Analytics, Intellectual Freedom, Media Lab, Reference, Apps, and More

 Here's the first round-up of webinars and courses for 2012. Here's to a great year of learning!

• Web Analytics for Librarians: Informing Decisions Through Web User Data, an ALA TechSource workshop with Sara Houghton and Paul Signorelli. Thursdays, January 12 and January 26 from 1 - 2:30 p.m. Cental Time. Cost = $85*, registration required.
• Intellectual Freedom: Basic Training for New Staff & a Refresher for the rest of us, a FREE Infopeople webinar, scheduled for Thursday, January 12 at 2 p.m. Central Time. No advance regisration required. Simply visit this link on the day of the program to join.
• Creating a Digital Media Lab at Your Library, a PLA webinar, scheduled for Wednesday, January 25 at 1 p.m. Central Time. cost = $28 - $35, registration required.
• Connecting with Struggling Readers, a FREE Booklist webinar, scheduled for Tuesday, January 31 at 1 p.m. Central Time. Registration required.
• Reference through Social Media: Developing Standards, Guidelines, and Policies, an ALA EeCourse scheduled to start Monday, February 6 and continue for three weeks. Cost = $175*, registration required.
• Rethinking Library Instruction: Libraries as Social Learning Centers, an ALA eCourse scheduled to start Monday, February 6 and continue for four weeks. Cost = $175*, registration required.
• Fundraising for Your Library: Generating New Revenues in Challenging Economic Times, an Infopeople online course. Scheduled to begin on Tuesday,  February 7 and continue through March 6. Cost = $150*, registration required.
• Cloud Computing 101, a FREE WebJunction webinar, scheduled for Thursday, February 9 at 1 p.m. Central Time. Registration required.
• Using Drupal to Build Library Websites, an ALA eCourse, scheduled to begin February 6 and continue for 6 weeks. Cost = $250*, registration required.
• There's an App for That: Libraries and Mobile Applications, an Infopeople Online Course, scheduled to begin Tuesday, February 14 and continue through March 12, 2012. Cost = $150*, registration required.
• Twitter for Job Seekers: Tips for Helping Your Library's Job-seeking Patrons, a FREE WebJunction Webinar, scheduled for Thursday, February 23 at 1 p.m. Central Time. Registration required.

* SCLS Member public libraries may use CE Grant funds to attend.