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Fall 2006 Volume 71, No. 3 Back to Table of Contents 
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Development Column Quantum2 is Dialog's leadership development program for information professionals. Quantum2 workshops, case studies, white papers, and links to additional resources to help you build on your strengths are available at no charge to information professionals. Register for upcoming Web Workshops and strengthen your skills in negotiating, transforming your services, thriving on change, developing best practices, strengthening your brand, partnering with management and many more value-added programs. Dialog is pleased to continue this tradition of offering sessions in person. If a group is interested, there is no charge for the session or the travel and you can choose the workshop that suits your needs. Contact Betty Jo Hiberd for more information and secure a date with a secure a Quantum2 program. SLA's Click U Live is bringing an exciting lineup of Virtual Learning Programs to SLA members through live interactive Web-based presentations. These seminars will offer valuable professional development topics which include web-based visuals and audio delivered by experts in the subject matter. Upcoming programs include Writing for Publication; The Value of Corporate Libraries (presented by our own James Matarazzo!); Copyright for Corporate Librarians; Taxonomy Technologies; Beyond the Basics of Internet Search Engines; Fostering Online Collaboration Using Wikis, and many more! If you aren't able to attend a program, each one is recorded (video and audio) for viewing at a later date. SLA Boston is seeking volunteers to host these SLA virtual seminars and will provide the funding for hosting these events. Please contact Tom Clark (781-442-0288) if you are interested in hosting one of these seminars. Simmons GSLIS Continuing Education is in full swing with online and onsite workshops scheduled designed to keep you up to date with a variety of topics needed in the ever-evolving information professional field. Receive a Certificate of Continuing Education Unit(s) and earn Professional Development Points (equivalent to contact hours) for each workshop and assignment that is completed. For more information, contact Jody Walker, GSLISCE Program Manager (617-521-2803). The Factiva InfoPro Resource Center provides ten guides based on SLA's Competencies for Information Professionals, in addition to tools, examples, reading, white papers and presentations on specific development topics. Another great way to keep up with what's going on in professional development is by listening to the experts and practitioners...in their blogs! Some great blogs to monitor include, Beyond the Job, EduBlog Insights, NexGen Librarian, ACRL's blog has a section on Professional Development; LISNews (warning...there's a LOT covered here that IS NOT PD related). If you have any professional development ideas you'd like to share - program ideas or interesting items for this column, please send them to me at thomas.clark@sun.com. Tom President-elect, SLA Boston |
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