The Professional Development Committee identifies topics which would be of sufficient interest to the staff for the committee to schedule online conferences, webinars or seminars or engage speakers within the library. PDC will seek funding from LET to enable national online conferences, webinars or seminars to be presented to staff. DPC will also publicize and evaluate events/sessions held.
The responsibilites of the Committee is provided in the Bylaws section VII, part B.
Officers |
Term of Office |
Clint Chamberlain (Chair) |
2010/11 – 2011/12 |
Jeff Downing |
2011/12 – 2012/13 |
Karen Horsfall |
2011/12 – 2012/13 |
Derek Reece |
2010/11 – 2011/12 |
Committee minutes are availabe in the PDC folder: Q:\MIS\Professional Forum\PDC\Minutes
Committee Annual Reports for 2002/03 and 2010/2011 are available in the Career Status folder: Q:\MIS\Professional Forum\PDC\Annual Reports
The PDC is currently identifying topics, conferences and webinars that would interest staff. If you have a suggestion regarding any of these, you can email it to Clint Chamberlain, Chair of PDC.
When finalised, the 2011/12 program will be available from this website and the Library Staff Calendar.
Check out the list of websites for many free webinars and tutorials
WebJunction Texas
http://tx.webjunction.org/
WebJunction
http://www.webjunction.org/
InfoPeople
http://infopeople.org/
American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/ala/onlinelearning/index.cfm
Booklist webinars
http://www.booklistonline.com/GeneralInfo.aspx?id=63
Learning Times
http://www.learningtimes.com/
Learning Space at Open University