Practical tips for developing your staff /

This book offers innovative tips and tried-and-tested best practice to enable library and knowledge workers to take control of professional development regardless of the budget and time available to them. Continuing professional development (CPD) is a key component of a successful and satisfying car...

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Main Authors: Pratchett, Tracey (Author), Young, Gil (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Facet, 2016.
Series:Practical tips for library and information professionals.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • aSection 1 Theories: 1. Understanding how people behave, learn and develop; 2. Kolb learning cycle and styles; 3. Honey and Mumford
  • learning styles; 4. VAK learning styles; 5. MBTI®
  • Myers Briggs® Type Indicator; 6. Jigsaw Discovery Tool©; 7. The DiSC® model; 8. Benziger Thinking Styles Assessment (BTSA); 9. SDI
  • Strength Deployment Inventory®; 10. Kirkpatrick's four levels of evaluation model; Section 2 Infrastructure: 11. Why develop staff? 12. Workforce planning; 13. Job descriptions; 14. Person specifications; 15. Advertisements; 16. Shortlisting; 17. Interviews; 18. Interviews
  • presentations and tests; 19. Interviews
  • feedback; 20. Inductions; 21. Managing performance; 22. Team development plans; 23. Appraisals
  • preparing; 24. Appraisals
  • conducting; 25. Setting objectives; 26. One-to-ones; 27. Feedback
  • general; 28. Team building; 29. Team meetings; 30. Sharing learning with the team; 31. Writing references; 32. Exit interviews; 33. Effective handover; Section 3 Activities and tools: 34. Action learning sets ; 35. Apprentices, graduate trainees and work placements; 36. Awards; 37. Buddying; 38. CILIP qualifications; 39. CILIP qualifications
  • revalidation; 40. Coaching; 41. Collaborative working; 42. Communities of practice
  • internal; 43. Communities of practice
  • external; 44. Conferences
  • attending; 45. Conferences
  • organizing; 46. Conferences
  • posters; 47. Conferences
  • presenting; 48. Conferences
  • sharing the learning; 49. Conferences
  • volunteering; 50. Conferences
  • workshops; 51. Conferences
  • writing proposals for papers; 52. CVs; 53. Exchange of Experience events, TeachMeets and Unconferences; 54. Formal qualifications; 55. Funding for CPD; 56. Group conversations; 57. Job rotation; 58. Learning logs and journals; 59. Meetings
  • attending; 60. Meetings
  • chairing; 61. Meetings
  • note taking; 62. Mentoring
  • external; 63. Mentoring
  • peer; 64. Minutes of madness; 65. MOOCs; 66. Networks; 67. Networks
  • setting up; 68. Networks
  • running; 69. Personal development plans; 70. Presentations
  • general tips; 71. Professional membership; 72. Projects; 73. Project management tools; 74. Reflection
  • facilitating; 75. Reflective practice76. Reflective writing; 77. Research activities; 78. Secondments; 79. Shadowing; 80. Social media; 81. SWOT analysis; 82. Time management; 83. Time management tools; 84. Training courses
  • attending; 85. Training courses
  • commissioning; 86. Training courses
  • planning, delivering and evaluating; 87. Twitter; 88. Twitter chats; 89. VLEs; 90. Visits; 91. Volunteering; 92. Webinars; 93. Writing blog posts; 94. Writing business cases; 95. Writing case studies; 96. Writing e-mails; 97. Writing journal articles; 98. Writing newsletters; 99. Writing procedures; 100. Writing project plans; 101. Writing reports.