Leading Change : Developing a Library Staff Development Programme

1. Leading Change: Developing a Library Staff Development Programme Greta Friggens & Lisa White

2. Information literacy framework for students

3. Using Library Resources Effectively Core Skills Q&A   Q&A   Q&A   Q&A   Q&A   Q&A   Q&A  

4. Q&A Using Library Resources Effectively Core Skills Compare information in books, newspapers, magazines and academic journals If you wanted to find out, which sources do you think it would be most useful to look at? I wonder what people thought about punks in the 1970s? Reveal the answer Magazines Academic journals Books Newspapers Newspapers are especially useful for contemporary public opinion Punks CC agogo, Flickr

5. Using Library Resources Effectively Core Skills Compare information in books, newspapers, magazines and academic journals The Information Landscape will help you to understand what kind of information each of these contain.

6. What did the project change? From guidance documentation Interactive learning tool Benefiting Academic colleagues Library staff Students • Self-directed study • PDP • Distance learners • Collaborative partners • Link to /embed within • Moodle • Tailor information to • suit subject specialisms • At partner institutions • Enquiry desk staff • Faculty Librarians • Developed into an • information literacy • framework for library staff

7. Taking this forward Expectation that students will develop IL skills, so library staff should be skilled too Adapt the student framework to suit library staff Identify skills sessions for different groups of staff to support the IL framework In the Navy CC Rooners, Flickr

8. Staff Development Framework Information literacy framework New programme of events Focused library skills sessions Move to mandatory sessions Feedback and engagement Development plans Supporting staff in secondments and new roles HMS Victory CC Wunderboy, Flickr

9. Information literacy framework for library staff

10. 8 focused skills sessions Developed directly from grouping the skills on the framework • All Library Staff • The Wiki Way • The Library Website • Using the Library • Beyond Books • Using Key Library Resources • Effectively • Enquiries staff • Using the Internet • Successfully • The Reference Enquiry – • What do our users really • want? • Using Google Scholar and • Key Databases Effectively

11. Evaluation Its always amazing to see how sessions turn up things one has never noticed before! • Did they achieve aims and learning outcomes? • Increasing: • knowledge • confidence • engagement John Churchill figurehead HMS Vernon figurehead HMS Vernon figurehead

12. Where we are now? Programme has evolved – now have: Suite of library IL skills sessions Suite of library update sessions Plus Library Information Briefings Annually review our programme – much change e.g. RFID, digital literacy ... Measuring impact

13. If you have any questions, please ask! Alternatively contact us greta.friggens@port.ac.uk lisa.white@port.ac.uk