{"id":1575,"date":"2019-06-12T09:01:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T15:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/?page_id=1575"},"modified":"2025-11-04T08:58:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:58:53","slug":"library-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/library-how-to\/library-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Parkland provides a wide variety of training opportunities to library staff, managers and board trustees. We offer regular in-person and virtual learning opportunities, an annual conference, and on demand training. For information or to schedule a training session please email <a href=\"mailto:libraryservices@prl.ab.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">libraryservices@prl.ab.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For ongoing training please view our <a href=\"https:\/\/my.nicheacademy.com\/prl-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parkland Staff Training Academy<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the topics we provide training on include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/prl.ab.ca\/about-us\/advocacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Advocacy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/library-how-to\/ordering-items\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Collection Development<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/my.nicheacademy.com\/prl\/course\/3401\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/my.nicheacademy.com\/prl\/course\/3401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Computer Basics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/my.nicheacademy.com\/prl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Customer Service<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/services\/information-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cybersecurity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/library-how-to\/e-resource-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eContent Use and Awareness<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/services\/advocacy-communications-marketing-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marketing and Community Engagement<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/my.nicheacademy.com\/prl?category=6114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Office (Team, Outlook, Word, Excel, Etc.)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/services\/library-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Council Training<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/services\/library-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Manager Orientation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/2024\/05\/07\/strategic-planning-for-your-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plan of Service: What it is and Why it&#8217;s Important<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/library-how-to\/polaris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polaris Adding Items and Magazines<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/library-how-to\/polaris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polaris Beyond the Basics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/library-how-to\/polaris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polaris For Beginners<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/library-how-to\/program-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Programming Getting Started<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/library-how-to\/ordering-items\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reference and Readers Advisory<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/services\/library-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roles and Responsibilities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdsummerreadingclub.ca\/about-the-club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Summer Reading Club<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/services\/library-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trustee Training<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/library-how-to\/ordering-items\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ordering New Materials (ULS, CVS, Overdrive, and Cloud Library)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PRLS-Library-Manager-Handbook.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PRLS-Library-Manager-Handbook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Library Managers Handbook<\/a> for more information on library funding, operations, collections, human resources, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need 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We offer regular in-person and virtual learning opportunities, an annual conference, and on demand training. For information or to schedule a training session please email libraryservices@prl.ab.ca. For ongoing training please view our Parkland Staff Training &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":266,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1575","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1575"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5707,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1575\/revisions\/5707"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}