Professional Development
for Library Staff
Build practical skills, stay current, and support your
community with expert-led online courses from
Library Journal and School Library Journal
Purchasing for a team? See group options →
Why Libraries Choose Our Courses
(and keep coming back)
✔️ Created by library and education professionals who understand the realities of the work
✔️ Flexible learning options for staff at all levels, from live sessions to on-demand courses
✔️ Certificates, PD credit hours, and certification tracks that support career growth
Trusted by public, academic, and school libraries, districts, and associations
Courses that fit the way libraries actually work
Some days you have 15 minutes between meetings. Other days you can settle in and focus. Our courses are designed to fit around busy schedules and competing priorities.
Formats include:
- 1-hour Lightning Learnings for quick, practical takeaways
- 2-hour crash courses focused on a specific real-world challenge
- Half-day workshops and multi-week courses for deeper skill-building
- Self-paced modules you can dip into when time allows
Course topics include frontline service and workplace culture, programming and community engagement, leadership, technology, advocacy, and literacy across public, school, and academic libraries.
What Library Staff are Saying
Real feedback from people who’ve taken our courses.
"Engaging... with a variety of speakers and perspectives, plenty of reading materials, and helped me to feel like I was part of a community who all share the same goal."
"Extremely practical and resource-rich... As a school librarian, this ripples beyond the library and into the curriculum."
"This course gave me fresh ideas and perspectives that I could immediately begin applying. The accountability to a group and facilitator to just get it done was immensely valuable."
Purchasing for a team or organization?
We offer flexible options that scale with your needs, whether that means enrolling in a course with a couple of colleagues or planning training across your entire organization.
- Group course enrollment. Save 10-25% when enrolling 3 or more staff in the same course.
- Bulk course credits. Prepay and get flexible, year-round training at our biggest per-seat discount.
- Unlimited annual licensing. Give full organization-wide access to our complete catalog.
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