Iowa Library Services offers several courses over the web, so librarians can complete the coursework without traveling. We offer both self-paced courses (completed at the librarian's own pace) and synchronous courses, which librarians attend in an online classroom, at a specific time.
Synchronous or Blended Courses:
(These are just a few of the many online courses sponsored by Iowa Library Services. You will find more listed in the
Iowa Library Services CE Catalog.)
2011
| November 16 | Copyright and Fair Use in the Public Library | Information and Registration |
| December 2 | Putting Your Library on Facebook | Information and Registration |
| December 7 | Getting the Most from Google Searching | Information and Registration |
| December 13 | Using Book Trailers | Information and Registration |
| December 14 | Information Literacy in the Public Library | Information and Registration |
2012
| January 12 | Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference |
Information and Registration |
*Note: When you register for an online class, be sure to watch for a confirmation message via email -- this email will provide you with the link you need to find the appropriate online classroom for your session!
Self-Paced Courses:
| Marketing the Library | Information and Register online |
| Putting Reference Skills to Use | Information and Register online |
| Basic Cataloging (Dreama Deskins) | Information and Register online |
| Getting Grants | Information and Register online |
| Staying On Top of Things | Not available at this time. |
Online Tutorials (Short
modules on doing specific tasks;
no CE credit--YET; I'm working on it!)
 | Blogging in Libraries (creating, customizing, posting to a blog) http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/tutorials/Blogging/player.html |
| RSS for Libraries http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/tutorials/RSSforLibraries/launcher.html |
| Creating a Blog for Reader's Advisory (needs some updating; by 11/2007) http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/BlogsRA/player.html |
| Creating Podcasts http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/PodRA/player.html |
| Library Thing and New Books List on Your Website http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/rss/LTNewBooks/launcher.html |
| Using RSS Calendar http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/tutorials/RSSCalendar/launcher.html |
Do you have suggestions for an online course? E-mail Karen Burns