New Media Centers

The New Media Consortium will assess the need for online professional development for academic and research library staff to plan a project that could effectively deliver such training at no cost to participants and design the curricula and metrics that will enable success to be built into the project from the start. In this era of rapid change in the role of libraries and library professionals, a trusted source of practical, focused, and mission-aligned training is needed. The vision is the Library Academy— an online collection of free professional development experiences that are longer and more in-depth than a webinar or workshop.