Podcasts, Fandoms and Booktok, Oh My! Patrons and Non-Traditional Media

With the ever-changing media landscape, it can be hard to keep up with the trends and topics that are capturing patrons’ attention outside the library. On the creative side: What resources can we provide for our podcasters, fanfiction writers and streamers? On the user side: are we prepared to provide readers’ advisory for customers engaged with online media? This webinar will give a brief overview of some of these non-traditional forms of media and connect them to the work of public libraries both as a resource for creatives and as a hub for media literacy and advisory.

Who will benefit from this program

• All Staff that Interacts with Patrons
• All Circulation Staff Members
• Reader’s Advisory Staff

Instructor: Emilia Mudd has been a librarian for thirteen years with Calvert Library in Maryland, and has been reading romance for a lot longer than that! She has an MLIS in Library Science from San Jose State University and is a published romance author.

In her spare time, she is an avid reader of many genres and enjoys gardening and drinking too much coffee.

To register for this webinar please follow this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4817769787827/WN_QWWbU436RZex8_bYchRdAA Sessions are free and available only to members of the Michigan library community. Registrants will receive instructions and a link to attend the session directly from PCI after they register.

PCI Webinars are recorded and available to members of the Michigan library community in the Library of Michigan's Niche Staff Skills Academy about a week after they air. New webinars will be in the New category for several weeks. You do not need to register for a webinar in order to view it later in the Staff Skills Academy.

This project is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.