We came, we saw, we are going to conquer scrap! Part of Indiana State Library's Best Practices in Training series for librarians who train library professionals and the public on topics like current trends, programs and services, soft skills, genealogy and history, online U.S. Census resources.

1. BestPracticesinTraining: Module2
Reducingscraplearning
inindianastatelibrarytrainings
Prepared by Emily Schaber, Indiana State Library
EmSchaber@library.IN.gov
May 16, 2016

2. We started with a bunch of random stuff.

3. Learnersselected
ONEITEMtoSYMBOLIZE
anapproachtheycoulduse
toREDUCESCRAPLEARNING
intheirtraining.

4. Here'swhattheyshared.

5. Stephanie
asberry,
supervisor,
genealogy
division
These SCISSORS will
help me CUT THROUGH
the junk
to get to THE
POINT
and let me SCRAPE DOWN to
what’s really important.

6. Sylviawatson,
agencycounsel
Find ways
to make the
material
more
interactive
so it
STICKS
LIKE
GLUE.

7. aNNAgOBEN,
EVERGREENINDIANA
COORDINATOR
ALLEVIATE
THE PAIN
by focusing
more specifically
on what they need
to know.
This PAIN
RELIEVER
will help me
discover the
PAIN
POINTS for
learners.
When I see the
physical cues that
they are
struggling. By
discovering the
PAIN POINTS I can

8. Conniebruder,associatedirectorofpublicservices
In Public
Services we
are
PROTECTING
our
information
and MAKING IT
AVAILABLE.
Thinking about
Active Shooter
Trainings, this
is something
you could use
as a weapon!

9. Kimbrown-harden,
northwestindianaregional
coordinator
I will use a MEASURING TAPE to measure how
engaged learners are in activities and how much they
are really getting.

10. Karenainslie,
publiclibraryconsultant
&Centralregionalcoordinator
With the HOT MITT, I’m
thinking about HOT TOPICS and
using learning objectives that we
return to at the end of the
training. Also, I’ve begun
incorporating quizzes into HOT
TOPIC trainings.

11. Suzannewalker,
supervisor,
professionaldevelopment
office
A STAPLER CONNECTS things together which
reminds me to allow learners time to process
the information and then share how they will
CONNECT it to their work.

12. With this
STRAINER,
I can PULL OUT
the VITAL
ELEMENTS and
keep a CRITICAL
EYE on
what to KEEP IN
and what to
LEAVE OUT.
Amber
painter,
Southwest
regional
coordinator

13. Beth yates,southeastregionalcoordinator
With the
STRAINER,
I can
FILTER OUT
from my
training
any of the
EXTRA
PARTS.

14. I chose the DOG
LEAD because I’m
thinking about
Paulanewcom,
northeastregional
coordinator
how far to
LENGTHEN
OR SHORTEN
the leash for
learners in
training.
(Or whether or not
to let them lead
you! - Beth Yates,
Southeast Regional
Coordinator)

15. Jenniferclifton,
publiclibraryconsultant
&LSTAGrantcoordinator
There are hundreds of types of
MULTI-VITAMINS that meet the
same needs. You need a vitamin,
like you need training, that meets
your BASIC NEEDS as well as
your SPECIFIC NEEDS.

16. Here'swhat'sleft:
Umbrella
Bottle opener
Tea
Wonder Woman magnet
Socket wrench
Dental floss
Makeup brush
Salad tongs
The Book with No Pictures

17. Whichitemwould youusetoreducescrap?
Isthereonethatmight increasescrap?
Shareyourthoughtswithus!