Staff Development Committee Homepage
Meeting times: 2nd Thursday of every month, from 1-2 pm
Membership/Current Responsibilities
- Jared Ingersoll [Customer Service co-chair])
- Judy Johnson [Novell, MS Office training co-chair]
- Jim Kelly[Safety Training]
- Sara Manus [Safety Training co-chair]
- Lisa Shipman [Staff Service Awards Event, Staff Development Fund co-chair]
- Joell Smith-Borne [Novell, MS Office training co-chair]
- Karen Swoopes [Brown Bag Contact, Skills & Interests Project Team co-chair, Safety Training co-chair, Staff Development Fund co-chair]
- Christopher Waldrop [Skills & Interests Project Team co-chair]
- Celia Walker, Committee Leader [Staff Service Awards co-chair]
- Daisy Whitten [Spring staff Picnic co-chair, Customer Service co-chair]
Former Members
- Joe Collins
- Ann Ercelawn
- Cindy Franco
- Rahn Huber
- Rachel Vacek
Committee Overview
- Revised Charge (2008)
- Charge (2005)
- Goals and Projects Oct 2005
- Staff Development Task List
- Draft Training Timeline
Minutes
Project Teams and Sub Committees
- Customer Service Sub Committee
- Safety Training Sub Committee Draft
- Skills & Interests Survey Team Charge
- Java Workflows Project Team Charge - ended
- Meeting Management Project Team Charge- ended
- Project Management Project Team Charge- ended
- Journal Club Project Team Charge- postponed
Other Experiences
- The former Staff Development Coordinating Committee - This is a review of the previous committee's work - what worked and what didn't.
- The former Technology Training Coordinators - This is also a review of this committee's work.
- Tips for effective meetings - based on the GIS Task Force experience in 2005
Reports
- Strategic Plan Progress
- 2008 Retreat Project List
- 2007-2008 Report
- 2008-2009 Training Needs
- Report on Skills Training Survey
- Training Needs Survey
- 2006-2007 Report
- Six Month Report
- Project Management and Meeting Management Proposal
Resources
Learning Organizations
- Transitioning to the Learning Organization - by Joan Giesecke and Beth McNeil (pdf)
- Organization Development in Libraries - by Maureen Sullivan (pdf)
- Excerpts from The 5th Discipline - by Peter Senge (pdf)
- The University Library As Learning Organization for Innovation: An Exploratory Study - by Rena K. Fowler (pdf)
- The library as a learning organization and the climate for updating in a period of rapidly changing technologies - by Ethel Auster and Donna C. Chan (link to pdf)
- Overview of A Learning Organization - Observations from Rahn Huber and Rachel Vacek
- Learning Organization Notes - Notes from the 1/11/06 meeting with Pam Brown
- Open Discussion on LO - A summary of the discussion from 1/19/06
- Meeting with Mark Cannon - A summary of the discussion from 2/1/06
Meeting Management
- Meeting Management Project Team Charge
- Meeting Management Notes - Notes from the 1/13/06 meeting with Nancy Hyer
- Final Report
- Assessment Survey
New Employee Training
Project Management
Journal Club
Java WorkFlows Training
Diversity Resources @ VU
- The Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center
- The Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center
- Office of Intercultural Affairs & Diversity Education
- Office for GLBT Life
- Opportunity Development Center
- List of observances in the United States - special days, weeks, and months