Montana State Library

The Transforming Teen Services curriculum brings together state library agency (SLA) consultants and front-line library staff  from 46 states, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the District of Columbia, for a robust training program. Training focuses on youth development, connected learning (CL), and computational thinking (CT). This project is supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). 

This course focuses on youth development during ages 8 - 18 and is most useful for front-line librarians who work with youth. Please see the other T3 courses for other topics in the T3 training program.

The Transforming Teen Services curriculum brings together state library agency (SLA) consultants and front-line library staff  from 46 states, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the District of Columbia, for a robust training program. Training focuses on youth development, connected learning (CL), and computational thinking (CT). This project is supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). 

This course focuses on Connected Learning - what it is, why it is important for library staff working with teens, and how you can apply CL to your daily work. This course is best fit for front-line librarians who work directly with teens and tweens. Please see the other T3 courses for other topics in the T3 training program.

Fundamentals of Librarianship is designed as a very basic overview for new library staff who may be entering the field without much formal training, or for staff with graduate degrees in library science who may need a refresher.  The  purpose of this course is to assure all library staff have the essential information about librarianship to enable them to provide ethical, legal, and useful library services to their community.  

For those that possess this basic knowledge already, the course is designed for participants to gain credit for their knowledge by taking an assessment quiz for each section.

This course design is based on the American Library Association's Core Competences of Librarianship (2009) http://www.ala.org/educationcareers/sites/ala.org.educationcareers/files/content/careers/corecomp/corecompetences/finalcorecompstat09.pdf

Some of the course content is taken from the Maine State Library's Niche Academy resources (this repurposed content was used with permission from Stephanie Zurinski of the Maine State Library).  

Please note any restrictions on materials linked or embedded in this course.  For material not specifically noted with copyright limitations, Creative Commons 0 applies - no limitations CC0.