1. GCLG Glasgow Colleges Library Group Strategic Staff Development

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Cataloguing workflow guide

7. 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

8. Podcast on Dewey Decimal system

9. 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

10. GTN College Library Information Skills

11. Online Research & Study Skills

12. Using Course Genie

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