Association  of  Jewish  Libraries 
of Southern  California

This is a select list of worthwhile Judaica and/or librarianship educational opportunities in the Southern California area.  If you would like to post an appropriate class, seminar, workshop, or convention, please contact AJLSC Website Chair.

Online Courses

    •  American Library Association - Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC)
           4-6 week online courses

    • Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science.
        Continuing Education Workshops

• American Library Association's  Directory of Institutions Offering ALA-Accredited Master's Programs in Library and Information Studies.  The latest edition with distance education options also lists programs that are "100% online" and programs that are "primarily online with some face-to-face courses required."

• Info People offers online library courses  -- also FREE library webcasts.
  

• Check other sources below for new online courses. 

Judaica Librarianship 

    • See AJLSC Calendar for current and special classes, and upcoming conventions.

    • The AJL Institute for Judaica Libarianship of the Association of Jewish Libraries offers a continuing education course (4 hours, or 0.4 CEU credits) at its annual conventions.  Check the AJL website - Convention page - for CEU courses co-sponsored by the AJL Professional Development and Continuing Education Committee and the University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension.

General Jewish Community

 •  Facing History and Ourselves:  Holocaust and Human Behavior --  8-week online seminar.

    • Hebrew College (Newton Centre, MA) offers online courses for Jewish Studies and master's degrees.
 

Courses in Judaica and also in Judaica Librarianship

• Bureau of Jewish Education, Los Angeles

BJE is the Jewish educational resource for the Greater Los Angeles area.  BJE offers workshops and special events for employees and volunteers of Jewish schools -- administrators, teachers, and librarians.  BJE Continuing Professional Education for 2008-2009 offers a wide variety of Judaica academic courses, in-service seminars, online courses, and workshops -- taught in various locations -- with credits for advancement. 
 
• Hebrew Union College-JIR, Los Angeles

HUC offers full courses of study on Judaica as part of the HUC-JIR Los Angeles curricula.  Those geared to Judaica librarians will be listed in the AJLSC Calendar, when available. 
 
• American Jewish University, Los Angeles

AJU, formerly University of Judaism, offers full courses of study on Judaica as part of the AJU curricula. In addition, AJU offers continuing education Judaica courses for teachers and extensive CE courses for general Judaica knowledge.  Those geared to Judaica librarians will be listed in the AJLSC Calendar, when available. 

Academic Courses, Continuing Education, and Professional Development in Librarianship

• Association of Jewish Libraries - New York Metropolitan Area Chapter

• California State University, Long Beach, CA
  

• San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, and its Southern California satellites -

School of Library and Information Science - Includes Web-based classes -- virtual classes and distance education classes 

         Some classes available at Cal State Northridge and Cal State Fullerton.

• UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
  

Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS) - Dept. of Information Studies.   Continuing Education - Friday Forum series -- current workshops are listed in the AJLSC Calendar.