From: Sandy Brooks <sbrooks@connix.com> To: Conntech <conntech@csuweb.ctstateu.edu> Subject: [CONNTECH] CLA endorses LTA Competencies
Connecticut Library Association Endorses LTA Competencies
The Connecticut Library Association Support Staff
(C.L.A.S.S.) section has recently finished compiling a list
of Library Technical Assistants Competencies. This was
accomplished by a task force of five C.L.A.S.S. members who
each took a section of competencies and worked on them,
starting from a base of existing competencies gleaned from
various agencies across the country. This project was
started in January 2001 and completed in August 2001. The
Connecticut Library Association Executive Board endorsed the
competencies on August 16, 2001.
The purpose of producing these competencies was to aid the
statewide Continuing Education Committee in targeting
workshops most efficiently towards the needs of support
staff. Also, C.L.A.S.S. hopes these competencies will prove
useful for compiling paraprofessional job descriptions,
assigning appropriate compensation for different skill
levels, and adjusting the curriculums of library education
organizations in Connecticut. The competencies cover the
areas of General Competencies, Personal/Professional
Competencies, Technology Competencies, Public Services
Competencies, and Technical Services Competencies. The
complete list is available on CLA's website at
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/cla/new/class.html If there are
any questions or comments about the competencies, please
contact Kris Golden, C.L.A.S.S chair, at: 860-456-1717 or
e-mail kgolden@cslib.org.
Kris Golden, LTA and Chair of C.L.A.S.S.
Willimantic Library Service Center
1216 Main St.
Willimantic, CT 06226
(860)456-1717
800-253-7944
kgolden@cslib.org
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