The challenges to library learning : solutions for librarians

The Challenges to Library Learning: Solutions for Librarians is an insightful volume that offers a practical philosophy of engagement that can be used to meet the growing challenges facing librarians, including staffing shortages, depleted or eliminated training budgets, longer hours, greater workloads, and rapidly-changing technology, hindering the ability--and willingness--of employees to continue job education in library sciences. With three decades of experience as a library administrator, author Bruce E. Massis details an effective plan for inspiring initiative in the learner to pursue a goal-oriented and individualized approach to learning - helping the library to become more efficient, productive, and user-centered.

Topics discussed include overcoming staff disengagement, accepting e-learning as a routine learning model, teaching and measuring information literacy training, creating a flexible alternative staffing model, the Community of Learning Program (CLP) for library staff, and the details of creating and implementing a training program. The Challenges to Library Learning: Solutions for Librarians is a vital and practical resource for anyone actively involved or pursuing a career in library administration.

• Acknowledgments p. xi
• Introduction p. 1
• Chapter 1 The Rules of Engagement p. 5
• Chapter 2 E-Learning for Library Staff p. 13
• Chapter 3 Developing a Personal Learning Plan p. 21
• Chapter 4 The Substitute Librarian-Providing a Mechanism for the Library Learner to Learn p. 27
• Chapter 5 Marketing Your Library Learning Program to Staff p. 35
• Chapter 6 The Community of Learning Program for Library Staff: The SEFLIN Case Study p. 47
• Chapter 7 Teaching and Measuring Information Literacy Training p. 59
• Appendix PowerPoint Presentation on Design and Implementation of a Training Program for Library Staff p. 67
• Notes p. 83
• Selected Bibliography p. 87
• Index p. 99