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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The American Library Association’s <b>Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment </b>(HRDR) and the <b>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne </b>(UIUC)<b> </b>are offering courses later this month aimed at post-masters professional development for public librarians. HRDR will be offering a <b>Management of Technology</b> course and UIUC will be offering a course in <b>Organization and Personnel Administration</b>. Information on both courses, including how to register is included below. Both courses are approved for the ALA-Allied Professional Association’s <b>Certified Public Library Administrator </b>(CPLA) Program, but are open to any who would like to register. For more information on the CPLA Program, you can check out the CPLA website: <a href="http://ala-apa.org/certification/">http://ala-apa.org/certification/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>ALA’s Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment<o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Management of Technology | </span></strong><em><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Cost</span></b></em><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: $300</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> |<strong> More info and to register: <a href="http://ala-apa.org/certification/courses-offered/office-of-human-resource-development-and-recruitment/"><span style='font-weight:normal'>http://ala-apa.org/certification/courses-offered/office-of-human-resource-development-and-recruitment/</span></a> </strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dates</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: March 23, 2015 – April 27, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Format:</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Asynchronous online course<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Instructor</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: Carson Block<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>UIUC’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Organization and Personnel Administration | </span></strong><em><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Cost</span></b></em><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: $300</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> |<strong> More info and to register: </strong><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.lis.illinois.edu/academics/cpd/cpla/org-pers-admin">http://www.lis.illinois.edu/academics/cpd/cpla/org-pers-admin</a> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dates</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: March 30, 2015 – May 4, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Format:</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Asynchronous online course<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Instructor</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: Robert H. Burger\<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ian Lashbrook - <a href="mailto:ilashbrook@ala.org">ilashbrook@ala.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>Program Officer - Certification<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>American Library Association-Allied Professional Association<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>50 E Huron St<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>Chicago IL 60611-2795<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://ala-apa.org/">http://ala-apa.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>312.280.2424<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>800.545.2433 ext 2424<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>fax 312-280-3256<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>