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13 May Webinar to Review Latest Updates in Google Books Settlement

The next Ask the Copyright Experts Webinar, scheduled for 13 May, will review the latest updates in the Google Books Settlement. Presenter Frederic Haber, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., will be joined by the following program panelists:  

Adam Ayer, President, License Logic
Keith Kupferschmid, Senior Vice President, Intellectual Property Policy & Enforcement, Software and Information Industry Association
Lesley Ellen Harris, Copyright Lawyer, Instructor, and Creator of SLA's Click U Certificate in Copyright Management program

SLA’s quarterly Ask the Copyright Experts Webinars provide in-depth discussions of the challenges associated with using and sharing content. The highlight of each program is an interactive panel discussion featuring a cross-section of copyright experts.

Missed an opportunity to attend a live Click U Webinar? All programs are recorded and posted on the Click U Webinar Replay page.

The New execuBook: "The Compromise Trap" by Elizabeth Doty

Compromise is a necessary part of working effectively with others, but sometimes the co-operative spirit of give and take becomes one-sided and dispiriting. How can you tell when that happens?

When you compromise on something you believe in, it just feels wrong. In this execuBook, author Elizabeth Doty explains that healthy compromise, at its core, means adapting to pressures or constraints by sacrificing lower values, wants or priorities for higher ones. Unhealthy pressures drive you toward making unhealthy compromises about higher values and priorities.

The essence of unhealthy compromise is the feeling that you're breaking a commitment to yourself or someone else, failing to protect or live up to a responsibility. To help explain the issue clearly, Doty lists 10 misconceptions about compromise at work.

This summary explores a common problem in organizational life. It will be of interest to anyone who may feel, occasionally or often, uncomfortable about compromises they're expected to make.

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.

Credo Reference Collection

Your SLA membership gives you access to a special collection of eReference titles from Credo Reference.  Credo Reference is an award winning eReference resource that combines publishing expertise with unique proprietary technology.

The special SLA collection of Credo Reference features dictionaries and encyclopedias covering Information and Library Management, Business, Finance, Legal, Medical and Language from publishers such as A&C Black, Collins, and John Wiley. 

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CIC08 CI Analysis: Fundamental Frameworks

CI Certificates Course: CIC08 CI Analysis: Fundamental Frameworks

Dates: 5 - 30 April 2010

What are the fundamental analytical tools & frameworks used in competitive intelligence? When and how do I apply them?

This online course begins our exploration of the analysis function of the Intelligence Process/Cycle. Building on earlier courses in the program, participants will learn more about how to generate usable actionable intelligence from information; how analysis works with other intelligence functions; and how to define research requirements for your analytical needs. We will discuss key analytical principles, techniques, models, and tools that should be in the arsenal of any intelligence professional and demonstrate how to apply key models to support your organization's intelligence needs. Topics include: generating useable intelligence profiles, competitive benchmarking, SWOT analysis, industry analysis, and environmental analysis.

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Questions? Need more info? Contact clicku@sla.org

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Click U Course Catalog: January - June 2010

Don't forget! The Click U Course Catalog for January - June 2010 is now available online.

Want to know more about the Certificate Programs? Want details about upcoming Webinars? Want to know about discounts on learning opportunities available to you as an SLA member? All that and more is included in the Catalog.

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The New execuBook: "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us" by Daniel H. Pink

What can we learn from the success of Wikipedia?

The emergence of the not-for-profit, volunteer-created and maintained online encyclopedia coincided with Microsoft's development of MSN Encarta, a professionally produced encyclopedia delivered first on CD-ROM and later online. According to all the normal rules of business, Wikipedia should be long defunct by now, and MSN Encarta should be going strong. In fact, Wikipedia is the largest and most popular encyclopedia in the world while MSN Encarta was shut down in 2009.

The conventional view of human motivation has a hard time explaining this result, says author Daniel H. Pink. In this execuBook he describes how our traditional views about motivation have changed over the years and why it's time for a more up-to-date approach that will help us understand phenomena like the success of Wikipedia.

This summary explores the underlying factors that drive human performance. It will be of interest to managers and leaders who seek to motivate people more effectively.

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.

SLA Innovation Laboratory

The Innovation Laboratory is designed as a place where you can play and discover uses for the latest emerging technologies. It's a unique resource for SLA members to discover new technologies. The Laboratory offers a wide variety of Web 2.0 software learning tools to help you become more business savvy and technologically adept. This amazing learning opportunity is included in your membership!

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The New execuBook: "Googled: The End of the World as We Know It" by Ken Auletta

How have Google founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin managed to keep their company on track through its spectacular growth from startup to global giant in just over 10 years?

Early on - in 2001 - Page and Brin accepted and learned to work effectively in a triumvirate with Eric Schmidt, an experienced IT executive who joined Google as chairman of the board and soon became CEO. Even more interesting is the impact of someone virtually unknown to the outside world: coach Bill Campbell.

In this execuBook, author Ken Auletta describes the unconventional Don't be evil background of Google and traces the influence of Schmidt and Campbell on the company's engineering-driven culture.

This summary looks at the inner workings of one of the most successful companies of the 21st century. It will be of interest to corporate leaders and managers, whether in technology or any other industry.

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.

EOS International Scholarships for Click U's KM Certificates Program

EOS International, the innovative and award-winning library automation and knowledge management solutions provider, has partnered with the Special Libraries Association (SLA) to offer EOS clients scholarships for SLA’s Knowledge Management (KM) Certificate Program.

Through this scholarship, EOS will contribute US$ 200 per KM course.

If you are an EOS client and would like to take advantage of the scholarship please register for a course and then contact clicku@sla.org.

The next course, KMKS10 Collaboration, Cooperation and the Knowledge Services Impact, begins 15 March 2010.

KMKS10 Collaboration, Cooperation and the Knowledge Services Impact

KM Certificates Course: KMKS10 Collaboration, Cooperation and the Knowledge Services Impact

Dates: 15 March - 2 April 2010

View discount options including the EOS scholarship and buddy discount.

This course compares hierarchical and collaborative management techniques and provides attendees with guidelines for determining the value of resource sharing (when applicable) and for establishing the larger success of knowledge services as a management methodology in the continuing development of the knowledge culture for the larger enterprise. Topics covered include:

• the knowledge development/knowledge sharing environment in the parent organization (i.e., determining if collaboration is the way people want to work)
• collaboration vs. hierarchy as a management tool
• the silo/smokestack framework and determining its harm for the wider enterprise
• the financial implications of limited resource sharing
• applying "open source"/transparency management to the knowledge management/knowledge services workplace

Click on the course title above for course details and to register.

Questions? Need more info? Contact clicku@sla.org.