The Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, is offering a new non-credit continuing education course.
Emerging Technologies in Librarianship
In this class, participants will explore select emerging technologies while building those imperative and complementary skills of discovery and evaluation. The focus will be on web-based and open-source softwares that have potential to create value for library users.
Assignments will expose participants to journals and other media that illuminate trends in technology, and will encourage participants to develop a personalized rubric for evaluating the merit of new tools.
What will be covered:
- Week One: Web 2.0 Basics: The Democratic Web
- Week Two: Online Productivity
- Week Three: Building Community
- Week Four: Mobile Technology Week Five: The Fun Stuff: Virtual Worlds and Gaming
- Week Six: The Library as Web 2.0 Entrepreneur
Dates: September 20 – October 29, 2010
Times: Online asynchronous format
Cost: $300
Instructor: Jason Kovac, Ph.D.
Intended audience: Librarians and information professionals interested in using emerging technologies in their libraries.
For additonal information and to register, visit:
http://www.lis.illinois.edu/academics/programs/cpd/emerg-tech