[Libs-Or] New ACRL E-learning Opportunities

[Robin A. Paynter]

**** FYI: ACRL-Oregon E-learning Scholarship Applications for the Summer 
Round of Scholarships will be available very soon!*** - Robin*

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Registration is now open for two ACRL e-Learning events.  Please take a 
moment to review ACRL's upcoming e-Learning course offerings, available 
at http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/. 
    Details for each upcoming event are below:

*Program Review for Academic Libraries***
Live Webcast
April 14, 2009
11 a.m Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern

*Webcast description:*
Has your library recently been included in your institution's academic 
program review cycle?  Erin McCaffrey, Digital Systems Librarian at 
Regis University, will introduce academic program review, discuss what 
is involved in putting together a program review for an academic library 
and questions to consider in working through the program review process.

Institutional program review guidelines often list the library as a 
resource for departments undergoing review.  However, more academic 
libraries are being included in their institution's review cycle and 
asked to undergo program review themselves.  This session will introduce 
academic program review; discuss what is involved in putting together a 
program review for an academic library; and present questions to 
consider in working through the program review process.  

*Presenter:
*Erin McCaffrey

*Registration fees:
*ACRL member: $50
ALA member: $75
CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $90
Student: $40
Group*: $295

For more details and a link to register for this event online, please 
visit the course page at 
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/courses/programreview.cfm.

 

*From Encounters to Experiences: Using Design Thinking to Create a User 
Experience*
Live Webcast
April 23, 2009
11 a.m Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern

*Workshop Description:*
Convenient. Simple. Unexpected. Impressive. The Age of User Experience 
has forever altered the expectations of American consumers, especially 
the millennial generation that constitutes a majority of the academic 
library's user base. To successfully reach and engage the user community 
academic librarians must master the art of adaptability. Good customer 
service is and will remain important, but may be insufficient to meet 
rapidly shifting user expectations. Many organizations are learning they 
must go beyond traditional customer service into the new realm of user 
experience design. Doing so requires new skills and a willingness to 
evolve professionally. In this online workshop attendees will learn how 
design thinking, rooted in the methods designers use to find problems 
and identify appropriate solutions, may be used to create user 
experiences that deliver meaning to individuals. Steven Bell, co-author 
of Academic Librarianship by Design and lead blogger at Designing Better 
Libraries, will introduce design thinking as a strategy to transform 
routine encounters into memorable experiences that exceed user 
expectations. 

*Webcast Presenter:*
Steven J. Bell, Temple University 

*Registration fees:*
ACRL member: $50
ALA member: $75
CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $90
Student: $40
Group*: $295

For more information about this webcast, including a link to online 
registration, please visit 
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/courses/userexperience.cfm.

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Portland State University logo

*Robin Paynter*
Social Sciences Librarian
220D Library
Portland State University

503.725.4501
503.725.4524
paynter at pdx.edu
http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html

"The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has 
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history." -- 
Marcus Breen (1997)

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