Subject: Upcoming ALCTS Continuing Education Events for Fall 2011

ALCTS offers a wide variety of online continuing education
opportunities through e-forums, web courses and webinars. Below is a
list of upcoming offerings beginning in September, 2011. Additional
details and registration information will be posted at
http://www.ala.org/alcts/events as it becomes available.

E-forums:

-          In-Kind Materials Donations (September 21)
-          The Future of the Big Deal (October 18)
-          Telecommuting in Libraries (December 14)

Web Courses:

-          Fundamentals of Acquisitions (October 3-October 28)
-          Fundamentals of Collection Development/Management (October
24-November 18)
-          Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions (November
14-December 9) (Full)
-          Fundamentals of Preservation (October 17-November 11)
-          Fundamentals of Collection Assessment (October 31-December
9) (new offering; to be posted soon)

Webinars:

-          Floating Collections (September 21)
-          RDA and Cartographic Materials (September 28) (RDA series)
-          CONSER Standard Record: Where Are We Now? (October 5)
-          Constructing the Future Library: Architectural and Digital
Considerations (October 12)
-          RDA Basics: Scores (October 19) (RDA series)
-          RDA Basics: Sound Recordings (October 26) (RDA series)
-          Cataloging Law Materials with RDA (November 2) (RDA series)
-          ISSN and You (November 9)
-          Cooperative Collection Development (November 16)
-          Promoting Institutional Repositories on and off Campus
(November 30) (IR series)
-          Standards and Metadata (December 7)
-          2 CUL: Cornell and Columbia Collaborate – Next Gen Tech
Services (Dec. 14)

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

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.