I have the pleasure of being the Managing Editor of ALA Learning the official blog of the Learning Round Table. For the past few weeks we’ve been doing a fun introduction of all the authors. My intro was posted today, so if you want to know some fun things about me like what training I’d [...]
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Library Trainer is Moving to LoriReed.com
For the past two years I’ve been blogging at LibraryTrainer.com. The name fit when I started the site. It’s catchy, short, easy to remember, but in the back of my mind I’ve always been aware that I do a lot more than “just training.”
Over the past year I’ve transitioned from thinking and working about “training” [...]
ALA CLENE Training Showcase
Sunday was the CLENE Training Showcase where trainers have a chance to showcase best practices in learning and continuing education for libraries.
My display and presentation was about the training I facilitated for my library as part of my Master Trainer program earlier this year. The Charlotte Mecklenburg Customer Experience focuses on how we can train [...]
ALA Saturday Session: Creating a Culture of Learning
Saturday I gave one of my favorite presentations ever. Previously I’ve given this presentation as a webinar for WebJunction. The session covers the differences between training and learning, why learning is important, and ways you can become a learning organization. My co-presenter was Pat Carterette from the State Library of Georgia. There were some great [...]
ALA Preconference Making it Stick: Designing, Delivering & Surviving Presentations
On Friday we had a fabulous audience for the CLENE Round Table’s preconference session Making it Stick: Designing, Delivering & Surviving Presentations. Presenting with me was Paul Signorelli who I have had the privilege of working with on many projects including a book on leadership in libraries for trainers that should be out just in [...]





