Stepping Up Career Development at Your Library

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|玛丽·凯利|

就在最近,我在工作中的年龄危机。一位年轻十几岁的女孩要求借用电话我的办公桌上。我推桌面电话对她说:“当然,帮助自己,拨8至外线。”她盯着我,问了“真正的手机”,因为她不知道如何工作的桌面电话。其实我有教人如何使用普通的桌面电话。这是第一次对我来说,作为一个图书管理员。这个年轻的少女从来没有使用传统的电话。在她的世界里,只有那种手机是智能手机。

As I am chewing on this little fact, I realize that in my library career of nearly 20 years, I have seen an insane amount of change in technology. It really doesn’t seem all that long ago that computers were a “new” tool in libraries. I remember teaching my first computer class for library patrons and we had standing room only. Without a doubt, computers were an integral part of our daily practice as librarians.

Even as late as 2009 and 2010, my partner and I were regularly presenting a program to other librarians called “Tech Support is Reference” through conferences and other library training. The message of this program was that librarians had a duty to assist patrons regardless of whatkind问题他们问。当时,有显著性的行业,以帮助顾客谁问及“技术支持”式的问题。多个库专业思想电脑会毁图书馆参考咨询服务。(我的一部分想成为小和说:“我告诉过你”到谁所有,但指责我破坏了行业的那些馆员。幸运的是,这是发布在网站上,并因为他们恨电脑这么多,他们可能不会注意到,我的话。)

现代图书馆的专业是不会长久库中的设置,如果他们没有在一个非常实际的方式拥抱变化。不仅必须图书馆知识渊博,但我们也必须能够通过各种媒介来传达知识。言下之意是巨大的。据预计,现代化的图书馆员将知识渊博的有关技术,我们能够时尚,知识转化为多种学习方式可用的内容。新技术,新出现的主题和需要其他学科的定期,持续的培训被根深蒂固作为作业的常规部分。与预算和时间有限的职业发展意味着我们中的大多数将不得不这样做没有支持相结合。

So, it is time to be your own library patron.

Resources for learning new technologies and skills are more available than ever. Someone has developed some type of tool in a variety of media to teach a people how to do everything from change a flat tire to complex mathematics. However, some of the more serious skills that I need to keep current and engaged require a bit more organization and structure.Gale Courses我去到选项保持我的技能在最佳状态,尤其是当它涉及到技术相关的主题。

Even though I have taught Excel long before I was in libraries, I still take Excel classes onGale Courses相当定期。这些课程逼我到审查我的材料教学规律的作息。由于类似Excel的范围是广阔的,你永远不会做学习所有的来龙去脉。当然,只要我感觉很舒服,添加新功能,改变一切,我已经感到胜任的。回顾这些概念经常让我的电流。所以我为最新的,因为我可以我创建了一个课程计划为自己。我并不想成为一个专家,但我想确保我不会离开,因为技术变化的背后。

除了职业发展和技能的建筑,也有课程,有严格的个人成长或只是简单有趣。Gale Courses是一个奇妙的工具满足特定的需求超出了参考咨询台互动时提供给顾客。我建议在摄影,ESL,创意写作,和园艺课程。赞助反应相当热烈人们寻找更多支持和安排的学习情况。Gale Courses6个星期之久,并有大约每周两节课。有一个实际的教练和提供交互的水平是推动这些课程超越教程和视频,甚至是同学。

Keeping current in one’s job is not only part of a librarian’s career development, but also for our patrons. Improving our own skills helps keep our patrons current and relevant for their own jobs and interests. As any employer will understand, training staff is expensive and time-consuming. Offering options for our patrons throughGale Courseswill improve their careers just as it does our own.

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Holly Hibner Mary Kelly


Mary is an Adult Services Librarian at the Plymouth District Library in Plymouth, MI. She, too, is obsessed with collection quality, and has taken it up a notch with never ending shelf lists, spreadsheets, and inventory. Mary has a special knack for linking books to readers of all ages.


玛丽和霍莉一起是“使集合计数的作者:一个全面的方法来图书馆藏书管理。他们还以鸣叫@awfullibbooks和博客在awfullibrarybooks.net


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