WebJunction, an online learning community for librarians and library staff, is now offering a Custom Course Catalog, a new service that provides a central location to host, promote and track library staff training. In February, LibraryU, a US-based provider of online, library-specific staff development courses, joined the WebJunction catalogue. The topics added include web-based reference, marketing, library management, shelving, cataloging, readers advisory and children's services.
The Custom Course Catalog service allows a library organisation to build a training catalogue to meet the specific needs of its staff. The catalogue can combine an organisation's own course listings with selections from WebJunction's online course offerings in an easy-to-manage, always-accessible web environment. WebJunction's course catalogue contains nearly 700 courses selected to help library staff build the skills required to meet the needs of rapidly changing libraries.
With the Custom Course Catalog, the library staff learner is seen to experience a straight-forward registration process for courses selected and gathered together from multiple suppliers. The learner requires a standard web browser to access the catalogue and courses. Each learner can manage his or her own learning progress, taking multiple courses, tracking individual learning history, and printing certificates of completion.
All training offerings are housed in a unique, private online location, so that each library organisation can make courses available only to its designated staff. The catalogue is hosted by WebJunction on its platform and backed by its support and training groups.
