Tailor-made
In-house training and consultancy for the library/information
profession
Why come to The Library Association for your
in-house training & consultancy needs?
We have been providing training for LIS professionals for
over 20 years. Our annual programme of CPD workshops receives consistently good feedback.
With an excellent group of trainers and consultants - with first class business experience
as well as first hand knowledge of the LIS environment - we can advise on the right
training solution to suit your need.
What can in house training offer you and your
staff?
Effective learning opportunities
In some cases it’s far more effective if a team or
group can learn together. Individuals can support each other after the training and
encourage the use of new skills and ideas.
Relevance to your organisation
Courses can be tailor made to meet the specific needs of
your organisation. There are times when external courses can give you the ideas and
techniques but cannot fully get to grips with the unique situations that may be facing
your organisation or groups of individuals - it is in these circumstances that in house
training can really fit the bill.
Time-saving
No laborious searching is necessary - we will identify the
right trainer to meet your needs. We will also produce all the necessary documentation
ready for the day.
Value for money
Because in-house training is charged per event rather than
per individual it offers excellent value for money. You can make a saving of up to 40% on
the costs of our external training if there are 5 or more of your staff who could benefit
from in house training. You will also save on travel costs.
Convenience
In-house training offers you the luxury of choosing a
suitable date - and venue- to help ensure that training takes place at a convenient time.
The In-house Service
- Off the shelf
We run over 80 learning events in our Continuing
Professional Development programme each year. Many of these are ideal for in house
training as they stand.
Courses from our existing programme which we have run
successfully include:
- project management
- time management
- enquiry techniques
- dealing with difficult people/users
- learning from work
- selection & interviewing skills
- Marc cataloguing
- assessing client needs
- costing and pricing techniques
- Tailor made
The majority of our courses can be customised to meet the
needs of your organisation or alternatively we will also be happy to discuss designing a
course specifically for you.
- Consultancy
Many of our trainers can provide a consultancy servicen for
those occasions when you need more in depth analysis of your situation - whether it’s
solving problems, starting up new projects or giving advice on change management strategy.
- Computer facilities
If you do not have a suitable venue that you can use for
Internet or On line training for your staff you may wish to consider hiring our fully
equipped training suite which can cater for up to 8 people.
The next steps
- Please call Penny Simmonds for an informal discussion on
020 7255 0562.
- The trainer best suited to meet your needs will contact you
to discuss your requirements in more detail.
- A suitable training programme will be put together and we
will contact you with a price for the training.
- The Library Association will produce all training materials
- We will discuss the final arrangements and keep in touch
with you to ensure that your in house event runs smoothly.
Our in house clients include:
- The Public Record Office
- Dudley College
- Camberwell College of Arts Library
- Waltham Forest College
- Newham Libraries
- Holt Jackson Book Company
- BBC, Information & Archives
- Royal Society of Medicine, Information Services
- Information Centre, Enterprise Oil
- Farnborough College of Technology
- University of Wales, Swansea
- University College, Chester
- SOAS Library
- Sheffield Hallam University Learning Centre
- Brunel University Library
"It was a strength of the event that we could
discuss the subject in relation to our own work environment and the lecturer dealt with
our questions very well"
BBC Music Library
"It helped bring the whole of the staff together
to share experiences and pool our knowledge"
Dudley College
Penny Simmonds, In House Training
Professional Development
The Library Association
7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE
Tel 020 7255 0562
Email events@la-hq.org.uk
Fax 020 7255 0561
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