The No-Nonsense Guide to Training in Libraries

Barbara Allan

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978-1-85604-828-6

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2013

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Facet Publishing, UK

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In order to make an impact with their users, library staff must be well trained and up-to-date. Training is often delivered by library managers, development officers and trainers who may have limited budgets with access to few resources. This accessible guide uses case studies and examples of best practice from public, school, academic, special, and government libraries to help library and information workers deliver excellent training. Aimed at helping experienced trainers, as well as those who are still developing their skills, Allan's book offers guidance on the design and delivery of effective training courses, including:

The people side of training
Use of technologies to support training practices
Different approaches to learning and teaching
Planning and designing training
Delivering training: face-to-face and blended learning
Evaluation of training events and continuous improvement
Learning and development in the workplace

1. Introduction

Introduction to this chapter
Introduction to the book
Contribution of training to library and information services
Benefits of training
The training cycle and the planning stage
The financial side of training
Legal issues
Structure of the book
Summary
References and additional resources

PART 1: TRAINING PRACTICES
2. Different approaches to learning and teaching

Introduction
Three approaches to learning and teaching
A model for workplace learning programmes
Theories of learning
Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning
Levels of competence
Summary
Notes
References and additional resources

3. Making training interesting

4. Use of different technologies to support training practices

5. Making it happen

Introduction
Thinking about participants
Design principles
Designing face-to-face sessions
Impact of learning style preferences on training styles
Managing session timings
Evaluation of training
Marketing and promoting training programmes
Summary
References and additional resources

6. Delivering face-to-face training sessions

Introduction
Getting started
Different ways of involving everyone in the training process
Managing the learning process
Questions
Ending the learning process
Teaching large groups
Making database training interesting
Working with challenging learners
Summary
References and additional resources

7. E-learning and blended learning

Introduction
E-learning
Design of e-learning programmes
Web-based tutorials
Learning groups and communities
Blended learning
Design of blended learning programmes
E-tutoring
Evaluation of e-learning and blended learning
Summary
References and additional resources

PART 2: LEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE
8. Learning and development in the workplace

Introduction
90+ approaches to learning and development in the workplace
360 degree feedback
Accreditations
Action learning
Action planning
Analysing mistakes
Appraisal processes
Apps
Asking advice
Asking and answering questions
Audio recordings
Benchmarking
Blogs
Book reviews
Briefing papers
Briefing sessions
Cascade training
Celebrating success
Coaching
Communities of interest and practice
Competitions and prizes
Complaints
Conferences
Covering for holidays
Crises
Critical friend
Delegation
Demonstrations
Displays
E-bulletins
E-learning
Electronic mailing lists
E-mails
E-portfolio
Evaluating different products
Exchanges
Exhibitions
Exit interviews
External funding
Feedback
Fishbone diagram
Focus groups
Frequently asked questions
Gap year
Induction
Instructions
Internet
Interviews
Job rotation
Key performance indicators
Learning boxes
Learning contracts
Learning conversations
Learning journals
Meetings
Mentoring
Metaphors
Mind mapping
Networking
Online discussion groups
Online tutorials
Organizing events
Personal development planning
Personal development portfolios
Playing cards
Presentations
Professional journals
Professional organizations
Project work
Promotion
QR codes
Quality assurance activities
Quizzes
Reading
Reflection
Retreats or residentials
Rich pictures
Secondment
Self-assessment tools
Setting deadlines
Speed networking
Sticky notes
Study tours
SWOT analysis
Teamwork
Training a colleague
Twitter
Video clips
Visits
Wikis
Work-based learning qualifications
Work shadowing
Working parties
Writing
YouTube
Notes
References and additional resources

Barbara Allan

Barbara Allan is Deputy Dean of Hull University Business School and Director of the Center for Innovations in Business and Management Education. She was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2008 for her innovative work in e-learning and e-mentoring. She is interested in new approaches to supporting research students and led the development of the Graduate Virtual Research Environment. Author of several books, including Supporting Research Students, she is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).

"I will have this work within easy reach, particularly before I plan and design the next training workshop. The logical layout, format and design of the book are so user friendly, making this an invaluable ‘go to' training resource."
— Australian Library Journal

"While many of the topics, such as learning theories and marketing strategies, may be of most interest to librarians new to the field of training, experienced trainers will appreciate having the many tools and techniques gathered in one place."
— Serials Review