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Introduction to Special Collections Librarianship Instructor: Robin Katz Dates: March 4th through 29th, 2019 Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs Price: $175 http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/198-special-collections.php Are you new to a special collections environment, or are you interested in moving in that direction? Learn why repositories collect what they do, how to best steward rare and unique holdings, and how to encourage meaningful use of special collections. This course offers students a broad overview of the main functions of special collections librarianship through 8 modules: - what is special collections? - collection development - collection management - cataloging and processing - digitization and digital initiatives - exhibitions - instruction - reference and public services Students who successfully complete the course will: - understand and respect established professional best practices, legal responsibilities, and ethical considerations in a special collections environment. - creatively re-imagine the role and potential of special collections libraries. - be able to exercise professional judgement and balance these impulses when evaluating existing libraries or proposing new initiatives. Robin M. Katz is a librarian, archivist, and educator who works to connect people to primary sources in meaningful and innovative ways. She is currently the Primary Source Literacy Librarian at the University of California, Riverside, a position she crafted after serving on the joint task force that authored the new Primary Source Literacy Guidelines. She co-created TeachArchives.org based on a groundbreaking US Department of Education grant she led at Brooklyn Historical Society. She has spent over a decade in special collections public services after receiving her MLIS from Kent State University and her BA from Brandeis University. This is an online class that is taught asynchronously, meaning that participants do the work on their own time as their schedules allow. The class does not meet together at any particular times, although the instructor may set up optional sychronous chat sessions. Instruction includes readings and assignments in one-week segments. Class participation is in an online forum environment. You can register in this course through the first week of instruction (as long as it is not full). The "Register" button on the website goes to our credit card payment gateway, which may be used with personal or institutional credit cards. (Be sure to use the appropriate billing address). If your institution wants us to send a billing statement or wants to pay using a purchase order, please contact us by email to make arrangements: [log in to unmask] For a list of all of the courses being offered next month, please go to: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/courses.php Library Juice Academy P.O. Box 188784 Sacramento, CA 95818 Tel. (916) 905-0291 Fax (916) 415-5446 [log in to unmask] http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/ Testimonials: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/testimonial.php Request access to a sample course course: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/samplecourse.php Twitter: http://twitter.com/libjuiceacademy Check out our jingle: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/news/?p=139 You are receiving this advertisement because you are subscribed to a related email discussion list that allows commercial messages. We have a separate mailing list that you may subscribe to directly... Subscribe to our mailing list: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/mailinglist.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~