ALCTS offers a wide variety of online continuing education opportunities through e-Forums, webinars, and web courses. Below is a list of upcoming events beginning in January, 2012. Additional details, fees and other information (including links to registration) will be posted at  <a target="_top" href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/events">http://www.ala.org/alcts/events</a>  as they become available.<br>
<br>E-forums:<br><br>E-forums are still being planned and finalized for the winter. Currently two e-forums are scheduled, with details to be posted to the website soon.<br><br>· The Incredible Shrinking Cataloging Department: How to Do More with Less, hosted by Wade Wyckoff and Xiaoli Li (Jan. 11-12)<br>
· Transforming Collections, hosted by Lisa German and Sarah Simpson (Feb. 22-23)<br><br>If you have additional e-forums ideas, please contact Kristin Martin, e-Forum Coordinator, <a target="_top" href="mailto:kmarti@uic.edu">kmarti@uic.edu</a><br>
<br>Webinars:<br><br>- Services Lead to Success: Strategies for Repository Growth (IR series) (February 8)<br>- Effective Subscription Management and Alternatives (February 15)<br>- Preparing for the Worst (February 22)<br>
- The Black, White, and Gray Areas of Licensing: A Review and Update for Librarians and Publishers (February 29)<br><br>- Preservation Workflow (March 7)<br>- RDA and Moving Images (RDA series) (March 14)<br>- Holdings: What They Are and Why They Are Important (March 21)<br>
- RDA and 3D Objects and Kits (RDA series) (March 28)<br><br>- Staffing the IR for Small and Medium-sized Libraries (IR series) (April 4)<br>- More Product, Less Process: Why It Matters to Archivists, Librarians, and Researchers (April 11)<br>
- You Ought to be in Pictures: Bringing Streaming Video to Your Library (April 18)<br>- Preservation Week: Taking Care of Family Textiles (April 24)<br>- Preservation Week: Preserving Digital Photographs (April 26)<br><br>
- Using the Library of Congress Classification H Schedule (May 2)<br>- Using the Library of Congress Classification P Schedule (May 9)<br>- Rare Materials and RDA (RDA series) (May 23)<br>- Archival Materials: Using RDA with DACS (RDA series) (May 30)<br>
<br>- Cooperative Collection Development (June 6)<br><br>Web Courses:<br><br>- Fundamentals of Acquisitions (February 27-March 23)<br>- Fundamentals of Collection Assessment (February 27-April 6)<br>- Fundamentals of Collection Development/Management (March 19-April13)<br>
- Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions (March 5-March 30)<br>- Fundamentals of Preservation (March 26–April 20)<br><br>(Additional offerings scheduled for Spring, please see website for complete listings)<br>
<br>Questions? Interested in sponsoring or creating an event? Contact <a target="_top" href="mailto:alctsce@ala.org">alctsce@ala.org</a>.<br><br>Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.