CLENE NEWS

We've Moved!

2009-08-24T08:00:00.000-07:00

We have officially moved to our new site, alalearning.org, where you can find the latest news and information about your learning round table. Please be sure to check us out!

Emerging Leader Sponsorship

2009-07-27T17:54:00.000-07:00

The Learning Round Table (formerly CLENERT)* is excited to be sponsoring our first ALA Emerging Leader!

We’re looking for enthusiastic applicants who have an interest and/or experience in

staff training
staff development; and/or
continuing education of library staff

The 2010 Emerging Leader selected by the Learning Round Table (LearnRT) will be someone who desires to learn more about more about the ALA Learning Round Table, who is willing to work on a project related to continued learning; who will be engaged in the work of the round table and who will be an ambassador for the Learning Round Table. In turn, the Learning Round Table will provide $1000 towards ALA Midwinter and Annual conference expenses for the person selected.

Applicants must meet the general Emerging Leader criteria set forth by ALA as well as criteria set forth by the Learning Round Table:

Be under 35 years of age or be a new library professional of any age with fewer than 5 years of experience working at a professional or paraprofessional level in a library;
Be able to attend both ALA conferences and work virtually in-between each conference;
Be willing to commit to membership in both ALA and the Learning Round Table if accepted; and
Be prepared to commit to serving in ALA or your state or local professional library organization upon completion of the program.

Upon review of the applications and resumes, the Board of the Learning Round Table will select one Emerging Leader to sponsor.

If interested, please submit the Learning Round Table Emerging Leader Application no later than August 15, 2009. In addition, email your resume to info@alalearning.org . Applicants will be notified on or near September 1, 2009.

Note: Applicants may complete both the Learning Round Table Emerging Leader Application and the ALA Emerging Leader Application, if desired. The Learning Round Table will select an Emerging Leader from our own pool of applicants. ALA will select a larger number of applicants.

Please contact me at pcarterette@georgialibraries.org with any questions. This message is being sent to all CLENE Listserv members today. Tomorrow it will go out to all CLENERT/LearnRT members as well.

Thank you for your continued support!

Pat

Pat Carterette, LearnRT President

*Yes, we have a new name! We’re now the Learning Round Table (aka LearnRT). For the time being, you will continue to see CLENE in various places online. It will take awhile to get everything changed, including a logo and other design templates. Our new website www.alalearning.org is up and running but currently under construction. We are also still using our original website www.ala.org/clenert. So, pardon our dust while we get our “house” in order. And stay tuned for some very exciting developments with the Learning Round Table.

We're moving!

2009-07-23T20:26:00.000-07:00

CLENE News is moving to a new site, alalearning.org. Newsworthy posts will have the category "news" and you can subscribe to the full feed or just the news feed.

The new site is still under construction but we will be posting training news. We expect to have a formal announcement and unveiling in early September.

A big thank you to all our readers. We hope that you will enjoy the new site and that it will become your destination for library training and learning!

CLENE HAPPY HOUR AT ALA

2009-07-03T07:31:00.000-07:00

CLENE HAPPY HOUR AT ALA
Friday, July 10th, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Potter’s Lounge in the Palmer House Hilton Hotel
17 East Monroe Street, Chicago 60603

Calling all CLENE members, and all those interested in staff development and training.

You’re invited to the CLENE Happy hour at ALA for a few hours of networking, conversation, and a whole lot of fun! Our Happy Hour coincides with LITA Happy hour, so you can hang and network with two great groups at once! Hope to see you there. (Cash Bar)

CLENE Programs at ALA Annual 2009

2009-06-20T08:33:00.001-07:00

CLENE has a lot of wonderful stuff going on at ALA: Programs, Preconferences, a Discussion Group, and more! We hope to see you at one of our programs and, as always, you’re invited to join us at our Board meetings; to participate, observe or just drop in to say hello.

