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LibraryU Curriculum Paths

LibraryU logo The following Curriculum Paths are offered as a suggestion for developing an online learning plan that matches your job responsibilities and library envionment.

We encourage all LibraryU visitors to register and create an online learning account that you can use to track all your LibraryU courses. Your course history can serve as a valuable part of your career development and the course certificates can be printed for your personal and professional record.

To enroll in one of these LibraryU courses, follow the "Courses" link on the left sidebar, select the courses you are interested in, and then enroll in the course. Courses are listed within category, and then within alphabetical order by Course Name.

You can register for as many courses as you would like - there's no limit to learning!

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Course Name	Number	Category
Administrators/Directors
Assessing Your Library's Fundraising Readiness	MAR004	Marketing
Budgeting Basics	ADM001	Administrative Skills
CapWiz: A Tech Tool to Tell Your Library's Story	MAR002	Marketing
Cool Customizable PR: Putting Project 12 to Work for Your Library	MAR001	Marketing
Developing Motivating Messages for Your Library	COM002	Community Building
Directors ASK (Administrator-Secret-Knowledge)	ADM004	Administrative Skills
Keeping it Simple: Developing a Marketing Plan for Your Library	MAR009	Marketing
Laws that Affect Libraries	TRU001	Public Library Trustees
The Library's Contribution to Your Community	MAR006	Maketing
Library Construction Basics	TRU003	Public Library Trustees
Master of Disaster: Developing a Disaster Plan	ADM003	Administrative Skills
Reference Staff
Basic Web-Based Reference	INF016	Information Services
Evaluating Information Found on the Web	PUB005	Public Sector
FirstSearch: A Wealth of Information	INF004	Information Services
Locating Journal Articles with Academic Search Elite	INF008	Information Services
InfoPros - Think 3, Information Literacy	INF009	Information Services
Reader's Advisory Services	CUS013	Customer Service
Web-Based E-mail for Beginners	PUB006	Public Sector
Time for Talking Books	CUS012	Customer Service
NoveList, or Reader's Advisory at Your Fingertips	INF007	Information Services
Youth Services & School Library Media Staff
Accompanying the Young Reader: Helping the Reader Choose Appropriate Books	YSR001	Youth Services
Boy Crazy @ the Library: Going Graphic in Your Collection	CUS019	Customer Service
Creating a Web Expedition: Learning Through Internet Exploration	YSR003	Youth Services
Evaluating Information Found on the Web	PUB005	Public Sector
InfoPros - Think 3, Information Literacy	INF009	Information Services
Partners in Learning: Collaboration with Teachers and Librarians	COM004	Community Service
Planning Story Times for Children	CUS014	Customer Service
Reader's Advisory Services	CUS013	Customer Service
Special Needs Children @ Your Library	CUS015	Customer Service
There Will Always be Storytellers	CUS020	Customer Service
Time for Talking Books	CUS012	Customer Service
Trustees
From Card Catalog to Computer: An Introduction to Automation for Trustees	TRU004	Public Library Trustees
Laws that Affect Libraries	TRU001	Public Library Trustees
Library Construction Basics	TRU003	Public Library Trustees
Long-Range Planning for Public Library Trustees	TRU002	Public Library Trustees
Front Line Library Staff Virtually all of the LibraryU modules could be appropriate for various staff, here are just a few:
Boy Crazy @ the Library: Going Graphic in Your Collection	CUS019	Customer Service
Merchandising that Works	CUS003	Customer Service
Reader's Advisory Services	CUS013	Customer Service
Shelving with Dewey	CUS009	Customer Service
Shelving with Library of Congress	CUS008	Customer Service
Shelving with SuDoc	CUS010	Customer Service
Shelving with NLM	CUS007	Customer Service
There Will Always be Storytellers	CUS020	Customer Service
Time for Talking Books	CUS012	Customer Service
Web-Based E-mail for Beginners	PUB006	Public Sector
Weeding the Library Collection	CUS001	Customer Service
Public Many of the current LibraryU modules could be appropriate for various public patrons, here are just a few:
Accompanying the Young Reader: Helping the Reader Choose Appropriate Books	YSR001	Youth Services
Creating a Web Expedition: Learning Through Internet Exploration	YSR003	Youth Services
Evaluating Information Found on the Web	PUB005	Public Sector
InfoPros - Think 3, Information Literacy	INF009	Information Services
There Will Always be Storytellers	CUS020	Customer Service
Web-Based E-mail for Beginners	PUB006	Public Sector