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Interest Groups

CDLC also sponsors a number of Interest Groups. Check out their pages for a list of discussion topics. Meetings can be attended by any CDLC member!

Click here for a summary of all the upcoming meetings.

Non-CDLC Continuing Education

Design4Learning: Online Teaching and Learning Skills for Library Workers
Available for free on WebJunction
Documentary Heritage Preservations Services for New York (DHPSNY) Webinar Recordings
Infopeople
Infopeople provides library staff quality continuing education opportunities that are tailored to library needs and developed by experienced library professionals. Training formats include 2-6 week asynchronous online courses, as well as free one-hour webinars.
National Library of Medicine Training
NYLA's Continuing Education Calendar
Tech-Talk
A database of articles and videos, updated weekly, which can help people stay up-to-date while using technology and become better communicators in the workplace. To use this resource, members must have a subscription to the weekly Tech-Talk newsletter.
WebJunction Courses
FREE online courses and webinars for ALL library workers and volunteers in NYS.
Wyoming State Library Training Calendar
The Wyoming State Library posts upcoming free virtual conferences and other CE opportunities to their training calendar. These classes are from a number of different sources.

Library Juice Academy

CDLC is happy to announce that members can get a 20% discount off the cost of any course at Library Juice Academy!

Library Juice Academy offers a range of online professional development workshops for librarians and other library staff, focusing on practical topics to build new skills. These workshops earn Continuing Education Units and are intended as professional development activities. Workshops are taught asynchronously, so you can participate as your schedule allows.

LJA offers scores of courses to help you in every area of interest! OER & Textbook Affordability, Equity & Early Literacy, Managing Organizational Change, Controlled Vocabularies, LOC Classification, and more!

Click the following link to see the full list of currently available courses.

Email susan@cdlc.org for the discount code.

Event Cancellation Policy
If an attendee needs to withdraw from a CDLC event, they must inform us via phone or email no later than two days prior to the first day of the scheduled event. CDLC will confirm the receipt of the cancellation within two business days. Cancellation requests made less than two days prior to the start of the event will not receive a refund. Exceptions are at the discretion of CDLC’s Executive Director. CDLC reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any event for any reason. If CDLC cancels an event, registrants will be notified by email using the email address that was used to register. Paid registrants will be given full refunds.

Inclement Weather Policy
CDLC reserves the right to cancel or postpone events due to inclement weather. If you have registered for an event that is being held, and traveling may be considered hazardous, use your judgment when deciding to attend. Those who cannot attend an event because of inclement weather should contact CDLC. Refund decisions will be made on an individual basis.

CDLC coordinates and implements educational programs and professional development opportunities for librarians and library staff throughout the region. We strive to coordinate continuing education programs with those offered by local libraries, state agencies, professional organizations, public and school library systems, other consortia, commercial trainers, and local roundtables and interest groups.