PRECONFERENCES on Friday July 10

AM Preconference: Making it Stick: Designing, Delivering, and Surviving Presentations: A polished and memorable presentation requires skills that depend on your ability to work with, influence, and persuade your audience. This interactive hands-on workshop will help you understand and develop rapport with your audience; develop active content in your presentation; help you learn to be comfortable in front of your audience; and understand when and how to use support materials.
Speakers: Lori Reed, Employee Learning Coordinator for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library; Paul Signorelli, writer/trainer/consultant for libraries and nonprofit organizations (Paul Signorelli & Associates).

PM Preconference: Punch it up with Pictures: Presentations with visual power: Are your presentations riddled with bullet points? Visual images often speak louder and more succinctly than words. In the tight format of a PowerPoint presentation, strategic use of images can convey more meaning than bullet points and text. The presenter skills you learn in the morning workshop on delivering an unforgettable presentation will shine brighter when your support materials complement rather than compete with you. This workshop will help you to understand how visuals communicate, show you where to find free-use images, and share some best practices for editing and adding images to your presentations.
Speakers: Tony Tallent, Director of Libraries & Arts for the City of Boulder, Colorado; Michael Porter, Interactive Strategy Manager for WebJunction; Betha Gutsche, Learning Initiatives Developer for WebJunction.

PROGRAMS BY DATE

Friday, July 10

Making it Stick: Designing, Delivering, and Surviving Presentations, 8:30 am – 12:00 pm. Location: MCP W-476
Punch It Up With Pictures: Presentations with Visual Power, 1:00 pm – 04:30 pm. Location: MCP W-476
CLENE HAPPY HOUR AT ALA
Friday, July 10th, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Potter’s Lounge in the Palmer House Hilton Hotel
17 East Monroe Street, Chicago 60603
Calling all CLENE members, and all those interested in staff development and training.

You’re invited to the CLENE Happy hour at ALA for a few hours of networking, conversation, and a whole lot of fun! Our Happy Hour coincides with LITA Happy hour, so you can hang and network with two great groups at once! Hope to see you there. (Cash Bar)

Saturday, July 11

Creating a Culture of Learning in Your Library, 1:30-3:00. Location: HRM Conf. Ctr. 10 a/b
How To Develop a Mentoring Program, 3:30-5:30. Location: MCP W-178b

Sunday, July 12

Training Showcase: Best Practices for Continuing Library Education, 1:30-3:30. Location: MPS S106

Monday, July 13

Staff Development Discussion Group, 1:30-3:00, MCP W-470a

BOARD MEETINGS

CLENE Board Meeting I, Saturday, July 11, 8:00-12:00. Location: MPS S101b
CLENE Board Meeting II, Monday, July 13, 8:00-10:00. Location: MPS S101b

ALL CLENE EVENTS BY DATE

Friday, July 10

Making it Stick: Designing, Delivering, and Surviving Presentations, 8:30 am – 12:00 pm. Location: MCP W-476
Punch It Up With Pictures: Presentations with Visual Power, 1:00 pm – 04:30 pm. Location: MCP W-476
CLENE HAPPY HOUR AT ALA
Friday, July 10th, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Potter’s Lounge in the Palmer House Hilton Hotel
17 East Monroe Street, Chicago 60603
Calling all CLENE members, and all those interested in staff development and training.

You’re invited to the CLENE Happy hour at ALA for a few hours of networking, conversation, and a whole lot of fun! Our Happy Hour coincides with LITA Happy hour, so you can hang and network with two great groups at once! Hope to see you there. (Cash Bar)

Saturday, July 11

CLENE Board Meeting I, 8:00-12:00. Location: MPS S101b
Creating a Culture of Learning in Your Library, 1:30-3:00. Location: HRM Conf. Ctr. 10 a/b
How To Develop a Mentoring Program, 3:30-5:30. Location: MCP W-178b

Sunday, July 12

Training Showcase: Best Practices for Continuing Library Education, 1:30-3:30. Location: MPS S106

Monday, July 13

CLENE Board Meeting II, 8:00-10:00. Location: MPS S101b
Staff Development Discussion Group, 1:30-3:00, MCP W-470a

Hotel Abbreviations

MCP-McCormick Place West
MPS-McCormick Place South
HRM-Hyatt Regency McCormick

CLENE Meetings: Join us!

