Core e-Forum: Tips and Best Practices to Guide in Training New and New to Their Role Personnel
February 7-8, 2023
Moderated by Megan Heady and Melissa Brooks
Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!
Registration information is at the end of the message.
Each day, discussion begins and ends at:
Pacific: 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Mountain: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Central: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Eastern: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Join us as we discuss training library personnel, both new to the library and existing staff taking on a new role. What training resources and tools have helped you? What techniques and workflows have you found facilitate practical training? How do you assess training processes? Participants will share tips and best practices they use when training for a variety of library roles.
Hosts
Megan Heady is the Director of the Knowledge Access and Resource Management Department at West Virginia University Libraries. She earned her Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2006 and has worked for public and academic libraries for
fifteen years.
Melissa Brooks is the Head of Technical Services at the University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. In this role, she works directly with Acquisitions, Collection Management, Electronic Resources, and Cataloging personnel.
What Is an e-Forum?
A Core e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to participate, but it's free.
For information about upcoming e-forums, please visit http://www.ala.org/core/e-forums
How to Register
You must register your email address to subscribe to or access an electronic discussion list on ALA's Mailing List Service. Once you have registered for one e-forum, you do not need to register again, unless you choose to leave the list. Find instructions for subscribing and unsubscribing online. (http://www.ala.org/core/continuing-education/e-forum-instructions)
If you have any problems, please contact core-eforum+help@groups.io.
*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*
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