LibGuides: Library Employees: Staff Training & Award Opportunities

Library Consortium in Florida

All resources on this site are available for any one of us employed at the library to attend. If you are unsure about the appropriateness of the workshop talk to a librarian. The AFC awards are also available to almost all people. Some that are directly tied to faculty (Faculty commission awards) may be available for library staff if a staff person has worked with a faculty member or a member of another commission in a collaborative way to offer an innovative practice for students.

FALSC: Florida Academic Library Services Cooperative
Visit FLVC Learn, our comprehensive user education program, to register for training events, view upcoming events in your area, and schedule or register for in-person and online training. Training on FLVC products such as Circulation, Course Reserves, Acquisitions, Serials, Interlibrary Loan, and Cataloging is available as online recorded training, live webinars, and in-person sessions.

Consultation on workflow or system configuration is available on-demand as an online meeting or an in-person site visit. Contact the Help Center to request training or a consultation session.
NEFLIN: Northeast Florida Library Information Network
In-person and virtual workshops available.
SEFLIN: Southeast Florida Library Information Network
Offers in-person and virtual professional development opportunities.
SWFLN: Southwest Florida Library Network
Offers in-person and online professional development without an individual or institutional membership.
TBLC: Tampa Bay Library Consortium
They offer workshops and training virtually and in-person. You can sign-up on the website to receive upcoming events in your e-mail or go to the website to see what is available.

Vendor Training

EBSCO Training
EBSCO is the vendor for many of our databases. They also provide services for our faculty in the new ILS including Curriculum Builder, the EBSCO mega-index, and publication finder. If you are unsure if a webinar would be helpful ask a librarian about the product and what it is used for.
Gale Training
Mostly vendor for databases. They also publish many textbooks and our Issues & Controversies series of books.
OCLC
Another vendor for some of our databases. They also are the new provider for our ILL service.
Films on Demand Training
Only one database we own, Films on Demand
OneClickDigital Training
One database for streaming audiobooks. Our other streaming audiobook database is under EBSCO.
JSTOR Training
Only database is JSTOR. The other one called ARTStor is listed under http://www.artstor.org/support

Awards/Presentations

Florida Library Association Awards
The FLA awards require one to become a member to apply and attend conferences.
AFC
Annual Conference and AFC Awards information

Other Training Opportunities

Following are some common places to find training related to library work. These may be free or may require payment or may require membership to recieve training.

ACRL Tech Connect Blog
The ACRL is the Association of College & Research Libraries.
ALA Training by Department
Find support for acquisitions, cataloging, collection development, digital libraries, electronic resources, and disaster preparedness.
American Library Association Library Support Staff Training Resources
The Association of Florida Colleges (AFC)
They provide training and professional development opportunities in all fields at the college. You must be an AFC member to take advantage of some of their resources.
Federal Depository Library Program Training
We are a FDLP library meaning we select a portion of US government documents to be added to our collection as print resources at the Main library and as Internet resources available through the catalog.
Florida Library Webinars
lorida Library Webinars is dedicated to bringing the most accurate, relevant and current training to staff working in Florida libraries. We believe that a well-trained library staff makes for an excellent library – providing excellent service to it’s community. FLW is a continuing education program offering weekly live webinars – you can see what’s upcoming here. Our live classes and recordings are for ALL staff working in Florida libraries. We offer introductory level training in technology, customer service and other soft skills and library skills. We have a curriculum of over 800 training sessions recorded from our live webinars. Search our On Demand section to find the right training for you.
Foundation Center Training
Resources to educate yourself about our special collection called The Foundation Center. We subscribe to this resource to give access to patrons to available grant opportunities.
TechSoup for Libraries
SkillsCommons
The US Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program has created a free and open online library called SkillsCommons containing free and open learning materials and program support materials for job-driven workforce development. The Open Educational Resources (OER) are produced by community colleges across the nation and can be found, reused, revised, retained, redistributed and remixed by individuals, institutions, and industry.