2009-06-02T13:50:00.000-07:00

A message from CLENE President Stacy Schrank and CLENE VP, Pat Carterette:

Dear CLENE Round Table Members,

CLENE Board members and some members-at-large have been meeting virtually each month since January (using OPAL web-conferencing software) to discuss ongoing round table business and projects. This has been a wonderful way to communicate with each other.

We would like to encourage all CLENE members to participate in our virtual monthly meetings. This is a great way for members to connect, communicate and collaborate.

Below is our online meeting schedule for the remainder of 2009. CLENE virtual meetings run from 2:00-3:00 EDT.

• Wednesday, June 10
• Thursday, July 16
• Wednesday, August 12
• Thursday, September 17
• Wednesday, October 14
• Thursday, November 19
• Wednesday, December 9

I strongly urge you to attend the June 10th meeting. We will be discussing a proposed name change for the CLENE Round Table and we want your input!

A recent survey sent out to people involved in training, staff/professional development and continuing education suggested that most people, including CLENE members, have no clue what the CLENE acronym stands for.

The proposed name change is from CLENE Round Table to the LEARNING Round Table. Learning is what we do, what we’re passionate about and what we promote. We’re not all trainers, we’re not all educators but we’re ALL learners... and learning is what brings us all together.

ALA’s deadline for requesting a name change is June 12th. Please join the virtual meeting on June 10th and put in your two CEnts worth before it’s too late.

If you can’t attend the next virtual meeting, please send comments or questions about the name change to Stacy Schrank, CLENE President (sschrank [at] metrolibrary.org) or Pat Carterette, CLENE Vice-President (pcarterette [at] georgialibraries.org).

Join the CLENE virtual meeting in OPAL a few minutes prior to each meeting: http://www.conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs423c62c43df0

If you’ve never used OPAL before, be sure to run the set-up Wizard. Here is a link to a document on how to use OPAL: http://www.opal-online.org/OPALgettingstarted.htm

Thank you for your continued support!

Stacy and Pat

P.S. The next issue of the CLENExchange is coming soon and includes a listing of all the CLENE events taking place in Chicago. Hope to see you there!

PRESENT AT ALA at the CLENE Training Showcase!

2009-03-11T06:23:00.000-07:00

PRESENT AT ALA at the CLENE Training Showcase!
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/clenert/trainingshowcase

Does your library have a staff training or staff development program you’re proud of? Is someone from your library attending ALA this summer?

If so, you’re invited to participate in the CLENE Training Showcase where you can share information about your program AND learn about the best practices of other libraries and organizations. There is NO COST to participate! All you do is stand by your table and talk about your cool program with people who stop by. It’s really fun! Applications are due on April 1.

The CLENE Round Table Training Showcase will be Sunday, July 12 from 1:30-3:30 pm. The planning committee is on the lookout for libraries, library organizations, presenters, speakers and vendors to participate – anyone who has a great training or staff development program they’d like to share. CLENE is all about sharing ideas (and stealing ideas ?)so this Training Showcase is the perfect venue. If you have any questions, please give us a call!

The Showcase normally attracts between 200-300 attendees over a period of 2 hours – all of whom are interested in training and staff development. The number of participants(presenters) varies from 20-30. It’s a really fun event with refreshments and lots of door prizes. Each participant has a 6’ draped table on which to put a portable table-top display unit, handouts or other related materials.

Please see CLENE Round Table Training Showcase website for more information. There’s a link on the main page for the Training Showcase Page with even more info about the Showcase, along with two online application forms – one for those wishing to participate and one for those want to be a sponsor or a donor.

There are a few photos from last year’s Training Showcase in Anaheim in the Dec. 2008 CLENExchange Newsletter.

For more information, contact either Pat Carterette, pcarterette@georgialibraries.org or404-235-7124 OR Melissa Lattanzi at lattanzm@neo-rls.org or 330.847.7744, extension 12

Congrats to Pat Hogan!

2009-01-29T06:49:00.000-08:00

Congrats to CLENE Treasurer Pat Hogan! She has been elected by ALA Council to serve a three-year term on the ALA Executive Board, beginning at the end of Annual Conference this summer.

