76 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
32. Please indicate the professional development and continuing education opportunities that are
available to liaisons at your library. Check all that apply. N=64
Dedicated funding and support for conference attendance 62 97%
Internal cross-training and professional development 60 94%
Dedicated funding and support for external workshops and continuing education programs 59 92%
Dedicated funding and support for participation in formal classes and degree programs 45 70%
Other opportunity 14 22%
Please briefly describe the other opportunity. N=14
All librarians can participate in up to 10 research days per year, study leaves, and research leaves, in accordance with
policies and agreements for all librarians.
All of those are available to all librarians, so are not specific to liaisons.
All librarians receive an allotment for professional development to be used to participate in continuing
education opportunities.
Can request and often get funding for workshops, continuing education programs, and classes.
Funding provided on a case-by-case basis for external workshops and continuing education programs.
Liaisons can apply for funding from our Staff Development and Training fund to support participation in external
workshops, CE programs, and conference attendance. They aren’t allocated a specific amount, but there is dedicated
funding for this annually.
Library subscription to lynda.com
Mentoring by colleagues
Newly developed library instruction training program headed the Learning and Outreach Teams, which is a professional
development program designed to create a culture of teaching excellence at the libraries and based on ACRL standards
for proficiency for instruction librarians.
On occasion, we do support additional training as needed.
Professional development funding is available to all librarians, not just liaisons, so there isn’t dedicated funding
specifically for liaison responsibilities. At HSL, we encourage liaisons to attend discipline specific conferences and
sometimes these are funded by the school they serve. The university offers tuition waivers (one course per semester)
and we make adjustments to allow interested liaisons to take advantage of that employee benefit.
Some course work and continuing education is supported.
The formal classes/degree programs are short-term, and usually a certificate, not a diploma.
We have a formal mentoring program.
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