Library and Information Science: Professional Development

ACRL offers a variety of online learning opportunities to meet the demands of your schedule and budget.

Access ALA’s wide range of library-related online learning–covering fundamentals, advances, trends, and hot topics at ALA Online Learning.

Webinars from the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services.

Developed by a NASIG task force, this describes "...core competencies for serials and electronic resources librarians. It provides librarian educators with a basis for developing curriculum with a specialized focus. Employers might use the Competencies as a basis for describing these specialized positions and to establish criteria upon which to evaluate the performance of those who hold them. It is based on current research and complements ALA's Core Competences for Librarianship."

"The Core Competences of Librarianship define the knowledge to be possessed by all persons graduating from ALA-accredited master’s programs in library and information studies."

EDUCAUSE programs and services focus on analysis, advocacy, community building, professional development, and knowledge creation to support the transformative role that IT can play in higher education.

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Offers hands-on live workshops, enroll in immersive online courses led by leading industry professionals, and access insightful on-demand webcasts covering a range of relevant topics.

Library Juice Academy offers a range of online professional development workshops for librarians and other library staff, focusing on practical topics to build new skills.

Free webinars that allow you to meet and learn from library leaders and practitioners.

Here they present a summary of various library technology conferences that ACRL TechConnect authors have been to.

A month by month view of conferences and meetings.

A listing of digital library meetings, workshops, and conferences, as well as other activities associated with digital libraries research and technologies.