[Neasis-l] Last Chance to Register for "They're Googling You: Online Identity for LIS Professionals" with Beth Gallaway and Jason Puckett

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*Simmons GSLIS Continuing Education*

They're Googling You: Online Identity for LIS Professionals

May 1 - 31, 2010 (online asynchronous)
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
PDPs: 15

Should you separate your professional online identity from the personal, and
if so, how? Self-promotion and branding is becoming increasingly important
as library professionals face dwindling traditional employment
opportunities, due to layoffs, downsizing, budget cuts, and library
closings. On a more positive note, library staff wishing to contribute back
to the profession may want to hone a professional identity that makes one
marketable for teaching and training purposes, conference speaking or
consulting. Developing a professional online identity for either purpose may
be a challenging and rewarding endeavor.

Through setting up a blog style website for personal/professional promotion,
participants will:

* Explore and evaluate online applications and social networking tools for
professional development, self-promotion, and branding purposes
* Discuss identity and how you represent yourself professionally online
* Discover how to make yourself "googleable"
* Address online privacy and safety concerns

Instructor: Beth Gallaway, author of Game On: Gaming at the Library
(Neal-Schuman, 2009), was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2006 for
her work in advocating for video games in libraries.  She is an independent
library trainer/consultant specializing in gaming, technology, and youth
services, and is a YALSA certified Serving the Underserved (SUS) trainer;
informationgoddess29 at gmail.com.

Jason Puckett, a 2010 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, is the Librarian for
Communication and Educational Technologies at GSU in Atlanta (the liaison
for the Journalism and Speech Programs) and works with instructional
technology.  He writes about libraries, teaching, technology, fun, and the
places those things intersect; jason at librarianx.net.

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For additional information or to register see
http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/careers/continuing-education/register.php
or contact gslisce at simmons.edu


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Kris Liberman '87LS
Program Manager
Simmons GSLIS CE
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gslisce at simmons.edu
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