"WebJunction, the online learning community for librarians and library staff, is now offering a Custom Course Catalog, a new service that provides a central location to host, promote and track library staff training.

The Custom Course Catalog allows a library organization to build a training catalog to meet the specific needs of its staff. The catalog can combine an organization's own course listings with selections from WebJunction's online course offerings in an easy-to-manage, always-accessible Web environment."

 

DigIn provides hands-on experience and focused instruction for people seeking new careers in or improving their skills and knowledge of digital archives, digital libraries, digital document repositories and other kinds of digital collections. The explosion of digital information and the growth of online digital resources has led to a shortage of individuals with an understanding of the disciplines of libraries, document management and archives who also have the technical knowledge and skills needed to create, manage and support digital information collections. The six-course 18-credit hour graduate program will provide both new students and working professionals with a balanced mix of content that includes practical applied technology skills along with a foundation in the theory and practice of building and maintaining today’s digital collections. Certificate holders will be well positioned for careers in libraries, archives, local, state and federal government and the private sector. All coursework is online and may be completed in 15-27 months. Studies begin each summer with the course Introduction to Applied Technology. Students may then take either one or two courses each fall and spring, with a capstone course concluding the program each summer. The certificate program has been developed in cooperation with The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. Major funding for program development comes from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which has also provided funding for a limited number of scholarships.

These are slides from the 4 day "Understanding Federal Statistics" workshop held in May 2008. They are a good starting point for learning about Federal Data Sources.

These are some of the tools that are used in the process of uploading documents to ScholarlyCommons@Penn. Two of the items in the kit are for characters needed for some documents, such as accents and symbols. PubMed Central is very helpful for finding journals related to health sciences. The Sherpa/RoMEO link lists publisher's policies, and lets you see just what is allowed by each individual publisher. The Ulrich's link is a handy way to see if a journal is peer reviewed.

ALCTS continuing education page

Palinet's education page:   includes search of online and in-person workshops

Contact Information

Resources for the 3-day training course at Bethesda.

Created by the ALCTS CCS Committee on Education, Training and Recruitment for Cataloging (CETRC), this outline and bibliography is a useful tool for training catalogers.   (PDF)