As mentioned in CILIP Gazette…or Update (my memory sucks!) the Open University has launched a new course for “information professionals”: “The Evolving Information Professional: challenges in a digital world” is an online course,. available to begin studying at any time.
The blurb says:
This course is for information professionals – librarians, archivists, information and knowledge managers – looking to keep up to date with modern technologies, sources of information and today’s users.
It is for those in the profession who wish to stay relevant in this fast-changing world of information, find out how other information services are facing the challenge and consider ways of proving their worth in the Google age. Among all the issues that the course covers, you will be given the opportunity to reflect on the possible consequences for your service of a new generation of ‘Homo zappien’ users, try out games developed for library users and archivists and consider the implications of the 7 Ps for marketing your service.
All looks very interesting…but in general terms. And I can’t really see myself paying almost £500 for that level of general interest. It may be more useful for public /academic librarians, or anyone who has to deal with a regularly changing group of users.
When they invent a course that includes dealing with lawyers and their….’foibles’, then I’ll be there in a flash! 🙂
Dumpling in a Hanky 
Sounds a lot like the CS-SIS Web 2.0 Challenge and that's free – and specifically targeted toward law librarians.
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I agree with Bonnie. This course sounds good but I'm sure BIALL could run something similar and it would probably be a lot cheaper.
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