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CHICAGO—¾«¶«´«Ã½Publishing eLearning Solutions announces an exciting new workshop, with Amy Alessio. This workshop will last 90 minutes and take place at 2:30pm Eastern/1:30 Central/12:30 Mountain/11:30am Pacific on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017.

Libraries have long been the center of community events for book lovers. In the era of Facebook and Twitter, how can we expand our capabilities to reach more users? By translating our in-person events to social media formats and exploring new types of events!

In this new workshop, renowned library programming expert Amy Alessio offers you a guide to serving your book-loving patrons using social media. Alessio provides you with ideas for reaching out to book lovers, a guide to popular tools and sites, and tips for how to use these sites to successfully enhance your offerings.

Learning Outcomes:

After participating in this workshop, you will be able to:

• Translate popular library book events to social media formats
• Use popular sites, games, and apps for book lovers and know where to discover new ones
• Reach out to library users using Facebook, Twitter, and book-specific social tools, such as Goodreads, LibraryThing, and more
• Avoid common social media pitfalls

About the Instructor

Amy Alessio enjoyed the input of teens for over nineteen years as an award-winning teen and readers’ advisory librarian at the Schaumburg Township District Library in Illinois. She is a co-author of A Year of Programs for Millennials (¾«¶«´«Ã½Editions 2015), Club Programs for Teens (¾«¶«´«Ã½Editions, 2015), and 50+ Fandom Programs: Planning Festivals and Events for Tweens, Teens, and Adults (¾«¶«´«Ã½Editions, 2017), in addition to other reference titles. Amy enjoys offering presentations about library services or vintage cooking, her passion, across the country. You can learn more about Amy on her website .

Registration for this ¾«¶«´«Ã½Publishing eLearning Solutions Workshop is available on the . You can purchase registration at both and rates.

¾«¶«´«Ã½Publishing eLearning Solutions Workshops offer a convenient, hands-on learning experience that will help you and your colleagues make the best decisions for your library. This workshop is licensed for use by staff or users of the purchasing institution or library organization.

¾«¶«´«Ã½Publishing eLearning Solutions (ELS) produces high-quality professional development events and materials for the library profession. ELS events cover modern issues on a wide variety of topics in formats that include live workshops, asynchronous eCourses, and print publications. We help ensure that today’s library employees have access to the professional development opportunities they need, whether they are brushing up on the basics or expanding their horizons with cutting-edge tools. Contact us at elsmarketing@ala.org.

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