Wednesday, February 3, 2010

UALC's Professional Training Update

Here is the spring 2010 edition of UALC's Professional Training Update. Below you will find upcoming professional development opportunities listed in order by date. Don’t miss out on these great opportunities!

MPLA Professional Development Grants Program
DATES: Next due dates are Feb. 4, Apr. 1 & June 3.
MORE INFO: http://www.mpla.us/committees/profdev/grants.html


Genetics/Genomics and Biomedical Informatics: Two Rivers Merging FREE
DATE: February 11, 2010
LOCATION: Web and Salt Lake City
MORE INFO: http://library.med.utah.edu/or/pmayden/pmayden.php


OnPoint Chats: Conversational openings with faculty about scholarly communication
FREE
DATE: March 4, 2010
LOCATION: Web
MORE INFO: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/onpoint/index.cfm

R U REDY? Scenario Planning & Collaboration among Libraries and Archives to Improve Disaster Preparedness for Collections FREE
DATE: March 10, 2010
LOCATION: Web
MORE INFO: Contact Randy Silverman, randy.silverman@utah.edu. To register, visit http://host7.evanced.info/pls/lib/eventcalendar.asp?libnum=4, navigate to March 10th and click on the SLC program.

2010 Oklahoma Library Association & Mountain Plains Library Association Joint Conference $$$
DATE: April 19-21
LOCATION: Oklahoma City, OK
MORE INFO: http://oklibs.org/modx/events/Conferences.htm

ULA Conference $$$
DATE: May 12-14
LOCATION: St. George, UT
MORE INFO: http://ula.org/conference/2010conf/index.php

The Colorado Academic Library Consortium Summit $$$
DATE: May 20-21, 2010
LOCATION: Denver, CO
MORE INFO: Proposals due by Feb. 12, http://www.mpla.us/events/calcpresent.pdf. General info here, http://www.calcweb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=130.

These events are selected by the Professional Development Committee and are limited to online classes, grants and opportunities online or in Utah or surrounding states.