Maine - Training & Development

Knowledge River Now Accepting Applications!

2009-01-14T21:57:02Z

Dear Colleague,

It is a pleasure to announce that Knowledge River is now accepting applications
for our 8th cohort. Based at the University of Arizona?s School of
Information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS), Knowledge River is concerned
with the information interests and needs of Hispanics and Native Americans. Our
program offers students the opportunity to earn a Master of Arts degree in
Information Resources and Library Science, enhanced with Hispanic and Native
American cultural perspectives. Our degree is fully accredited by the American
Library Association.

Since its inception six years ago, Knowledge River has become a leader in
graduate professional education of Hispanic and Native American librarians and
information specialists. When the current cohort graduates, more than one
hundred Hispanic and Native American librarians will have entered the field
through Knowledge River.

Cohort 8 begins with one introductory class (IRLS 504: Foundation of Library
and Information Services) requiring a one-week residency in Tucson. Information
on dates is available on our website at http://sirls.arizona.edu. Full-time
semester attendance in Tucson is required in Fall 2009 and Spring 2010. Most
students complete the 36-credit degree with an additional summer and/or fall
semester. Support offered to KR scholars includes tuition and fees for IRLS
504, a graduate assistantship for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 (usually involving
20 hours of work per week in a library), customized academic advising and
support, and peer support from fellow students. Additional funds for completing
the degree are usually available.

Knowledge River scholars must be accepted for admission into the SIRLS graduate
program. Application materials must be submitted no later than February 1,
2008. More information, including how to apply, can be found on our website:
http://sirls.arizona.edu/KR/indexl . Anyone interested is encouraged to email
us at KRiver@mail.sbs.arizona.edu, or call us at 520-621-3565 and ask to speak
to someone about Knowledge River applications.

Librarians today are front line information providers, and Knowledge River
scholars bring the benefits of the Information Age to Native American and
Hispanic communities. We appreciate your support by posting our brochure and
sharing this information with others. Assistance from colleagues such as you is
essential for the ongoing recruitment of the most qualified applicants. Thank
you!

Sincerely,

Jana Bradley
Professor and Director, SIRLS

RE: Re: Employee Learning Week

2008-12-03T14:20:18Z

We're celebrating again this year, but we were not able to get a proclamation. It is really easy to participate. Last year we sent out an email each day of ELW highlighting a learning benefit that our library offers to staff. You can read copies of the emails here: http://librarytrainer.com/tag/elw2007/

RE: Re: Employee Learning Week

2008-12-03T00:27:21Z

I'd love to see more libraries in the 2008 Champions of Learning roster. Last year, there was one---PLCMC. They got a proclamation from the Mayor of Charlotte to declare a city-wide Employee Learning Week. Putting it in words that "workforce development is everyone's business" is a step in the right direction.

RE: Re: Employee Learning Week

2008-12-02T23:48:44Z

WebJunction is offering a co-sponsored webinar with CLENERT on Learning for Learning Professionals: Competencies, Strategies, and Resources to celebrate Employee Learning Week.

What is your library doing anything for Employee Learning Week 2008?

Emily

RE: Re: How do you inform staff of WebJunction Training

2008-09-14T03:01:16Z

Ha I'm a little late in responding.

We do not add them to our calendar as it is already packed. But I started a blog for staff training and am going to be adding all the extra training in here.

http://blogs.plcmc.org/learning/

Customer Service Training

2008-06-03T13:54:17Z

Has anyone used the WebJunction Customer Service videos and/or online training for their staff? We're looking for your experiences with quality methods for customer service training. Thank-you.
--Diane Jones, Coshocton Public Library, Ohio

WebJunction Staff Training in Libraries: 2007 Fact Sheets

2008-02-28T22:36:41Z

We are very pleased to share our newest publication, the <a href="http://webjunction.org/stafftraining">Staff Training in Libraries: 2007 Fact Sheets</a>. These fact sheets provide a snapshot of how public and academic libraries support, deliver and evaluate staff training programs. The data in these fact sheets were collected from over 300 libraries that were randomly selected to participate in a Web-based survey from May 15 to July 1, 2007. Highlights include key findings on how staff training is provided in terms of training formats, ROI, performance and dollars spent.

We would love to hear how you are managing staff training in your library. What kinds of training formats are offered for library staff? Have you participated in any blended learning activities? If you are in a management role, do you tie in staff training initiatives with performance reviews? We encourage you to use this space to share your stories, ideas and thoughts around staff training in the library. And we hope that you will find these fact sheets valuable as you examine your library's staff training programs.

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Re: How do you inform staff of WebJunction Training

2008-04-28T16:49:42Z

We add the free WebJunction webinars to our CE calendar. So far the response has been very positive. We also send out periodic workshop update emails to remind listserv participants.

