Library Juice Academy courses offered in April, May, and June Apologies for cross-posting. Please share as appropriate. April classes start Monday, April 1st. We accept registrations through the first week of class (unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment). Most of the classes listed below are four weeks in length, with a price of $175. Classes are taught asynchronously, so participants can do the work at any time of the day. Assignments are typically on a weekly basis. Details on these courses are at http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/courses.php April Introduction to Design Thinking Carli Spina Research Design for Librarians Abigail Phillips Working Faster, Working Smarter: Productivity Strategies for Librarians Sarah Simpkin Techniques for Student Engagement in Library Instruction Kristin Ziska Primary Source Pedagogy Robin Katz Creating Online Exhibits with Omeka Alison Lewis Introduction to Digital Humanities for Librarians John Russell Evaluating Service Quality and Patron Satisfaction Jennifer Sweeney E-Book Management for Academic Libraries Erin Crane Academic Library Budgets 101 Tracey Leger-Hornby Beyond the Basics: Cataloging DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and Streaming Videos Natalie Hall Autism Spectrum Disorders and Libraries: Developing Welcoming and Accessible Library Resources and Services for Patrons on the Spectrum Dawn Behrend Using Intentional Planning to Choose Developmentally-Appropriate and Diverse Books for Storytime Lynn Baker Introduction to RDF Robert Chavez XSLT Fundamentals Robert Chavez Stories, Songs, and Stretches III: Stories and Songs Katie Scherrer Feminist Pedagogy for Instruction, Reference, and Beyond Maria T. Accardi May Introduction to Cataloging Melissa Adler Authority Control Natalie Hall Introduction to Collection Development Robert Holley Active Learning Strategies Mimi O'Malley User Experience Research and Design Carli Spina Getting Started with Digital Image Collections Beth Knazook Introduction to Knowledge Management Systems for Libraries Valerie Forrestal Business and Professional Writing for Librarians Alison Lewis Introduction to Genealogical Librarianship Sarah A.V. Kirby Easy Patron Surveys Jennifer Sweeney Introduction to GIS and GeoWeb Technologies Eva Dodsworth Deconstructing the Low-Morale Experience in Academic Libraries Kaetrena Davis Kendrick Bilingual Storytime at Your Biblioteca Katie Scherrer Foundations of Early Literacy: Using Your Knowledge to Enrich Library Experiences for Young Children and Their Families Saroj Ghoting RDF, RDFa and Structured Data Vocabularies Robert Chavez Introduction to JSON and Structured Data Robert Chavez Excel for Librarians Erin Crane June Using MarcEdit Natalie Hall Introduction to Universal Design for Learning Liz Johns Introduction to Scholarly Communications Carli Spina Introduction to Digital Preservation Natalie Baur Embedded Librarianship in Online Courses Mimi O'Malley Student Staff Development Jeremy McGinniss Effective Communication Strategies Deborah Schmidle Information Architecture: Designing Navigation for Library Websites Laura-Edythe Coleman Describing Photographs for the Online Catalogue Beth Knazook Caring for Collections Lauren Buttle Innovation in Libraries Cinthya Ippoliti Early Literacy Enhanced Storytimes: Supercharging Your Storytime Using Interactivity, Intentionality, and Assessment to Help Children Learn with Joy Saroj Ghoting Getting to Know Your Users through Interviews and Focus Groups Jennifer Sweeney Making and Makerspaces: Incorporating Making into Your Library Abigail Phillips Introduction to Linked Data Robert Chavez JSON-LD Fundamentals Robert Chavez Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) Sarah Hare Developing a Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Course Angela Pashia While academic programs focus on conceptual understanding of foundations, we focus primarily on the kinds of skills that library schools expect librarians to learn on-the-job, but which usually turn out to require additional study. These workshops earn Continuing Education Units, and are intended as professional development activities. Workshops are taught asynchronously, so you can participate as your own schedule allows. Some LJA trivia: We get customers from around the world. So far, in addition to the US, people have taken our classes from Abu Dhabi, Antigua, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, India, Ireland, The Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Panama, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, and Wales. Library Juice Academy P.O. 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