PDC
Professional Development Committee

education/training  I  continuing education

education & training opportunities for Arts Information professionals

Directory of ALA Accredited LIS Master's Programs: http://www.ala.org/ala/accreditation/lisdirb/lisdirectory.htm

 

continuing education

ACRL
e-Learning Webcasts: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/elearning.htm
Harvard Leadership Institute: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~ppe/
Institute For Information Literacy - Immersion Program: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/acrlinfolit/professactivity/iil/immersion/immersionprograms.htm

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works: http://aic.stanford.edu/

Archives & Museum Informatics: Grindstone Island Program. A summer retreat offering a variety of sessions exploring the latest issues in culture and technology. http://www.archimuse.com/grindstone/

ARL Professional Development Workshops and Online Courses: http://www.arl.org/arl/workshops.html

Canadian Library Association. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Centre: http://www.cla.ca/cpd/index.htm

Image Permanence Institute. Sponsored by Rochester Institute of Technology and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology: http://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/index.html

Northeast Document Conservation Center: http://www.nedcc.org/

OCLC Institute: "Dedicated to promoting the evolution of libraries through advanced education and knowledge exchange." http://www.oclc.org/education/

Rare Book School (RBS): "An independent non-profit educational institute supporting the study of the history of books and printing and related subjects. Founded in 1983, it moved to its present home at the University of Virginia in 1992."http://www.virginia.edu/oldbooks/

Summer Educational Institute (SEI) for Visual Resources and Image Management: A joint program of the Art Libraries Society of North America and the Visual Resource Association. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. http://www.vraweb.org/

Special thanks to Jack Robertson for initiating the development of the PDC site.