August 24, 2009
We’ve officially moved to alalearning.org.
All the posts from CE Buzz have been copied to the new site so don’t worry, you can still find your favorite articles.
Sign up for the new feed or we will be updating the old feed. Either way 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!
July 27, 2009
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
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:
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.
July 23, 2009
After two years under the inspiring leadership of Peter Bromberg and all the other CE Buzz Bloggers, we are moving to a new site alalearning.org.
All the posts from CE Buzz have been copied to the new site so don’t worry, you can still find your favorite articles.
Sign up for the new feed and stay tuned as the new site is still under construction. 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!
July 3, 2009
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)
June 24, 2009
Trying to create the definitive set of competencies for all library organizations is like creating the definitive LEGO® construction—no matter how spectacular, people will still want to build their own creations. The Competency Index for the Library Field was compiled by WebJunction with that in mind. It provides libraries with the set of building blocks from which to construct a foundation for the development of staff training, recruiting, succession planning, and other personnel strategies.
The Competency Index ‘blocks’ come in four sizes.
So mix-and-match freely and let the constructions begin.
Competencies are only the foundation. Check out the connections to courses and resources for building the superstructure for staff development.
June 20, 2009
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
PROGRAMS BY DATE
Friday, July 10
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
Sunday, July 12
Monday, July 13
BOARD MEETINGS
ALL CLENE EVENTS BY DATE
Friday, July 10
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
Sunday, July 12
Monday, July 13
Hotel Abbreviations
June 2, 2009
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!
May 18, 2009
Visualize a solution that not only allows you to chat with other participants, but also enables you to view their social profiles and “friend” them. Imagine a solution that also lets you add your own links and related information, which then become part of the final archive.
-David Wilkins, Learning 2.o and Workplace Communities
T&D Magazine, April 2009
Guess what? WebJunction already has those essential elements to build a rich social learning environment. Back in March, I announced an e-learning experiment at WebJunction, in which we focused our social tools on an online course about customer service. The results are in and summarized in The Social Learning Puzzle: Putting the pieces together.
Wilkins and I share a vision of “establishing a true learning culture where all employees are actively engaged in both the teaching and learning processes.” But what the Wilkins article misses in its enthusiasm is the reality that providing nifty tools is not enough. There are barriers to the adoption of the whole notion of engaged online learning. As I said in my summary,the active participants in the cohort had an enriched learning experience, but the majority of the initial group did not engage.
I believe in the vision and I’m taking it step by step toward social learning paradise. If you have anything to share on the topic, please let me know. (info (at) webjunction.org attn: gutsche)
May 14, 2009
I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to participate in an online chat about e-learning best practices with our own Paul Signorelli. As I answered questions for Paul, I had the opportunity to reflect on my experiences in introducing blended learning at Gwinnett County Public Library, an organization, that until a couple years ago, relied almost solely on classroom-based ILT for training. In my ferver to get e-learning off the ground, I took a few lumps along way that could have been avoided had I taken more care to address early on a few fundamental questions in implementation regarding physical assets, supervisory needs, and administrative concerns. I volunteered to Paul that I would be happy to compile and share a general e-learning preparation checklist for libraries considering e-learning, or for those that are relatively new to it. Here goes (or visit the Google group T is for Training for a printer-friendly version):
E-Learning Preparedness Checklist
Physical
□ Does each work unit have an adequate number of PCs to be used primarily for e-learning?
□ Are the PCs in an area away from potential distractions?
□ Does each training PC have the necessary equipment and configuration for e-learning?
□ Is there a Help Desk/Tech Support system in place?
□ Are there bandwidth bottlenecks during peak times of PC use in the branches?
Supervisory
□ Do employees have scheduled off-desk time to participate in e-learning?
□ Is training viewed as an essential job function and supported as such?
□ Are policies/guidelines in place to restrict hourly employees from accessing e-learning off the clock?
□ Will concepts taught in e-learning be modeled and reinforced in the workplace?
Training Administrator
□ Will e-learning offerings conflict with branch/department scheduling?
□ How will new e-learning opportunities be advertised?
□ Which, if any, e-learning classes count toward CEUs for your professional staff?
□ Have you communicated your vision for e-learning so that staff know what to expect?
□ Do you have the buy-in of key stakeholders, such as the Director, the IT department, line managers, etc?
□ What evaluative criteria will be used to determine the success of e-learning initiatives?
May 6, 2009
Webinar: Libraries as Learning Organizations
When: Tuesday, May 26, 2009, Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm (EDT)
Co-sponsored by CLENERT and WebJunction
Registration Link: http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1592
What makes a library a learning organization? What does it take to build an organization-wide commitment to team and individual learning? Why make the effort, especially in these economic times?
Our panelists, representing libraries at different mileposts on the road to becoming learning organizations, are finding their own answers to these questions and will share challenges, strategies, and successes about the four Bs of the journey:
Hear ways to use technology appropriately to enable faster, more personalized learning and to institutionalize knowledge sharing. Because most learning occurs on the job, at the point of need, you will discover ways to create a positive performance environment.
Even if your library is not yet moving in this direction, you will take away ideas that you can use immediately to implement learning solutions individually and organizationally.
Panelists:
Registration Link: http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1592
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