Documents
Mentoring Needs and Benefits
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
Why do we need mentoring in our library organizations? Here is a summary of the needs and benefits for all those involved in the relationship.
Mentoring Roles and Responsibilities
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
A collection of best practices of roles and responsibilities for those involved in the mentoring partnership.
Mentoring Workbook
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
A workbook designed to provide staff with an introduction to mentoring, tools for defining roles and responsibilities for all involved in the relationship, examples of a partnership agreement, and tips on evaluating the relationship.
Motivating Online Learners
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
Article for trainers about motivating e-learners
Online Conference Project Plan - example
Last Modified: 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.
Online Conferences: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Last Modified: 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.
Presenting Like a Pro Handout
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
Use this handout with the Presenting Like a Pro Lesson to effectively talk through the standard pitfalls of presenting and how you can avoid them.
Presenting Like a Pro Lesson Plan
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
Use this lesson to review the importance of body language and eye contact in building credibility as a presenter as well as standard practices for effective presentation delivery.
Public Libraries and Effective Inclusion & Diversity Training
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
A summary of survey and interviews to assess current trends in library inclusion and diversity training.
Self-Paced Tutorial Tools
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
A list of Rapid Development tools for creating online, self-paced tutorials that can be run from a website, computer desktop, or through an LMS.