[Publib] CE course: Serving Diverse Populations in the Library

[Marianne Steadley]

Apologies for duplicate postings.

The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce the following online continuing education/non-credit course: 

Course title: Serving Diverse Populations in the Library 
ALA-APA approved for Certified Public Library Administrator (CPLA)candidates)

Dates: January 7 - February 11, 2009
Times: Online synchronous sessions Wednesdays from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. US Central 
Cost: $300 
Instructor: Lori S. Mestre, Ed.D. GSLIS Adjunct Associate Professor

Intended audience: Librarians and information professionals needing training in providing service to diverse populations: CPLA program candidates needing an elective course for certification. 

Purpose of the course: To create an awareness of and sensitivity to diverse information needs of multiethnic/multicultural/multilingual populations served by libraries.  It focuses on developing skills for planning, implementing and evaluating programs for addressing the information needs of diverse communities through information needs assessment and analysis; program planning, public service, outreach and collection development.  It explores multicultural resources and services using a framework that focuses on: People (who work in libraries and their understanding of the concepts of diversity and multicultural librarianship); Collections (building collections to serve an increasingly diverse multicultural, multiethnic and multilingual society); and Services (to diverse groups and populations in libraries and organizational culture from a managerial perspective).  

For additional information and to register, visit http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/CPLA/diverse.html or contact Marianne Steadley, Steadley at illinois.edu  217-244-2751.

For information on other continuing education courses offered by GSLIS, visit
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/
Marianne Steadley
Continuing Professional Development Program Director
501 E. Daniel St. Champaign IL 61820
217/244-2751
Fax: 217/244-3302