[Eril-l] ALCTS webinar: Current Trends & New Skills in Technical Services

[ALCTS-CE Announce]

*Apologies in advance for multiple postings.*

ALCTS webinar: Current Trends & New Skills in Technical Services

Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2016

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.

This session is part 2 of the 2-part series, The Future of Technical
Services:


   1.

   Is Technical Services Dead? An Overview of the Future of Traditional
   Services <http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/051116>
   2.

   Current Trends & New Skills in Technical Services


Description: In this webinar, presenters will explore current trends and
developments in library technical services and discuss how they will impact
the future of this field of librarianship. Participants will learn about
hard skills (such as programming, language acquisition, time management,
and metadata schema) and soft skills (such as collaboration, creativity,
initiative, and overall attitude) that will be instrumental in his/her
success in the future of technical services. A portion of the presentation
will also explore the need for advocacy for technical services as our field
continues to transition and evolve.

Learning outcomes:

Participants will learn about hard and soft skills needed for the future of
technical services, discover resources to use in developing these skills,
and discover ways to advocate these needs for our future evolution.

Who should attend?

Professionals, paraprofessionals, and library science students who work in
or who would like to work in technical services.

Presenters:

Erin E. Boyd is the Technical Services Supervisor at the Irving (TX) Public
Library where she is responsible for overseeing all cataloging and
processing. Previous to this position, she worked as a cataloger in
academic libraries. An active ALCTS member, Erin currently serves as
Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors and as the ALCTS Representative
on the ALA Website Advisory Committee.

Elyssa M. Gould is the Electronic Acquisitions & Serials Librarian at the
University of Michigan Law Library where she is responsible for the entire
e-resources lifecycle. Previous to this position, she worked as a cataloger
in a general academic library. An active ALCTS member, Elyssa currently
serves as a voting member on the Committee on Cataloging: Description and
Access and as the LRTS Book Review Editor.

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Registration Fees:

Single webinar: ALCTS Member $43 ; Non-member $59 ; Group rate
(members/non-members) $99/$129 ; International $43

Series pricing: ALCTS Member $69 ; Non-member $95 ; Group rate
(members/non-members) $159/$206 ; International $69

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/051816

ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration at ala.org. For all other
questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS
Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce at ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
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