CLENE members have long benefited from Pat's intelligence, wisdom and caring. We're glad to see that ALA Council has recognized her and placed her in a position that will allow all ALA Members to benefit as we have.

(PHOTO: Patricia M. Hogan, Stephen L. Matthews, and Courtney L. Young)

CLENE's Facebook Page

2009-01-29T06:36:00.000-08:00

News from Dawn, co-editor CLENExchange

Do you have FaceBook? If yes, you can now become a fan of CLENE. Check out the new page, and add any pictures or other stuff you have: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicago-IL/CLENERT/121809315231

December CLENExchange now online

2008-12-18T08:41:00.000-08:00

Hello CLENE Round Table Members,

We are pleased to announce that the December issue of CLENExchange is now available online, on both the CLENE wiki http://clene.ala.org/clenewiki/index.php?title=CLENExchange_Newsletter and the ALA CLENE website http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/clenert/newsletter/newsletter.cfm .

Please feel free to distribute the link widely -

Additionally, if you are a CLENE member and have suggestions for articles, we want to hear from you! Contact us at clenexchange.editor[at]gmail.com !

Kimberly Chapman & Dawn Lowe-Wincentsen, Co-Editors

CLENE meetings ALA Midwinter-Denver (with locations)

2008-12-09T04:08:00.000-08:00

CLENE meetings at ALA Midwinter-Denver

Strategic Planning Meeting
Friday 1/23/2009, 03:30 pm - 05:30 pm
Convention Center Room 608
Board Meeting I
Saturday, 1/24/2009, 08:00 am - 12:00 pm
Convention Center Room 107
Training Showcase Planning Meeting
Sunday, 1/25/2009, 01:30 pm - 03:30 pm
Convention Center Room 113
Board Meeting II
Monday, 1/26/2009, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Convention Center Room 204
Staff Development Discussion Group
Monday, 1/26/2009, 01:30 pm - 03:30 pm
Convention Center Room 602

Webinar: Learning for Learning Professionals: Competencies, Strategies and Resources

2008-12-01T13:59:00.000-08:00

Webinar: "Learning for Learning Professionals: Competencies, Strategies and Resources"

Thursday, December 11, 2 p.m. EST, (11 a.m. PST, 1 p.m. CST)

As trainers, continuing education coordinators and staff development managers, we believe in lifelong learning. We are committed to helping library employees improve their skills and build successful careers. As cheerleaders for organizational and individual learning, do we sometimes lose sight of our own learning? What are we doing to invest in ourselves? What are the competencies that we will need as we lead our libraries in future skill development and employee learning?

To celebrate Employee Learning Week, join us for an exploration of current and future competencies for learning professionals working in libraries. We will look at strategies for our own development and the resources available to help us pursue them.

ASTD’s Employee Learning Week, December 8-12, features champions, who successfully connect staff learning with achieving results. For more information, go to: http://www.employeelearningweek.org/

This hour-long webinar is co-sponsored by WebJunction and ALA's Continuing Library Education Network and Round Table (CLENERT).

Mary Ross, CLENERT Board member and former manager of staff development at the Seattle Public Library, will lead the discussion. She will be joined by Betha Gutsche, curriculum designer for e-learning initiatives at WebJunction, and Jennifer Homer, vice president of external relations for the American Society of Training and Development.

Register here: http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1546

CLENE meetings ALA Midwinter-Denver

2008-11-19T07:55:00.000-08:00

CLENE meetings ALA Midwinter-Denver (locations added as they become available)

Friday 1/23/2009, 03:30 pm - 05:30 pm: Strategic Planning Meeting
Saturday, 1/24/2009, 08:00 am - 12:00 pm: Board Meeting I
Sunday, 1/25/2009, 01:30 pm - 03:30 pm: Training Showcase Planning Meeting
Monday, 1/26/2009, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm: Board Meeting II
Monday, 1/26/2009, 01:30 pm - 03:30 pm: Staff Development Discussion Group

CLENE Wiki, CLENE Web...

