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<p class="MsoNormal">Learned about this Grad Certification in Youth Experience at YALSA and it is pretty interesting. Applications for the next cohort due 2/28/18 – see email below for details.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:alsc-l-request@lists.ala.org">alsc-l-request@lists.ala.org</a> [<a href="mailto:alsc-l-request@lists.ala.org">mailto:alsc-l-request@lists.ala.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mega Subramaniam<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 22, 2018 11:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:alsc-l@lists.ala.org">alsc-l@lists.ala.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alsc-l] Last call - Graduate Certificate of Professional Studies in Youth Experience (YX) (Offered online) – Deadline 2/28<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A1A1A">Apologies for cross posting! </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A1A1A">Applications for the second cohort of students in the Graduate Certificate of Professional Studies in Youth Experience (YX) offered by the
College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland is <b>now open.</b> This innovative, online post-masters certificate gives youth service librarians and school librarians the skills they need to integrate the latest research on learning, technology,
community partnerships, and design thinking into their practice with youth ages 0-18. </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Limited scholarships, generously supported by the Institute of Museum and
Library Services, are available on a competitive basis. To learn more about the certificate program, watch </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">this short video available at <a href="https://youtu.be/ihNJBlLpgo8" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">https://youtu.be/ihNJBlLpgo8</span></a><span style="background:white"> </span>or<span style="background:white"> visit </span></span><span class="gmail-m4749779977390635798gmail-msohyperlink"><u><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white"><a href="http://yx.umd.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://yx.umd.edu/</span></a></span></u></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A1A1A;background:white">Questions? E-mail us at </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="mailto:yxischool@umd.edu" target="_blank">yxischool@umd.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Mega Subramaniam, Ph.D. <br>
Associate Professor<br>
Associate Director of Information Policy and Access Center (iPAC)<br>
College of Information Studies <br>
University of Maryland <br>
<a href="tel:%28301%29%20405%203406" target="_blank">(301) 405 3406</a> <br>
<a href="mailto:mmsubram@umd.edu" target="_blank">mmsubram@umd.edu</a><br>
<a href="http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~mmsubram/" target="_blank">http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~mmsubram/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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