Strategic School Librarian Training Course

Staregic School Librarian - 1 Day Training Course

Strategic thinking and acting are vital to the effectiveness of the school library. Many school librarians work mainly at an operational level, thereby limiting what the school library and librarian can achieve. These libraries are often understaffed and it is vital to keep the library running smoothly and to support students and staff. Becoming more strategic can make a significant difference.

Benefits of attending:
This course will explore what school librarians need to know and do in order to become more strategic, and more effective, in their schools.

By the end of this AACR2 training course participants will have achieved the following:

• gained an understanding of the differences between being operational and being strategic and how to manage the balance between them
• learnt to identify the main elements in thinking and acting strategically
• the knowledge to explore strategies that have enabled school libraries to become more effective
• considered how they might become more strategic

Learn more about Strategic School Librarian and how this training course can help you here.

This Strategic School Librarian Training Course is designed for School Librarians who are interested in becoming more strategic inside their schools and who are able to work towards a more strategic role.

N.B. Places are limited to: 20

This 1-day Strategic School Librarian training course covers the following areas:

• What are the differences between being strategic and being operational?
• Becoming more strategic: what background knowledge do you need to acquire before you begin?
• Becoming strategic - where should you start in your school?
• Moving forward : innovation and inspiration; positioning and prioritising
• Formulating and maintaining your strategy

Sharon Markless

Sharon is a senior lecturer in higher education in the King’s Learning Institute, and a consultant, and trainer with Information Management Associates. She has done research and development work in libraries for 24 years, and has just edited a book ‘The innovative school librarian’, working collaboratively with six school librarians.

The cost of this 1-day Strategic School Librarian training course is:

CILIP personal member: £180 + VAT
CILIP organisation member: £220 + VAT
Non members: £255 + VAT

Train with the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers

CILIP stands for the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. We are the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers.

The CILIP community consists of nearly 36,000 people directly engaged in library and information work, of whom approximately 21,000 are CILIP members and about 15,000 are regular customers of CILIP Enterprises.

Scheduled public courses and on-site training with CILIP

The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals provides the widest range of training for the LIS community in the UK, we run 80 to 100 librarianship training and information management courses every year.

CILIP helps develop librarian skills and offers public courses in information management from our main office in London for example:

• Cataloguing & classification courses
• Library and information management skills courses
• Management and personal development for LIS professionals
• Marketing for librarians
• Research skills courses
• Teaching & learning for information managers
• Web & Internet skills
• Copyright & licensing training

Reasons to train with CILIP:

• 98% of participants rate our courses

  

  as "Good to Excellent"
• Experienced and expert facilitators
• Purpose built training rooms
• Limited number of participants ensure highly participative and interactive events
• Comprehensive training materials
• Hot buffet lunch with every full day course
• CILIP can come tto your venue in your time with their on-site training courses.

Or, why not let CILIP bring our training to you!
CILIP provide onsite courses that deliver our high quality training in the convenience of your workplace - saving you both time and money. CILIP provide over 100 one and two day courses, tailored to the learning, training and developmental needs of the modern library and information community.

Learn more about CILIP and how their training courses can help you here.