T is for Training 177: No Pastels on Your Slides

Pastel Bunny MarshmallowsMaurice Coleman and Jill Hurst-Wahl discussed ALA accreditation, the idea of whether there should be library trainer certification, and likely a few other random topics (like snow). You can listen to the show here.

As promised, are here is a link to the 2015 ALA Standards for the Accreditation of of Master’s Programs in Library and Information Studies. Information on the entire accreditation process can be found in the Accreditation Process, Policies and Procedures (AP3), fourth edition.

A question for the T is for Training audience is…if someone created a certification for library trainers, so that you knew that the library training had learned “X”, what would “X” be?  Feel free to leave comments on this post OR write a blog post in your blog about this topic (and then tell us where that post resides).

 

 

 

T is for Training 176: Swipe Left To Learn

Stairs in the ALAMW16 Exhibit HallKate Kosturski and Paul Signorelli called into the show from the ALA Midwinter Conference in Boston (MA) and tried to surprise Maurice Coleman, our show host.  The three discussed:

All about relationships and monetary return on relationship building face to face and online. Also makerspacing.

You can listen to the show here.