Using Technology Competencies to Build a Staff Tech Training Program with Sarah Houghton-Jan

EI Program Calendar Audio Conference Tuesday, April 15, 2008 1:00 pm ET One Hour Member: $54.00 Non-Member: $74.00 Tech Tuesdays: Talking with Techies Series Every library on the planet struggles with technology training for staff. In this session, learn how to create a set of useful technology competencies, catered to your individual library and its technologies. Also learn how to use these competencies, and the staff's assessments, to build a self-sustaining staff technology training program. You will hear about the purpose and benefits of competencies and technology training, get a review of the process of creating competencies lists, and the implementation process, including assessment. Who Should Participate: All library staff can benefit from this session, but it is particularly useful for library managers, administrators, technology support staff, and training staff. The Key Benefits For Participants: Learn to use technology competencies to enhance your staff members' technology knowledge, improve their self-confidence and morale, help staff provide better service, and transform your library into an institution that continuously promotes lifetime learning for every staff member. Key Topics to be Explored: Benefits of staff technology competencies and training programs Competencies development process Different types of technology competencies Sources for sample library and technology competencies Assessment of staff Implementing the competencies Using competencies to build a technology-training program Sarah Houghton-Jan Sarah Houghton-Jan serves as the Senior Librarian for Digital Futures for the San Jose Public Library in the heart of Silicon Valley. She serves on the Library and Information Technology Association’s Top Technology Trends Committee and is a consultant technology instructor for Infopeople. Sarah presents and trains internationally and has been published widely in both library and technology magazines and journals. She also authored a book-length piece for ALA's Library Technology Reports, entitled Technology Competencies and Training for Libraries. Sarah also writes daily for her award-winning blog about library technology issues and resources, LibrarianInBlack. Developed for the Education Institute by Darlene Fichter’s Northern Lights Internet Solutions, Inc., in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan