Strengthening CE Content in Libraries: Final Courses
Project team members from WebJunction and Infopeople designed and piloted a CE Training Institute curriculum that challenged an elite group of 12 trainers from all across the country to form collaborative teams, agree on topics of priority to libraries and work together virtually to create self-paced eLearning courses using the Articulate Storyline course creation software—all in the space of four months. The resulting 5 courses are listed below!
Access the WebJunction Course Catalog to view all of our library-specific courses, including these 5 new courses.
Building a Positive Social Media Presence
Course Description:
Over 70% of adults are now using a social networking site of some kind, and these online interactions can have real-life implications. This course provides guidelines for what should and should not be shared online, how to build social capital and how to put your best foot forward when using social media.
Objectives:
- Describe the benefits of building a positive social media presence.
- Make informed decisions about sharing personal information on social media.
- Employ strategies for posting information that build positive social media capital.
Course designers:
Jamie Matczak – Nicolet Federated Library System
Amy Calhoun – Sacramento Public Library
Course subject matter experts:
Laura Solomon- Ohio Public Library Information Network
David Lee King – Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
Sarah Houghton – San Rafael Public Library
Coping with Change
Course Description
In this course, you will apply strategies to mitigate the unsettling aspects of change. You will learn skills to help you cope with change and capitalize on it.
Objectives [high-level]
- Describe what change is.
- Learn how to cope with change.
- Incorporate & capitalize in the midst of change.
Course designers:
Katherine Adelberg - Kentucky Department for Libraries & Archives
Maurice Coleman - Harford County Public Library (MD)
Katie Fearer - Alaska State Library
Stephanie Zimmerman - Library System of Lancaster County (PA)
Encouraging Early Literacy
Course Description
It takes a Library to encourage children. Everyone in the Library can support, promote and encourage early literacy. This course provides an overview of early literacy and ways library staff can interact with children to encourage singing, talking, reading, writing and playing.
Course Objectives
- Public Service Competencies – Children’s Services
- Provide experiences, resources and interactions that fuel a love of learning.
- Model and promotes a welcoming, supportive, and nonjudgmental attitude towards children and their families.
- Promote awareness of children’s services to other staff members and contributes to their training in relation to the delivery of those services.
- Provide services that enhanced literacy and reading skills.
Length: 1.5 hours
Course designers
Enid Costley, Library of Virginia (right in image)
Course subject matter experts (SMEs)
Saroj Ghoting – National Trainer on Early Literacy and co-author of Storytimes for Everyone and STEP into Storytimes, and The Early Literacy Kit.
Our thanks to Public Library Association and Association for Library Services to Children for Every Child Ready to Read, and course content provided by Saroj Ghoting, national trainer on early literacy.
Having Fun at Work Again
Course Description
Don't let the pressures of working at the library bring you or your staff down. People want a work environment that is challenging, encourages trial and error, and makes them feel that they matter. It's time to make the workplace exciting again, all throughout the library's culture. Here are some things to do to make work fun again.
Course Objectives
- Helping libraries cope with increasing pressures at work
- Providing meaningful things staff members can do to have fun
- Improving the work culture of libraries
Length: 1 hour
Course designer
Colleen Eggett, Training Coordinator, Utah State Library (left in image)
Course subject matter experts (SMEs)
Colleen Eggett, Training Coordinator, Utah State Library
Catherine Hakala-Ausperk, Executive Director of the Northeast Ohio Regional Library System (NEO-RLS)
Access the WebJunction Course Catalog to view all of our library-specific courses, including these 5 new courses.
Providing Constructive Employee Feedback
Course Description
Giving feedback to staff is one of the most important parts of being a manager or supervisor, yet we often avoid giving feedback, especially to those who need it most. This course will help you improve your skills in providing constructive feedback to your staff.
Course Objectives
- Articulate advantages of giving feedback
- Describe the qualities of constructive feedback
- Identify organization specific resources to support/enhance desired behaviors
- Apply strategies for handling difficult conversations
Length: 1.5 hours
Course designers
Tiffany Hayes, Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Kelly Woodside, Massachusetts Library System
Meredith Lowe, UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies
Christine Kreger, Colorado State Library
Content reviewers
Deborah Hoadley, Massachusetts Library System
Mary Beth Faccioli, Learning Alchemy
Jamie Hollier, Anneal, Inc
Crystal Schimpf, Kixal, LLC
Sharon Morris, Colorado State Library
Content provider
Arapahoe Library District - Giving and Receiving Feedback Chart
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