Individual, Job-Related Training Resources

The following links to training resources are provided by the Staff Development Committee. If you find a broken link or have a resource to suggest, please contact a member of the Staff Development Committee.

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Career Advancement
Conference Websites
Conference Reports from Library Staff
General Training (free)
General Training (fee-based)
Grant Writing
Health
Human Resources
Instruction
Learning Opportunities
Library Literature
Listservs
People who can Help

Career Advancement

• Career Exploration at Vanderbilt
• Directory of Institutions - Institutions offering ALA-Accredited Master's Programs in Library and Information Studies
• ALA Scholarship Program for the MLIS - For other scholarship resources, see Financial Assistance for Library and Information Studies

Conference Websites

• ALA - American Library Association
• ACRL - Association of College and Research Libraries
• ARL - Association of Research Libraries
• ASERL - Association of Southeastern Research Libraries
• CAA - College Art Association - The conference offers panel discussions of relevance to art historians.
• CNI - Coalition for Networked Information
• CODE4LIB - the Code for Libraries group has a conference/hackfest every year
• LITA- Library and Information Technology Association
• OCLC - Online Computer Library Center
• SECAC - Southeastern College Art Conference - This is a series of panel discussions and presentations by and about artists and art historians, including information about artists' books and bookmaking.
• SLA - Special Libraries Association
• TENN-SHARE
• TLA - Tennessee Library Association

Conference Reports from Library Staff

• 2006 LITA National Forum - report from Rachel Vacek
• LITS Conference Reports

General Training (free to Library staff)

• ACORN - can be used to find library resources for individual training
• The Peabody Library has an excellent selection of training films available through the DVD/Video Search.
• Quantum2 - Vanderbilt subscription
• Educause - Vanderbilt subscription
• SirsiDynix Institute - The SirsiDynix Institute is an ongoing forum for professional development in the library community. By providing free access to industry-leading speakers and events, our mission is to support librarianship and advance the work of librarians around the world.
• InfoPeople: Moving Libraries Forward - workshops for librarians (some are free, some cost $; some are webcasts, some are in-person in California)
• Library of Congress Webcasts for Librarians covers such topics as Using METS and MODS, capturing sound, and 28 more titles
• ACRL Podcasts - library-related topics

Technology Training (free)
• Get Started with the 2007 Microsoft Office System These videos will help you get up to speed on Office 2007 in under 10 minutes.
• Library Computing Skills Checklist
• Microsoft Mostly Free Training --The Software Store has posted Microsoft training resources on its website. Go to http://its.vanderbilt.edu/software and click on "Microsoft Training Resources". Many are free and include: Education Seminars, E-Learning, E-Reference Libraries, Microsoft Press Books, TechNet Virtual Lab, VHD Test Drive Program, MSDN and TechNet Blogs, and Webcasts.
• Microsoft Office "How To" Clips:  Microsoft Office Labs has created a library of “how to” video clips on Office products.  The site also features tools for creating your own help videos and posting them to the Help Video community. 

  General Training (fee based)

  As always, please check with your supervisor before booking one of these classes.

  • ASTD - American Society for Training and Development
  • Fred Pryor Seminars
  • HRDQ - Human Resources Development Quarterly
  • Skillpath
  • National Seminars Group and Padgett-Thompson
  • Partnership for a Nation of Learners - archived sessions are free
  • Thomson Scientific
  • Outside Contract Relationships - Vanderbilt does have contract relationships with CompUSA and New Horizons, and Athena Computer Learning Centers also offers a discounted rate to Vanderbilt staff. Please consider using those vendors if you need instruction before we're able to schedule more classes for our staff.

  Grant Writing

  • Human Subjects Training - coming soon
  • Office of Technology Transfer and Enterprise Development - The Office of Technology Transfer and Enterprise Development (OTTED) plays the major role in protecting and preserving the intellectual property assets of Vanderbilt University, licensing technology developed by Vanderbilt inventors and innovators, and assisting in the start-up of companies which commercialize Vanderbilt technology.
  • Division of Sponsored Research - The DSR, located in Suite 937 of the Baker Building, is an administrative unit of the Office of the Provost. The DSR's principal responsibility is to facilitate proposals for sponsored projects and coordinate the management of contracts and grants in the schools and other academic units of University Central.
  • ResearchResearch - Set up an account to use ResearchResearch to find funding opportunities, searchable by keyword index, receive news monitoring, and funding alerts.
  • Proposal Writing Resources
  • Foundation Center - Database of funding sources searchable by type
    

  Health

  • HEALTHPlus - This is Vanderbilt's comprehensive work site wellness and fitness program. All program components support the HEALTHPlus mission to promote healthy lifestyle practices in the workplace and at home among Vanderbilt employees.
  • EAP - Work/Life Connections-EAP provides confidential and professional consultation to Vanderbilt faculty and staff to help in resolving individual personal problems and workplace dilemmas.
  • Vanderbilt Dayani Center - The Vanderbilt Dayani Center specializes in the prevention, rehabilitation, education, and research of many lifestyle related diseases.
    

  Human Resources

  • Human Resources Training
  • Organizational Effectiveness Team Workshops - Examples of workshops include: Attracting and Hiring New Staff, Coaching and Developing Staff, Managing Performance & Behavior, Building Trust, The Art of Tooting Your Horn, Managing Workplace Negativity, Professional Telephone Skills
    

  Instruction

  • The Center for Teaching - The Center for Teaching is a university-wide resource for the Vanderbilt teaching community. Its goals are to promote excellence in teaching through dialogue, inquiry, and research, and to offer teachers feedback and an opportunity for reflection on their teaching.
    

