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.
Digital Image Curation: Creating a New Field of Practice
GSLIS CE is pleased to offer a special three-day workshop on digital image curation. The workshop will take place March 11 - 13, 2010, and will be taught by Simmons GSLIS Visiting Professor Ross Harvey and Simmons GSLIS Adjunct Faculty Member Martha Mahard. For more information and to view the agenda for the workshop, please visit the Digital Image Curation page.
Workshops - Fall/Winter 2009
Online workshops
- ILL and Resource
Sharing: Best Practices, Practical Innovations, and New Directions
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
January 4 - February 3, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Taxonomies and Controlled
Vocabularies
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
January 4 - February 3, 2010 PDPs: 15SESSION FULL
Register for the March session! 
Business Research 101: Sources and
Strategies
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
January 4 - February 3, 2010 PDPs: 15- Marketing Your
Library
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
Rescheduled to June 2010 Managing the One-Person LibraryCANCELED
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
January 4 - February 3, 2010 - Online - PDPs: 15
Check back soon for Spring 2010 dates for this workshop!- Using Social Bookmarking
Services for Subject Guides, Course Reading Lists, and Reader Alerts
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
January 4 - February 3, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Getting Beyond "It's Good
. . .": Evaluating and Reviewing Books for Youth
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
February 1 - 28, 2010 PDPs: 15 Human Resources ManagementCANCELED
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
February 1 - 28, 2010 PDPs: 15The Open Movement and Libraries
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
February 1 - 28, 2010 PDPs: 15Teen Films: Media, Viewing, and Fandom
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
February 1 - 28, 2010 PDPs: 15- Writing for
Publication
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
February 1 - 28, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Private Company
Research: More Sources Than You Think
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
March 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Secret Formula
for Successful Searching: Search Engines,
Social Media, Government Sources and More
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
March 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Wikis in Libraries:
Building Interactive Collections and Knowledge Repositories
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $200)
March 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Winning Library
Grants
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $200)
March 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Introduction
to Virtual Worlds
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $200)
March 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Pop Culture in
Libraries
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $200)
March 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Taxonomies and Controlled
Vocabularies
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
March 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15SESSION FULL
Register for the May Session! - The Career-Savvy Information
Professional
Special pricing! Only $85 for all registrants!
March 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Discovering Game: Game Design
for Librarians
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
March 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15
Boston Campus Workshops
- Video Tutorials - When,
Why and How to Use Them
$220 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $175)
March 6, 2010 - PDPs: 7 - How Much Space
Do You Really Need and How Much Will It Cost?
$220 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $175)
March 20, 2010 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - PDPs: 7 - Managing Social Media to
Lead Digital Natives
$160 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $125)
March 20, 2010 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - PDPs: 3.5 - Practical
Tagging and Keyword Invention
$160 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $125)
March 20, 2010 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - PDPs: 3.5
Blended Workshops
- Podcast Boot
Camp
$275 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $220)
Please see workshop description for details
Mt. Holyoke Campus Workshops
- Digitization Strategies,
Technologies and Practices
$220 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $175)
March 13, 2010 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - PDPs: 7
Upcoming Workshops - Spring/Summer 2010
Online workshops
- Keeping Up With
New Technologies, While Keeping Your Sanity
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
April 1 - 30, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Digital
Copyright
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
May 1-31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Taxonomies and Controlled
Vocabularies
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
May 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15
Limited to 12 students. - Strategic
Information Arrangement: Theory and Techniques
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
May 1-31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - They're Googling You: Online
Identity for LIS Professionals
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
May 1-31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Marketing Your
Library
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
June 1 - 30, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Creating Web
Site Indexes
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
June 1-30, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Business Research
101: Sources and Strategies
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
June 1 - 30 2010 PDPs: 15 - Extending
Mobile Library Services with QR Codes
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
June 1 - 30 2010 PDPs: 15 - Discovering Game:
Game Design for Librarians
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
July 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Information
Entrepreneurship
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
July 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Private Company
Research: More Sources Than You Think
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
July 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - The Career-Savvy Information
Professional
Special pricing! Only $85 for all registrants!
July 1-31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Instructional
Design
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
July 1-31, 2010 PDPs: 15 - Taxonomies and
Controlled Vocabularies
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
August 1 - 31, 2010 PDPs: 15
Limited to 12 students. - Getting
Beyond "It's Good . . .": Evaluating and Reviewing Books for Youth
$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 - 30 2010 PDPs: 15 - Genealogy Library
Services
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $200)
August 1 - 30 2010 PDPs: 15
Boston Campus Workshops
- Developing an Effective Strategic
Plan for Your Library: Best Practices in Library Management
$160 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $125)
May 1, 2010 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PDPs: 3.5 - Dreamweaver 1
for Information Professionals
$160 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $125)
May 15, 2010 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - PDPs: 3.5 - Dreamweaver 2
for Information Professionals
$160 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $125)
May 15, 2010 - 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - PDPs: 3.5 - Building a Website with
Wordpress
$160 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $125)
June 5, 2010 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PDPs: 3.5 - Photoshop for
Information Professionals
$160 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $125)
June 26, 2010 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - PDPs: 3.5 - Working
Effectively with Boards of Directors and Trustees
$160 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $125)
July 17, 2010 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PDPs: 3.5 - Managing
Successful Volunteer Programs
$160 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni price $125)
July 17, 2010 - 1:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. PDPs: 3.5
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.
