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Practical guidance is the text's strong suit, enough theoretical bases are included to give the user an understanding of the whys behind the prescribed hows ...highly recommended for all libraries where staff interact with each other or a user group. Voya Review of UK edition: The book is eminently accessible, effectively laid-out and is organised in such a way as to attract both those who want to read it from cover to cover and those just wishing to dip into specific topicsssss Library Management Review of UK edition: This book is ideal, particularly for a new trainer requiring support in delivering training sessions or for experienced trainers seeking new inspiration. Sconul Newsletter Training Skills for Library Staff provides a set of ideas, tools and techniques to help library services trainers' deliver high-quality training events...It is comprehensively indexed and contains a bibliography of further reading and easily obtainable training resources, as well as a section on continuing professional development aimed at extending the trainer's own competence. It would be a valuable resource in the library of training organizations as well as any library investing time and money in training programmes. Library Review Teaching is a skill that can be learned, as is designing appropriate training experiences for library staff. And this book can help...The book does not have to be read from front to back to be useful as it is constructed to be dipped into as needed...By using the methods recommended in Training Skills for Library Staff, library trainers could create training that is better suited to perceived needs, and the library can therefore reap real benefits from its scarce training dollars. Techknow Provides new ideas, tools, and techniques on training in the field of information and library services...Moran's presentation is readable and easily accessible. New and experienced trainers will find inspiration here. Booklist, 12/1/2003 Review of UK edition: The book is eminently accessible, effectively laid-out and is organised in such a way as to attract both those who want to read it from cover to cover and those just wishing to dip into specific topics Library Management

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Barbara Moran is professor at the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Barbara Allan is a Senior Lecturer in student learning and management learning at the Hull University Business School, UK.

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