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Apologies for duplicate postings. The Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, is pleased to offer the following online, non-credit continuing education course open to anyone interested in the topic. Scholarly Writing for the LIS Profession Dates: March 16 - May 4, 2010 Times: Online synchronous sessions Tuesdays 2:00 - 3:00 PM central time. NOTE: The first session on March 16 will be held from 2:00 - 4:00 PM. Instructor: Robert H. Burger, Ph.D., CPA, Professor Emeritus, GSLIS Cost: $200 Purpose of the course: To introduce the student to the major genres of scholarly writing primarily through actual writing and editing assignments and discussion of essential elements and approaches to scholarly writing. An underlying assumption of the course is that writing is a social act, a way of knowing, and a way of thinking creatively and critically. Successful writing demands that the writer understand how readers respond to writing. Topics included are general introduction to scholarly writing and editing, practice with writing abstracts, reviews, editorials, columns and other opinion pieces, reporting the results of case studies, best practices, surveys and focus group research, and writing discipline focused scholarly articles. The book length work will not be covered. Each assignment will consist of reading an example of the genre in question, critiquing it, and writing in that genre. Upon completion of the course the candidate is expected to be able confidently to compose abstracts, reviews, and other types of scholarly writing. For additional information and to register: http://www.lis.illinois.edu/programs/cpd/sw.html Marianne Steadley Continuing Professional Development Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of IL 501 E. Daniel St. Champaign IL 61820 [log in to unmask] 217/244-2751 Fax: 217/244-3302