WebJunction Course Sets offer a guided curricula solution where staff enroll in a short series of courses on key topics. These sets provide recommended learning paths that offer an efficient continuing education experience for library staff looking to develop knowledge and skills in the following areas.
Course set topics
Library Basics
Focused on the basics of shelving, cataloging, research and reference, this course set provides an overview of basic library skills; recommended for new library staff, interns and volunteers.
Customer Service
Increased traffic from patrons with urgent needs can push any library staff member past their comfort zone. This course set provides library staff with the skills they need to provide quality customer service to patrons, even in tough times.
Microsoft Office Basics 2010
A learning path that first intoduces the learner to the common user interface and new features of MS Office 2010, then builds basic competency in the three core applications; Word, Excel and Outlook.
Microsoft Office Basics 2007
Basic competence with Microsoft email, word processing and spreadsheet applications is a necessity for many library roles. This set introduces the learner to the shared user interface features of Office 2007, and provide beginner-level courses for the most commonly used applications.
Microsoft Office Basics 2003
Basic competence with Microsoft email, word processing and spreadsheet applications is a necessity for many library roles. This set introduces the learner to the shared user interface features of Office 2003, and provide beginner-level courses for the most commonly used applications.
What's New with Microsoft Office 2010
Become familiar with and learn to use the new and enhanced features of this latest update to the MS Office suite. This set introduces the learner to the shared user interface features of Office 2010, and provide a more in-depth for look at the changes in the most commonly used applications.
Deploy and Configure Windows 7
Many libraries are planning to upgrade to Windows 7. This course set is designed to provide the required Windows 7 skills and knowledge to staff who are responsible for installing, configuring and managing the library's computers.
Library Leadership
These five courses will help develop leadership abilities and provide the foundation to assess, build and sustain those abilities throughout one's career. The courses in this set help one to think and act as a leader in their library and community, no matter one's current position level.
New Library Director 1
As a new library director with limited experience, there is a lot to quickly learn with little time and money. This is the first of two sets designed to build skills, knowledge and abilities in the core competency areas necessary to be a successful director.
Suggestions for usage
- Review the course set topics, selecting the topics your library staff need.
- Send your staff to the appropriate course set pages, providing instructions for how you want them to use the sets.
- Remember staff must first register as WebJunction members and request affiliation from your sponsoring state library agency
- Clearly communicate expectations for timeframe and course completions
- Consider how many courses you wish staff to enroll in at one time
- Make sure that staff are provided sufficient dedicated time to successfully complete the courses enrolled in.
- If multiple staff members are using the same sets, consider creating learning cohorts, where they can discuss and expand on what they learn from the courses.
- The learner follows the links on the set page to the individual course pages, enrolling there by clicking the Add to Cart button, and then returning to the set page to make another selection.
- To complete the enrollment process, he/she clicks the Go to Cart button from the page of the last course added.
- Once they have checked out, the learner can click on the My Courses link to view their learning plan and launch the courses
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