{"id":70065,"date":"2014-04-29T07:30:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T12:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=70065"},"modified":"2014-04-29T11:41:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T16:41:05","slug":"keeping-up-with-your-career-through-professional-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=70065","title":{"rendered":"Keeping up with your Career through Professional Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em style=\"color: #444444;\">by Jennifer Devine, Head Editor,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #2900e2;\" href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?page_id=56495\" target=\"_blank\">INALJ Maryland<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Keeping up with your Career through Professional Development<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Jennifer-Devine2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-64279 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Jennifer-Devine2-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Devine\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Jennifer-Devine2-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Jennifer-Devine2-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Jennifer-Devine2.jpg 1049w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>One of the great and frustrating things about being an Information Professional is that\u00a0information is <strong>ALWAYS<\/strong> changing! <strong>Most of the information you gain from you Master\u2019s Degree\u00a0eventually will be outdated within a year or so of graduating, which is why we have professional\u00a0development.<\/strong> I\u2019m sure you have heard of this term before, but what does it actually mean? Well\u00a0there are many meanings for it. The meaning I prefer to use is that <strong>Professional Development is\u00a0improving the knowledge and skills for personal and professional improvement.<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>There are many\u00a0ways in which you can obtain Professional development.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One option which is costly is going for\u00a0a PHD. A PHD usually involves the same types of classes taken in a master\u2019s program but there\u00a0are different requirements i.e. longer papers, advanced readings, and a thesis in lieu of a\u00a0portfolio.<\/li>\n<li>Another option is that you can get a second masters degree which can help to\u00a0specialize your interests English and History are common ones, Art History is a good one for\u00a0working in an Art Museum, but this option can be costly. Post Certificate Master Degrees are\u00a0also an option that you can use. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">San Jose State<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Simmons<\/span> ,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UNC<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Indiana<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Drexel<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Florida State<\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CUA<\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wayne State<\/span> to name a few all have Post-Master\u2019s Degrees and are accredited.<\/li>\n<li>There\u00a0are also Specialization Certificates you can get these from ALA, SAA and other creditable\u00a0organizations. Some of these certificates include the Certified Public Library Administrator\u00a0program; Library Support Staff Certification; Digital Archives Specialist; and the Certified\u00a0Archivist Certification when doing a certificate make sure you do your research! Many\u00a0certificates require that you take continuing education credits to keep your certification current.\u00a0You may also be required to recertify after a specified amount of time. If you are interested in a\u00a0certificate program check the website to find out where you can take the certification test.<\/li>\n<li>For\u00a0the Certified Archivist test you can take it at the annual SAA conferences and other locations.\u00a0There are also study groups. Reach out to current CA\u2019s and ask them about there experiences.\u00a0This goes for any programs that you are interested in, most people are happy to tell you their\u00a0experience and to share tips they learned. You can also look at blogs, many professionals blog\u00a0about their experiences taking a certification, workshops, classes, seminars etc\u2026<\/li>\n<li>A less costly\u00a0option is taking and participating in online classes, webinars, workshops and seminars. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/llama\/\" target=\"_blank\">LLAMA<\/a>\u00a0is an ALA based webinar site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alcts\/\" target=\"_blank\">ALCTS<\/a> again through ALA is a resource for classes and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.archivists.org\/prof-education\/course-catalog\" target=\"_blank\">Continuing Education<\/a> from SAA offers Continuing Professional Education for workshops and\u00a0seminars. Most workshops and seminars are in person. Make sure you look into this before you\u00a0sign up. Classes and webinars usually are online\/virtual, but can be in person as well. Your local\u00a0and regional professional association will also have workshops that you can take, as well as\u00a0attending professional conferences you will have opportunities for workshops and seminars.\n<p>Some tips are to make sure you know if the Professional Development you chose is in person or\u00a0online. Check the cost, financial aid and grants or scholarships. For many of the workshops and\u00a0classes if you are a member of the Professional Organization the cost is usually lower. Get all the\u00a0cost info, make sure you know if there are books that are required or recommended and if there\u00a0are workshops or seminars you need to take part in.. All of this information and more should be\u00a0listed on the website for the organization that the program is offered through. If you know of\u00a0other sources please leave them in the comments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jennifer Devine, Head Editor,\u00a0INALJ Maryland Keeping up with your Career through Professional Development One of the great and frustrating things about being an Information Professional is that\u00a0information is ALWAYS changing! Most of the information you gain from you Master\u2019s Degree\u00a0eventually will be outdated within a year or so of graduating, which is why we&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=70065\">Read more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":64279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[69,3592,6156,3659,5914,6023,5504,3896],"class_list":["post-70065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-article","tag-blog","tag-continuing-education","tag-inalj-maryland","tag-jennifer-devine","tag-keeping-up-with-the-profession","tag-lifelong-learning","tag-professional-development"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Jennifer-Devine2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1WoMK-ie5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}