Registration for ALPS IM Class

I neglected to add the registration link for the Instant Messenger class that ALPS is putting on.

You can register at www.bcla.bc.ca. The link to ONLINE REGISTRATION is on the left, towards the bottom.

Leadership seminar in Vancouver - June

COllingwood Neighbourhood House in Vancouver is putting on a Leadership Program. While not library-specific, it still may be of interest to many who live in the area. The program starts June 6 and runs for 3 weeks. More information can be found here.

Learning Opportunity from ALPS - Friday June 16 2006

For those that may not be signed up to the ALPS email list

Instant Messaging in Academic Libraries.

Are you interested in instant messaging (IM) as a way of providing reference in academic libraries? Would you like the chance to try out some of the different software options?

Join us for an overview of how academic libraries in Canada, including the UBC Library, are using IM to provide reference to their students. We will also review two multi-protocol IM clients, Gaim and Trillian, and discuss the challenges of IM as a tool for reference provision.

There will be opportunities during this session for participants to get hands on experience with IM tools.

Presenters: Lindsay Ure and Katherine Miller, UBC

Date/Time: Friday, June 16, 2006 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Place: Room A140 - Langara College. 100 West 49th Ave. Vancouver, B.C.
Map: http://www.langara.bc.ca/images/visitus/level1.pdf
Directions: http://www.langara.bc.ca/contact/directions.html

Cost: $20.00 for BCLA members / $30.00 for non-members

You can register at the BCLA site here. The link to ONLINE REGISTRATION is on the left, towards the bottom.

An Informal Survey

The Committee is interested to know if there are any specific courses or areas that you would like to see us try and address?

Also, if you live outside of the Lower Mainland where would you be willing to travel to for a class, or what would be a convenient location to offer courses? The Committee will be offering classes outside of the Lower Mainland. To make this more economical and beneficial for participants, we will endeavour to make it a full-day session with either 1 or 2 classes.

You can leave your thoughts in the comments field for this post, or you can email us at cont.ed.bcla@gmail.com

Welcome to the BCLA Continuing Education Committee Blog

(now say that quickly 3 times)

The Continuing Education Committee has been looking at creating new and vibrant courses for all BCLA members, with the aim of offering these classes throughout the province. To that end, the Committee has decided to try and develop our new crop of courses along the themes for Career Management and Leadership. Now these courses will not be just for budding CEOs, but we hope they will be useful to everyone who works in a library. We will touch on such topics as conflict resolution in the workplace, public speaking and ethics. So check back regularly or subscribe to the RSS feed.

Upcoming Education Institute Courses - June & July

With the days getting longer, the number of courses are getting short

June 1 - Boys and Reading: Connecting Boys with Books and Libraries with Joanne de Groot (teleconference)
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June 5 - Dealing Assertively with Difficult Patrons: the Essential Skills with Goldie Newman (teleconference)
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July 3 - Beyond Google: Searching Faster and Smarter on the Web with Rita Vine (8wks online)
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