Practical tips for developing your staff / Tracey Pratchett and Gil Young ; with Carol Brooks, Lisa Jeskins and Helen Monagle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pratchett, Tracey, author.

Young, Gil, author.

Series:

Practical tips for library and information professionals.

Practical tips for library and information professionals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library personnel management.

Library education (Continuing education).

Librarians--In-service training.

Librarians.

Career development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Facet, 2016.

Summary:

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 career. Part of the <i>Practical Tips for Library and Information Professionals</i> series, this book offer a wide range of ideas and methods for all library and information professionals to manage the development of those who work for and with them.

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2018).

ISBN:

1-78330-180-5