Welcome to Click U Connections, your guide to the always expanding offerings from Click University which help you learn continuously and develop professionally.

Continuous Learning: Improving Career Knowledge - CLICK

CLICK U:
Click U Certificate Programs
For information about the different certificates available and detailed course descriptions please visit Click U.

All certificates program courses are available only to SLA members and registration is limited to 50 participants. To ensure you get a seat register NOW!

For detailed outlines of the course schedules please contact Barbara Vick, Click U's e-learning manager, at bvick@sla.org or +1.703.647.4940.

An Important Note: While these and other Click University courses are part of certificate programs, members who are not pursuing a certificate may take any course à la carte.

Competitive Intelligence Certificates Program
SLA members can learn the ins and outs and the do's and don'ts of competitive intelligence in the Click University Competitive Intelligence Certificates Program. To see what participants are saying about the program, please visit CI Testimonials.

Upcoming courses:

February 2008
CIC02. CI Project Cycles & Project Management

March 2008
CIC03. CI Published Source Collection: Managing the Function

Copyright Management Certificate Program
Your job as an info pro is not only to find the best information for your clients. In many organizations, you also are the only defense against costly infringement actions. Once you locate the information, you must ensure you distribute it without violating copyright restrictions - and that your clients also stay within the law.

Upcoming courses:

February 2008

CCM200. U.S. Copyright Law Principles

CCM201. Canadian Copyright Law Principles

March 2008

CCM300. International Copyright Law Principles

Knowledge Management Certificates Program
Turning information into knowledge is becoming a key role of today's information professional. SLA members can get ahead in this fast-moving discipline with the new Click University Knowledge Management Certificates Program. The KM courses are appropriate for seasoned KM professionals as well as library and information science professionals who are not currently performing a KM function.

Upcoming courses:

February 2008

KMKS02. The Knowledge Services/Strategic Learning Link

March 2008

KMKS03. The Knowledge Audit

Free Course of the Month
Click U is pleased to offer members the opportunity to take part in a self-paced learning experience at no charge.

Through 14 February, Managing Projects is available to SLA members. Learn More & Participate

Upcoming courses:

Leadership and Management Library
Click U welcomes members to the Leadership and Management Library--at no charge. This ebrary database covers a wide range of topics to enable business professionals to make important business decisions.

From becoming a more effective leader to examining best practices from the world's most successful CEOs, this database is applicable throughout a member's career. Key subject areas include: leadership, entrepreneurship, strategic planning, management, organizational behavior, personnel management, project management and risk management. Learn more.

A LA CARTE Professional Improvement Libraries
The Professional Improvement Libraries (under Self-Paced Training at Click U) offer individually priced courses. Each course from the Leadership & Management, Personal Development, or Organizational & Professional Improvement Libraries is US$ 12.00 for 30 days' access. For only US$ 8.00, you can access Office Applications courses for 30 days. These offerings will permit you to tailor your individual professional development activities more effectively. You are still be able to purchase six-month and one-year subscriptions and to have access to complete course libraries if that suits your needs better. Learn more.

Student Member Discount Now Available
SLA Student Members now qualify for a 25% discount on the following Click University
professional development programs:

• Click U Live! Live Online Seminars
• Click U Live! Recorded Online Seminars (Replays)
• Professional Improvement Libraries
• 2007 Annual Conference Sessions

To receive the 25% discount, student members should register for and purchase the appropriate program and then contact Click U at clicku@sla.org for the refund. Learn more.

University of Toronto: Professional Learning Center
SLA members can enjoy an 11% discount on all Web-based distance learning offered through the University of Toronto's Professional Learning Center (PLC.)

The PLC is dedicated to meeting the needs of information professionals and others interested in information issues or in learning new information technologies. Learn More & Register.

CLICK U LIVE!
Click U Live! Courses

6 February 2008
Technology Troubleshooting and Customer Service Made Simple
Presenter: Robert Cullin, co-founder and vice president of E*vanced Solutions, Inc.

20 February 2008
Introduction to Institutional Data Repositories
Presenter: Michael Whitt, interdisciplinary research librarian, assistant professor of library science, Purdue University

5 March 2008
Creating Indexes on Web Sites and Intranets
Presenter: Heather Hedden, information taxonomist, Viziant Corporation; freelance book and Web site indexer, Hedden Information Management

19 March 2008
Preparing to Make a Business Case
Presenter: Maggie Weaver, principal, Shaftesbury Associates

Missed a LIVE! Seminar? You can still purchase a Replay! Click here for more information.

Gary Price's Research Tool Box
Ask around...Movers and shakers in the information world agree: When it comes to the latest tools, trends, resources, and tricks for getting more out of the Internet, the consensus is "The Price is Right." Gary Price of Ask.com and Resource Shelf invites all SLA members to join him on a fast-paced tour of the latest additions to his toolbox and an overview of what is next on the hot list.

This program is 75 minutes of demonstration and 15 minutes of Q&A, all for the low price of US$ 25.00. The course will only be offered through Click U Live! and will not be recorded. The next update will be held 14 February at 2:00 p.m. U.S. eastern time, and is available to SLA members only. Register Now!

2008 Click U Live! Course Schedule
Start planning your next semester today! Take a moment to check out what is happening on campus this year: 2008 Click U Live! Schedule.

SLA wants to thank you for your past support of Click U Live! programs with a special offer. When you purchase a package of six or more 2008 programs, you will receive a 15% discount for each program. The regular price for each webinar is US$ 129.00; with the 15% savings, each program will cost US$ 109.65. On six programs, you'll save US$ 116.00!

Remember, you can purchase programs for yourself or for your chapter or other group...all for the same price.

Career Center
Employment Opportunities
Find the right job in the information industry. Search for jobs in SLA's Career Center!

Seeking Qualified Candidates?
Post employment opportunities to SLA's Career Center!

Virtual Advisors
SLA Virtual Advisors provides you with 24/7 e-mail access to career advice and guidance from experienced information professionals willing to volunteer their time to help you! Whether you're trying to figure out your next career move or are moving to another part of the world, Virtual Advisors gives you insights you need to get ahead. Log in to Virtual Advisors.

Coaching
To help you advance in your career, SLA has formed a partnership with career coach Marshall Brown & Associates. Whether you are seeking to transition into a new position today or thinking about it for tomorrow, Marshall Brown & Associates can assist you. Marshall has been SLA's featured career coach at several conferences and has had numerous articles published in Information Outlook.

Upcoming courses:

27 February 2008
Marketing Brand You!
Presenter: Marshall Brown, Marshall Brown & Associates

Career Smarts: Q & A with Kim Dority
Information careers can be rewarding, exciting, well-paying, and, occasionally, really confusing. Should you take that new job, or stay put? Ask for that raise, or hope someone else offers? Hope the downsizing doesn't hit you, or start working on your exit strategy now?

SLA member Kim Dority, author of Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and Other Information Professionals, has written and presented extensively on being an information professional, and is now answering career questions on an individual basis for SLA members grappling with these and other career questions. Send Kim your question.

Exclusive Member Discounts
Take Advantage of Your Member Discounts!
One of the advantages of being an SLA member is gaining access to products and services from our partners at a discount. These negotiated discounts to certain events, products and services are always expanding so be sure to check in from time to time to see what we have added. In the meantime, we hope you will take advantage of the benefits that we already have in place for upcoming events and services. Take a walk down SLA discount lane.