Evaluation of 2004

Both the ANLTC Evaluation Review and the Library Staff Survey were considered when evaluating 2004. The committee members worked in groups and looked at the programme and the operation of ANLTC in terms of what worked, what didn’t work so well and possible solutions/changes

Worked	Didn’t Work So Well	Possible Solutions/Changes
Good take up rate on courses	Timing and location is an issue Two day events can be difficult in terms of cost, venues etc. Day events can be very compressed	Joint QUB and UL event Events near public transport QUB & UU to offer different type of event More regional events More co-operative events Min. length of three hours for half day and 6 hours for full day event Three day events over three months similar to management skills
Good range and spread of very topical subjects	People reported not enough practicals	Ensure we incorporate courses with strong practical skills e.g. cataloguing etc.
Evaluations rated courses very highly	Not sure if evaluation form is yielding the data we want, possibly people need more time to reflect on their learning experiences	Evaluation form – move open questions to before tick boxes Encourage writing of internal reports on courses—have a standard template Identify top five topics for new courses Explore personal development plans (will come under PDMS)
Having specific roles helped get things done	Roles were very time consuming	Rotate roles Have a vice-chairperson Assign CPD to the CPD sub-group for the present
Administration of events worked	Administration time consuming	Possibility of administrative support Business plan to acquire additional support Share events, /regional,/ collaborative, repeat cycle over two years Comm. Members get support from colleague
Presenters were favourably received and staff from ANLTC member libraries got the opportunity to present on occasions.	Bringing trainers over from UK is expensive Training rooms were not satisfactory occasionally	Agree training rates Foster the skills and knowledge in our staff to design and deliver courses.
Cost effective
The programme seems to fit into overall organistational staff development		Ensure our HR or other relevant department in our individual institutions is made aware of ANLTC activity
Survey got high response rate and yields useful data		Use survey data to inform planning
Our various links e.g. with CONUL and DepLIS heightened our visibility	Were not able to accommodate outside institutions requesting membership	Support other higher education organisations in setting up similar initiatives to ANLTC
Website was a very effective tool both for online programme and for marketing		Have full summary programme up by Christmas Indicate course level – target audience
Logo was developed
Celebrated 100^th event
LA Award was run	Poor take up on LA award	Invite current winner to visit our libraries (costs borne by ANLTC) to talk to LA’s about how she went about applying for award and telling about her visit to University of Phnom Pen Extend the award to group submissions
ANLTC was a useful forum for ourselves

Helen Fallon

13^th October 2005