Library Juice Academy courses offered in October, November, and December Apologies for cross-posting. Please share as appropriate. Great classes coming up... Most of the classes listed below are four weeks in length, with a price of $175. We accept registrations through the first week of class (unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment). Classes are taught asynchronously, so participants can do the work at any time of the day. Assignments are typically on a weekly basis. Details on these courses are at http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/courses.php October Introduction to Collection Development Robert Holley Metadata Design Grace Agnew Student Staff Development Jeremy McGinniss Effective Communication Strategies Deborah Schmidle Describing Photographs for the Online Catalogue Beth Knazook Introduction to GIS and GeoWeb Technologies Eva Dodsworth Embedded Librarianship in Online Courses Mimi O'Malley Changing Lives, Changing the World: Information Literacy and Critical Pedagogy Maria T. Accardi Deconstructing the Low-Morale Experience in Academic Libraries Kaetrena Davis Kendrick Mental Disorders in the Library: Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Patrons Struggling with Mental Disorders Dawn Behrend Early Literacy Enhanced Storytimes: Supercharging Your Storytime Using Interactivity, Intentionality, and Assessment to Help Children Learn with Joy Saroj Ghoting Media Mentorship in Storytime and Beyond: Supporting Newborn to Five-Year-Olds and Their Families Claudia Haines Introduction to RDF Robert Chavez Fundamentals of XSLT Robert Chavez Research Data Management Jillian Walli November Introduction to Cataloging Melissa Adler Active Learning Strategies Mimi O'Malley Metadata Implementation Grace Agnew Understanding the BIBFRAME Model and Vocabulary Rebecca Guenther Introduction to Knowledge Management Systems for Libraries Valerie Forrestal Introduction to Legal Materials for Information Professionals Eliza Fink Humanities Librarianship in a Digital Age John Russell Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers and Interns Tatum Preston Caring for Collections: Preservation of Rare and Unusual Materials Beth Knazook and Lauren Buttle Assessing and Improving Your Library's Social Media Presence Abigail Phillips Planning and Leading Effective Team Meetings Deborah Schmidle Bilingual Storytime at Your Biblioteca Katie Scherrer Creating Family Service Partnerships through Community Outreach Programs Lynn Baker RDFa1.1 (RDFa and RDFa Lite) and RSS Robert Chavez Introduction to JSON and Structured Data Robert Chavez Cultural Competence for the Academic Librarian Shaundra Walker December Using MarcEdit Natalie Hall Online Privacy & Security: Best Practices for Librarians Nicole Hennig Strategic Planning: Setting Directions for the Future Deborah Schmidle Examining Institutional Racism in Libraries Angela Pashia Introduction to Linked Data Robert Chavez JSON-LD Fundamentals Robert Chavez While academic programs focus on conceptual understanding of foundations, we focus primarily on the kinds of skills that library schools expect librarians to learn on-the-job, but which usually turn out to require additional study. These workshops earn Continuing Education Units, and are intended as professional development activities. Workshops are taught asynchronously, so you can participate as your own schedule allows. Some LJA trivia: We get customers from around the world. So far, in addition to the US, people have taken our classes from Abu Dhabi, Antigua, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Panama, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, and Wales. Library Juice Academy P.O. Box 188784 Sacramento, CA 95818 Tel. 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