RUSA Offers eCourse on Instructional Design for Librarians

For Immediate Release
Tue, 07/12/2016

Contact:

Leighann Wood

Sr. Program Officer

Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)

lwood@ala.org

CHICAGO—Beginning September 12, 2016, the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) will offer a six week course on using the instructional design process and how to apply it effectively in the library.

Taught by Carla James, PhD Candidate for Instructional Design and Technology at Old Dominion University, students will learn to apply an appropriate instructional design model for library instruction, develop task analysis and create a complete instructional unit. More information on this course can be found here.

Librarians and/or library staff in public, school, academic and/or special libraries with instructional duties will benefit from this course. 

Registration is $130 for RUSA members; $175 for ALA members; $210 for non-ALA members; $100 for student members and retired members. Register for the course here.

The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association, represents librarians and library staff in the fields of reference, specialized reference, collection development, readers’ advisory and resource sharing. RUSA is the foremost organization of reference and information professionals who make the connections between people and the information sources, services, and collection materials they need. Learn more about the association at www.ala.org/rusa.