GCLGGlasgow Colleges Library Group

Strategic Staff

Development

GCLG: a little background

Group of college librarians representing 8 FE Colleges in Glasgow

Originally formed in 1998 as the Library and Information Access Group of the Glasgow Telecolleges Network (GTN)

Major focus of the group was the Next Generation Library project which procured the Horizon LMS

Meets every 6 weeks to pursue collaborative agenda Collaborative staff development is a high priority of

the group

Why staff development?

To raise awareness among staff To develop staff skills To develop the service To try to ensure consistent services and standards

across the Glasgow College Libraries To help meet the expectations of “instant expert

syndrome” Learning by doing and sharing the experience

Project: Horizon training

Horizon module training materials were poor and more akin to workshop materials than detailed instructions and procedures

GCLG produced Horizon module training materials for staff which were more targeted to meet our needs

Project: Cataloguing

Using shared Horizon databases demanded upgrade of bibliographic records to MARC 21 standard

Demanded consistency of practice This required staff training GCLG metadata sub-group produced standard

templates by format Training in cataloguing & metadata conducted

Cataloguing workflow guide

Project: Library Summer School

Available to all library staff Day-long events Training on use of resources Training on evaluation of resources Training on cataloguing Training on new technology Audio podcast

Podcast on Dewey Decimal system

Project: Online Study Skills

Pooled existing study skills materials from colleges Created “College Library Information Skills” Created online resource “Research & Study Skills”

using Course Genie which can be uploaded to any College VLE

Distributed this resource to all Colleges and uploaded to GCLG Hub

Able to advise colleagues on creating similar online resources

GTN College Library Information Skills

Online Research & Study Skills

Using Course Genie

Useful links

GCLG Hub: ngl.gcg.ac.uk GCLG Blogspot gcg-nglp.blogspot.com Study Skills ngl.gcg.ac.uk/skills/page_01.htm