Development of Staff Technology Skills
Resources
Carol Coffey
ccoffey@cals.org
www.slideshare.net/paroo1
Competencies
WebJunction’s Competency Index – http://www.webjunction.org/competencies
Houghton-Jan, Sarah. Technology Competencies and Training for Libraries.
Library Technology Reports 43, no 2 (March/April 2007). See Appendices for long
list of resources.
Technology Petting Zoos
See David Lee King’s post “Topeka’s Techie Toy box” at
http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/23/topekas-techie-toybox/
Also see Princeton Public Library’s Gadget Garage at
http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/research/techcenter/gadgetgarage.html
And Santa Cruz Public Library’s Technology Petting Zoo at
http://www.veganlibrarian.com/technologypettingzoo.html
Learning 2.0 / 23 Things
http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/ - The original 23 Things Learning 2.0
Program from the Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County.
http://sjlibrary23.blogspot.com/ - San Jose Public Library’s version of the
learning program.