• re-examining the spring staff event
  
• review and reassess the skills & interests survey.

• finding ways to offer CEU classes
  

In 2008-2009, our goals include

• reaching out to Committees to identify training and staff development needs to help them reach their goals
  
• creating a submission form on the training pages for staff to suggest training ideas
  
• exploring ways to offer customer service training
  
• offering MS Office 2007 training
  
• offering Novell migration training
  
• offering Dreamweaver training to those who missed it this year
  
• offering more time management with Outlook training
  
• exploring the option of holding a system-wide discussion program based on a book
  
• creating a structure for sharing conference knowledge
  
• exploring a Walk-A-Mile program
  
• offering a brown bag in GIS and on the LibQUAL+2006 results
  
• encouraging publication in the library by exploring a means to preserve and share library-generated content
  
• finding ways to offer CEU classes\\
• re-examining the spring staff event.

• Time Management;
  

• Camtasia and/or Centra, as well as tips on creating effective presentations, including voice training for podcasts;
  
• Web 2.0 technologies such as Facebook, Second Life, GoogleDocs, podcasting, and Del.icio.us
  

Strategic Goal: We will be a learning organization in which staff acquire new skills at an increased pace to keep current with technological change.

• Fire Extinguisher Training
  

• Camtasia and/or Centra, as well as tips on creating effective presentations;
  

We will work with the Research Services Committee to support reference training, including basic reference training for first year services and effective referrals. We also hope to create a system for training new employees, providing them with technology skills and information about unique resources available to library staff. And we plan to work with Robyn Harris to put on next year's Spring Staff Picnic.

In 2008-2009, our goals include training staff on:

• Vista/Microsoft Office 2007;
  
• Novell migration;
  
• Camtasia and/or Centra;
  
• Web 2.0 technologies such as Facebook, Second Life, GoogleDocs, and Del.icio.us
  
• Dreamweaver;
  

We also hope to create a system for training new employees, providing them with technology skills and information about unique resources available to library staff. And we plan to work with Robyn Harris to put on next year's Spring Staff Picnic.

• surveyed library staff on training needs to identify and prioritize our year's business skills training; Library Administration identified three top training needs: (1) setting priorities/goals; (2) customer service skills; and (3) service assessment. Library staff identified communication skills, customer service skills, setting priorities/goals, time management and teamwork as needs.
  
• reviewed our use of ElementK online training and determined that we would make better use of our funds with in-person training; Usage data also suggested that top technology skill needs among staff to be Dreamweaver training; Library Administration also identified Outlook training as a priority.
  
• organized project management training for 30 supervisors and for library staff serving on committees and teams; Project management templates were posted to the Staffnews Training and Development pages. This training addressed the need identified in strategic planning.
  
• organized a brown bag, front line training for 58 library staff and an open house for the DiscoverLibrary roll out;
  
• organized basic and advanced Dreamweaver training for 63 library staff; This training addressed technology skills identified in the ElementK assessment.
  
• organized Outlook training for 46 library staff and created a web page of resources for users;This training supported the library's migration to Outlook and addressed a need identified by library administration.
  
• organized fire extinguisher training for library staff; This need was identified by the Disaster Preparedness Project Team.
  
• organized the Spring Staff Picnic for all library staff; Approximately 200 staff and family members attended the event.
  
• created guidelines for the Staff Development Fund and worked with LITS to provide an online application form and resource.

• organized project management training for 30 supervisors and for library staff serving on committees and teams; Project management templates were posted to the Staffnews Training and Development pages. This training addressed the need identified in strategic planning.
  

• organized Outlook training for 46 library staff and created a web page of resources for users;This training supported the library's migration to Outlook and addressed a need identified by library administration.
  

• organized the Spring Staff Picnic for all library staff; Approximately 200 staff and family members attended the event.
  

• organized a brown bag, front line training for 58 library staff and an open house for the DiscoverLibrary roll out;
  

• organized basic and advanced Dreamweaver training for 63 library staff; This training addressed technology skills identified in the ElementK assessment.
  

• organized a brown bag, front line training and an open house for the DiscoverLibrary roll out;
  
• organized basic and advanced Dreamweaver training for library staff; This training addressed technology skills identified in the ElementK assessment.
  
• organized Outlook training for all library staff (excluding Eskind and Management) and created a web page of resources for users;This training supported the library's migration to Outlook and addressed a need identified by library administration.
  
• organized fire extinguisher training for library staff; This need was identified by the Disaster Preparedness Project Team.
  

• surveyed library staff on training needs to identify and prioritize our year's business skills training; Library Administration identified three top training needs: (1) setting priorities/goals; (2) customer service skills; and (3) service assessment. Library staff identified communication skills, customer service skills, setting priorities/goals, time management and teamwork as needs.
  
• reviewed our use of ElementK online training and determined that we would make better use of our funds with in-person training; Usage data also suggested that top technology skill needs among staff to be Dreamweaver training; Library Administration also identified Outlook training as a priority.
  
• organized project management training for supervisors and other library staff; This training addressed the need identified in strategic planning.
  

• surveyed library staff on training needs to identify and prioritize our year's training; Library Administration identified three top training needs: (1) setting priorities/goals; (2) customer service skills; and (3) service assessment. Library staff
  

We will be a learning organization in which staff acquire new skills at an increased pace to keep current with technological change.
In 2007-2008, the Staff Development Committee:

• surveyed library staff on training needs to identify and prioritize our year's training;
  
• reviewed our use of ElementK online training and determined that we would make better use of our funds with in-person training;
  
• organized project management training for supervisors and other library staff;
  
• organized a brown bag, front line training and an open house for the DiscoverLibrary rollout;
  
• organized basic and advanced Dreamweaver training for library staff:
  
• organized Outlook training for all library staff and created a web page of resources for users;
  
• organized fire extinguisher training for library staff;
  
• organized the Spring Staff Picnic;
  
• created guidelines for the Staff Development Fund and worked with LITS to provide an online application form and resource.