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G2S Project Code: 2022-TX-92305
State: Texas
Fiscal Year: 2022
Grantee
Texas State Library & Archives Commission

Project Director
Director Name: Katherine Adelberg
Director Phone: 512-463-5475
Director Email: kadelberg@tsl.texas.gov
General Information
Title: Continuing Education and Consulting
State Project Code: LDN19/21/23
Start Date: 09/01/2022
End Date: 08/31/2023
Abstract: In order to increase the capacity of the workforce in Texas libraries, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission provides a variety of general continuing education opportunities, both in-person, and via webinars and online courses. In addition, the agency maintains a statewide paid partnership with OCLC WebJunction and other memberships/partnerships to provide other services such as captioning. A total of 71 trainings were provided with an attendance of 6,257. Of that number, a variety of general training on topics of interest to library staff working with youth and teens was offered. Training was provided in synchronous and asynchronous mode, through webinars and online courses. Nine trainings were offered to 2,289 attendees on topics related to youth services.
State Goal: Goal 5: Texans will receive effective library services
Budget Information
LSTA
MATCH-State
MATCH-Other
Total
$640,708.35
$85,607.69
$0.00
$726,316.04
Intent(s)
Improve the library workforce.
Library Infrastructure & Capacity
Continuing Education and Staff Development
Activities
Activity Details
Title: Training Resources
Narrative: The Texas State Library participates as a statewide partner with WebJunction, offering Texas Iibraries access to WebJunction's free online courses and webinars. WebJunction courses and webinars were accessed 2,323 times during the program period by local Texas public libraries. The Texas State Library also procures a Learning Management System, access to webinar platforms to deliver and archive training produced in-house, and live captioning to improve webinar accessibility.
Intent: Improve the library workforce.

Activity: Content
Mode: Acquisition
Format: Digital


Quantity
Number of hardware acquired: 0
Number of software acquired: 4
Number of licensed databases acquired: 1
Number of print materials (books & government documents) acquired: 0
Number of electronic materials acquired: 0
Number of audio/visual units (audio discs, talking books, other recordings) acquired: 0


Partner Information
Organization Type of Partner Organization(s):
Libraries: No
Historical Societies or Organizations: No
Museums: No
Archives: No
Cultural Heritage Organization Multi-type: No
Preschools: No
Schools: No
Adult Education: No
Human Service Organizations: No
Other: No


Legal Type of Partner Organization(s):
Federal Government: No
State Government: No
Local Government (excluding school districts): No
School District: No
Non-Profit: No
Private Sector: No
Tribe/Native Hawaiian Organization: No


Beneficiaries
Is the activity directed at the library workforce: Yes
For a targeted group or for the general population: General


Locale
Is the activity state-wide: Yes
Specific Locations: No
Library Types
Public Libraries: 520
Academic Libraries: 0
SLAA: 1
Consortia: 0
Special Libraries: 0
School Libraries: 0
Other: 0
Question 1: I am satisfied that the resource is meeting library needs.
Strongly Agree: 0
Agree: 0
Neither Agree nor Disagree: 0
Disagree: 0
Strongly Disagree: 0
Non-Response: 0
Question 2: Applying the resource will help improve library services to the public.
Strongly Agree: 0
Agree: 0
Neither Agree nor Disagree: 0
Disagree: 0
Strongly Disagree: 0
Non-Response: 0
Activity Details
Title: General Library Staff Training
Narrative: In order to increase the capacity of Texas library staff, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission regularly provides continuing education opportunities on a variety of topics, both in­ person, and via webinars and online courses. New this year was a 10-month training series for new public library directors in which directors from 94 public libraries participated. A total of 248 CE hours was earned by program attendees.
Intent: Improve the library workforce.

Activity: Instruction
Mode: Presentation/performance
Format: Combined in-person & virtual


Quantity
Presentation/performance length (minutes): 60
Number of presentations/performances administered: 71
Average number in attendance per session: 88


Partner Information
Organization Type of Partner Organization(s):
Libraries: No
Historical Societies or Organizations: No
Museums: No
Archives: No
Cultural Heritage Organization Multi-type: No
Preschools: No
Schools: No
Adult Education: No
Human Service Organizations: No
Other: No


Legal Type of Partner Organization(s):
Federal Government: No
State Government: No
Local Government (excluding school districts): No
School District: No
Non-Profit: No
Private Sector: No
Tribe/Native Hawaiian Organization: No


Beneficiaries
Is the activity directed at the library workforce: Yes
For a targeted group or for the general population: General


Locale
Is the activity state-wide: Yes
Specific Locations: No
Library Types
Public Libraries: 518
Academic Libraries: 0
SLAA: 1
Consortia: 0
Special Libraries: 0
School Libraries: 0
Other: 0
Activity Details
Title: Youth Services Library Staff Training
Narrative: In order to increase the capacity of Texas library staff working with youth, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission regularly provided continuing education opportunities, both in-person and via webinars and online courses. In state fiscal year 2023, 2,289 Texas Library staff attended 9 youth services CE courses and webinars. Additionally, funds were allocated to support Family Place program training for 18 library staff from 9 libraries around Texas. Family Place staff traveled to Texas to deliver the training in person at the Buda Public Library, a previous TSLAC Family Place grant recipient. The training, along with state-funded Family Place materials grants, will allow libraries to be knowledgeable when developing Family Place spaces and programming at their local library. Participating libraries can also expect three years of follow-up and support from the Middle Country Public Library(MCPL) following the training. Funds also supported the training of 14 library staff from 11 previously participating libraries that had added new children's staff during the program period. A total of 32 library staff members were trained during one session this year.
Intent: Improve the library workforce.

