Author: Christine Quirion
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BCALA Selects Skilltype for Member Engagement and Training
BCALA and Skilltype partner to boost skill development for 1,000+ members, enhancing library services for African-American librarians.
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Nonprofit Annual Reviews Becomes Strategic Partner
Annual Reviews invests in Skilltype, enhancing tools that facilitate diverse and impactful training for information professionals.
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Skilltype and Technology from Sage Release Librarian Skills Landscape Report
Skilltype and Technology from Sage have released a new report that examines the librarian skills landscape and suggests development areas.
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What’s in a Name? Exploring the Word “Librarian” and What it Means
Exploring the nuanced definition of ‘librarian’, this piece delves into the shifting boundaries of the profession in the digital era, challenging traditional views.
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University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries Signs Multi-Year Agreement With Skilltype For Talent Management
Skilltype partners with Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Libraries to enhance talent management and professional development, leveraging innovative, data-driven solutions to advance strategic goals and elevate the library experience for the academic community.
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Skilltype Database Surpasses 11,000 Trainings, Including Library Juice Academy
In response to the evolving trends and interests exhibited by libraries and users on our platform, the Skilltype community now enjoys access to a repository of more than 11,000 items, including resources from our new partnership with Library Juice Academy.
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Long Life Learning for Libraries
Facilitating the ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge that helps people to through lifelong learning is part of librarians’ career DNA. Lifelong learning is core to the mission of academic and public libraries of any shape or size. This makes libraries a natural home for long-life learning as well.
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Strengthening Librarianship: Community, Networks, and Pods
What does “creating community” mean? How can someone be an “expert” at creating community? I asked myself this question as I read the announcement that I had joined Skilltype, and wondered how else I could describe what I love doing, what I’m good at doing, and why I feel it is so important, especially in…
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Playing an Active Role in Upskilling and Reskilling
For libraries to undertake the comprehensive programs of upskilling and reskilling needed to adapt to this new reality, such as those described in “Reskilling in the Age of AI” in this month’s Harvard Business Review, leaders, managers, and employees must be fully involved.
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Implementing Data-Driven Organizational Development at Washington University in St. Louis
Associate University Librarian Jackie Lorrainne, representing Washington University Libraries, and Christine Quirion, COO of Skilltype, continued the discussion sparked by their presentation at the CNI Spring 2023 Membership Meeting.