LSSC Elective Competencies: Reference and Information Services

$375.00

Credits: 2.25 CEUs or 22.5 PDHs

A six week online course on reference services, designed to meet the elective requirement of the Library Support Staff Certification. This course covers introductory information on the reference interview, basic research and search skills, information literacy, print and non print sources in their own and other library collections, and legal and ethical issues.

Course Information

Session

Credits

2.25 CEUs or 22.5 PDHs

Registration dates

We accept registrations through the first week of classes, unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment.

Course Description

A six week online course on reference services, designed to meet the elective requirement of the Library Support Staff Certification. This course covers introductory information on the reference interview, basic research and search skills, information literacy, print and non print sources in their own and other library collections, and legal and ethical issues. At the end of the course students will be prepared to provide basic reference and information services in a public library setting. Students will complete an annotated bibliography assignment that requires, selecting, evaluating and annotating a variety of sources on a student selected topic.

Barbara Alvarez

Barbara AlvarezBarbara Alvarez has partnered with numerous library professionals, local businesses and organizations to share digital stories through podcasts, videos, and broadcasting. She is the co-founder of The Library OnConference, a free virtual conference completely held on Google Hangouts that has garnered nearly 500 participants. Additionally, she received the 2015 Public Librarian Support Award for innovation and creativity in the library’s community. She is the author of the book Embedded Business Librarianship for the Public Librarian with ALA Editions. Barbara received a Master in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign.  

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Special Session

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