Staff Training and Development: How to Get There from Here STAFF TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT (PLI 2008 - NYC) Practising Law Institute Law Library 2008: Skills, Strategies & Solutions February 27, 2008: San Francisco, CA March 5, 2008: New York City Staff Training and Development: How to Get There from Here Joan L. Axelroth Axelroth & Associates Library & Information Management Consulting PLI Law Library 2008
Staff Training and Development: How to Get There from Here Identifying the Right Destination Plotting a Course Using Internal and External Resources Finding Support Along the Way PLI Law Library 2008
Staff Training and Development: How to Get There from Here Identifying the Right Destination PLI Law Library 2008
How to Get There from Here: Identifying the Right Destination Step One: Look At What You Need LIBRARY MENU Positions Know-How Director Systems Manager Research Manager Systems Librarian Research Analyst Reference Librarian TS Librarian TS Senior Assistant TS Assistant Knowledge business of law legal literature LC classification netiquette Skills & Abilities db searching budgeting oral, written communication Attributes customer service orientation PLI Law Library 2008
How to Get There from Here: Identifying the Right Destination Step One: Look At What You Need LIBRARY MENU Positions Skills Director Systems Manager Research Manager Systems Librarian Research Analyst Reference Librarian TS Librarian TS Senior Assistant TS Assistant Database searching Teaching Data entry Create PPT slides Budget preparation Prepare time reports Supervise HTML coding Copy cataloging Printer repair Setting priorities PLI Law Library 2008
How to Get There from Here: Identifying the Right Destination Step Two: Look At What You’ve Got B Straight Path C Fork in the Road A Current Job PLI Law Library 2008
How to Get There from Here: Identifying the Right Destination Step Three: Match Them Up 1 + 2 = DESTINATION Position Know-How Required Missing New Reference Librarian Firm culture Department standards Netiquette Legal system Business sources Database searching Newsletter articles Presentations Livedgar PowerPoint PLI Law Library 2008
Staff Training and Development: How to Get There from Here Plotting a Course Using Internal and External Resources PLI Law Library 2008
How to Get There from Here: Plotting a Course Library Organization Outside PLI Law Library 2008
How to Get There from Here: Plotting a Course Library Teaching -- in the dept. Teaching -- outside the dept. Current awareness Association memberships Informal opportunities PLI Law Library 2008
How to Get There from Here: Plotting a Course Organization Practice Groups Departments & Committees Professional Dev’t Associates IT Paralegal Secretarial PLI Law Library 2008
How to Get There from Here: Plotting a Course Outside Associations e-learning Programs Vendors Reps Libraries, Universities, etc. PLI Law Library 2008
How to Get There from Here: Plotting a Course BEST PRACTICES Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP Reed Smith LLP PLI Law Library 2008
Staff Training and Development: How to Get There from Here Finding Support Along the Way PLI Law Library 2008
How to Get There from Here: Finding Support Institutionalize the program Include costs in budget Establish policies & procedures Set schedules, create templates Provide a stake Require knowledge sharing Track, count & report Establish feedback mechanisms PLI Law Library 2008
How to Get There from Here: Finding Support Make use of technology Consider: Documents Comments Discussion Techniques: Wikis Blogs Listservs Newsletters PLI Law Library 2008
How to Get There from Here: Finding Support Rely on others Rely on yourself PLI Law Library 2008
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