Free August Webinars through GPO

In need of LEUs? The Government Publishing Office (GPO) is offering another batch of upcoming free. Through the FDLP Academy, GPO hosts a variety of upcoming webinars, along with a large collection of archived webinars. The GPO webinar catalog covers a wide variety of subjects. Here are the August webinars:

• Beyond the Binary: Understanding LGBTQIA+ Health: April Wright, Brandon Kennedy, & Debra Trogdon-Livingston (Network of the National Library of Medicine); Wednesday, August 9; 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)
• Federal Government Mapping Resources: Experiences from a Virtual Reference Desk: Ryan Mattke, Map & Geospatial Information Librarian, University of Minnesota; Thursday, August 10; 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (EDT)
• The American Community Survey: A Comprehensive Look: Noelia Moussignac, Data Dissemination Specialist (U.S. Census Bureau); Tuesday, August 15; 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)
• USPTO Intellectual Property Resources: Sara Butts and Spruce Fraser, Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) Program; Wednesday, August 16; 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)
• Paper Maps & Rogue TIGERs: Using Government Documents to Digitize 1980 Census Blocks for IPUMS NHGIS: Kate Knowles, Jonathan Schroeder, and Jenny McBurney, University of Minnesota; Wednesday, August 23; 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (EDT)

You can access archived webinars through the FDLP Academy Training Repository. Each webinar, even archived ones, include a Certificate of Viewing to help document one’s LEU progress. Happy learning!