Staff Skills

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Staff Skills Professional Development Surveys
in TechAtlas for Libraries
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TechAtlas Surveys

• TechAtlas offers
• Self-assessment Surveys for your library to
  identify training and development needs for your
  staff
• Professional Development Survey
• Technology Skills Survey
• Assessments to analyze your libraries technology
  readiness

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Compare Surveys

• The Professional Development Survey includes
  categories and questions established by your
  TechAtlas Partners.  (Usually your state library)
• Compare this survey to the Technology Skills
  Survey to determine which version is most
  appropriate for use in your own library.
• Both are self-assessment tools you can email to
  the survey taker

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Professional Development Survey

• Survey links outcomes to results providing the
  survey taker with recommendations based on their
  answers.

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Professional Development Categories

• Can be customized by Partner
• May include five questions each
• Basic Principles Of HTML
• Managing Public Access Computing (PAC)
• Sustainability, Advocacy Outreach
• Word Processing With Microsoft Word
• Creating a Library Technology Plan

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Professional Development Survey

• For each skill level category, the Partner can
  enter a recommendation for libraries to receive.
• Example
• If survey results indicate that staff have
  limited web editing skills, the survey outcome
  could include links to specific resources for
  acquiring and enhancing these skills (online
  courses, relevant web pages, etc).

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Review Professional Development Results
Displays of staff at each skill level
Resources recommended based on survey takers
results
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What is the Technology Skills Survey

• The TechAtlas Staff Skills Survey is a series of
  questions about technology skills areas which can
  be sent by e-mail to library staff members.
• It is a self-assessment tool, allowing members of
  your library staff to profile their technology
  skills (or lack thereof) in several specific
  categories.

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Technology Skills Survey
Helps you identify which staff may need training
and discover who can act as resources within your
organization. 
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Technology Skills Survey Categories

• Image editing skills
• Electronic presentation skills
• Web maintenance skills
• Troubleshooting maintenance skills
• Network maintenance skills

• Computer operations
• Word processing
• Internet skills
• E-mail skills
• Spreadsheets
• Databases
• Desktop publishing

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Features of Both Surveys

• Easy to use enter addresses and send.
• Provides aggregated and individual tracking.
• Monitors status of individual responses.
• Can be printed for those staff members who do not
  have e-mail.
• You can download results to a spreadsheet.

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Survey Process

• To use a survey, a library would follow this
  process within TechAtlas
• Enter a list of e-mail addresses for recipients.
• Add a introductory message.
• Send!
• As responses come in, monitor results and re-send
  to those who have not responded.
• Use results to inform decisions about technology
  training needs in your library.

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Features
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Send Survey
1. Enter staff email addresses
2. Edit message, as needed.
3. Send
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Monitor Survey Responses

• Monitor who has responded to the survey

Click to send the survey again to those who have
not completed the task
Delete old surveys to allow staff to retake it
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Review Technology Survey Results
Identify who is in need of training and who may
be an good internal resource
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