The document outlines strategies for staff and professional development aimed at achieving personal goals over the next 3-5 years, identifying skills, and encouraging lifelong learning within library organizations. It highlights various resources, funding opportunities, and workshops while stressing the importance of self-directed achievement as a method for fostering a positive culture transformation in libraries. Additionally, it discusses the significance of networking and supportive learning environments to meet the evolving needs of library staff.

1. Staff Development / Professional Development
by Stephanie (Sara Leah) Gross, Mentor ACRL/NY*
Spring 2017

2.  Articulate personal goals for next 3-5 years
 Identify current skills in working order
 Identify desired skills required immediately or
in near future
 Determine whether to acquire mentor or SIG
 Select 1-3 top PDCE learning opportunities
 Assess readiness to downsize, retire, transfer
if desired, available

3.  Are we too complacent?
 Who (s. or pl.) might be responsible?
 Are we siloed???
 What are ways to circumvent this?
 Goals to be achieved…

4.  Culture: Amateurish/Heimish v. Worldly
 ALA Library Bill of Rights
 LACUNY, ACRLNY Codes of Conduct
 US Social Contract (diversity, freedom of
religion, expression, i.e. 1st Amendment, etc.)
 Issues of privacy
 Issues of censorship
 Broaden horizons ; Exit echo chamber

5.  1199SEIU contract: $100/yr. professional
membership
 1199SEIU contract: Training & Employment
Fund $850/yr. (see:
https://www.1199seiubenefits.org/funds-
and-services/training-and-employment/)
 1199SEIU contract : TEF degree plan (see:
http://1199seiubenefits.org/)

6.  Yeshiva University Libraries : budget (TBD)
 Additional funding: Scholarships & Grants
 Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians:
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/program/leadership-
institute-academic-librarians ($3,625)
 ACRL annual conference: http://conference.acrl.org/
 LACUNY Institute 2017:
https://2017lacunyinst.commons.gc.cuny.edu/program/regis
ter/
“The Future of Librarianship: Exploring what’s next for
the Academic Librarian” – Trends & Issues

7.  Library Juice Academy
 Lynda.com
 ALCTS
 Library Journal
 Library2.017
 SLA
 ALAeditions
 Vendors (e.g. bepress)

8.  Relevance to current position
 Relevance to possible position
 General enrichment for members of the
profession
 Guidelines for straight time, especially if
workshop
 Possibilities for sharing learning outcomes

9.  Webinar vs. Workshop? Exposure to outside
 Hands-on
 Network building (collegial)

10.  Concept presented in WebJunction webinar February 13, 2015:
https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/Self_Directed_Achiev
ement.html
 "Set one training goal each week achievable in one hour." This simple
directive was given to every staff member of one Utah library in
September 2011. The result just one year later? A sustainable, positive
culture transformation. The mechanism, called “Self-Directed
Achievement,” is a consistent, agile, individualized approach to staff
development in a climate of constant change. It champions the basic
library principle of lifelong learning. It is achievable for every individual
with any level of expertise. And its impact will ripple through your
organization from the staff work room to public lounge areas. Following
this webinar, you will understand the model, mechanics, individual
accountability, and supervisory responsibility involved in this remarkable
method...and you’ll want to do it too.
Presented by: From Tooele City Library (UT), Jami Carter, Director; Steve
Peay, Library Supervisor; and Rachel Gull, Library Supervisor.

11.  Maurice Coleman (SLA/webinar): “T is for
Training”
https://tisfortraining.wordpress.com/
 Heuristic: Train at point of need
 What is required??
 For the academically /technically curious
 SWOT : Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities, Threats

12.  Library patron instruction
 Customer service (UX: surveys, assessment &
evaluation)
 Library learning & information commons
 ACRL Library Information Framework
 Excellence in Instruction (pedagogy in H.E.)
 Technical skills: Teaching with Canvas,
Skype,code, etc.
 Technical skills: T/S Dublin Core

13.  Trends and related positions
 Embedded librarian
 Personal librarian (sr. capstone/honors)
 Outreach librarian
 IR (Institutional Repository) librarian
 First-year student retention librarian

14.  The new social learning: a guide to
transforming organizations through social
media. (2010) Tony Bingham, Marcia Conner
[sharing, peer-to-peer]
 Workplace learning & leadership: It’s a book!
Paul Signorelli, et al.

15.  The TechSet (NealSchuman/ALA): http://www.neal-
schuman.com/techset
 Facet publishing: http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/
 Library careers: Libraries Unlimited: http://www.abc-
clio.com/LibrariesUnlimited.aspx
 Chandos Publishing:
https://issuu.com/woodheadpub/docs/2014_chandos_catal
ogue

16.  A librarians guide to an uncertain market.
Jeanette Woodward
 Pre- & post- retirement tips for librarians Ed.
Carol Smallwood (both ALA editions)
 How to stay afloat in the academic library job
pool. Ed. Teresa Y. Neely ; Foreword by
Camila A. Alire. ALA Editions.
 Mentoring A-Z. Julie Todaro ALA Editions.

17.  Goodreads
 LibraryThing
 LinkedIn (groups and individual connections)
 Twitter (subject, author specific)
 Facebook (organizations, groups, events)
 ALAConnect

18.  Stephanie L. Gross, librarian, mentor, educator
 E-Reserves, L303, 646.592.4044 ; gross@yu.edu
 Twitter: @NYLibrarians
 Blogger:
http://nylibrariansmeetup.blogspot.com/
 WordPress: https://stephanielgrossmslis.me/
 LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanielgross