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Education and Continuing Professional Development

HRDR facilitates the professional development and education of all library staff members and trustees. To further this commitment, HRDR provides information in support of the principle of lifelong learning.

• Education
  
  
  • Financial Assistance for Library and Information Studies
    An annual directory of awards from state library agencies, national and state library associations, local libraries, academic institutions, and foundations who give some form of financial assistance for undergraduate and/or graduate education programs in library and information studies.
    
    
    
  • Directory of Institutions Offering ALA-Accredited Master’s Programs in Library and Information Studies
    
    
  • Other Graduate Programs in LIS
    
    
  • Directory of Library Technician Programs by State
    (Institutions Offering Certificate, Associate, and Bachelor Degrees)
    
    
  • Foreign Credentials Evaluation Assistance for Job Seekers
    
    
  • Foreign Credentials Evaluation Assistance for  Employers
    
    
  • LIS Master’s Degrees Awarded in U.S.
    
    
• Continuing Professional Development
  
  
  • Congress on Professional Education
    
    
  • Knowledge and Networking   (pdf document)
    (List of preconferences, institutes, workshops, publications, etc. available from ALA and its units)
    
    
  • ALA Action Goal for Continuing Education
    
    
  • Highlights of ALA’s Vision and C.E. Activities
    
    
  • Library and Information Studies Education and Human Resource Utilization Statement
    
    

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