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Cooperative Staff DevelopmentGetting More Bang for Your Buck!

Amy BondLonesome Pine Regional Library

Kelly R. McBrideRussell County Public Library

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Cooperative StaffDevelopment

1-day staff development workshop

2-3 speakers

Lunch for all participants

10 public library systems participated

Over100

library staff attended Held Columbus Day in October(most libraries closed)

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Planning

3-5 hours of planning

Delegation

Trust

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First Annual Wild Turk Staff Day

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Budget

$100 / library

$10 / person for lunch $25 / library in kind

?? / library travel costs

equals

$1000 speaker fees &tchotchkes (mugs)

10 raffle gifts

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Budget

$100 / library

$10 / person for lunch $25 / library in kind

?? / library travel costs

equals

$1000 speaker fees &tchotchkes (mugs)

10 raffle gifts

Russell Co. PL

$100 Participation fee$100 (10 staff x $10)

$ 25 Raffle gift

$225 subtotal

$100 Travel (est.)$325 TOTAL

$32.50 / person-lunch & full day

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Tchotchkes

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Staff Day 2002 @ EHC

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Evaluations!

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FeedbackYear 2002

What Worked Well Getting together with staff

from other libraries

Personal/Professionaldevelopment speakers verywell-received

What Did NOT Work Well Lunch was time set aside for staff to

gather by type of library work Color coding name tags by type of library

work was Too subtle

Post lunch presenter boring (soft

spoken & not dynamic)

Crowded space, poor temperature

control, no a.m. COFFEE

What We Learned After lunch program must be lively

Snacks are a necessity

Give staff more time to talk with peers in

their area of the library AND just interact

with their peers

Some people will not be happy

regardless

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Second Annual Wild Turk Staff Day

10 libraries 1

city 4 regionals

6 counties

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Second Annual Wild Turk Staff Day

10:00 Welcome

10:15 BridgingGaps: How to

Speak and

Listen Effectively

11:00 Breakout Groups

12

:30 Lunch

1:30 Personality

Colors in the Work

Place

3:00 Evaluation

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Planning Year 2

Food (Lunch)

Drinks/Refreshments Discussion Groups

Registration

Door Prizes

Freebies Agenda

Evaluation

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Budget

No participation fee

Single speaker feeabsorbed by one

partner

$2515 total (facility

expenses and note

cube promotional gifts )

Lunch $5.95 per person

Note cubes $2.20 each

$25 / library in kind

2 - 3 bags of candy

Travel to site

Average library cost $10- $19

per attendee

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Evaluations - How Well Did We Do?

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FeedbackYear 2003

What Worked Well Getting together with staff from

other libraries

Upbeat, interactive afternoonprogram

Breakout discussions positiveoverall

Less expensive second time around

What Did NOT Work Well Morning speaker did not engage library

audience Accessibility issues

Public services discussions too broad

Evaluation time chaotic and rushed

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What We Learned

Costs not prohibitive due to planning, sharing

Build on the informal mood

Have upbeat, engaging speakers and programs

Provide programs concrete to everyday library experiences

Less direction and more peer interaction

Give staff more time to talk with peers in their library area

Give staff more time to just interact with others

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Future Planning

Include staff in planning committee

Alternate years

Choose speakers carefully

Provide more choices and time for small group discussions

Take more pictures

Document the planning and execution

Maybe . t-shirts

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Benefits

Staff development in a relaxed and low-cost environment

Morale booster

Area-wide connections with others doing same work

Provides a center of focus on the things we have in common

More than just training

Investment in better service for the future

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Additional Resources

PLA 2004 Staff

Developmentin Rural andSmall Public Libraries

Susan Hill Paulding

County Carnegie Library

www.pauldingcountylibrary.org

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Additional Resources

Omaha Public Library Staff Day 2004.

Nebraska Library Association Quarterly 35 no. 2 14-15Summer 2004.

Staff Development Day.OLA Quarterly 5 no. 4 14-15 Winter 2000.

Staff Developm

ent Days at the AthensRegional Library System.Georgia Library Quarterly 37 no. 2 15-16 Summer 2000.

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Contact Information

Amy Bondabond@lprlibrary.org

Kelly McBridekmcbride@russell.lib.va.us

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Our Staff, OurLibraries

So the America I loved still exists, ifnot in the White House orthe

Supreme Courtorthe Senate ortheHouse of Representatives orthemedia. The America I love still existsatthe frontdesks of our publiclibraries.

KurtVonnegut In These Times 8/6/2004