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(Please excuse cross-posting) *Simmons GSLIS Continuing Education* They're Googling You: Online Identity for LIS Professionals May 1 - 31, 2010 (online asynchronous) $250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200) PDPs: 15 Should you separate your professional online identity from the personal, and if so, how? Self-promotion and branding is becoming increasingly important as library professionals face dwindling traditional employment opportunities, due to layoffs, downsizing, budget cuts, and library closings. On a more positive note, library staff wishing to contribute back to the profession may want to hone a professional identity that makes one marketable for teaching and training purposes, conference speaking or consulting. Developing a professional online identity for either purpose may be a challenging and rewarding endeavor. Through setting up a blog style website for personal/professional promotion, participants will: * Explore and evaluate online applications and social networking tools for professional development, self-promotion, and branding purposes * Discuss identity and how you represent yourself professionally online * Discover how to make yourself "googleable" * Address online privacy and safety concerns Instructor: Beth Gallaway, author of Game On: Gaming at the Library (Neal-Schuman, 2009), was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2006 for her work in advocating for video games in libraries. She is an independent library trainer/consultant specializing in gaming, technology, and youth services, and is a YALSA certified Serving the Underserved (SUS) trainer; [log in to unmask] Jason Puckett, a 2010 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, is the Librarian for Communication and Educational Technologies at GSU in Atlanta (the liaison for the Journalism and Speech Programs) and works with instructional technology. He writes about libraries, teaching, technology, fun, and the places those things intersect; [log in to unmask] *************************************** For additional information or to register see http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/careers/continuing-education/register.php or contact [log in to unmask] -- Kris Liberman '87LS Program Manager Simmons GSLIS CE T - 617-521-2803 F - 617-521-3192 [log in to unmask] http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/careers/continuing-education/index.php