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Cooperative Staff Development Workshop

This document discusses cooperative staff development workshops held between multiple public library systems. It describes how two libraries organized a 1-day workshop with over 100 staff attendees from 10 library systems. The workshops provided training sessions, networking opportunities, and were planned to be low-cost and held on a day most libraries were closed. Evaluations found that interactive sessions, discussions with peers, and keeping costs low were successful elements. The libraries planned to continue the workshops every other year to provide affordable, useful training for staff across systems.

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Cooperative Staff Development Workshop

This document discusses cooperative staff development workshops held between multiple public library systems. It describes how two libraries organized a 1-day workshop with over 100 staff attendees from 10 library systems. The workshops provided training sessions, networking opportunities, and were planned to be low-cost and held on a day most libraries were closed. Evaluations found that interactive sessions, discussions with peers, and keeping costs low were successful elements. The libraries planned to continue the workshops every other year to provide affordable, useful training for staff across systems.

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Cooperative Staff Development

Getting More Bang for Your Buck!

Amy Bond
Lonesome Pine Regional Library

Kelly R. McBride
Russell County Public Library
Cooperative Staff
Development
 1-day staff development workshop
 2-3 speakers
 Lunch for all participants
 10 public library systems participated
 Over 100 library staff attended
 Held Columbus Day in October (most libraries closed)
Planning

 3-5 hours of planning


 Delegation
 Trust
First Annual Wild Turk Staff Day
Budget

 $100 / library
 $10 / person for lunch
 $25 / library in kind
 ?? / library travel costs
equals
 $1000 speaker fees &
tchotchkes (mugs)
 10 raffle gifts
Budget

 $100 / library Russell Co. PL


 $10 / person for lunch $100 Participation fee
 $25 / library in kind $100 (10 staff x $10)
 ?? / library travel costs $ 25 Raffle gift
equals $225 subtotal
$100 Travel (est.)
 $1000 speaker fees &
tchotchkes (mugs) $325 TOTAL
 10 raffle gifts $32.50 / person-lunch & full day
Tchotchkes
Staff Day 2002 @ EHC
Evaluations!
Feedback…Year 2002

What Worked Well What Did NOT Work Well


 Lunch was time set aside for staff to gather by type of
 Getting together with staff library work
 Color coding name tags by type of library work was
from other libraries Too subtle
 Personal/Professional  Post lunch presenter “boring” (soft spoken & not
dynamic)
development speakers very  Crowded space, poor temperature control, no a.m.
COFFEE
well-received

What We Learned
 After lunch program must be lively
 Snacks are a necessity
 Give staff more time to talk with peers in
their area of the library AND just interact
with their peers
 Some people will not be happy regardless
Second Annual Wild Turk Staff Day

 10 libraries
 1 city
 4 regionals
 6 counties
Second Annual Wild Turk Staff Day

 10:00 Welcome
 10:15 Bridging
Gaps: How to
Speak and
Listen Effectively
 11:00 Breakout Groups
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Personality
Colors in the Work
Place
 3:00 Evaluation
Planning – Year 2

 Food (Lunch)
 Drinks/Refreshments
 Discussion Groups
 Registration
 Door Prizes
 Freebies
 Agenda
 Evaluation
Budget

 No participation fee  Lunch $5.95 per person


 Note cubes $2.20 each
 Single speaker fee  $25 / library in kind
absorbed by one  2 - 3 bags of candy
partner  Travel to site
 $2515 total (facility  Average library cost $10 - $19
per attendee
expenses and note
cube promotional gifts )
Evaluations - How Well Did We Do?
Feedback…Year 2003
What Worked Well What Did NOT Work Well
 Getting together with staff from  Morning speaker did not engage library
other libraries audience
 Upbeat, interactive afternoon  Accessibility issues
program
 Breakout discussions positive
 Public services discussions too broad
overall  Evaluation time chaotic and rushed
 Less expensive second time around
What We Learned

 Costs not prohibitive due to planning, sharing


 Build on the informal mood
 Have upbeat, engaging speakers and programs
 Provide programs concrete to everyday library experiences
 Less direction and more peer interaction
 Give staff more time to talk with peers in their library area
 Give staff more time to just interact with others
Future Planning
 Include staff in planning committee
 Alternate years
 Choose speakers carefully
 Provide more choices and time for small group discussions
 Take more pictures
 Document the planning and execution
 Maybe …. t-shirts
Benefits

 Staff development in a relaxed and low-cost environment


 Morale booster
 Area-wide connections with others doing same work
 Provides a center of focus on the things we have in common
 More than just training
 Investment in better service for the future
Additional Resources

 PLA 2004 Staff


Development in Rural and
Small Public Libraries

Susan Hill – Paulding


County Carnegie Library

[Link]
Additional Resources

 Omaha Public Library Staff Day 2004.


Nebraska Library Association Quarterly 35 no. 2 14-15
Summer 2004.
 Staff Development Day.
OLA Quarterly 5 no. 4 14-15 Winter 2000.
 Staff Development Days at the Athens
Regional Library System.
Georgia Library Quarterly 37 no. 2 15-16 Summer 2000.
Contact Information

Amy Bond
abond@[Link]

Kelly McBride
kmcbride@[Link]
Our Staff, Our Libraries
“So the America I loved still exists, if
not in the White House or the
Supreme Court or the Senate or the
House of Representatives or the
media. The America I love still exists
at the front desks of our public
libraries.”

Kurt Vonnegut In These Times 8/6/2004

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