Spring 1996 OMS Training Institutes

March 11-13, Chicago, IL
Facilitation Skills Institute
Participants will learn how to become skilled in-house facilitators
who can assume key roles within their work units and other groups to
assist in producing better quality team/group results.  Topics will
include: skills for effective facilitation; group dynamics and group
process; facilitative versus controlling leadership; managing
meetings; dealing with difficult behaviors in groups; and
problem-solving and decision-making methods.  Each participant will
have an opportunity to practice facilitation skills.  $350 ARL
Members, $420 Nonmembers

March 20-22, Baltimore, MD
Training Skills Institute:  Managing the Learning Process
This program will follow a five-stage model to prepare participants to
design and conduct effective training programs.  Participants will
learn how to analyze needs, develop learning objectives, design a
curriculum, select methods, deliver training, and evaluate outcomes.
The program will include a practicum experience.  $400 ARL Members,
$475 Nonmembers

April 22-25, San Antonio, TX
Library Management Skills Institute I:  The Manager
This institute will explore and develop a range of concepts and
techniques associated with effective management so that the individual
will broaden his/her ability to function and to contribute to the
organization.  The focus will be on the individual and the
individual's relationship to the library organization as a whole,
including relationships to peers, direct reports, and supervisors.
Through feedback tools and learning experiences, participants have an
opportunity to reflect on their current approach to managerial and
leadership responsibilities.  $490 ARL Members, $550 Nonmembers

May 20-24, Philadelphia, PA
Library Management Skills Institute II:  The Management Process
This intensive 5-day program will use a simulated library workplace,
in the framework of the learning organization model, to focus on the
individual's ability to have a positive influence on the overall
performance of the organization.  Emphasis will be placed on building
and attaining proficiency in the skills of observation, diagnosis and
planning so that participants will become more effective in solving
organizational problems and in recognizing organizational
opportunities.  $695 ARL Members, $745 Nonmembers

For further information and registration, please contact Christine
Seebold, OMS Training Program Assistant (cseebold@cni.org).

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ARL 182
A Bimonthly Newsletter of Research Library Issues and Actions
Association of Research Libraries
October 1995