From: Deb Hunt (dhunt@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 25 2004 - 17:18:13 PDT
Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20040625171535.00a8d5c0@192.174.2.1> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:18:13 -0700 From: Deb Hunt <dhunt@exploratorium.edu> Subject: RE: SLA-SF: sla competencies program
I have been emailing and talking to Janice as we've invited her to come to
our 80th celebration (not confirmed yet).
I would be happy to write a letter or send an email as president expressing
our concerns.
I'd like to hear more comments before I do so I can synthesize the feelings
of the chapter members.
Let's continue this conversation till next Tuesday and then I'll compose
our thoughts as a group.
Wow, what a great way to use this discussion list!
Thanks everyone.
Deb
At 05:02 PM 6/25/04 -0700, Karin Zilla wrote:
>I was not at Nashville but sense that the introduction of a good idea
>suffered from poorly prepared communication. Has anyone communicated this
>to Janice or to SLA in general? Those are the folks who need to hear about
>the reservations of the members they are asking to pay for this literally
>out of their own pockets. Perhaps they can tell us why doing something so
>very needed and meant to add value to one's SLA membership is not a standard
>part of the services they offer their members. How was the special
>fundraising going to be applied?
>
>Just a few questions from your resident skeptic.
>
>Karin
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: SLA-SF@exploratorium.edu [mailto:SLA-SF@exploratorium.edu]On
>Behalf Of Rita Evans
>Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 4:15 PM
>To: SLA/SF Listserv
>Subject: Re: SLA-SF: sla competencies program
>
>
>Thank you to Michael for digging up this document. It sounds like a lot of
>thought has gone into the plans for the revamping of professional
>development throughout the association, an effort that's long overdue. In
>addition to this document, the information about the Annual Campaign for
>Professional Development at
>http://www.sla.org/content/learn/annualcampaignPDC/index.cfm is also
>interesting.
>
>While I applaud SLA's efforts in this regard, I was rather stunned in
>Nashville at the conclusion of the first general session when SLA Exec Dir
>Janice Lachance announced the campaign in a very general way, then had
>volunteers pass out envelopes for contributions as if it were collection
>time at a church service. I'm wondering how other people reacted. I doubt
>that many of us had enough information to warrant whipping out our
>checkbooks, regardless of how worthy a goal the campaign might be. And I
>resented being told how much of the target $1,000,000 was my "share" to
>contribute.
>
>If this campaign is going to be successful, and I hope that it is, the
>association is going to have to do a much better job of communicating what
>it's trying to accomplish, and find a more effective way of solicting
>funding than essentially saying, "Here's a great idea, now pay for it."
>Getting this document out, and not burying it in the confused mess of SLA's
>website, would be a start.
>
>Rita Evans
>Institute of Transportation Studies Library
>University of California, Berkeley
>
>
>At 09:09 AM 6/25/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> >Hello all -
> >
> >At yesterday's Executive Board and Advisory Council Turnover Meeting,
> >SLA's proposed certification program was briefly mentioned, but not much
> >was known about it.
> >
> >I found a SLA document that mentions it; it is the January 2004 Trend
> >Report sent to the SLA Board. I found it using Google; I couldn't find it
> >using a search on the SLA site (!)
> >
> >Michael Sholinbeck
> >Document Delivery/Reference Librarian
> >Public Health Library
> >University of California, Berkeley
> >1-510/642-2511; 1-510/642-7623 (fax)
> >msholinb@library.berkeley.edu
> >http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/
> >
> > From <http://www.sla.org/Documents/boarddocs/04docs/B04-11.doc> (please
> > forgive formatting funkiness from the copy/paste job):
> >
> >The Professional Development program is currently undergoing a major
> >revision in an effort to provide the membership with more relevant
> >courses. As stated in the Professional Development Committee's Strategic
> >Document, we want to improve SLA professional development so that it "will
> >be known as one of the leading PD programs among professional societies
> >and will be seen as the ideal model for support of life long learning and
> >constant professional skills enhancement." The initiatives that are
> >currently being addressed to reach this vision include:
> >
> >An SLA Online Learning Community that is organized with and driven by an
> >award-winning Learning Management System, allowing members to manage their
> >education and professional improvement online.
> >SLA Certification Programs designed to allow members to demonstrate
> >achievement of each of the Core Competencies.
> >Certification Tracks individualized for each member.
> >Continuing Education Units, authorized by a governing body such as the
> >International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET),
> >awarded for all courses and seminars.
> >Partnerships with information organizations and higher learning
> >institutions to allow us to offer online courses and programs that are
> >both valuable and prestigious.
> >
> >Because the Certification Program will be driven by and based on the Core
> >Competencies, it will be the foundation of the new professional
> >development offerings. We anticipate that there will be four Certification
> >Tracks, one for each of the Core Competencies, offering the following
> >certificates:
> >
> >SLA Certification in Management of Information Organizations
> >SLA Certification in Management of Information Resources
> >SLA Certification in Management of Information Services
> >SLA Certification in Management of Information Tools and Technologies
> >
> >We will develop a separate curriculum outline for each Certification
> >Track, containing terminal and enabling objectives for completion of the
> >program. Courses will be selected and/or developed to meet each objective.
> >Each Certification Track will also require completion of courses in
> >associated Personal Competencies. To ensure that the SLA Certification
> >Program is transferable and has independent merit, we are going to take
> >the steps necessary to have courses and seminars offered through SLA meet
> >the certification standards of the IACET.
> >
> >Many associations and academic institutions offer courses and online
> >programs that would meet the objectives of our proposed certification
> >programs, and we are beginning to look for such organizations with which
> >to partner. The ability to co-sponsor courses and seminars will strengthen
> >our program, improve our offerings, and enhance our efficiency.
> >Our goal is simple: we want to be the only place that SLA members need to
> >go to increase their value as an information professional and to further
> >their career.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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