Our Courses
Budgeting and Finance for Public Libraries
Understand financial concepts as well as effective practices in budgeting and auditing for library managers at all levels.
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- English
Identifying Community Needs for Public Library Management
Learn how to conduct research, surveys, and interviews as well as how to analyze data to better assess the local needs and wants of a public library community.
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- English
Humanities in Focus
Humanities in Focus is about raising questions rather than providing you with answers.
You will engage in ongoing conversations about social issues in film, challenges and opportunities in art, experience and consciousness in history, and the power of language. This type of humanistic inquiry will allow you to uncover the many insights that draw from the topics in this course, and more importantly to reflect on the fundamental question: Why does humanities matter?
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Living Heritage and Sustainable Development
How is intangible cultural heritage – or ‘living heritage’ – related to sustainable development? Why is it important to keep heritage alive?
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- English
Infrastructure Management for Public Libraries
Learn how library managers and directors make key operational decisions regarding maintenance, insurance, technology, and more.
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PredictionX: John Snow and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854
An in-depth look at the 1854 London cholera epidemic in Soho and its importance for the field of epidemiology.
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International Charities in Humanitarian Crises
This course is a tailor-made introduction about the variety of issues that may arise in the context of charitable organizations, with the aim of strengthening the responses and overall knowledge of their leadership.
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Iniciación a los jeroglíficos egipcios
¿Te apasiona la historia y la cultura del antiguo Egipto? ¿Sientes fascinación por las lenguas y los sistemas de escritura de las civilizaciones de la Antigüedad? ¿Te atrae la idea de adentrarte en el secreto de los jeroglíficos egipcios y comprender las claves de su lectura e interpretación? ¡Si es así, este es tu curso!
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- Spanish
Visualizing Japan (1850s-1930s): Westernization, Protest, Modernity
A MITx/HarvardX collaboration, this course explores Japan’s transition into the modern world through the historical visual record.
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Masterpieces of World Literature
Embark on a global journey to explore the past, present, and future of World Literature.
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Building Your Career in Music: Developing a Brand and Funding
Explore how to launch your musical career from developing your artistic identity to recording your first record.
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Grant Writing and Crowdfunding for Public Libraries
Learn how to increase your impact, innovate, and overcome often static funding through various fundraising and grant writing approaches.
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Personnel Management for Public Libraries
Learn the foundational principles of personnel management and leadership.
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Strategic Planning for Public Libraries
Learn how to develop, implement, and adapt a strategic plan to fit the needs of your library.
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The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact On Pop Culture
EXCLUSIVE! When you complete a verified certificate in this course, you will receive digital artwork from a current comic book artist.
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Sign Language Science: Factors Contributing to Natural Change
This course describes how we use historical data to demonstrate language change. While earliest indications suggest that the origin of a signed language began as a gestural form, it has evolved as it was handed down.
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Sign Language Science: Factors Contributing to Natural Learning
This course promotes a better understanding of the factors that may affect how people learn signed language.
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Sign Language Science: Factors Contributing to Nature Structure
This course details the development of the type of grammar that occurs whenever a group of people develops and uses a signed language.
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Terrorism and Counterterrorism: An Introduction
What is the danger of terrorism, and how can the world respond effectively? This is an abridged version of the full course.
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- English
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
What is the danger of terrorism, and how can the world respond effectively?
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Worldviews - From Sustainability to Regeneration
This MOOC is the first part of an interconnected series of four MOOCs on Designing Resilient Regenerative Systems (DRRS) which bring together science, design and transformative praxis as a fluid, intervention-based and synergistic process for addressing complex challenges. This is explored through extending our worldviews, reframing complexity, designing as nature, activating our minds through physical movement, and connecting with new communities of practice.
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- English