Header: Free Professional Development Opportunities
Red Square: Red indicates opportunities relevant to Academic Libraries

Academic

Orange Square: Orange indicates opportunities relevant to K-12 School Libraries

K-12 School

Blue Square: blue indicates opportunities relevant to Public Libraries

Public

Purple Square: Purple indicates opportunities relevant to Special Libraries

Special

All times are listed in Central Time (CT). Events are virtual unless noted otherwise.

If you have any questions or would like an event added to this page, please email cheins@selco.info

September

Purple

Voicing Our Own Value: The New Museum Labor Movement

Museum Association of New York9/6 | 11am 
Red, Blue, Orange, Purple

Library Workplace Morale: The Renewals Colloquium

CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois)9/10 | 10am 
Red, Blue, Orange, Purple

AI Lunch n' Learn Series: Event Planning and Marketing with ChatGPT

Minitex9/10 (Registration closes 9/9) | 12pm 
Red, Blue, Orange, Purple

The Importance of Metadata in AI

NISO (National Information Standards Organization)9/11 | 10am 
Purple

Future Chat: Navigating the Culture Wars

American Alliance of Museums9/12 | 2pm 
Red, Blue, Orange, Purple

Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige-babies

IELC (Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative)9/13 | 2p
Purple

Open Source Software

Backlog Archivists & Historians9/16 | 5pm 
Blue

Lunch & Learn: Evergreen Migration Experience w/ TDS Directors & Staff (Link and time coming soon!)

SELCO Resource Sharing & Technology Departments9/18 | tbd
Red

Developing an Archives: Embracing the Messiness of the Real World

CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois)9/18 | 1pm 
Purple

Winning GivingTuesday and Year-End Fundraising

Nonprofit Apps; Causevox9/19 | 12pm
Red, Blue, Orange, Purple

Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige-babies

IELC (Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative)9/27 | 2pm 
Red, Purple

Preservation Plans: An Overview

Museum Association of New York9/27 | 11a

October

Orange

PebbleGo Updates for K-6

Minitex10/10 | 3:30pm
Red, Blue, Orange, Purple

Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige-babies

IELC (Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative)10/18 | 2pm 
Red, Blue, Orange, Purple

Archival Arrangement and Description

Backlog Archivists & Historians10/21 | 5pm 
Red, Blue, Orange, Purple

Minnesota BIPOC Library Workers Pre-Conference 2025

Minnesota State Library Services; MLA10/23 | 9am - 4pm | Virtual OR in-person in Rochester, MN**Free in-person attendance is limited and prioritized for BIPOC library workers in Minnesota. If you are a BIPOC library worker in a neighboring state interested in attending virtually, please contact Ashley Bieber at ashley.bieber@state.mn.us for more information. 
Red, Purple

Writing Your PAG (Preservation Assistance Grant)

NEDCC (Northeast Document Conservation Center)10/29 | 11:30a

November

Red, Blue, Orange, Purple

ELM (eLibrary Minnesota) Expo

Minitex; Metronet11/8 | 9am - 3pm | Metronet Office, St. Luke Lutheran Church, 1807 Field Ave, St Paul, MN 55116 
Red, Blue, Orange, Purple

AI Lunch n' Learn Series: Cataloging with ChaptGPT

Minitex11/12 (Registration closes 11/11) | 12pm 
Red, Blue, Orange, Purple

Email Archiving

Backlog Archivists & Historians11/18 | 5pm 

December

On Demand

Blue, Orange

Books are Good Medicine Podcast

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
Red, Blue, Orange, Purple

From Burnout to Balance

OCLC WebJunction
Purple

Museum Collections Documentation and Data Cleaning

Canadian Heritage Information Network
Red, Blue, Orange, Purple

Where We Call Home: LGBT People in Rural America

MAP (Movement Advancement Project)