Course Information
| Session |
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| Credits | 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs |
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| Registration dates | We accept registrations through the first week of classes, unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment. |
Student Staff Development
$200.00
Dates: March 4 - March 31Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs
This course is based upon the premise that a student's work in the library should be seen as part of his or her overall development as a learner and a complete individual. With that philosophy in mind, this course will teach you specific tools and methods to evaulate and improve your current process of hiring, training and developing your student staff. Specifically, the focus will be on methods and processes to help you hire the best students possible, clearly communicate your expectations to your student staff, measure their progress and ability while finding ways to motivate and engage them. Readings will be provided during the course.
Please note that in order to accommodate the winter holidays, this class will be in recess for the last two weeks of December, and will continue into January.
Course Description
No library can successfully serve its users without qualified and dedicated staff members. Student staff members fill roles that are essential to the success of any library. Therefore, it is necessary that these students be of high quality and well-trained. This course is based upon the premise that a student’s work in the library should be seen as part of his or her overall development as a learner and a complete individual. With that philosophy in mind, this course will teach you specific tools and methods to evaulate and improve your current process of hiring, training and developing your student staff. Specifically, the focus will be on methods and processes to help you hire the best students possible, clearly communicate your expectations to your student staff, measure their progress and ability while finding ways to motivate and engage them. Readings will be provided during the course.
Course Objectives:
- Understand the role that student staff play in the functioning of your library.
- Recognize and clearly articulate what a dedicated approach to student staff training and development looks like in your library.
- Develop a comprehensive student training and development plan, as applicable to your particular library staff situation.
- Create new or tweak existing hiring, training and other procedures related to the training of student staff.
- Work with other librarians to learn from their experiences and knowledge.
Josh Waltman
Josh Waltman is currently the Coordinator of the Learning Commons at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. He has experience serving in academic libraries in a variety of areas including research and instruction, scholarly communications, and access services. In 2020, Josh was awarded with the Virginia Library Association’s Up and Comer Award. He holds a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees from Liberty University, an MSLS degree from the University of Kentucky, and a PhD from Columbia International University. He is passionate about the intersection of faith and information as well as the development and training of library student employees.
How to Register
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RoryLitwin –
I took the course “Student Staff Development” during the month of January 2015. The course was well done and I learned a lot about hiring, training and evaluating student staff. The rubric for evaluation was something I know our library will begin using. It’s a great way to tie in training with evaluations and will make students aware that their job in the library is valued and a part of their overall learning experience. – Karen Wilson