Section IV: Staff Development

What to Include:

Include a professional development strategy to ensure that staff know how to use new technologies to improve education and library services.

Include specific staff positions (or names) of those in charge and dates. What specific resources and strategies will you implement to ensure that your staff is ready to use and maintain the telecommunications and information technologies? Describe how staff, volunteers, and the public will receive training. Do you have resources in-house to train staff or do they need outside courses? What professional development opportunities are available?

Sample Wording for Staff Development:

First Year: "All staff will attend at least one training session dealing with the Internet. The staff will be trained in implementation and use of the LAN and software for the new library. The library director and at least one other staff member will be trained on LAN and server administration."

Second Year: "The staff will develop a set of written instructions for new staff members and the public on the use of the hardware and software, including the Internet. Send assigned staff members to Webmaster and HTML training."

Third year: "Continue to send staff members to appropriate training on advanced use of the Internet and Web."

"Staff have been adequately trained on the use of the telephone system and new staff will be trained as needed."  Ongoing

"All library staff will be provided in-service training in technology using Area Education Agency and Iowa Library Service Area workshops whenever possible. Additional commercial workshops will be used when necessary."  Ongoing

"All library staff will be trained on the use of the ICN equipment; how to turn it on and do basic troubleshooting. FY0x"

"By June 20xx, all staff will have been trained on using EBSCOhost and will be able to direct patrons on its use."

"By December 20xx, all staff will have completed in-house training on information literacy strategies and will be proficient in providing the public with these strategies."