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Trends in Library Training and Learning: Developing Staff Skills for the 21st Century
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August 10 - 11, 2011
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Program
Wednesday, August 10

Pacific

Eastern



8:30-9:00

11:30-12:00


 Welcome and WebEx Orientation

9:00-10:00

12:00-1:00


 Day 1 Keynote

Born to Forget: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Information Overload<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#born#born>

Jay Turner<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#jay#jay>

10:00-10:15

1:00-1:15

Break

10:15-11:15

1:15-2:15


Happiness Through Personal Learning<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#happiness#happiness>

Marianne Lenox<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#marianne#marianne>

11:15-11:30

2:15-2:30

Break

11:30-12:30

2:30-3:30


Lights! Camera! Action! Using video for patron and staff instruction<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#lights#lights>

Angela Nolet<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#angela#angela> and Amber Slaven<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#amber#amber>

12:30-12:45

3:30-3:45

Break

12:45-1:45

3:45-4:45

Getting Admin Buy-In for Training<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#adminbuy#adminbuy>

Sarah Houghton-Jan<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#sarah#sarah>

Thursday, August 11

Pacific

Eastern



8:45-9:00

11:45-12:00


Welcome and WebEx Orientation

9:00-10:00

12:00-1:00


Day 2 Keynote

Instructional Literacy and the Library Educator: Reflective Habits for Effective Practice<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#instructional#instructional>

Char Booth<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#char#char>

10:00-10:15

1:00-1:15

Break

10:15-11:15

1:15-2:15


Tech Training Skills for 21st Century Library Staff<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#tech#tech>

Crystal Schimpf<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#crystal#crystal>, Kieran Hixon<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#kieran#kieran>, and Nancy Trimm<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#nancy#nancy>

11:15-11:30

2:15-2:30

Break

11:30-12:30

2:30-3:30

Beyond 23 Things: Enhanced Self-Paced Training<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#beyond23#beyond23>

Jane Healy<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#jane#jane> and Julie Erickson<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#julie#julie>

12:30-12:45

3:30-3:45

Break

12:45-1:45

3:45-4:45

Cultivating the Library as a Site of Participatory Culture and Learning<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#cultivating#cultivating>

Buffy Hamilton<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#buffy#buffy>

1:45-2:00

4:45-5:00

Wrap Up

Beyond 23 Things: Enhanced Self-Paced Training

Shrinking training and travel budgets and limited staff time make electronic resources training difficult to accomplish. The South Dakota State Library Challenge: Electronic Resources Edition<http://sdlibrarychallenge.blogspot.com/> allows librarians throughout the state to participate in training at their convenience with no travel or registration fees. Based on the 23 Things model and created on a shoestring, this challenge utilizes vendor and localized training materials. In its third round, the Challenge introduces participants to one subscription electronic resource each week, increasing knowledge, inviting exploration, and improving confidence. Come join Julie Erickson<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#julie#julie> and Jane Healy<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#jane#jane> learn what works, how to improve upon and replicate this self-paced training method.

Born to Forget: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Information Overload

The brain is a complex, powerful machine; yet for all its computational horsepower, the process of committing anything to memory is nearly miraculous. Our brains are designed to forget, but we rely on memory--the building block of cognition--to survive and thrive in our lives and careers. Join Jay Turner<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#jay#jay>, Director of Continuing Education at Georgia Public Library Service, for a no-holds-barred road trip through the latest findings in neurological research and brain-based learning theory. Explore how memories are formed, why we forget, and practical solutions to help employee training stick in the age of information overload.

Cultivating the Library as a Site of Participatory Culture and Learning

How can libraries establish themselves as communities of learning? How can we spark, invite, and sustain conversations for learning with those we serve through our academic, public, and school libraries? Join presenter Buffy Hamilton<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#buffy#buffy> to explore how a model of participatory librarianship and learning can provide the context for inquiry, collaborative knowledge building, and shared ownership of the story of "library" through multiple literacies and mediums with free and easy to implement tools and strategies.

