{"id":12172,"date":"2015-12-27T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T05:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=12172"},"modified":"2025-06-04T14:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T18:04:47","slug":"one-more-week-to-sign-up-for-alsc-online-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/one-more-week-to-sign-up-for-alsc-online-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"One More Week to Sign Up for ALSC Online Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re heading into the final days of 2015 and it&#8217;s also the the final days before the <strong>next semester of ALSC online courses!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With topics like school\/library collaboration, STEM programming, and the Sibert Medal, you can bring new ideas into your library! Classes begin <strong>Monday, January 4, 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the courses being offered this semester are eligible for continuing education units (CEUs). The American Library Association (ALA) has been certified to provide CEUs by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iacet.org\/\">International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET).<\/a> ALSC online courses are designed to fit the needs of working professionals. Courses are taught by experienced librarians and academics. As participants frequently noted in post-course surveys, <strong>ALSC stresses quality and caring<\/strong> in its online education options.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/its-mutual-school-and-public-library-collaboration\">It\u2019s Mutual: School and Public Library Collaboration<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n6 weeks, January 4 \u2013 February 12, 2016<br \/>\nInstructor: Rachel Reinwald, School Liaison and Youth Services Librarian, Lake Villa District Library<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/science-technology-engineering-and-math-stem-programs-made-easy\">Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Programs Made Easy<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n4 weeks, January 4 \u2013 29, 2016, CEU Certified Course, 1.2 CEUs<br \/>\nInstructor: Angela Young, Head of Children\u2019s Department, Reed Memorial Library<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/sibert_course\">The Sibert Medal: Evaluating Books of Information<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n6 weeks, January 4 \u2013 February 12, 2016<br \/>\nInstructor: Kathleen T. Horning, Director, Cooperative Children\u2019s Book Center, University of Wisconsin- Madison<\/p>\n<p>Detailed descriptions and registration information is available on the ALSC website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsced\">www.ala.org\/alsced<\/a>. Fees are $115 for personal ALSC members; $165 for personal ALA members; and $185 for non-members. Questions? Please contact ALSC Program Officer for Continuing Education, <a href=\"emailto:kfigliulo@ala.org\">Kristen Figliulo<\/a>, 1 (800) 545-2433 ext 4026.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of ALSC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re heading into the final days of 2015 and it&#8217;s also the the final days before the next semester of ALSC online courses! With topics like school\/library collaboration, STEM programming, and the Sibert Medal, you can bring new ideas into your library! Classes begin Monday, January 4, 2016. One of the courses being offered this semester are eligible for continuing education units (CEUs). The American Library Association (ALA) has been certified to provide CEUs by the International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET). ALSC online courses are designed to fit the needs of working professionals. Courses are taught by experienced librarians and academics. As participants frequently noted in post-course surveys, ALSC stresses quality and caring in its online education options. It\u2019s Mutual: School and Public Library Collaboration 6 weeks, January 4 \u2013 February 12, 2016 Instructor: Rachel Reinwald, School Liaison and Youth Services Librarian, Lake Villa District Library Science,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[88,186,210,765,16,414],"tags":[554,890,875,807],"class_list":["post-12172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alsc-online-courses","category-blogger-dan-rude","category-books-2","category-collaboration","category-professional-reading","category-stemsteam","tag-alsc-online-courses-2","tag-schoollibrary-collaboration","tag-sibert-medal","tag-stemsteam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}