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| CLICK UNIVERSITY |
Are You Ready to Click?
On Monday, June 6th at the Annual Conference, Click University became reality. With a crowd of few hundred looking on, the online learning community was inaugurated during a ceremony presided over by SLA President Ethel Salonen and Executive Director, Janice Lachance.
SLA’s Click University (clickuniversity.com) is an online learning community created expressly to meet the professional development and continuing education needs of librarians and information professionals worldwide. Use of Click University is reserved exclusively for SLA members.
"In the past, the options for 'info pros' pursuing career development were limited—mainly seminars and conferences requiring travel, registration, tuition, and fees that often proved cost-prohibitive,” said Executive Director Janice R. Lachance. “Click University obliterates those barriers,” Lachance said. “This means every SLA member can get top-notch, university-level courses anywhere, anytime; complete the work at their own pace; and at a price that’s right for them.”
Click University offers 10 course libraries with a combined total of 320 courses. Six-month and yearly subscriptions are priced between $19 and $249 (USD).
Significant funding for Click University’s launch was provided by Elsevier, which contributed $60,000 (USD) to the effort. Future development will be supported by SLA and its Professional Development Campaign.
Click University will continue to grow and expand a dynamic library of e-courses. The course catalog currently concentrates on core skills, such as software and technology use; management, communications, and leadership strategies; and effective practices and methods for the collection, sharing, and use of information and knowledge in the modern working world.
“The launch celebrated Click University’s birth, but it will grow, mature, and develop,” Lachance said. “As innovation leaders, we must be agile, responsive, and let customers 'build out' the product. Our customers’—SLA members’—usage and feedback will determine Click’s direction, redesign, and expansion. They will tell us where they want Click University to go, what it should be when it grows up, and determine its framework and services.”
In addition to Click University’s library of courses, Click students are eligible for a 50% discount on individual Syracuse University e-courses, and a 10% discount on Syracuse graduate degree and certificate program courses. Click also offers Drexel University courses at a 20% discount, and SLA and Drexel continue talks that could expand the partnership and educational offerings.
For additional information please contact John Lowery, Provost.
To get started clicking, go to www.clickuniversity.com.
| CALL FOR COURSES |
The 2006 Call for Courses is your invitation to contribute to the information profession. By presenting a CE Session at SLA 2006 Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD USA, you have the opportunity to share knowledge and experience with those new and experience to the profession! The deadline for proposals is August 26, 2005. Additional Information.
| UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES |
Digital Collaboration Projects for Information Professionals
July 6, 2005 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET
Part I - The Digital Collaboration Landscape
Whatever you call it – digital collaboration, social software, social networking – working across the Web is about more than technology or devices. Ultimately, it is about developing a community of practice where people readily share their information and knowledge, regardless of distance. Additional information.
July 20, 2005 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET
Part II - Launching a Digital Collaboration Project
This session is designed for information professionals who want start a weblog and would like to know what needs to be considered at the outset. This seminar requires basic understanding of what weblogs are, gained from attending Part 1 or elsewhere. No in-depth technical knowledge is required, but some basic familiarity with HTML authoring and/or database driven Web sites would be an asset. Additional information.
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VLS Seminar* Member $99 Non Member $149 |
VLS Replay*
Member $69 Non Member $119 |
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