Continuing to Learn and Improve
Library Objective:
Develop a skilled staff through personal and professional development
The Division is committed to providing ongoing opportunities for staff to enhance their skills through:
- Training
- Staff Study Support
- Conferences, Seminars and Workshops
- Publications and Presentations
- Consultancies and Services
Training
One of the major training-based initiatives during the year was the Staff Skills Audit. The audit, undertaken at the commencement of the year was based on a survey undertaken at the University of Western Sydney. Training in the later part of the year was based on the outcomes of this survey. The survey identified a range of areas where staff felt they needed to develop or enhance their skills, including:
- TRIM
- Staff Intranet Template
- MS Outlook
- Technical Services Tour/Overview
- First Aid
- Basic Computer Maintenance
- Virtua - Clients & Overview
- MS Word
- MS Excel
- Public Web Page Template - Frontpage
- Web Page Time Frames for Staff Pages
- Virtua - Ad-hoc Reporting
- Reference Services Tour
- Building the Digital Library, and
- Customer Service Workshop
Staff Study Support
During 2004 the Division supported a number of staff undertaking study.
| Jacqueline Cribb | Grad. Certificate in Tertiary Education | USQ |
| Vicki Dyer | Executive Certificate in Records Management | ECU |
| Kelli Graham | Master of Applied Science | CSU |
| Jo Keleher | Bachelor of Arts - Library & Information Science | CSU |
| Debbie Kirkbride | Grad. Dip. Management | CQU |
| Jaron Stidiford | Master of Applied Science | CSU |
| Kristine Snelling | Master of Applied Science - Library & Information Management | CSU |
| Christine Sturgess | Bachelor of Arts - Library & Information Science | CSU |
| Julia Whitby | Grad. Dip. of Applied Science - Library | CSU |
Conferences, Seminars and Workshops
During the year the Library arranged for staff training at the following sessions:
| Lifelong Learning Conference | Access Services with Attitude | Dreamweaver - Novice Level |
| Kinetica | QULOC | Dreamweaver & Fireworks |
| ALIA | Managing Ourselves in the Workplace | Managing Under Pressure |
| ANZIIL |
ScienceDirect |
"Don't worry, be happy" workshop sponsored by Careers, Counselling and Health |
Publications and Presentations
All staff are encouraged to publish and present to audiences beyond the Library.
Black, Graham (2004). Issues and Opportunities of Being in a Regional University Library. Presentation at QULOC University Librarians' Forum, 25 November 2004.
Holden, Helen and Cribb, Jacky (2004). Knowledge without boundaries: A reflection on collaboration. In Lifelong Learning: Whose responsibility and what is your contribution: Proceedings of the 3rd International Lifelong Learning Conference. (pp 161-167) Yeppoon: Central Queensland University.
Orr, Debbie (2004). Lifelong Learning – Can it Happen Online? Paper presented at the CAVAL Reference Interest Group Annual Seminar, Melbourne, 24 November.
Roberts, Vicki (2004) Preferences & Reference Types. Workshop presented at QULOC EndNote In-Service for Librarians: A seminar, 24-25 June 2004.
Watson, Kate (2004). New graduates recipe for success: feeding the professional development needs of regional and rural library professionalsI, InCite, August, (http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/2004/08/energise.html)
Watson, Kate (2004). New Graduate Conference Ideas. Panel Presentation at ALIA
Biennial, Gold Coast.
Consultancies and Services
The Division looks upon consultancies and support services as opportunities for staff to demonstrate their skills as well as to develop additional skills and expertise.
Debbie Orr was an invited presenter at CAVAL's Reference Interest Group Annual Seminar in Melbourne. Debbie was also invited to undertake a consultancy assessing the information literacy program at the University of Wollongong Library.
Bruce Hart continued to provide technical support to Australian Virtua sites, and Vicki Roberts, Kate Houston and Kerrie-Anne Malcolm provided library services to J M Rendel CSIRO Laboratory.