Core Competencies or Why WebJunction drives me mad....

I'll be the first to admit that there are some great things stashed away in the deep dark recesses of the WebJunction quagmire. And I'll also give them some love for the improvements they've made lately with the interface. It is a lot better than it used to be. I can now tolerate the site for more than five minutes.

But....I just came across this useful sounding document entitled Developing Competencies Worksheet. It sounds so promising, doesn't it? And yet, it is so not useful. Why do they put stuff like this in WebJunction. So much of the stuff there is not worth the time it takes to pull it up on the screen (if you're lucky enough to find it in the first place).

The good news is that help is on the way if what you were hoping to find was some good information on developing core competencies for your library.

Sarah Houghton-Jan did a program at the California Library Association last year called Tech Training for Staff: California Tech Core Competencies and she's made her PPT available which is inifinitely more useful than the link from WebJunction. Even better is that Sarah is authoring an issue of Library Technology Reports on the topic of creating and implementing them. Watch for it here.