The Jean and Alexander Heard Library
Staff Development Coordinating Committee
Activities


1995
September 1
Staff Development Coordinating Committee named
September 20, 26
Staff Development open forums (two sessions)
Facilitators: Staff Development Coordinating Committee
Participants: 25
November
Staff Development and Training bulletin board established
November 15
"How to Prevent Terminal Aches and Pains" yoga session
Presenter: Debbie Reale, HealthPlus
Participants: 20
November 21, December 19
Management Library tours (two sessions)
Participants: 10
December 7
Science & Engineering Library tours (two sessions)
Participants: 7

1996

February 21, March 6
"Managing Change" sessions for Acorn Development Project
Facilitator: Linda Parrish, Training & Organization Development
Participants: 20
February 29
"Soaring to Excellence" program, "Meet the Library Assistants"
Facilitators: Magdalena Buchowski, Mollie Hall, Laura Power
Participants: 34
March 12-13
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) followup/interpretation sessions (two sessions)
Facilitator: Cheryl Lison, Training & Organization Development
Participants: 33
April 9
Education Library tours (two sessions)
Participants: 10
April 23
CPR training class
Presenter: Judy Sweeney, School of Nursing
Participants: 30
May 20-21
"Understanding and Appreciating Differences" workshops (two sessions)
Presenter: Michelle McGriff, Opportunity Development Center
Participants: 68
May 29
"Soaring to Excellence" follow-up session
Presenters: Shirley Hallblade and Gail Workman
Participants: 30
July 15, 22
"Improving Your Writing Skills" workshop (two sessions)
Presenter: Elaine Goleski
Participants: 20
July 18
"Technology in the Classroom" presentation
Presenter: Anne Womack
Participants: 35
July 19, 24
Special Collections tours (two sessions)
Participants: 12
July 25
"Take a Break" Yoga workshop
Presenter: Debbie Reale, HealthPlus
Participants: 12
November 5, 8, 12-13
Stress Management Workshop (two sessions)
Presenter: Mary Elster, HealthPlus
Participants: 40
December 12
Government Information in Electronic Format
Presenters: Larry Romans and Gretchen Dodge
Participants: 35

1997

February 28
CPR Training class
Presenter: Judy Sweeney, School of Nursing
Participants: 8
March 25
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) followup/interpretation session
Facilitator: Mary Cain, Training and Organization Development
Participants: 11
April 24
"Coping in the Workplace," part of the Soaring to Excellence video series
Facilitators: Gretchen Dodge, Mollie Hall, Laurie Power
Participants: 25
May 29
"Communication in the Library," part of the Soaring to Excellence video series
Facilitators: Gretchen Dodge, Mollie Hall, Laurie Power
Participants: 25
June 17, 19
Law Library Tours (two sessions)
Participants: 12
June 24, July 10
Ergonomics program (two sessions)
Facilitator: Katie Martin, HealthPlus
Participants: 20
July 22, 24
Divinity Library Tours (two sessions)
Participants: 10
October 28, 29
Windows NT Training for Management Library Staff
Participants: 12 (2 groups)
November 11-14
Windows NT Training for Law Library Staff
Participants: 22 (4 groups)
November 20, 25; December 1, 10
NT Overview Sessions
December 4, 9
Introduction to Preservation Concepts
Facilitator: Sue Davis
December 11
"Soaring to Excellence" program, "Tools of Our Trade: Reference Sources for Everyone to Use"
Facilitators: Gretchen Dodge, Mollie Hall, Laura Power
December 12, 15
Windows NT Training for Divinity Library Staff
Participants: 7 (2 groups)
1998
January 15, 20, 22-23, 28
Windows NT Training for Library Administration, Music Library, Education Library, and Resource Services (Annex) Staff
Participants: 35 (5 groups)
February 6, 10-12, 17-19, 25-26
Windows NT Training for Special Collections, Resource Services (Baker Building), Resource Services (General Library Building), and Science Library Staff
Participants: 60 (9 groups)
March 3-4, 10-12, 17-18
Windows NT Training for Central Library Staff
Participants: 35 (7 groups)
March 25, 26
"Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age"
Facilitators: Sue Davis, Sara Harwell, Marshall Breeding
May 14
Brown Bag "MLS at a Distance"
June 9
Soaring to Excellence "You and Technical Services" and "Body, Mind and Spirit"
June 16
Brown Bag "Athena and Iris"
October 16
Brown Bag "Community Giving"
December 11
Brown Bag "Merit Pool"

1999

March 2
Brown Bag "Staff Recognition Programs"
March 23
Soaring to Excellence "Technolust, technostress, technobabble"
May 27
Dealing with Difficult People
June 8
Binding Procedures
June 30
Preservations Skills
July 7
Soaring to Excellence "Disaster Planning"
July 28
"Dealing with Difficult People"
August 12
Stress Management Workshop
September 21
Merit Pool Open Session
October 6
Brown Bag "Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) and Electronic Reserves"
November 9
Brown Bag "The PEAK Project"
November 11
Brown Bag "Introduction to Preservation Concepts"
December 7
Brown Bag "Lighten your Holiday Stress"

2000

January 12
Brown Bag "Open Archives Initiative"
January 27
Brown Bag "The ALA Midwinter Meeting 2000 Review"
February 16
Brown Bag "Heart Health"
May 19
Library Staff Forum
 
 


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