Kris Abery
Continuing Education Coordinator
Connecticut State Library

Re: Library Safety Seminar

2008-04-04T13:29:19Z

Hi,
I work for a regional library and we do a lot of traveling, so for our staff day last year we had a program called "Coaching the Van Driver." The course was informative and more fun than I anticipated, best of all it was free! The Chesapeake Safety Council came to our location - we are located on Maryland's eastern shore. Here is a link to the website, http://www.chesapeakesc.org/index.htm. Other options might be the local Red Cross or maybe even Police Dept. or Fire Dept?

We recently had the Black Belt Librarian come out, but we had to book him months in advance.

Good luck!

Library Safety Seminar

2008-04-03T12:23:49Z

Has anyone had a safety/security seminar in their library recently? Can you recommend an instructor (preferably on the East Coast or Mid Atlantic)?

Thanks
SueJ

Re: Guidelines for online training

2008-03-20T20:53:01Z

Thank you, Lisa, for your research and all of the links to other resources. I also appreciate the sample forms and look forward to other responses on this topic. As a new member of the WebJunction community, I must say I am very impressed with the support I've received from everyone!

Re: How do you inform staff of WebJunction Training

2008-03-20T18:30:15Z

We add the free WebJunction webinars to our statewide calendar of CE events. The quality of the topics and speakers has been high, and adding them to our calendar allows us to direct busy staff to great, brief, free CE opportunities. I can't tell you how many people participate, since registration isn't required and wouldn't be done by us.

Mary Ann Van Cura
MN State Library Services
maryann.vancura@state.mn.us

Re: WebJunction Staff Training in Libraries: 2007 Fact Sheets

2008-03-19T18:55:58Z

Thanks for the positive feedback! We hope that these fact sheets will be helpful for library decision makers and trainers as you consider plans for training and performance management. I'm glad to hear that you found this data valuable!

Re: WebJunction Staff Training in Libraries: 2007 Fact Sheets

2008-03-19T16:34:58Z

I just shared this document with our HR department -- so many valuable insights. Thank you for posting the link!

Re: How do you inform staff of WebJunction Training

2008-03-19T16:29:34Z

I did not think of adding free WJ Classes to our training calendar -- but this will change shortly because of this thread.

What do you do Lori? Are they on your calendars? Does it work?

Re: Employee Learning Week

2008-03-19T16:27:49Z

I have bookmarked this site for future reference so we can particpate in 2008! Thanks for sharing the link for this awesome concept.

Re: Guidelines for online training

2008-03-19T16:25:01Z

This is a great topic for discussion -- and something that we are currently examining at my library. I think as budgets grow tighter and e-learning opportunities proliferate it is important for libraries of all sizes to examine how they can integrate online training in to their staff development plans.

We currently have growth oriented performance reviews twice per year and it is within the context of those reviews that employees can identify online training that they plan to take -- but I see the value of creating a form to track it more formally (just like we do for conference requests).

Re: Guidelines for online training

2008-03-18T20:24:42Z

This is a great topic! In the interest of keeping the lively discussion going we've highlighted it as the [url http://www.webjunction.org/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=7513&tstart=0]Question of the Week[/url]. People will post their suggestions here in your topic.

Thanks for the great question!

Re: Guidelines for online training

2008-03-18T16:11:02Z

Hi again,

Well the old reference librarian background kicked in and I did some research on this. Here are some preliminary findings from a quick Google search and browse. There are some interesting things here, and some that I think could be used to build a great online training/e-learning policy for staff.

Most are from the education perspective (Academic, K-12), but the one from the NOAA is definitely for their staff.

1. The Importance of Policies in E-Learning Instruction.
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0433.pdf

2. Shaping E-Learning Policy

http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=163100416

3.An e-Learning Policy: The AUP of Electronic Learning

http://www.celt.lsu.edu/CFD/E-Proceedings_05/Hebert_policy-edit.pdf

4. E-Learning Policies

http://www.edutools.info/static.jsp?pj=6&page=HOME

Allows you to run a side by side comparison of Policies based on certain components. Very interesting.

5. NOAA's E-Learning Policy

http://www.wfm.noaa.gov/pdfs/elearning_NOAAs_policy.pdf

For staff, includes Access during "tour of duty" and training during "non-duty hours" as well as the training approval process

6. E-Learning for Educators: Implementing the Standards for Staff Development - National Staff Development Council

http://www.nsdc.org/library/authors/e-learning.pdf

Decision making matrix - 53 pages long with all kinds of considerations

Lisa Barnhart - WJIL

Re: Guidelines for online training

2008-03-18T13:43:46Z

Hi everyone,

To give credit where credit is due, we (WJ-Illinois) didn't create the E-Learning approval form, we just adapted the one that New Hampshire created. You can see it at:

http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/E-CourseRegForm.htm

I don't know how much it is being used, but I think it's a great idea.

We hear this all the time when we go out and train - Supervisors/managers are concerned about letting staff have free reign to do whatever they want to in terms of online learning, library staff want to do it, but feel that they don't have the "approved" time to take advantage of it. I am definitely interested in hearing if there are any formal policies out there to use as models.

Lisa Barnhart
WJ Illinois