2008-08-20T06:45:00.000-07:00

Oh no, we've lost our navigation links on the CLENE website (http://www.ala.org/clene). A little burp in the transition to the new ALA Web platform.

But don't fret...

Until ALA has the new website up and running, please direct your browser to the CLENE Wiki at: http://clene.ala.org/clenewiki for links to CLENE content.

Handouts/Resources from CLENE Programs

2008-07-17T12:36:00.000-07:00

Handouts and resources from CLENE programs at ALA annual are now available on the ALA Presentations wiki at: http://presentations.ala.org/index.php?title=Clene

CLENE Events at ALA 2008 in Anaheim

2008-06-06T07:00:00.000-07:00

The final details for CLENE meetings at ALA Midwinter in Anaheim have been published to the CLENE Website: http://www.ala.org/ala/clenert/conferences/conferences.cfm

Other useful links:

ALA 2008 Conference Webpage
Conference FAQ
Conference Wiki: Links of Interest
Maps
Conventions Center Hotel Abbreviations
- ACC - Anaheim Convention Center
- DOUB - Doubletree Guest Suites
- CLAR - Clarion Hotel
- CROW -Crowne Plaza
- DIS - Disneyland Hotel
- EMB - Embassy Suites South
- GRAND - Disney’s Grand Californian
- HIL - Hilton Anaheim (co-headquarters hotel)
- HYATT - Hyatt Regency Orange County
- MAR - Marriott Anaheim (co-headquarters hotel)
- PIER - Disney’s Paradise Pier
- SHER - Sheraton Park Hotel

CLENE Training Showcase: Now Accepting Apps

2008-01-28T11:19:00.000-08:00

CLENE 2008 Training Showcase Sunday
June 29, 2008 - 1:30-3:30pm
Anaheim, California

Greetings CLENE Friends,

I hope your 2008 is off to a great start! As with the new year comes time once again to solicit participants for the upcoming CLENE Training Showcase to be held at the ALA Annual Meeting in June - this year is sunny Anaheim, CA.

This past year, the showcase was a great success - we had hundreds of people come through our doors and with the participation of great people (like ourselves) we were able to give away a large assortment of prizes throughout the event. We also had three great sponsors - WebJunction, The Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc., and Infopeople - who made it possible for us to furnish snacks and beverages during the event.

This year, we are securing sponsorships again and hope to be bigger and better than ever! As you have presented in the past, we would encourage you to once again consider participating in our showcase. And if your budget allows, consider sponsorship of our event. What a great way to connect one-on-one with colleagues who are using your products, services, or your ideas to continue the educational advancement and networking of library staff across the nation and the world. We want the CLENE Showcase to be what people are talking about at Annual!

Participation proposals can be completed online by visiting the CLENE page on the ALA website (http://www.ala.org/ala/clenert/trainingshowcase/index.cfm). Deadline for submissions is Friday, February 22nd. We hope to accept as many participants as possible. Final decisions will be made prior to March 7th.

Please Note: Each participant will be provided with a 6' banquet table and two chairs. Electricity is available (please select this on your proposal form). Wireless Internet may be available for an extra charge. If you are planning to use wireless, please contact me.

Sponsors and participants will be featured in the June edition of the CLENE X-Change in preparation for the Annual Meeting. Advertisement for the showcase will also be conducted at the Public Library Association Conference in March in Minneapolis, MN. CLENE will be sponsoring three programs there and information on CLENE events at Annual will be distributed. If you will be at PLA, look us up - we would love to see you!!

If you have any additional questions regarding the CLENE Showcase, please feel free to contact me at your convenience using the information here. I look forward to receiving your proposal soon!

Cheers,

Stacy Schrank, Co-Chair

CLENE Training Showcase

4th ALA Forum on Education

2007-12-13T14:02:00.001-08:00

In case any of you are available on Friday, 11 Jan 2008.