  Learning Opportunities

  • SOLINET - Offers fee-based live online classes and workshops (discount using the library's institutional membership)
  • Continuing Education Clearinghouse - Find online learning opportunities, workshops, and courses for large groups here. It's searchable by subject (discount using the library's institutional membership).
  • Google Librarian Center Tools
  • Eskind Biomedical Library - help facilitates the Vanderbilt community's understanding of information resources and use through customized training sessions
  • The Learning Center - supports the clinical enterprise and is a great starting point for anything related to orientation, training, and continuing education for clinicians

  Library Literature

  • LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts
  • Library Literature & Information
  • Stephen Bell's Keeping Up Website
  • The Blended Librarian
  • The Researching Librarian
    Library-related e-journals - accessible from the E-Journal Locator
    • The Alabama librarian
    • Behavioral & social sciences librarian
    • Biblia's warrior librarian weekly
    • CD-ROM librarian
    • Chinese librarianship
    • Conference of Theological Librarians Summary of Proceedings
    • Current studies in librarianship
    • Emergency librarian
    • The Georgia librarian
    • The Idaho librarian
    • Issues in science and technology librarianship
    • Journal of academic librarianship
    • Journal of business & finance librarianship
    • The journal of southern academic and special librarianship
    • Judaica librarianship
    • Librarian career development
    • MC journal
    • MELA notes
    • Notes and queries
    • Progressive librarian
    • Rare books and manuscripts librarianship
    • The School librarian's workshop
    • The Serials librarian
    • The Southeastern librarian
    • Teacher librarian
    • Tennessee librarians

  Listservs

  Library-Related Listservs

  • ACQNET-L
    • The Acquisitions Librarian's Electronic Network. Subscribers discuss anything they want within the main area of interest of the list which is library acquisitions, collection development, and related subjects. Send the following message to LISTPROC@LISTPROC.APPSTATE.EDU
      SUBSCRIBE ACQNET-L Your-first-name Your-last-name
  • ACRL
    • There are lots of email updates and listservs you can subscribe to through ACRL.
  • AutoAcq-L
    • This list is intended to provide a forum for discussion of ideas and issues related to automation of library acquisitions and related processes.
      Subscribe: listserv@listserv.nd.edu Leave the subject line blank and do not include your signature file. In the message portion of your email, type:
      subscribe autoacq-l (your name)
  • BIGWIG
    • The LITA Blogs, IM, Groups, Wiki Interest Group. If you are a member of LITA and have interest in Web 2.0 technologies, or are interested in blogging, subscribe to this listserv.
  • CIRCPLUS
    • Circulation and Access Services. Send the following message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
      SUBSCRIBE CIRCPLUS Your-first-name Your-last-name
  • CODE4LIB
    • The purpose of the mailing is to provide a forum for discussion of computer programming in the area of libraries and information science. Subscribers are welcome to discuss the application of particular programming languages and to discuss the general issues, techniques, philosophies, and even history of programming for and in libraries. Subscribe to this listserv.
  • COLLIB-L
    • Serves as a means of communication for the College Libraries Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (a division of the American Library Association) and for college librarianship in general. Send the following message to LISTSERV@ACS.WOOSTER.EDU
      SUBSCRIBE COLLIB-L Your-first-name Your-last-name
  • DIGLIB
    • A discussion list for digital libraries researchers and librarians. The DIGLIB mailing list is for librarians, information scientists, and other information professionals to share information about the many issues and technologies pertaining to the creation of "digital libraries."
  • ILI-L
    • Information Literacy listserv. Subscribe here.
  • ILL-L
    • Interlibrary Loan Discussion Group. Send the following message to LISTPROC@LISTSERV.ACNS.NWU.EDU
      SUBSCRIBE ILL-L Your-first-name Your-last-name
  • LIBADMIN
    • Library Administration and Management. Send the following message to LISTPROC@LIST.UMARYLAND.EDU
      SUBSCRIBE LIBADMIN Your-first-name Your-last-name
  • LIBPLN-L
    • Issues on university library planning. Send the following message to LISTSERV@UKANVM.CC.UKANS.EDU
      SUBSCRIBE LIBPLN-L {Firstname Lastname}
  • Library Technology Guides
    • They provide comprehensive and objective information related to the field of library automation. This site has no affiliation with any library automation company. In fact, Marshall Breeding built and maintains the site. Subscribe to these helpful resources.
  • NGC4LIB
    • This listserv discusses the next generation catalog, and what that might mean to library staff and to users of catalogs. More info and directions on how to subscribe are here.
  • OSS4LIB
    • This listserv discusses Open Source Software for Libraries. Subscribe if you are interested in learning more about developing, sharing, and using open source technologies and other free software of the web.
  • RUSA
    • The Reference and User Services Association has many listservs for the various groups within the association
  • SERIALST
    • Serials in Libraries. Send the following message to LISTSERV@LIST.UVM.EDU SUBSCRIBE SERIALST Your-first-name Your-last-name
      List Archives
  • SYSLIB-L
    • Systems Librarians Discussion. Send the following message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
      SUBSCRIBE SYSLIB-L Your-first-name Your-last-name
      List Archives
  • USABILITY4LIB
    • Usability for Libraries is a great listserv for library-based usability practitioners. Subscribe here if you are interested.
  • WEB4LIB
    • This listserv is for the discussion of issues relating to the creation, management, and support of library-based World-Wide Web servers, services, and applications. You can subscribe to this heavily used listserv.

  People who can Help

  • Java Joes and Java Janes - Library staff familiar with the WorkFlows Java Client
  • Mentor volunteers - to come
  • Technology & Training Support Coordinators

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