Activity: Instruction
Mode: Presentation/performance
Format: Combined in-person & virtual


Quantity
Presentation/performance length (minutes): 200
Number of presentations/performances administered: 9
Average number in attendance per session: 254


Partner Information
Organization Type of Partner Organization(s):
Libraries: No
Historical Societies or Organizations: No
Museums: No
Archives: No
Cultural Heritage Organization Multi-type: No
Preschools: No
Schools: No
Adult Education: No
Human Service Organizations: No
Other: No


Legal Type of Partner Organization(s):
Federal Government: No
State Government: No
Local Government (excluding school districts): No
School District: No
Non-Profit: No
Private Sector: No
Tribe/Native Hawaiian Organization: No


Beneficiaries
Is the activity directed at the library workforce: Yes
For a targeted group or for the general population: General


Locale
Is the activity state-wide: Yes
Specific Locations: No
Library Types
Public Libraries: 518
Academic Libraries: 0
SLAA: 0
Consortia: 0
Special Libraries: 0
School Libraries: 0
Other: 0
Activity Details
Title: General Consulting
Narrative: Library Consultants regularly offered consulting information on a variety of general library-oriented topics, including library management, statistics, and operations. Consulting was offered via phone, email, and in person. In state fiscal year 2023, TSLAC consultants had 380 consulting transactions with Texas libraries.
Intent: Improve the library workforce.

Activity: Instruction
Mode: Consultation/drop-in/referral
Format: Combined in-person & virtual


Quantity
Total number of consultation/reference transactions: 380
Average number of consultation/reference transactions per month: 32


Partner Information
Organization Type of Partner Organization(s):
Libraries: No
Historical Societies or Organizations: No
Museums: No
Archives: No
Cultural Heritage Organization Multi-type: No
Preschools: No
Schools: No
Adult Education: No
Human Service Organizations: No
Other: No


Legal Type of Partner Organization(s):
Federal Government: No
State Government: No
Local Government (excluding school districts): No
School District: No
Non-Profit: No
Private Sector: No
Tribe/Native Hawaiian Organization: No


Beneficiaries
Is the activity directed at the library workforce: Yes
For a targeted group or for the general population: General


Locale
Is the activity state-wide: Yes
Specific Locations: No
Library Types
Public Libraries: 520
Academic Libraries: 0
SLAA: 0
Consortia: 0
Special Libraries: 0
School Libraries: 0
Other: 0
Project Outcomes
Project Outcomes
List any important outcomes or findings not previously reported:
Participants in many trainings or online courses for general topics completed exit evaluations to rate their experience and provide input on whether these trainings would help them improve library service. Ratings were on a 1 to 5 scale, with 1.0 being poor and 5.0 being excellent. Overall ratings for whether the general CE trainings would help participants improve library service averaged 4.52 out of a possible 5.0. Participants in training on Youth Services topics completed exit evaluations to rate their experience and provide input on whether these trainings would help them improve library service. Ratings were on a 1 to 5 scale, with 1.0 being poor and 5.0 being excellent. Overall ratings for whether the trainings would help participants improve library services averaged 4.92 out of a possible 5.0.
Please briefly describe the importance of these outcomes and findings for future program planning:
Not applicable.
Explain one or two of the most significant lessons learned for others wanting to adopt any facets of this project:
Not applicable.
Do you anticipate continuing this project after the current reporting period ends:
Yes
Do you anticipate any change in level of effort in managing this project:
Yes
Explain:
One position, the small library management consultant, was vacant for the full grant period. Once filled, the number and capacity of library workforce trainings will increase.
Do you anticipate changing the types of activities and objectives addressed by the project:
No
Explain:

Was an evaluation conducted for this project:
No
Was a final written evaluation report produced:
No
Can the final written evaluation report be shared publicly on the IMLS website:
No
Was the evaluation conducted by project staff (either SLAA or local library) or by a third-party evaluator:
Third-Party
What data collection tools were used for any report outcomes and outputs:
Did you collect any media for the data:
What types of methods were used to analyze collected data:
Other:
How were participants (or items) selected:
What type of research design did you use to compare the value for any reported output or outcome:
Exemplary: No
Exemplary Narrative
Project Tags: consulting, Family Place, early literacy