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Two Institutes hosted by RUSA at the 2016 Midwinter Meeting.

The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) will host two Institutes, “Reference Interview” and “History Genealogy Workshop” on Friday, January 8, 2016 during the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting in Boston.

“Reference Interview” will take place from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.on Friday, Jan. 8. RUSA’s live and in-person all day workshop will provide you with some techniques that will enable you to better assist your users-and help you figure out what it is that they really need when they ask a question. Two expert reference librarians (one public librarian and one academic librarian) will give you tips that will make you more approachable, a better communicator and help make your users more willing to return.

This event requires advance ticket purchase, but registration for the 2016 Midwinter Meeting is not required in order to purchase a ticket. Register here.

“History Genealogy Workshop” will take place from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.on Friday, Jan. 8. RUSA’s *free workshop will help librarians of all types learn techniques to better serve the genealogists and family historians who use their collections. This can include better understanding of genealogy research methods and sources. It can also include how libraries can leverage their unique holdings to become more relevant to genealogists, who tend to be passionate in their support of libraries that have useful materials. Lunch provided and sponsored by ProQuest. *This is a free workshop, but you must register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QWZP6WG.

Membership in RUSA is not required in order to participate, but RUSA members receive the best registration rates on all of these events; learn more about RUSA and join today.

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RUSA’s Learning Options—Join us at Midwinter to help us plan the future!

Interested in RUSA webinars and other learning activities?  Tell us what you want. We are listening!  The Learning Opportunities and Knowledge Coordination Task Force wants your ideas and comments about RUSA continuing education—topics, how and where you want to learn, and ideas for web and print learning materials. Help us plan for the future of your RUSA learning opportunities.

Date:  Sunday, February 1, 2015 – 1:00 – 2:30 PM. Hilton Chicago, Marquette Room.

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Library Financial Education Webinar Series

Tune in to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) monthly webinar series, intended to instruct library staff on how to discuss financial education topics with their patrons. From time to time, they will also invite experts from other government agencies and nonprofit organizations to speak on other key topics of interest, too, so watch for updates. If you would like to be notified of future webinars, or ask about in-person trainings for large groups of librarians, email financialeducation@cfpb.gov; subject: Library financial education training.

Up Next: Ways to save during tax time: EITC

November 19, from 2:30 pm – 3:30 EDT

Tax time is a unique opportunity for many consumers to make financial decisions about how to use their income tax refunds to build savings.  In this lesson we will discuss what consumers need to do to prepare before filing their income tax returns, the importance of taking advantage of the tax time moment to save, and the ways people can save automatically when filing their returns.

All webinars will be recorded and archived for later viewing.