Getting Admin Buy-In for Training

Before you can try to get staff buy-in for training programs, you have to get the ever-elusive administration buy-in. Admin controls the purse strings, scheduling, and institutional priorities. Join Sarah Houghton-Jan<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#sarah#sarah> for this session to learn tips on how to get administration to understand the benefits of training and learning programs for staff in the 21st century.

Happiness Through Personal Learning

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness - our unalienable rights. While life and liberty are often dictated by circumstance, happiness usually remains a goal. How do we obtain it? What makes us happy? No matter what your answer to this question, one thing is certain, happiness and the things that make us happy are learned. Using online tools afforded to us by the digital century, in this session, Marianne Lenox<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#marianne#marianne> will help you define your own unique learning methodology and set you on a course for pursuing both personal and professional happiness.

Instructional Literacy and the Library Educator: Reflective Habits for Effective Practice

Whether or not "instruction" appears in our job titles, librarians of all stripes find ourselves in the position of teaching and training our users, colleagues, and peers, and often more frequently than we ever expected to. Despite this reality, we ourselves don't often fully perceive this changing role. At a time of massive transition in the profession, the library's teaching mission must be integrated more meaningfully into the learning communities we support. Developing instructional literacy is key, and reflective practice suggests viable strategies for the on-the-ground library educator. In this keynote, Char Booth<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#char#char> introduces a series of concepts to empower librarians to become stronger designers and educators.

Lights! Camera! Action! Using Video for Patron and Staff Instruction

Join presenters, Angela Nolet<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#angela#angela> and Amber Slaven<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#amber#amber> for an overview of the tools available and approaches for cross purposing staff and patron training. Training tutorials and videos can be used as supplements to self-guided classes, resources for outreach events and as alternatives to time consuming staff orientations. Utilize teen volunteers to create peer instruction screencasts that highlight library databases. Topics also include: eBook instruction, community partnerships and OPAC tutorials.

Tech Training Skills for 21st Century Library Staff

You know that phrase in your job description: "other duties as required"? This often means helping patrons learn to use technology. Every tech question presents an opportunity for instruction, but it takes the right skills and knowledge to provide a true learning experience for library members. In this session, Crystal Schimpf<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#crystal#crystal>, Kieran Hixon<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#kieran#kieran>, and Nancy Trimm<http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080#nancy#nancy> will share the competencies for tech trainers developed at the Colorado State Library and give practical advice on how to use competencies to support training in your library.

Presenters:

[cid:[log in to unmask]]Char Booth explores the integration of education, research, technology, and design in libraries. She is Instruction Services Manager/E-Learning Librarian at the Claremont Colleges, and recently joined the ACRL Immersion Faculty. An ALA Emerging Leader and Library Journal Mover and Shaker, Char blogs at info-mational<http://infomational.wordpress.com/> and tweets @charbooth<http://twitter.com/#!/charbooth>. Her publications include Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning: Instructional Literacy for Library Educators<http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2896> (ALA Editions, 2011) and Informing Innovation: Tracking Student Interest in Emerging Library Technologies<http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2704> (ACRL, 2009).









[cid:[log in to unmask]]Julie Erickson, Electronic Resources Coordinator for the SD State Library, provides interactive training to schools and libraries in the state. She holds a master's degree in Information Resources and Library Science from the University of Arizona and an electrical engineering degree from the SD School of Mines & Technology.









[cid:[log in to unmask]]Buffy Hamilton, The Unquiet Librarian<http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/> at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia, is a nineteen year veteran educator and passionate about creating meaningful learning experiences for her students. Buffy's Media 21 program is an ALA OITP 2011 Cutting Edge Service Award<http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/ala-oitp-recognizes-the-unquiet-library-and-media-21-for-cutting-edge-technologies-in-library-services/> winner and she is a 2011 Library Journal Mover and Shaker<http://www.libraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/LJ/LJInPrint/MoversAndShakers/profiles2011/moversandshakersHamilton.csp>.









