VOLUME 25, NUMBER 8 — September 2005 Computers in Libraries Complete Coverage of Library Information Technology
This Month: Tech
Training: Keeping Staff Up-to-Speed
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How We Used Demonstration
Authoring Software to Create Tutorials
For tasks that need to be taught again and again, it makes sense to write your
own online tutorials to save trainers time. These librarians walk you through
the process of creating tutorials with demonstration authoring software.By Holley
Long and John Culshaw
Page 6
The Evolution of
Technostress While writing her thesis nearly 10 years ago,
this author found that the biggest stresses faced
by librarians were the lack of technology standardization
and the pace of change. What do they find most challenging
about their jobs today? Read this to compare
the old stressors to today’s favorites.
By Lisa A. Ennis
Page 10
Determining and Meeting
Personnel Training Needs When management at the Newport News (Va.) Public
Library Center tied promotions and salaries to computer
proficiency, tech training needed to be provided
to all staffers. Read how this author developed assessment
measures and training modules.
By Anita Jennings
Page 13
Technology Training
Can Be a Piece of Cake
In order to make technology training more palatable, this author approached it
as if it were a piece of cake. She divided the lessons into three “layers” that
built upon each other, and translating that knowledge into everyday tasks was
the icing on the cake.
By Janetta Waterhouse
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