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2010 Click U Webinar Schedule Now Available

Click U's Webinar schedule for the first half of 2010 is now available online. Take advantage of this SLA member benefit -- from twitter for librarians to searching public records, Click U has got you covered.

SLA Online Libraries: New Titles Available

This month, ebrary added 53 titles to their Business Administration collection of eBooks. Forty-four of the newly added titles have a publication date of 2008 or later. Some of the titles included are: Communications Skills for Project Managers, Managing Project Uncertainty, Bridging the Culture Gap, and The 2nd Digital Revolution.

You can review these titles and others by visiting the Click U Online Libraries.

The New execuBook: "Emotional Intelligence 2.0" by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves

How much of an impact does emotional intelligence have on your professional success?

According to Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves, the authors of this execuBook, emotional intelligence is so critical to success that it accounts for 58% of performance in all types of global jobs. It's the biggest single predictor of performance in the workplace and the strongest driver of leadership and personal excellence.

There are four key elements to consider, and you can improve your emotional intelligence by working on those where you're weak. Bradberry and Greaves offer a variety of strategies that can be used to improve personal skill in any of the four areas.

This summary provides insight into a critically important component of leadership. It will be of interest to anyone who seeks to be more effective in leading others.

If you want to read the full summary please log into your execuBooks account at http://www.aheadspace.com/login.cfm. Don't have an account? Visit Click U to get one.

2009 Click U Webinar Replays

Missed a Webinar in 2009? All the 2009 Click University Webinars are now available for review.

Take advantage of this member benefit and review those you've already seen or catch up on any you might have missed.

Interested in the schedule for the first half of 2010? Learn about upcoming Webinars and register.

Webinar Replay Now Available: Becoming Green (or Greener) in Your Workplace: Moving Past the Simple Steps

This session will provide you with advanced steps and methods to move the green initiative at your library forward and get others involved across the organization. It will also pose strategic questions to help you determine how to most effectively move forward. Is it worthwhile creating a corporate sustainability report? Measuring your carbon footprint? Developing a sustainability strategy? How would you go about prioritizing these projects? Which will add the most value?

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Happy Holidays!

The PD staff would like to share our warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday season and a very happy new year to all SLA members.

We hope you will join us at a learning event in 2010.

Carolyn Sosnowski, Information Center and E-Learning Manager

Natalie Gozzard, E-Learning Manager

Barbara Vick, E-Learning Manager

2010 Click U Certificate Programs

Click U's 2010 Certificate Program courses are now registering! Begin planning to expand your expertise and achieve your professional development objectives by participating in one or more of them. Program participants can take courses à la carte or pursue a complete certificate. Courses begin in January 2010.

Competitive Intelligence Certificates Program The certificates program is based on effective and recognized intelligence practices and addresses the requirements of LIS professionals, organizations practicing intelligence, and the professional development marketplace.

Certificate in Copyright Management Your job as an info pro is not only to find the best information for your clients. In many organizations you also are the only defense against costly infringement actions. Once you locate the information, you must ensure you distribute it without violating copyright restrictions -- and that your clients also stay within the law.

Knowledge Management Certificates Program Turning information into knowledge is becoming a key role of today's information professional. SLA members can get ahead in this fast-moving discipline with the Click University Knowledge Management (KM) Certificates Program. The KM courses are appropriate for seasoned KM professionals as well as library and information science professionals who are not currently performing a KM function.

Questions? Want more information? Contact clicku@sla.org.

Certificate Program Registration Reminder

Certificate program courses resume in January 2010. Please remember that a $50 late fee will be added to your invoice if you register at or after midnight (12:00 a.m. ET) on the first day of a course. Late registration does not guarantee live access to the first course session.

CIC01. Introduction to Competitive Intelligence
11 - 29 January 2010 (Online Course)

CCM100. Introduction to Copyright Management Principles and Issues
25 January - 10 February 2010 (Online Course)

KMKS01. Fundamentals of Knowledge Management and Knowledge Services
26 January 2010 (Live Course in conjunction with Leadership Summit)

KMKS03. The Knowledge Audit
27 January 2010 (Live Course in conjunction with Leadership Summit)

The New execuBook: "7 Lessons for Leading in a Crisis" by Bill George

What was the real cause of the economic calamity of 2008-'09?

According to Bill George, the author of this execuBook, it wasn't subprime mortgages, credit default swaps or even excessive greed. Those were only symptoms of the real problem, which was failed leadership from leaders who didn't follow their True North - the internal compass of beliefs, values and principles that guide you through life.

Unfortunately, there's no training ground for leading your organization through a crisis, short of gaining the experience yourself. Leaders who never get tested until they reach the top may be unable to cope. Some buckle under the pressure. Others become immobilized. Still others make big mistakes but learn from them to become better leaders the next time around. George describes seven lessons that can help you handle your next crisis.

This summary offers advice from a highly successful business leader about handling crises. It will be of interest to current and aspiring organizational leaders.

If you want to read the full summary please log into your execuBooks account at http://www.aheadspace.com/login.cfm. Don't have an account? Visit Click U to get one.

Webinar Replay Now Available: Understanding Digital Libraries

Increasingly, digital libraries are moving beyond current journals. The best-known example is Google Books, but we also see vast amounts of digital imagery, video, sound, and archival manuscripts. Each poses a different technical issue, but more important are the social issues. Many of these new materials have not been through traditional abstracting or indexing processes and instead rely on hyperlinks or "tagging" by volunteers. New technology may help us with identifying images, extracting information from multimedia sources, and searching.

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