ACRL is proud to offer the following upcoming eLearning events! Space is limited and registration deadlines for some are soon approaching, so reserve your seat today!
Virtual Reference Competencies, Part 2: Practice and Expand Communication Skills and Knowledge
Format: ACRL Online Seminar
Dates: October 27 – November 15, 2008
Presenter: Diane Kovacs
Description:
Virtual reference service requires all of the same professional communications skills and knowledge as face-to-face reference service. The challenge is to apply, practice, imagine, and understand how to communicate professionally within the technology context and using good reference skills and knowledge. During this course, engage in learning activities supported by readings as well as lecture and discussion, to practice and expand the communications competencies required by effective virtual reference librarians.
Registration fees are as follows:
ACRL member: $135
ALA member: $175
CACUL member: Can$195 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $195
Student: $60
For more information on this event as well as registration, please visit the event page at http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/proftools/courses/virtualref2.cfm. Registration for this event is limited, so reserve your seat today!
Life-Work Balance
Format: ACRL Live Webcast
Date: October 28, 2008 (11 a.m Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern)
Presenter: Melanie Hawks
Description:
Personal and professional commitments can collide at any career stage. What does a healthy life-work balance look? How should you use limited resources in the face of limitless possibilities? How can you accomplish your goals, fulfill your obligations, and still get a decent night’s sleep?
This webcast will provide you with tools you can use to:
* Define what “balance” means to you
* Explore your assumptions about what you should (and shouldn’t) be doing with your time
* Set clear priorities and maintain them, even under stress
Registration fees are as follows:
ACRL member: $50
ALA member: $75
CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $90
Student: $40
Group*: $295
* Webcasts take place in an interactive, online classroom environment with one user/one login. If you select the group rate, one person must register, login, and keyboard during the event. A group registration allows an institution to project the Webcast to participants in the same location.
For more information on this event as well as registration, please visit the event page at http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/proftools/courses/lifeworkbalance.cfm. Registration for this event is limited, so reserve your seat today!
Teaching Portfolios for Librarians
Format: ACRL Online Seminar
Dates: November 3 – 22, 2008
Presenters: Judith Arnold, Joan Ruelle and Beth Woodard
Description:
Participants in the three-week course will learn the concept and structure of teaching portfolios, articulate their teaching philosophy, identify supporting materials to include in their portfolio, and more. The course will provide the opportunity to learn from one another through online peer interaction and review.
Registration fees are as follows:
ACRL member: $135
ALA member: $175
CACUL member: Can$195 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $195
Student: $60
For more information on this event as well as registration, please visit the event page at http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/portfolios.cfm. Registration for this event is limited, so reserve your seat today!
Electronic Collection Development for the Academic Library
Format: ACRL Online Seminar
Dates: November 3 – 22, 2008
Presenter: Diane Kovacs
Description:
In this hands-on, three-week course, participants will learn to create an academic e-library collection development plan for free and fee-based Web-accessible resources for a patron community of their choice. Participants will end the session with a completed collection development plan for the e-library collection they wish to develop.
Registration fees are as follows:
ACRL member: $135
ALA member: $175
CACUL member: Can$195 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $195
Student: $60
For more information on this event as well as registration, please visit the event page at http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/ecolldev.cfm. Registration for this event is limited, so reserve your seat today!
Information Commons 101
Format: ACRL Live Webcast
Date: November 6, 2008 11 a.m Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Joan K. Lippincott
Description:
Is your institution in the planning phase for a library renovation or addition that includes a space that will serve as an information or learning commons? If so, this webcast will provide an overview of some of the key planning components you should take into consideration as you develop a program for the facility. Today’s information or learning commons combine access to digital and print content, access to technology, access to expert assistance, and often access to other campus services. Many institutions focus on selecting furniture and choosing equipment as they plan their commons, and they postpone discussion of some of the elements that can actually be key to the success of their facility – namely, the kinds of services that will be offered and the kinds of staff expertise that will be available.
Registration fees are as follows:
ACRL member: $50
ALA member: $75
CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $90
Student: $40
Group*: $295
For more information on this event as well as registration, please visit the event page at http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/infocommons101.cfm. Registration for this event is limited, so reserve your seat today!
Librarianship by Design
Format: ACRL Live Webcast
Date: November 11, 2008 11 a.m Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: John Shank
Description:
The focus of this webcast is to explore the various methods that libraries can employ to further integrate their services and information literacy programs into Course/Learning Management Systems (e.g. Blackboard, ANGEL, eCollege). This integration is crucial because students and faculty are increasingly using these systems as a primary means to deliver course content. It is vital that the library be fully integrated into this environment to take advantage of the resources sharing, communication, and assessment tools that these systems offer.
Using Blended Librarian principles, the webcast will also explore how to appropriately identify and design library services for a Course/Learning Management System environment both at a course-level and a system-level.
Registration fees are as follows:
ACRL member: $50
ALA member: $75
CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $90
Student: $40
Group*: $295
For more information on this event as well as registration, please visit the event page at http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/librarianshipbydesign.cfm. Registration for this event is limited, so reserve your seat today!
Influence without Authority
Format: ACRL Live Webcast
Date: November 18, 2008 11 a.m Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Melanie Hawks
Description:
Regardless of what position you hold, much of your success in the library profession will depend on your ability to enlist the support of others. How can you influence people even when you don’t have (or don’t want to rely on) formal authority? This webcast will focus on three components that have a major impact on your ability to influence: you, your audience, and your message.
Registration fees are as follows:
ACRL member: $50
ALA member: $75
CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $90
Student: $40
Group*: $295
For more information on this event as well as registration, please visit the event page at http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/influence.cfm. Registration for this event is limited, so reserve your seat today!
Next Generation Information Commons
Format: ACRL Live Webcast
Date: December 4, 2008 11 a.m Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Joan K. Lippincott
Description:
Some information commons are now more than ten years old and are in need of refreshing in terms of conception, configuration, technologies, and services. Others are so popular that additions are planned, either adjacent to the existing commons, on other floors, or in other buildings on campus. Through the use of principles and practical examples, participants will learn about trends in information and learning commons. A wide variety of photos will be used to illustrate the presentation.
Registration fees are as follows:
ACRL member: $50
ALA member: $75
CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $90
Student: $40
Group*: $295
For more information on this event as well as registration, please visit the event page at http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/nextgeninfocommons.cfm. Registration for this event is limited, so reserve your seat today!
Questions? Please contact Jon Stahler at jstahler@ala.org.
