Building an Effective Learning Culture Initiative Objectives

Who should apply to participate in this initiative:

Public libraries and library leaders committed to organizational learning and staff development.

Libraries are recommended to form teams of 3-5 people with a mix of the following:

Library Administrator
Training Coordinator (has responsibility/authority over staff professional development)
Managers (has responsibility/authority over planning, operations of a library or department)
Supervisors (has responsibility to supervise staff)
Library Staff (does not supervise other staff)

By participating in this initiative, library teams will learn to:

Design learning systems and programs to foster staff development.
Drive strategic change by developing learning resources and activities that create opportunities for individual learning, peer sharing and collaboration, and reflection on daily work/life experiences.
Support the transfer of learning and knowledge into personal and professional changes in attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs.
Assess organizational learning culture and identify gaps in the organization’s current learning strategies.
Create a plan for support from leadership for organizational learning, which includes how to roll out of learning culture initiatives and strategies to increase staff buy-in across all levels.
Model best practices for a culture of learning for other library staff, including risk-taking and learning from experimentation and failures as well as successes.

By participating in this initiative, individual team members will learn to:

Overcome barriers to workplace learning such as time and motivation.
Foster learning agility by building the capacity for rapid, continuous learning across many experiences.
Share learning and knowledge in a meaningful way to others in their organization.
Articulate the importance of a learning organization to staff and the community.
Create and/or contribute to a safe environment for risk taking and experimentation while learning.
Identify ways to incorporate new knowledge and skills into their work in a meaningful way.
Create an individual learning plan.
Incorporate learning into their daily routine.
Identify additional resources on the topic of learning culture.

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