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Many of the resources available in this summary and in the key resources below have come out of the Rural Library Sustainability Project and Project Continuum. Explore and contribute to the growing community of practice for rural libraries. Consider this your "sandbox" for playing with Patron Training and please, add your own toys!

Resources for Exploring Patron Training

• Staff & Patron Training Brainstorm: Ideas about staff and patron training from your rural colleagues.
• Patron Training across WebJunction
• Create and Deliver Training
• Mentoring: Resources for library staff interested in developing mentoring relationships or for library organizations looking to design and sustain a successful mentoring program.

Action Planning for Staff & Patron Training

• Action Planning Worksheet From the Rural Library Sustainability Project Workshops.
• Staff & Patron Training Action Plan Template.
• Tools for Planning Webinar and Quick Links: Archive of rural webinar focused on action planning methods.

Online Learning for Creating Patron Training

• WebJunction's Course Catalog
• Rural In Focus Webinars: Attend or view an archive of the series of webinars exploring a range of topics important to the work of sustaining rural and small libraries including Technology Training for Patrons

What are your Tools for Patron Training?

• Rural Patron Training Discussions and Patron Training Discussions across WebJunction.
• Contribute to WebJunction by posting your ideas, methods, and templates.
• Email rural@webjunction.org