Manage staff development
With the ever-changing nature of our work, library staff need fresh and innovative training opportunities to say current and to continue to meet the needs of our patrons. Managing staff training involves assessment of training needs, planning and evaluating staff development, and keeping on top of all the learning methods and formats available. Whether conducting training face-to-face or online, a blend of both or augmented with social media tools, managing staff learning can be the basis for a transformative and accessible learning organization for all.
Self-paced courses and webinar recordings on this topic are freely available in the WebJunction Course Catalog.
Most Recently Added
Create a Culture of Learning
Publish Date: News / 12 February 2013
Despite the fact that libraries are in the business of creating a culture of lifelong learning in our communities, we often find it next to impossible to make time for our own learning. But if we don’t make time to learn and increase our professional...
Training Library Staff Around the World
Publish Date: News / 31 January 2013
When thinking about how we can improve library staff training and opportunities for learning, it’s easy to feel that the challenges meeting our goals are overwhelming. We are facing stretched budgets and reduced staff, often large distances between l...
River of New Learning
Publish Date: Document / 19 September 2012
Collection of explorations of new learning trends conducted by CE coordinator, WebJunction Partner team leads, and at a second ALA Midwinter 2013 session co-sponsored with LearnRT and WALT.
Transition to the Learning Organization
Publish Date: Document / 21 March 2012
This article explores why an organization considers transitioning to a learning organization and what basic steps to take to get there.
Training Worksheet
Publish Date: Document / 21 March 2012
This worksheet helps you figure out what kind of technology training your staff needs and how to organize its delivery.
Staff and Patron Training Action Plan Template
Publish Date: Document / 21 March 2012
Create your Staff and Patron Training Action Plan using this template complete with recommended steps and linked resources.
Practical Approaches for Adding Online Learning to Your Training Program
Publish Date: Document / 21 March 2012
Overview and links to a paper and associated case studies that were presented at 2010 IFLA conference on library training programs that use online learning tools.
Online Event Viewing Party Guide
Publish Date: Document / 21 March 2012
Engage staff, generate discussion, make it locally relevant. A checklist of recommendations for library cohorts who attend online events as a group.
Online Conferences: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Publish Date: Document / 21 March 2012
A best practices handout created by Karen Burns, Cindi Hickey and Jennifer Peterson in conjunction with PLA 2010 for their presentation: Expanding your world through Web Conferencing: Connecting small libraries in big ways.
Online Conference Project Plan - example
Publish Date: Document / 21 March 2012
Using Excel, an example of a month by month project plan for transitioning to a new web conferencing tool and in preparation for an online event.
