Professional Development in our Rapidly Changing World SCRLC Library Assistants Special Interest Gro

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Professional Developmentin our Rapidly Changing
WorldSCRLC Library Assistants Special
Interest Group

• Judith Andrew
• Ithaca College
• Betsy Zell
• Horseheads Free Library
• Nora Hardy
• South Central Regional Library Council

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Agenda

• Goal Setting Judith
• Planning Judith
• Building a Social Network Judith
• Professional Organizations Involvement Nora
• Conferences Workshops Judith
• Technology Online Resources Nora
• Literature and Formal Education Nora
• Certification Betsy Zell

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Goal SettingJudith Andrew
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PlanningJudith Andrew

• See Handout Web Sites for Library
  Organizations

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Building a Social NetworkJudith Andrew
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Professional Organizations

• New York State Library Assistants Association
  (NYSLAA)
• SCRLC Library Assistants Special Interest Group
  (LA SIG)
• American Library Association (ALA)

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More, more, more.

• Toastmasters (public speaking)
• LeadershipTompkins (and friends in your
  neighborhood)
• Chamber of Commerce, Rotary
• Task Forces
• Local library

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The Virtues of Being Involved

• New experience
• Free training
• New networks and connections
• Dont forget to get out of the box
• Dont eat at your desk!
• Have an elevator speech/tag line

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Conferences WorkshopsJudith Andrew
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Technology Can Set You Free!

• Listservs
• Libassist-l (SCRLC)
• NYSLAA-l (NYSLAA)
• Blogs RSS Feeds
• News
• Professional information
• Committee involvement
• Resources
• Bloglines
• http//www.Bloglines.com
• Google
• http//tinyurl.com/3vr5g6

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Online Resources

• Audio books
• Online journals
• Blogs RSS Feeds
• Podcasts
• Webinars teleconferences
• NYSLAA
• http//www.nyslaa.org
• ALA
• http//www.ala.org/ala/hrdr/librarycareerssite/wha
  tyouneedassistant.cfm

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Formal Education

• Empire State College
• http//www.esc.edu/esconline/online2.nsf/ESChome.h
  tml
• Two Year College
• Four Year College Universities
• Distance Learning for credit
• Hybrid Learning/Classes
• Unconventional schedules

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Literature

• Library Journal
• http//www.libraryjournal.com/
• ALA Library
• http//wikis.ala.org/readwriteconnect/index.php/Ma
  in_Page
• Newsletters
• Specialized library journals
• MLA Bulletin
• SLA Information Outlook
• School Library Journal

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Continuing Ed/Professional Development

• SCRLC!
• http//www.lakenet.org/scrlc/calendar.html
• Your own institution
• NY3Rs
• http//www.ny3rs.org/joblist.html
• Local high school college non-credit programs
• Conferences
• NYSLAA
• New York Library Assn.
• http///www.nyla.org

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Dont Forget to Document It!

• Rolling Resume
• Portfolio
• Online Portfolio
• http//www.zunal.com/portfolio.php
• The jobs not complete,
• until the paperwork is done.

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Certification - Betsy Zell

• Appendix B - Primary Requirements
• Each participant registers for one of four
  increasingly demanding achievement levels.
  Through accumulation of points, the participant
  identifies some breadth of knowledge among the
  four areas of library service
• Public Services
• Technical Services
• Automation
• Administration/Management
• A fifth area, General, is available to allow the
  participant to claim other skills, such as public
  speaking, assertiveness, stress management, and
  interpersonal relations.
• A participant also has an opportunity to show,
  through accumulated points, specialization in one
  of the four areas of library service or a
  specialization in General Library Service.
• A level of achievement is reached by accumulating
  a minimum number of points based on experience
  and education. Credit is assigned to Sources of
  Expertise
• Experience accumulated progressive library
  related experience assessed by Full Time
  Equivalency (FTE)
• Education accredited higher education course
  work assessed by credit hours
• Other activities of the participant which are
  demonstrably library related or supportive of the
  library profession assessed by evaluated contact
  hours and/or competency statements.
• A conversion chart for estimating points is
  listed in Appendix G. A fuller discussion of
  Sources of Expertise appears in Appendix D.
• Appendix C gives the details of point
  requirements for each level. Some of the
  principles of these point requirements are
• Each level requires an increased breadth of
  knowledge, demonstrated by earning points in the
  library service areas. Level I requires two
  areas Level II requires three areas Level III
  and Level IV requires four areas. Choosing to
  specialize in a library service area does not
  exempt the participant from showing the required
  breadth of knowledge.
• The total points required for a level cannot be
  earned from only one Source of Expertise. For
  example, Experience cannot be used for all the
  points needed for a certificate.
• All points from Experience must be
  library-related and at least half the points from
  Education or Other must also be library related
  to the satisfaction of the Review Board.
• At least half the points needed for any level
  must have been earned within the last five years
  immediately preceding the awarding of the
  certificate.

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Certification - Betsy Zell

• To access forms go to
• Certificate of Achievement Program for Library
  Assistants
• New York State Library Assistants' Association
• Membership Application/Renewal Form

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Questions, Answers, Your Thoughts!

• Judith Andrew
• jandrew_at_ithaca.edu
• Betsy Zell
• zellb_at_stls.org
• Nora Hardy
• nhardy_at_lakenet.org