"The most important resource of the TriUniversity Group of Libraries is its staff. It is their expertise, dedication and commitment to service that have made the collaboration both possible and successful."
- The University Librarians

Appendix A: TUG Staff Development Opportunities, 1995-2001

TUG Event Content Date Location Facilitator
Successfully Managing Change in Collaborative Environments Discuss the process of change and collaboration between three institutions June 1-2,1995 Waterloo Richard Dougherty
Collaborating in a Changing Environment Circulation collaboration Nov 8, 1995 WLU Susan Routliffe, Heather Martin
Voyager Software Training Training: 12 member Prototyping team prepare for functional testing prior to product acceptance July 14-15, 1997 Guelph Linda Teather, Donna Smith (Endeavor)
Voyager Software Training Training for functional managers/trainers to prepare for going live Sept 8-11, 1997 Guelph Linda Cracknell, Donna Smith (Endeavor)
Online discussion concerning collection development issues Collection development and co-operation, collaboration, partnering Dec 1-14, 1997 Online Milton T. Wolf, VP for Collection Programs at Centre for Research Libraries
Collaborative Collections Management and Development Workshop Values; vision; issues; constraints; obstacles; principles; needs assessment; hypothetical project development Feb 16-17, 1998 UW George Soete
TUG Collections Group meeting Roles and responsibilities of TUG Collections group; membership; projects; next steps; debriefing from Soete workshop Feb 18, 1998 Guelph TUG ULs and TUG IR (Information Resources Librarians)
Voyager Software Training Training for functional managers/supervisors to introduce new software Aug 6-7, 1998 WLU Voyager Project Management Group/Jana Fast (Endeavor)
TUG Science and Engineering Librarians Meeting Product demonstration, Information sharing about liaison activities & user instruction activities April 16, 1999 June 25, 1999 Oct 29, 1999 Guelph WLU UW Anne Fullerton, Jim Brett, Mike Skelton
Cognos PowerPlay Training Introduction to PowerPlay; one for Acquisitions and Collections stats users, and one for Circ and Cataloguing April 1999 UW Gail Sperling
Managing Educational Services: Teaching & Learning in Libraries

Creating, sustaining, managing, marketing & evaluating the Learning Environment

May 28, 1999 Guelph Turfgrass Institute Betsy Wilson, Assoc Dir. for Research & Instruction. Services U of Washington
Cognos PowerPlay Training In-depth Cognos/PowerPlay training June 1999 UW Gail Sperling, Jack Cooper (IST, UW)