September through November 2025 NORWELD Website Newsletter U

Emotional Labor and Burnout—“I’m too tired to smile today.” How to Manage Your Boss - 10 Do’s and Don’ts for a Healthy and Productive Working Relationship SEPTEMBER CONTINUING EDUCATION EVENTS SEPTEMBER 3 Crafting a Resilient Library: OnePage Disaster Plan Essentials PCI Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM 10 Trauma-Informed Programming: Using Mindfulness to Create Safe Space 17 Techniques for Uncomfortable Conversations 18 24 www.norweld.org 419-352-2903 PCI Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM LibraryWorks Webinar 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM PCI Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER PCI Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM SEPTEMBER 12 Roundtable at the MAZZA Museum 10:00 AM -12:00 PM* *Optional Lunch at Noon Topic: Storytime Ideas SEPTEMBER 25 SEPTEMBER 26 NORWELD 2025 Leadership Workshop The Findlay Inn Findlay, Ohio September 25 th 9 AM to 4 PM September 26th 9AM to 12PM

From Librarian to Lieutenant Governor Candidate: Lessons Learned from the Campaign Trail Design for Libraries: Apply Principles of Design that Allow Your Library to Flourish OCTOBER CONTINUING EDUCATION EVENTS NotebookLM in Action OCTOBER 1 Using Book Displays and More to Market your Winter Holiday Collection PCI Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM OCTOBER 1 Proven Strategies for Library Outreach & Programming OCTOBER 8 A Day in the Life of a New Library Leader OCTOBER 9 OCTOBER 15 OCTOBER 22 OCTOBER 22 Passive-Aggressive Behavior: Sources and Solutions for Libraries www.norweld.org 419-352-2903 LibraryWorks Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM LibraryWorks Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM LibraryWorks Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Sparking Change: Powerful Strategies for Influencing Action in the Library! OCTOBER 29 OCTOBER 29 Romance Readers Advisory: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told Adult Mental Health First Aid NAMI Wood County 1250 Ridgewood Dr. Bowling Green, Ohio 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM OCTOBER 9 PCI Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM PCI Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM PCI Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM LibraryWorks Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM PCI Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM OCTOBER 30 Managing the Talent: a Holistic Approach to Library Personnel Management LibraryWorks Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Engagement Beats Promotion: Using Partnerships to Raise Awareness Best Practices for Onboarding New Staff NOVEMBER CONTINUING EDUCATION EVENTS Try Strategic Merchandising to Pump Up Library Usage NOVEMBER 5 Care-Full Leadership: Managing with Trauma-Informed Care PCI Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM NOVEMBER 6 Talk the Talk: Mastering Communication Skills for Positive Library Relationships NOVEMBER 12 Applying Early Literacy in Storytime Settings NOVEMBER 19 NOVEMBER 19 NOVEMBER 20 www.norweld.org 419-352-2903 LibraryWorks Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM PCI Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Stoicism and Gratitude: Being Thankful for What We Can Control, and What We Cannot Director’s Roundtable Montpelier Public Library 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM NOVEMBER14 PCI Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM LibraryWorks Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM LibraryWorks Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM PCI Webinar 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM NOVEMBER 26

NORWELD KITS 3Doodler Start+ 3D Printing Pen Cricut Maker Dremel 3D Printers GoPro Hero5 Insta360 One X 360 Camera Playstation 4 Event Kit EQUIPMENT Polaroid Professional LED Table Top Photo Studio Kit Portable Projector Portable Puppet Stage Sewing Machine Wolverine SNaP-20MP Digital Converter A n i m a l S c i e n c e B o t l e y B r e a k o u t E D U ClassVR C o d e a n d G o M o u s e C o d e - a - P i l l a r C o d i n g C r i t t e r s C u b e t t o D a s h a n d D o t R o b o t s E a r l y L e a r n i n g A R E l e c t r i c O r i g a m i E x p e d i t i o n s V R F o s s i l F u n F u n w i t h M a t h G e a r s ! G e a r s ! G e a r s ! STEM KITS Object-Retrieval Teambuilding Kit Ozobot Evo Classroom Kit Rigamajig Junior Building Set Robots, Robots, Robots Screen-Free Coding Games Snap Circuits Snap Circuits 2 Sphero BOLT Sphero indi Robot Spirographs Squishy Circuits STEM Play The Science of Superpowers World of Rocks & Minerals K’NEX Simple Machines KEVA Planks LEGO Boost LEGO Coding Express littleBits Code Kit littleBits STEAM Set Magna-Tiles Magnets Makey Makey MazeRun Ball Maze Measure This! Merge AR/VR Meta Quest 2 VR Headsets Money Skills The Northwest Regional Library System provides a variety of educational kits to full member libraries. Please visit our website to view the most current information about each kit, including inventory and loan period, and to place a reservation request. https://norweld.org/members/kits

NORWELD KITS All About Animals All About the Alphabet All About Colors All About Feelings and Emotions All About the Five Senses All About Friendship All About Kindness All About Numbers Behind the Little Red Door SocialEmotional Activity Ki t Community and Careers Get Ready for Kindergarten Gingerbread Man Goldilocks and the Three Bears Learn with Blocks Let’s Learn Sign Language Little Red Riding Hood Make a Sound Play Rapunzel Building Set Read Sensory Storyt ime Sing Talk Three Billy Goats Gruff Three Little Pigs World Music Wr i te Yoga for Kids EARLY LITERACY KITS STORYTELLING SETS Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao Bedtime Bonnet Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Duck & Goose: Goose Needs a Hug Festival of Colors Five Green & Speckled Frogs Five Little Ducks Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story Gingerbread Man Goldilocks and the Three Bears It Looked Like Spilt Milk Itsy Bitsy Spider The Jacket I Wear in the Snow The Kissing Hand Little Blue Truck Little Red Hen Mar isol McDonald Doesn’t Match The Napping House No, David! Old MacDonald Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? The Rainbow Fish The Rainbow Fish: Counting The Snowy Day Story Wands There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Three Billy Goats Gruff Three Little Pigs Under My Hijab The Very Hungry Caterpillar Reminiscence Collections Cat Dog Farm Four Seasons Great Outdoors / County Fair Handyman Homemaker Pat r iot ic MEMORY KITS Decades Collections Remembering the Fi f t ies Remembering the Sixt ies

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