Transparent Language

Join us and Signing Savvy (the experts behind our ASL courses) to learn more about how to support your Deaf patrons and incorporate Deaf culture into your library throughout the year.

We’ll explore:

• Myths about ASL and Deaf culture
• How to be inclusive of Deaf patrons
• Ideas for when and how to promote Deaf culture and history at your library
• Recommendations for supporting Deaf authors and Deaf stories in your collection

Spend Citizenship Day with a live panel of librarians from public libraries big and small who will be discussing how they help patrons prepare for the citizenship application, test, and interview process.

Join us to get answers to your questions about citizenship classes, tutoring, and other ways to support New Americans in your community.

We’ll chat about:

• Lots and lots of free resources to help you stand up a citizenship prep program
• Pros and cons of citizenship classes vs. one-on-one tutoring
• Whether or not to help patrons fill out the N-400 form
• Strategies for prepping for all test sections (civics, literacy, and the interview)
• How to run an effective mock interview
• And more!

The best language learning platform is the one your patrons actually use. But they can't use it if they don't know about it.

Which means you've gotta spread the word about Transparent Language Online, and we've gotta help you. Deal. 🤝

First step: getting to know the platform.

Join us for an introduction (or a refresher) of Transparent Language Online for Libraries. We'll take a look at the learning portal including...

✅ setting learning goals & earning streaks

✨ browsing popular courses & creating your own learning path

📎 touring through a lesson & various learning activities

👀 exploring what's new lately (and maybe a sneak peek at what's coming soon?)

See you there! (Or in the recording if you can't make it live, nbd.)

Does your library support a growing community of English Language Learners (ELLs)?

Join us to explore our 300+ hour ESL collection including:

• Beginner courses for speakers of 35+ languages
• English for Newcomers for speakers of 17 languages
• English-only immersion courses for intermediate and advanced learners
• US Citizenship Test prep course

Did you know that Transparent Language Online has learning content specifically designed for young learners? In this webinar, we’ll explore the available content for different ages, including K-2, elementary, and teens. We will look at how the content differs for each age range and review what supplemental resources are available.

Trying to promote and measure interest in Transparent Language Online in your library community? Looking for new promotional ideas? This webinar will focus on running usage reports and marketing Transparent Language Online to your community.

We will look at:

• Types of reports that admins can generate and the types of information each report will give you
• How to schedule reports so that they can be delivered right to your email for convenience
• Marketing tactics and ideas for increasing adoption and usage of Transparent Language Online

Come see what's new and what's next in Transparent Language Online! (No spoilers in this description.)