Host: ALA President Loriene Roy
Location: 201BC (PCC-201BC) Pennsylvania Convention Center
When: Friday, January 11, 1:30PM

We are pleased to invite you to attend the Forum on Library Education to be held on Friday, January 11, 2008 from 1:30 to 4:30 pm during the upcoming ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This Forum is sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and its Committee on Education (COE). This Forum continues the dialog on issues in library and information science education and it identifies new issues and new challenges
confronting our profession.

The Forum will focus on the doctoral student experience in schools of library and information science. As part of this effort, a unique program will feature a researchapalooza where doctoral students will present their research to the audience in a mere ninety seconds. Immediately following the presentations a thirty-minute poster session will take place followed by facilitated group discussions about the gaps and links between research and practice. Facilitated discussion topics will include:

Current Status of LIS Ph.D. programs
Gaps between Practice and Research
Overlaps between practice and research
Connections between ALA and LIS student work

To register for 4th ALA Forum on Education - The Ph.D. Experience: Research
into Practice please visit:

http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/VLBBMSUZSPBLBVTBTJLD/midwinteredforum

This Forum is sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and its
Committee on Education (COE).

Host: ALA President Loriene Roy
Location: 201BC (PCC-201BC) Pennsylvania Convention Center
When: Friday, January 11, 1:30PM

CLENE Meetings at ALA Midwinter- final times/locations

2007-12-05T10:38:00.000-08:00

The final details for CLENE meetings at ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia have been published to the CLENE Website: http://www.ala.org/ala/clenert/conferences/conferences.cfm

Other useful links:

Information regarding AMA member only website access

2007-12-03T20:08:00.001-08:00

From: Gail McGovern
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 5:05 PM
To: CLENE Discussion List
Subject: [clenert] AMA member only website access

The AMA member only website access has changed.

If you would like the new info, email me at gmcgovern{at}macnexus.org and
I'll send it to you.

This access is restricted to current CLENE members.

- Gail McGovern
gmcgovern{at}macnexus.org

CLENE Meetings at ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia

2007-10-01T12:51:00.000-07:00

The CLENE Website has been updated with a list of our meetings at ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia. Locations will be added as they become available.

Other useful links:

CLENE's new blog: CE Buzz

2007-09-12T11:22:00.001-07:00

As Electronic Publications Chair for the CLENE Round Table I'm proud to announce CLENE's new blog: CEBuzz, online at http://cebuzz.wordpress.com.

The mission of CEBuzz is to provide a thought-provoking resource for those interested in and responsible for Continuing Education (CE) and staff development in libraries. To that end, the the blog will:

Provide coverage of trends in learning theory and practice
Provide links to online learning resources
Provide coverage of “hot topics” in CE and staff development
Announce learning events of interest

I think we've put together a great team of authors, who've already generated some wonderful posts. Please check us out, and help spread the word. Or just pop our feed into your reader: http://feeds.feedburner.com/CeBuzz.

A big thank you to Gail McGovern and Mary Ross for teaming with me to create the blog, and for offering their time and expertise as authors. And of course a big thank you to our wonderful blogging team:

Max Anderson, Solinet
Steve Garwood, Rutgers School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Betha Gutsche, Webjunction
Jay Turner, Gwinnett County Public Library

Peter Bromberg, Assistant Director
South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative (SJRLC)
10 Foster Avenue, Suite F-3 Gibbsboro, NJ 08026
Phone: 856 346-1222 Fax: 856 346-2839
Email: bromberg@sjrlc.org
IM: peterbromberg (aim/gtalk/meebo); peterjbromberg (yahoo);
Web: http://www.sjrlc.org
Blog: http://sjrlc.typepad.com
QandANJ: http://www.qandanj.org

"In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or dehumanized." Johann Wolfgang Goethe

CLENE Events at ALA Annual, 2007

2007-03-20T11:53:00.000-07:00

POP QUIZ! If you are at a CLENE event are you:

a) Picking up great, practical information
b) Having way too much fun
c) Meeting creative, smart, energetic people

And the answer is... d) All of the above

For starters, if you're coming to ALA Annual in Washington DC, don't miss our wonderful preconference, Creating A Staff Development Plan, or our 4th Annual Training Showcase. See below for details on all CLENE events (locations added as they become available.) And check out our Flickr group for pictures from past events.

