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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

• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005

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

• topics to cover

Project Management

• Project Management Project Team Charge
• Committee and Team Member Training Sessions

Journal Club

• Journal Club Project Team Charge
• Peabody's Journal Club

Java WorkFlows Training

• Java Workflows Project Team Charge

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

Other Resources

• ARL Library Staff Development Programs
• ARL members
• New Employee Orientation Checklist
• Brown Bag Ideas