Variety of online continuing education opportunities from ALCTS

ALCTS offers a wide variety of online continuing education opportunities through e-Forums, webinars, and web courses. Below is a list of upcoming events beginning in August, 2012. Additional details, fees and other information (including links to registration) will be posted at http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents as they become available.

E-forums:

E-forums are still being planned and finalized for Summer and Fall. The following is a list of potential topics:

- Turning Statistics into Assessment

- Role of the Profession in Academic Research Technical Services Departments

- Federal Depository System (in conjunction with GODORT)

- Library as Place: Making the Library an Inviting Environment

- and more!

Learn more at http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum.

If you have additional e-forums ideas, please contact Kristin Martin, e-Forum Coordinator, kmarti@uic.edu.

Webinars:

- The Future of the Integrated Library? (August 1)

- Universal Access to All Knowledge (September 5)

- Demand Driven Acquisitions: Part 1 and 2 (September 19 and October 3)

- Digital Preservation: Part 1 and 2 (October 10 and November 14)

- Principles of Classification (October 24)

- Holdings Comparisons: Why are They So Complicated (November 28)

Additional webinars are still in the planning stage but include:

- RDA implementation series

- and featured authors from the Sudden Selector's Guides Learn more at http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar

Web Courses:

- Fundamentals of Acquisitions (September 17 - October 12)

- Fundamentals of Collection Assessment (August 13 - September 21)

- Fundamentals of Collection Development/Management (August 20 - September

14)

- Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions (September 24 - October

19)

- Fundamentals of Preservation (September 10 - October 5) Learn more at http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse(including

additional sessions)

Questions? Interested in sponsoring or creating an event? Contact alctsce@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.