Regional User Groups
The IDS Project is very committed to the ongoing professional development of our members and the promotion of best practices in our member libraries. Over the past several years we have relied on our strong mentor program to provide direct on-site support of volunteer experts to each library that requests assistance. That mentor program has recently added new mentors. All our mentors participate in continual professional training under the leadership of our Coordinator of Mentors and Training, Christine Sisak from Nazareth College. The mentor program will remain a critical component of the IDS Project.
As IDS continues its membership growth (currently 73 libraries), and is also expanding its resource sharing services, we would like to provide an additional venue to support the adoption of best practices and development of professional skills by all member libraries and their staff. Therefore, in partnership with the
New York 3Rs, we are organizing three regional IDS Project Users Groups that will leverage the strengths of the mentor program with the extensive collective knowledge base of our members. Each user group will meet quarterly to provide training, facilitate discussion and problem solving, and most importantly build stronger interdependent relationships among members.
The User Groups are managed by Micquel Little from St. John Fisher College, the new Coordinator for User Groups.
Contact Micquel:
mlittle@sjfc.edu or 585-385-7340
For more information on upcoming User Group meetings, click on regions of the map above or click on the links below: