ​Text Mining with HathiTrust: An Introduction for Librarians​ (folder of resources) 
 
 

Digital Libraries 
● Texas Digital Library​: Research data management, web archiving, digital preservation, and more 
 
 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and 

Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression 
● ALA Office of Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services​ (Archived webinars) 
● Augusta Baker Diversity Lecture Series 
● Everyday Social Justice​ - Courses developed by Jimena Alvarado Chavarría (CC BY-NC) 
○ Introduction to Women and Gender Studies 101 
○ Introduction to Queer Studies 101 
● NLM/NNLM: ​Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Nine Conversations that Matter by Jessica Pettit  
● San Jose State University School of Information: ​Diversity Webinar Series 2020 
● White Fragility-​ Robin DiAngelo talk from June 28, 2018 on C-Span (similar to ALA Midwinter talk) 
 
 

Instruction 
● AACU: ​Safeguarding Quality, Equity, and Inclusion as Learning Moves Online​–Friday, March 27, 
2020 
● ACRL Instruction Section 
○ Archived Webinars 
○ Management & Leadership: The Practical Application of the Theories Behind Team Building 
(YouTube) 
○ Thursday, April 2, 2020, 1 PM Central: “​Managing Up with EDI in Mind: Collaborations to 
Strengthen a Community​” After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing 
information about joining the meeting. 
○ Friday, May 1, 2020, 1 PM Central:​ “​Let’s Get Visual, Visual!: New Instructional 
Approaches for Visual Literacy​” 

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 ● Thursday, March 26, 2020, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EDT​: ​Flip the deficit script! How to build 
strengths-based information literacy instruction and programs 
● Wednesday, April 1, 2020, 1:00 p.m. CDT:​ ACRL and PLA: ​Project Outcome: Evaluating Online 
Library Learning 
● ASEE: ​What’s Your Story? Using Storytelling to Propel Research and Teaching​ - ​Thursday,​ April 9 
at 1pm ET 
● Library Juice Academy: ​Online Instructional Design (free sample course) 
 
 

Government Information 
● Federal Depository Library Program: ​Academy Training Repository 
● Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian​ (YouTube) 
 

 
 

Medical Librarianship 
● PubMed Online Training 
● Ovid Online Training 

National Network of Libraries of Medicine 

Don’t let the “medicine” fool you there are courses and webinars on a wide variety of topics for all 
types of libraries 
● Free online classes 
● Recordings of webinars  
 

Open (Access, Education, and more) 

● ASERL Webinar: “​Effectively Encouraging OER on your Campus​” 
● CCCOER Webinars 
● LibreTexts Weekly Office Hours 
○ Tuesdays: 9 AM PDT 
○ Thursdays: 9 AM PDT 
● LYRASIS: “​A Deeper Dive into Open Educational Resources: Myths, Barriers, and Current Issues​”  
● Open Oregon​ (Archived webinars) 
● Open Pedagogy Notebook 
● Open Textbook Network’s Certificate for OER Librarianship​: Check dates 
○ Public Canvas Course​ - CC BY 
● Rebus Community and Open Textbook Network’s ​Office Hours​ and ​YouTube 

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UKRI’s Open Access Policy and the Implications for Publishers webinar​: Monday, April 6, 2020, 10 AM 
Eastern 
 
 

Podcasts 
● The Authority File​ - from Choice about the academic library market  
● Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange 
○ For these classes, you will first listen to the ​Linking Our Libraries podcast​ ​episode, then take 
a quiz, and watch the accompanying video.   
● Circulating Ideas​: The Library Interview Podcast 
● Dewey Decibel​ - from ​American Libraries 
● Fix My Library​ - Fix My Library, hosted by Kaetrena Davis Kendrick and La Loria Konata, explores 
issues pertinent to libraries, examining the broader implications, and offering our Fix for your library. 
● Lecture Breakers​ - Podcast where college professors, instructors, and educators share innovative 
teaching strategies you can use to increase student engagement. 
● LibVoices​ - Hear from librarians of color speak to the fullness of their careers including successes, 
challenges, and achievements. How do they do it? Join us to find out more about their #LibVoices.  
● Librarian’s Guide to Teaching​ - This podcast is hosted by two instruction librarians that are 
interested in sharing their experiences teaching information literacy, discussing current trends, and 
having meaningful conversations about librarianship. 
● Library Figures​ - Library Figures is a show about the people, data, and tactics behind the marketing 
campaigns that are changing how libraries engage their communities and patrons. 
● Lost in the Stacks​ - Broadcasting on WREK Atlanta, each show features an hour of music, 
interviews, and library talk united by a common theme. Ameet, Charlie, Fred, and Wendy from the 
Georgia Tech Library pick a theme and free-associate an hour of music, interviews, and library talk 
every Friday on WREK Atlanta. You’ll hear indie rock, pop rock, alt rock, New Wave, and the 
occasional oddity between interviews with students, faculty, and librarians. 
 
 

Research in LIS 
● LibParlor​: Community blog about researching in LIS 
● Texas Digital Library: Topics in Research Data Management webinar series (2018-present) 
 

Scholarly Communication 
● 2019 Schol comms education and training landscape​ - list of free and paid guides, webinars, 
videos, and more. Note: UK focus which makes a difference for copyright. 

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Sustainability 
● Emerald: ​How Libraries and Librarians Can Meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals​ - Past 
ALA President Loida Garcia-Febo. 
○ IFLA: ​Access and Opportunity for All: How Libraries contribute to the United Nations 2030 
Agenda 
 
 

Technical 
● Thursday, March 26, 2020, 1 PM Eastern​: “​Learning Cell Cross in OpenRefine​” - Ruth Kitchin 
Tillman 
● Library Carpentry  
● Microsoft: Work Remotely with Office 365​: Accessing via your browser, using Teams, and using 
OneDrive 
● Microsoft Teams Training 
● Master working from home with Microsoft Teams 
● Get started with Microsoft Teams  

 
 

Technology 
● Code4Lib​ Conference Recordings 
 
 

Vendor Webinars and Trainings 

OCLC 

● DevConnect Online 2020​: Build OCLC API expertise and gain the confidence to participate in API 
projects at your library. 
● Training Classes 
 

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Ex Libris  
● Alma Training 
● Primo Training 

Springshare 

● Live Training Sessions  

● Recorded Training Sessions 
● SpringyU​: Self-paced learning with 3 ways to learn: blocks, courses, and projects 

Work-related 
● Thursday, April 30, 2020, 12 PM Mountain​ -”​Falling Between the Cracks: Addressing Workplace 
Mistakes and Misunderstandings​” (register) 
● NLM - ​Wellness in the Library Workplace​ - 4 CE Course credits (check dates) 
 
 

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