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ALCTS e-Forum: Training for Results: Hard & Soft Skills for Technical Services Staff

December 5-6, 2017

Moderated by Terry McQuown and Maggie Dull

Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!

Registration information is at the end of the message.

Each day, discussion begins and ends at:

Pacific: 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Mountain: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Central: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Eastern: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Libraries spend a lot of time and resources training staff. However, how do we know that staff are receiving the right training, in the right format, at the right time? And how do we know it’s having the intended effect? In this e-Forum, we will share best practices in training as they relate to hard and soft skills for technical services staff. Topics include: conducting needs assessments, ensuring that staff apply what they learn in training, evaluating training effectiveness, and overcoming obstacles specific to technical services training.

Moderators

Terry McQuown is the Staff Development Coordinator with King County Library System, in Washington State. He received a BA in classical civilization from the University of California, Los Angeles; an MA in Archaeological Studies from Yale University; a JD from Vanderbilt University; and an MLIS from Kent State University. He has worked for the King County Library System as an Adult & Teen Services Librarian, a Supervising Librarian, and, in his current position, as the Staff Development Coordinator, where he oversees the library's trainings.

Maggie Dull is currently the Metadata and Digital Curation Librarian at the University of Baltimore’s Langsdale Library. She has presented at the Maryland Library Association/Delaware Library Association Annual Conference and ALA Annual Conference on topics relating to collaboration and training. She has served as a member of the ALCTS Leadership Development Committee since 2014.

What Is an e-Forum?

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*Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.*