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                                     ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES

                     Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program

                           

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                                       October 15, 2002
                                       GP 3.16/3-2:23/13
                                       (Vol. 23, no. 13)

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                            LPS Program Participants Will Earn CEU

          For the first time, GPO will award CEU (Continuing Education Units) for
          LPS-sponsored programs, starting with the 2002 Federal Depository Library
          Conference. CEU certificates will be available to all those who register
          for the conference by the cut-off date of October 11, 2002.

          Background

          For some years, depository librarians have been asking LPS to award
          Continuing Education Units (CEU) for the Interagency Seminar, Federal
          Depository Library Conference, and Depository Library Council meetings.

          Awarding CEU for these LPS programs is consistent with the guidelines
          established by IACET (International Association for Continuing Education
          and Training). Though GPO has not sought IACET certification, its programs
          meet IACET’s conditions for awarding CEU: "quality training and instruction
          by responsible, qualified organizations."

          One CEU is awarded for 10 hours of instruction. Instructional hours do not
          include time spent on breaks, meals, social activities or business and
          committee meetings.

          Procedures

          LPS will prepare the CEU certificates in advance, based on registrations.
          The number of CEU awarded will be pre-determined, based on the total length
          of the program, not fine-tuned to each participant. CEU will be awarded to
          participants in LPS-sponsored events as follows:

             * The fall Federal Depository Library Conference 2002/Depository Library
               Council meeting and the spring Depository Library Council meeting,
               with its associated programs, will receive 1.5 CEU. Originally
               conceived as a quantitative measure of successfully completed
               continuing education, the CEU has evolved into a hallmark of quality
               training and instruction by responsible, qualified organizations. One
               (1) CEU is equal to ten (10) contact hours of continuing education.
               This is based on a conservative count of the instructional hours from
               Monday morning through Wednesday morning. The Council working sessions
               on Sunday and Tuesday nights, and the final Council plenary session on
               Wednesday afternoon are not counted, as they not instructional hours.
               CEU certificates for the Conference and/or Council meetings will be
               made available on Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday.

             * The annual Interagency Seminar will accrue 3.8 CEU, based on the
               expected number of instruction hours. CEU certificates for the
               Interagency Seminar will be made available on the last day.