ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 355 Continuing Education— X I X Continuing Ed ucation Investments for Staff Development Benefits W hile much has been done to resolve the is­ sue, one can still hear an occasional debate over the distinction betw een continuing education and staff development. It s important to know there is a d ifferen ce and to understand what this dif­ ference means, but it is somewhat bothersom e that more attention is given to the difference than to the potential mutual benefits. Most people would agree that continuing edu­ cation is the general term with a more specific focus. Learning activities in this category are de­ signed specifically with the individual learner in mind— no matter what library he or she works in. Sta ff d ev elo p m en t, on the o th e r hand, is d e ­ signed with organizational needs in mind, and while the individual does benefit, the basic pur­ pose is to help him or her do a b e tter jo b . Con­ tinuing education and staff development merge at the point where the individual and the organiza­ tion benefit equally. This is w here a focus on mutual benefits can strengthen the general learn­ ing climate for all library personnel. Since libraries are not typically overburdened with re s o u rce s to launch fu ll-b lo w n sta ff d e ­ velopment programs with their own trainers and training coordinators, careful planning is a must to make the most of educational investments. At the same time, continuing education programers are constantly seeking dependable needs assess­ ment and an ongoing market for their activities. A productive mutual interest can be found in this condition, and it really hasn’t yet been plumbed for all of its potential. If management has a sound planning and com­ munication program in place, supervisory levels should be able to identify educational needs in th e ir d ep artm en ts that can b e m et extern ally through continuing education activities planned for the individual learner. To prime the library for an effective use of these external learning op­ portunities, supervisors should work with staff to identify the training needs that cannot be m et in­ ternally with current staff development programs. They can also locate a variety of alternatives that will m eet th e ir training o b je ctiv e s , d eterm in e w ith all key p e r so n n e l what th e d e p a rtm e n t should get out o f the external training invest­ ment, plan for dispersing the work load of the in­ dividual while he or she is at the learning activ­ ity, anticipate integrating the new skills after the learner has returned to the department, and set up a mechanism for sharing the learning with ap­ propriate colleagues as a follow-up to the learning experience. W ith this kind o f planning, any library can maximize the organizational utility of sending staff to continuing education activities that have been designed primarily for the benefit o f individual learners. For the continuing education develop­ ers, a management system that generates these prepared learners will also generate defined train­ ing needs that may well b e the basis o f many other learning activities for their consumers. Sound planning of this type can also strengthen the management function of training, which is a central focus in any human resource development program . C onsid ering that we spend from 60 percent to 90 percent o f our budgets on human resources in this labor-intensive profession; the opportunity to maximize continuing education in­ vestments for staff development benefits should b e c o m e m ore an issu e than p o in tin g out differences.—Jim Nelson. E d ito rs Note: Jim Nelson is assistant p rofessor o f library science in the University o f Wisconsin­ Extension Communication Programs an d in the University o f W isconsin-M adison School o f L i­ b rary Science. ■■ VALUABLE BOOKS FOR THE LIBRARY A LC H E M Y . Th e M edieval A lchem ists and th e ir Royal A rt by Jo ha n n es Fabricius. 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