We offer more than 35 half-day, full-day, evening, and weekend institutes and workshops each semester at our Boston and Mount Holyoke campuses, online, and elsewhere throughout New England. Our workshops are scheduled on weekends or online for the convenience of practicing librarians and other professionals.
Workshops - Summer/Fall/Winter 2010
Online workshops
Business Research 102: Business Ethics
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
August 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15- Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
August 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15Session Full
Sign up for the October session. - Getting Beyond "It's Good . . .": Evaluating and Reviewing Books for Youth
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
August 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Isn't Otaku a Kind of Sushi? Graphic Novels, Manga, and Anime
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
August 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Managing and Growing Youth Services Collections in the Digital Age
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
August 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Genealogy Information Services
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
August 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Introduction to Teen Readers' Advisory Services
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
August 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Creative Writing Programs for Youth
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
August 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Fantastic Non-Fiction for Teens
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
October 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
October 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - The Career-Savvy Information Professional
Special pricing! Only $85 for all registrants!
October 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Writing for Publication
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
October 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Managing the One-Person Library
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
October 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - U.S. Private Company Research: More Sources Than You Think!
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
October 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - MARC Basics for New Catalogers
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
October 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Secrets of Successful Youth Book Discussions
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
October 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - They're Googling You: Online Identity for LIS Professionals
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
November 1 - 30, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Graphic Novels for Adults and Academic Collections
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
November 1 - 30, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Keeping Up With New Technologies, While Keeping Your Sanity
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
November 1 - 30, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Winning Library Grants
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
November 1 - 30, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Pop Culture in Libraries
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
November 1 - 30, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Redefining Reluctant Readers
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
November 1 - 30, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Strategic Information Arrangement: Theory and Techniques
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
November 1 - 30, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Extending Mobile Library Services with QR Codes
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
November 1 - 30, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Digital Copyright
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
November 1 - 30, 2010 - PDPs: 15 - Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
January 4 - February 4, 2011 PDPs: 15 - Marketing Your Library
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
January 4 - February 4, 2011 PDPs: 15 - Managing and Growing Youth Services Collections in the Digital Age
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
January 4 - February 4, 2011 PDPs: 15 - Technology Programming for Teens
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
January 4 - February 4, 2011 PDPs: 15 - Secrets of Successful Searching for School Librarians
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
February 1 - 28, 2011 PDPs: 15 - Creating Web Site Indexes
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
February 1 - 28, 2011 PDPs: 15 - The Career-Savvy Information Professional
Special pricing! Only $85 for all registrants!
February 1 - 28, 2011 PDPs: 15 - Isn't Otaku a Kind of Sushi? Graphic Novels, Manga, and Anime
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
February 1 - 28, 2011 PDPs: 15 - Business Research 101: Sources and Strategies
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
February 1 - 28, 2011 PDPs: 15 - Instructional Design: Creating Effective Materials for Online Learning
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
February 1 - 28, 2011 PDPs: 15 - Secrets of Successful Searching for Business, Public, and Academic Librarians
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
March 1 - 31, 2011 PDPs: 15
Boston Campus Workshops
- Project Management for Information Professionals
$220 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $175)
August 7, 2010 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. PDPs: 7Canceled - Building a Website with WordPress
$160 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $125)
August 14th - 9:00am - 12:30pm PDPs: 3.5 - Artists' Books
Part of our Book Arts and Artists' Books workshop series.
September 25, 2010, 9:00am - 5:00pm PDPs: 7 - Identifying and Caring for your Audio-Visual Materials
$220 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $175)
October 2, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. PDPs: 7 - Bookmaking for the Beginner
Part of our Book Arts and Artists' Books workshop series.
October 16, 2010, 9:00am - 5:00pm PDPs: 7 - Practical Tagging and Keyword Invention
$220 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $175)
October 23, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. PDPs: 7 - Mother Goose on the Loose
$195 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $155)
October 23, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m PDPs: 5 - Letterpress: History, Process, and Printing
Part of our Book Arts and Artists' Books workshop series.
November 13, 2010, 9:00am - 5:00pm PDPs: 7 - Moveable Books
Part of our Book Arts and Artists' Books workshop series.
December 4, 2010, 9:00am - 5:00pm PDPs: 7
Current GSLIS Student Discount
Current Simmons GSLIS students, Simmons College full-time faculty and staff, and Mount Holyoke College full-time faculty and staff are encouraged to enroll and receive the benefit of a 50% discount in workshop prices.
Simmons GSLIS Alumni Discount
Simmons GSLIS Alumni attending CE workshops receive a discounted price. You must be an alumni of Simmons GSLIS to receive this discount.
