The acceleration of technological change and the organizational change occurring in libraries is making the development of training programs an essential ingredient in organizational success.
Training can develop skills, knowledge, understanding and attitudes.
With training it is possible to develop new skills in old or long-term staff. Skills training will bring the competencies of individuals up to desired standards for present or future work assignments. Before embarking on an ambitious training program, start by determining whether a training need exists and perform a training needs analysis. Effective skills training depends upon careful identification by supervisors and managers of problems to be solved through training. An example of a simple situation might be where a library purchases a number of new computers.