From: Michael Sholinbeck (msholinb@library.berkeley.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 25 2004 - 09:09:33 PDT
Message-ID: <40DC4E3D.9080602@library.berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:09:33 -0700 From: Michael Sholinbeck <msholinb@library.berkeley.edu> Subject: sla competencies program
Hello all -
At yesterday's Executive Board and Advisory Council Turnover Meeting,
SLA's proposed certification program was briefly mentioned, but not much
was known about it.
I found a SLA document that mentions it; it is the January 2004 Trend
Report sent to the SLA Board. I found it using Google; I couldn't find
it using a search on the SLA site (!)
Michael Sholinbeck
Document Delivery/Reference Librarian
Public Health Library
University of California, Berkeley
1-510/642-2511; 1-510/642-7623 (fax)
msholinb@library.berkeley.edu
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/
From <http://www.sla.org/Documents/boarddocs/04docs/B04-11.doc> (please
forgive formatting funkiness from the copy/paste job):
The Professional Development program is currently undergoing a major
revision in an effort to provide the membership with more relevant
courses. As stated in the Professional Development Committee’s Strategic
Document, we want to improve SLA professional development so that it
“will be known as one of the leading PD programs among professional
societies and will be seen as the ideal model for support of life long
learning and constant professional skills enhancement.” The initiatives
that are currently being addressed to reach this vision include:
An SLA Online Learning Community that is organized with and driven by an
award-winning Learning Management System, allowing members to manage
their education and professional improvement online.
SLA Certification Programs designed to allow members to demonstrate
achievement of each of the Core Competencies.
Certification Tracks individualized for each member.
Continuing Education Units, authorized by a governing body such as the
International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET),
awarded for all courses and seminars.
Partnerships with information organizations and higher learning
institutions to allow us to offer online courses and programs that are
both valuable and prestigious.
Because the Certification Program will be driven by and based on the
Core Competencies, it will be the foundation of the new professional
development offerings. We anticipate that there will be four
Certification Tracks, one for each of the Core Competencies, offering
the following certificates:
SLA Certification in Management of Information Organizations
SLA Certification in Management of Information Resources
SLA Certification in Management of Information Services
SLA Certification in Management of Information Tools and Technologies
We will develop a separate curriculum outline for each Certification
Track, containing terminal and enabling objectives for completion of the
program. Courses will be selected and/or developed to meet each
objective. Each Certification Track will also require completion of
courses in associated Personal Competencies. To ensure that the SLA
Certification Program is transferable and has independent merit, we are
going to take the steps necessary to have courses and seminars offered
through SLA meet the certification standards of the IACET.
Many associations and academic institutions offer courses and online
programs that would meet the objectives of our proposed certification
programs, and we are beginning to look for such organizations with which
to partner. The ability to co-sponsor courses and seminars will
strengthen our program, improve our offerings, and enhance our efficiency.
Our goal is simple: we want to be the only place that SLA members need
to go to increase their value as an information professional and to
further their career.
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