CLENE events ALA annual!

Creating A Staff Development Plan
Friday, June 22, 2007, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

In today's environment, library staff have to work harder than ever to stay informed and keep up with changes. How can libraries encourage all staff to continually develop their skills? A systematic staff development plan can address the learning needs of library staff and increase their effectiveness on the job. This half-day session is a step-bystep introduction to the process of addressing the issue of staff development from needs assessment through planning. Do you need a staff development plan?

Speaker: Cal Shepard, SOLINET

Tickets: CLENERT Member: $110; ALA Member: $130; Non-Member: $180
Registration: Click here for registration

Learning When There Is No Time or Money.
Saturday, June 23, 2007, 1:30-3:30 pm

Are you running out of ideas for ways to keep your staff current, up-to-date, and informed when time and money are limited? If you’re experiencing shrinking budgets, information overload, complex technologies and fast-paced change, you’re not alone. Don’t be frustrated! Instead, meet your training challenge with excitement, a fresh perspective and a renewed purpose. From training tracks to tracking training, you’ll learn about a variety of training tools and resources which will energize your staff and create an environment where learning is fun and time is well-spent. Whether you have only 30 minutes, 60 minutes or 90 minutes to teach a skill or learn something new, you’ll be able to use the ideas and resources from this session to put together an action plan to take back to your library.

Led by: Pat Carterette, Training and Staff Development Coordinator, Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library

Learning for Library Staff: Make it Blended – Not on the Rocks!: Developing Blended Learning programs for Library Staff.
Sunday, June 24, 2007, 10:00-Noon

Are you running out of ideas for ways to keep your staff current, up-to-date, and informed when time and money are limited? If you’re experiencing shrinking budgets, information overload, complex technologies and fast-paced change, you’re not alone. Don’t be frustrated! Instead, meet your training challenge with excitement, a fresh perspective and a renewed purpose. From training tracks to tracking training, you’ll learn about a variety of training tools and resources which will energize your staff and create an environment where learning is fun and time is well-spent. Whether you have only 30 minutes, 60 minutes or 90 minutes to teach a skill or learn something new, you’ll be able to use the ideas and resources from this session to put together an action plan to take back to your library.

Led by: Laura Staley, Spanish Language Outreach Program Coordinator, WebJunction

4th Annual Training Showcase
Sunday, June 24, 2007, 1:30-3:30 pm (Drop by anytime between 1:30-3:30.)

This poster session celebrates innovative continuing education, staff development, and training initiatives and programs in libraries across the country. Always fun, informative, and chock full of good, practical ideas! Click here to see past presenters.

Staff Development Discussion Group
Monday, June 25, 2007, 1:30-3:30 pm

Everyone's welcome! Come meet other CLENIES, trainers, and staff development officers from all types of libraries, large and small. This is an informal forum (say that five times fast) for the exchange of ideas on topics of common professional interests including staff development, training, distance learning, presentation software, tips and more. You'll leave with at least five good ideas or your money back! (full disclosure, admission is free.)

CLENE Preconference at ALA Annual

2007-02-01T09:08:00.000-08:00

Creating A Staff Development Plan
Friday, June 22, 2007, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

In today's environment, library staff have to work harder than ever to stay informed and keep up with changes. How can libraries encourage all staff to continually develop their skills? A systematic staff development plan can address the learning needs of library staff and increase their effectiveness on the job. This half-day session is a step-bystep introduction to the process of addressing the issue of staff development from needs assessment through planning. Do you need a staff development plan?

Speakers: Cal Shepard, SOLINET

Tickets: CLENERT Member: $110; ALA Member: $130; Non-Member: $180
Registration: Click here for registration (http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2007a/registration.htm)

Web updates

2006-12-01T13:14:00.000-08:00

The CLENE website has been updated with the following additions:

December 2006 CLENExchange now available at:
http://www.ala.org/ala/clenert/newsletter
Midwinter Conference Schedule now available at:
http://www.ala.org/ala/clenert/conferences

-Your friendly CLENE webweaver,

Peter Bromberg, Assistant Director
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