[cid:[log in to unmask]]Jane Healy has taught high school and worked in school, academic and public libraries for nearly 30 years. She currently serves as an Electronic Resources Coordinator for the South Dakota State Library, where she enjoys providing professional development and encouraging life-long learning in many formats.











[cid:[log in to unmask]]Kieran Hixon, known for his high energy and humor, lives on forty acres with 7 adults, a child, and a myriad of chickens, dogs, and feral cats. He works as a Public Computer Center Trainer for the Colorado State Library in his spare time. Follow him on twitter: @bfhenboy<http://www.twitter.com/bfhenboy>.









[cid:[log in to unmask]]Sarah Houghton-Jan is the Assistant Director for the San Rafael Public Library. She has been involved with a number of ALA groups over the years, including most recently the Office of Information and Technology Policy's eBooks Taskforce. She was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker as a Trendspotter in 2009. She speaks internationally and blogs as the Librarian in Black<http://librarianinblack.net>.











[cid:[log in to unmask]]Marianne Lenox is the Staff Training & Volunteer Coordinator for the Huntsville - Madison County Public Library<http://hmcpl.org/> in Alabama. She is responsible for planning, directing, maintaining and implementing a comprehensive staff training and volunteer program for her library. She consistently strives to provide learning opportunities, professional information and technical training to ensure both better library service and the professional development of the Library's staff and volunteers.









[cid:[log in to unmask]]Angela Nolet is Online Services Project Specialist and Children's Librarian at the King County Library System (WA). She earned her MLIS at the University of Washington iSchool in 2002. She has worked in libraries since 1996 and has been video editing since 2008. A 2011 Library Journal Mover & Shaker<http://www.libraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/LJ/LJInPrint/MoversAndShakers/profiles2011/moversandshakersNolet.csp>, she was recognized as a marketer for her work online. As a 2010 ALA Emerging Leader she worked on creating sustainable webinars<http://sites.google.com/site/emergingleadersprojectn/> for LearningRT.









[cid:[log in to unmask]]Crystal Schimpf is a Public Computer Center Trainer for the Colorado State Library. She works with libraries to coordinate technology instruction, design curriculum, and provide staff training. In her free time she enjoys hiking, biking, vegan baking, and music making. Follow her on twitter: @nocolibrarian<http://twitter.com/#!/NoCoLibrarian>.









[cid:[log in to unmask]]Amber Slaven develops curriculum for public instruction and trains volunteer computer class instructors at the King County Library System. In 2010, almost 6000 patrons attended in person classes; Amber is currently creating online tutorials for patron instruction and staff assistance. See http://www.kcls.org/computerinstruction/ for more info.









[cid:[log in to unmask]]Nancy Trimm is passionate about working with libraries and organizations across the state as a Public Computer Center Trainer for the Colorado State Library. In her free time, Nancy runs, hikes, skis, and competes in Warrior Dash competitions. Follow her on twitter: @nancytrimm<http://twitter.com/#!/nancytrimm>.









[cid:[log in to unmask]]Jay Turner is the director of continuing education at Georgia Public Library Service in Atlanta. His wealth of experience in public libraries and workplace learning helps him create solutions that are creative, practical, and effective. Jay is active in the Learning Round Table and the Public Library Association.







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*                 Rather than having to dig through an epic conference program, you can focus your conference agenda to meet your immediate learning needs around targeted topics.
*                 Since the conference is free and hosted on the web, you'll save on travel time, travel budget, time away from library, back up staffing, time away from family... and you don't need to beef up your wardrobe!
*                 You get to break the isolation silo, connect with others facing the same challenges, and share solutions.
*                 If you are in charge of staff training, you can use the conference as part of your training efforts. Provide staff with an opportunity to attend in some way, to expose them to online learning, new topics, and new skills to share with their colleagues. See Online Conference Viewing Party Guide<http://www.webjunction.org/conferences/-/articles/content/117642190>.
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