From: Rita Evans (revans@library.berkeley.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 25 2004 - 16:14:41 PDT
Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20040625154958.01d0ae40@library.berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:14:41 -0700 From: Rita Evans <revans@library.berkeley.edu> Subject: Re: SLA-SF: sla competencies program
Thank you to Michael for digging up this document. It sounds like a lot of
thought has gone into the plans for the revamping of professional
development throughout the association, an effort that's long overdue. In
addition to this document, the information about the Annual Campaign for
Professional Development at
http://www.sla.org/content/learn/annualcampaignPDC/index.cfm is also
interesting.
While I applaud SLA's efforts in this regard, I was rather stunned in
Nashville at the conclusion of the first general session when SLA Exec Dir
Janice Lachance announced the campaign in a very general way, then had
volunteers pass out envelopes for contributions as if it were collection
time at a church service. I'm wondering how other people reacted. I doubt
that many of us had enough information to warrant whipping out our
checkbooks, regardless of how worthy a goal the campaign might be. And I
resented being told how much of the target $1,000,000 was my "share" to
contribute.
If this campaign is going to be successful, and I hope that it is, the
association is going to have to do a much better job of communicating what
it's trying to accomplish, and find a more effective way of solicting
funding than essentially saying, "Here's a great idea, now pay for it."
Getting this document out, and not burying it in the confused mess of SLA's
website, would be a start.
Rita Evans
Institute of Transportation Studies Library
University of California, Berkeley
At 09:09 AM 6/25/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello all -
>
>At yesterday's Executive Board and Advisory Council Turnover Meeting,
>SLA's proposed certification program was briefly mentioned, but not much
>was known about it.
>
>I found a SLA document that mentions it; it is the January 2004 Trend
>Report sent to the SLA Board. I found it using Google; I couldn't find it
>using a search on the SLA site (!)
>
>Michael Sholinbeck
>Document Delivery/Reference Librarian
>Public Health Library
>University of California, Berkeley
>1-510/642-2511; 1-510/642-7623 (fax)
>msholinb@library.berkeley.edu
>http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/
>
> From <http://www.sla.org/Documents/boarddocs/04docs/B04-11.doc> (please
> forgive formatting funkiness from the copy/paste job):
>
>The Professional Development program is currently undergoing a major
>revision in an effort to provide the membership with more relevant
>courses. As stated in the Professional Development Committee's Strategic
>Document, we want to improve SLA professional development so that it "will
>be known as one of the leading PD programs among professional societies
>and will be seen as the ideal model for support of life long learning and
>constant professional skills enhancement." The initiatives that are
>currently being addressed to reach this vision include:
>
>An SLA Online Learning Community that is organized with and driven by an
>award-winning Learning Management System, allowing members to manage their
>education and professional improvement online.
>SLA Certification Programs designed to allow members to demonstrate
>achievement of each of the Core Competencies.
>Certification Tracks individualized for each member.
>Continuing Education Units, authorized by a governing body such as the
>International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET),
>awarded for all courses and seminars.
>Partnerships with information organizations and higher learning
>institutions to allow us to offer online courses and programs that are
>both valuable and prestigious.
>
>Because the Certification Program will be driven by and based on the Core
>Competencies, it will be the foundation of the new professional
>development offerings. We anticipate that there will be four Certification
>Tracks, one for each of the Core Competencies, offering the following
>certificates:
>
>SLA Certification in Management of Information Organizations
>SLA Certification in Management of Information Resources
>SLA Certification in Management of Information Services
>SLA Certification in Management of Information Tools and Technologies
>
>We will develop a separate curriculum outline for each Certification
>Track, containing terminal and enabling objectives for completion of the
>program. Courses will be selected and/or developed to meet each objective.
>Each Certification Track will also require completion of courses in
>associated Personal Competencies. To ensure that the SLA Certification
>Program is transferable and has independent merit, we are going to take
>the steps necessary to have courses and seminars offered through SLA meet
>the certification standards of the IACET.
>
>Many associations and academic institutions offer courses and online
>programs that would meet the objectives of our proposed certification
>programs, and we are beginning to look for such organizations with which
>to partner. The ability to co-sponsor courses and seminars will strengthen
>our program, improve our offerings, and enhance our efficiency.
>Our goal is simple: we want to be the only place that SLA members need to
>go to increase their value as an information professional and to further
>their career.
>
>
>
>
>
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