Damian Lodge, CSU Lecturer, and Board member of ALIA
- discussed his PHD (in Universities)
- leadership, technology, staff motivation, staff development
- supporting staff, funding them and giving them work time to write conference papers etc.
Many Manning, from SLAV
- they have selected topics for groups to pick from and help get speakers (this could be good for regional groups of ALIA)
- gain PD from formal and non-formal activities, like reading journals
- schools pressed for $
- mainly offered PD to librarians and teacher librarians but have now moved to assistants, LT's, audio technician's etc.
- credibility - putting yourself out there, giving a presentation
Craig Anderson, Director of RMIT Libraries
- going to different events (or sector events) to broaden your view
- first aid, OH&S, fire safety (standard training)
- open program (whole uni - 100 sessions), things like IT, excel etc.
- on site training (databases, ILMS)
- external training (conferences, other events)
- full time staff development trainer
- doing the learning 23 things
- who's responsible? management or staff?
We also discussed the ALIA PD scheme.
- selling the scheme to both employers and employees
- making it compulsory? but if so numbers would drop
- major problem. they are aiming for 10% involvement
Comments (from the crowd!)
- people don't know what they don't know!
- the need to discuss change and informing others by having 'strategic conversations'.
- some people just go to work for the $ - they aren't interested in PD
- regional PD - the distance!
- you need to upskill for internal promotion, or an external job
- I would take 3 years of a star, than 10 years of a dud!
It was a really interesting talk, however we discussed that people were preaching to the converted!! All those interested in PD were there already! How do you get the others interested?
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