Quantum2 Highlights March 2004
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Quantum2 CE Courses at SLA Annual Conference

Quantum2 Web Sessions

Upcoming Quantum2 Sessions

Update on Quantum2 Members Contribution to Graduate Education Survey
Upcoming Quantum2 Sessions

For Quantum2 members in the United Kingdom, a half-day session offering two Quantum2 workshops is being offered from 10:00am-2:00pm, GMT, Thursday, April 28, at the Dialog London Bridge office. Workshop titles and registration details will be announced shortly, so mark this date in your calendar.
Quantum2 Web Sessions

The following Quantum2 Web sessions are being offered in the coming months, and include the continuation of the Justifying Value series of workshops offered twice in one day and designed to help you make your decision makers understand the value that information services bring to your organization. The World Clock will convert the hours to match your local time.

Justifying Value I
Leading the Way: Trends and Best Practices in the Information Professional Role
March 17, 2005
2:00 p.m. ET; 7:00 p.m. GMT

Justifying Value II
Understanding the Information Budget Process: Time/Cost/Quality Tradeoffs
April 21, 2005
9:00 a.m. ET; 2:00 p.m. GMT

April 21, 2005
2:00 p.m. ET; 7:00 p.m. GMT

Assessing Clients' Needs: Map the Information Flow
May 19, 2005
2:00 p.m. ET; 7:00 p.m. GMT

Justifying Value III
Defining the Value of Information Services: Beyond ROI
June 23, 2005
9:00 a.m. ET; 2:00 p.m. GMT

June 23, 2005
2:00 p.m. ET; 7:00 p.m. GMT

REGISTER TODAY for these WebEx sessions.
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Dear Quantum2 Member...
As you may have noticed, conference season is in full swing, with many industry conferences scheduled between now and the end of summer. Of course, for many, the Special Libraries Association (SLA) 2005 Annual Conference in Toronto (June 5-8) might be a consideration. To help you plan your continuing education courses, we highlight here the Quantum2 offerings available at the SLA annual conference. For more information, read on.

Quantum2 CE Courses at SLA Annual Conference

On June 4, 2005, a team of Dialog staff will be offering the following Quantum2 sessions as half-day Continuing Education (CE) courses during the SLA 2005 Annual Conference in Toronto. To attend, please visit the SLA Conference Web site and register your interest.

  • Creating a Knowledge Sharing Culture:
    Saturday, June 4, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET

    Presenters: Libby Trudell and Anthony Danko
  • Adding Value to Information Services:
    Saturday, June 4, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET

    Presenters: Liz Blankson-Hemans and Betty Jo Hibberd

In addition, Dialog is sponsoring many divisional program events throughout the conference and is the sole sponsor of the Leadership Development Institute on Sunday, June 5, for current and incoming division chairs and chapter presidents.

Update on Your Contribution to Graduate Education Survey

As some of you know, Dialog runs a Graduate Education Program, available worldwide to graduate degree programs in library science and related disciplines. In the late spring of 2003, several Quantum2 members contributed to a Dialog survey of skill requirements for graduates of LIS programs. The findings of the survey were presented as a paper at the 2003 EUCLID/ALISE joint conference and published in a 2004 issue of the peer-reviewed journal, New Library World from Emerald Publishing.

As a result of your contributions to this survey and the resulting paper, Dialog representatives have been invited to sit on the External Advisory Board for Loughborough University in the United Kingdom, which has recently received funding to undertake a two-year project to conduct a detailed study of Employability Skills in the Curriculum for LIS courses. We are sure that many of you who contributed to the initial survey will find the final results of the project highly interesting. Thank you for your contribution.

As always, your suggestions for workshop topics are always welcome and encouraged. If you know a friend or colleague who would benefit from Quantum2, please encourage them to sign up today.

Liz Blankson-HemansRegards,
Liz Blankson-Hemans
Director, IPMD International
Dialog

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