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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:

Is Technical Services Dead? An Overview of the Future of Traditional Services
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@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@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.