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The State Library of North Carolina announces the Community Partnerships for Literacy Mini-Grants awardees.

Beyond IQ: Emotional Intelligence for the Workplace For decades, several organization development thought leaders held the notion that the teams composed of the best and the brightest would consistently be among the highest-performing teams. We now know that while IQ is vital to success in several aspects of workplace performance, EQ, or Emotional Intelligence, is equally as important. While IQ manifested in functional expertise can produce business results, EQ how often determines how successful we are in life and our careers. When we consider the truly extraordinary people who inspire and make a difference, we begin to see that they do this by connecting with others at a personal and emotional level. During this session, attendees will: Identify the blueprint of emotional intelligenceUnderstand how to harness emotionsApply optimism to adverse situationsDevelop a personal vision for applying EQ in the workplace

Storytherapy Lab is a professional development training that provides effective therapeutic strategies to use when facilitating programs for marginalized populations. Participants will learn strategies on how they can motivate their audience to write their response to published literature drawing on their own experiences and emotions.

Storytherapy Lab is a professional development training that provides effective therapeutic strategies to use when facilitating programs for marginalized populations. Participants will learn strategies on how they can motivate their audience to write their response to published literature drawing on their own experiences and emotions.

This webinar will focus on cataloging video games. Specific rules and best practices for using RDA, MARC, and controlled vocabularies will be discussed. Students will also be introduced to free resources and examples of best practices.

This webinar will address how to evaluate and create records for audiobooks following RDA, MARC, and Library of Congress vocabulary rules. CD recordings, Playaways, streaming audio, and downloadable files will be discussed. Students will be introduced to free resources and examples of best practices.

This webinar will focus on the special challenges of cataloging DVDs and Blu-rays using current standards like RDA, MARC, and Library of Congress vocabularies like LCSH and LCGFT. Students will be introduced to free resources and examples of best practices.

This webinar will explore the numerous MARC 34X and 5XX fields that should be used when cataloging audio/video resources. The specific rules for using each MARC field, the RDA vocabularies involved, and other important details will be discussed. Students will be introduced to free resources that can help them use these fields in the A/V records.

The State Library of North Carolina is hosting a Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries (SEAL) Workshop presented by STAR Net!