Beyond “23 Things”: Offering Self-Paced Training to Increase Subscription Electronic Resource Usage.

Beyond “23 Things”:

STATE LIBRARYLeadership. Innovation. Excellence.

south dakota

Offering Self-Paced Training to Increase Subscription Electronic Resource Usage

IntroductionsSD State Library Electronic Resources Coordinators

STATE LIBRARYLeadership. Innovation. Excellence.

south dakota

Julie [email protected]

Jane [email protected]

Today’s Session Will

Demonstrate a model for

creating and implementing

self-paced online learning

to help you create

and implement your own!

STATE LIBRARYLeadership. Innovation. Excellence.

south dakota

South Dakota State LibraryMission

The South Dakota State Library provides leadership for innovation and excellence in libraries and services to state government.

Advantages

No travel

Online 24/7

No materials to buy

Work around regular duties

Self-paced

Free CE credit

Free training

For all ability levels levels

Helping participants learn more about e-resources

Seeing participants’ applications & excitement

Trainees Trainers

Able to work with several audiences simultaneously

What We Used

Online handouts

Vendor tutorials

How It Worked• Publicity

• Registration

• Assignments

• Comments

• Completion

What It Cost: Time

•  Promotion

• Set-up • Manage & monitor

Promotion

●Listservs●Announcements ●E-mails

Set-up

LessonsBlog postsLinksFAQ

RegistrationTestsCE

Manage & Monitor

Add participants

The Blogroll

●Sidebar of SDSL blog

●Can be anonymous

●Easy access

Manage & Monitor

Launch weekly blog post (lesson)

Manage & Monitor

Comment

Registration

Staff View

Participant form

Manage & Monitor

Troubleshoot

Wrap Up

State Library Results

Usage? E-resources knowledge State Library services knowledge Participants’ application ideas

Increased

Participant Results

• New knowledge

• Application

• Share knowledge

• Increased confidence

Comments

Challenges

• Blog set up

• Technical issues

• Search replication

• Commenting

• CE certificates

• Answer questions

• Troubleshoot

• Training invitations

• Report & analyze

Follow-up

Tweaking

•Phone numbers

•Alumni emails

•Publicity target

•Assign blog commenting

Tweaking

It’s Your Turn

Thanks to Helene Blowers, Columbus Metropolitan Library and formerly of the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, for allowing us to “borrow” her material from Learning 2.0, a blog that taught PLCMC staff members about web 2.0 tools. This model is used in libraries around the world to encourage lifelong learning among library staff.

Contact & Support

Julie [email protected]

Jane [email protected]

SD State Library

Electronic Resource

Coordinators

• Support materials available on WebJunction