Self-guided learning

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Last updated: Apr 22, 2020
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See below for a list of tutorials, webinars, and similar content that may be pertinent to your work. These training materials are appropriate for any work-from-home hours.

 

Please keep a list of any of these you complete so you can report all self-guided learning to your supervisor.

General technology skills & workplace effectiveness

ElevateU

MSU HR uses the elevateU platform to offer tutorials in desktop applications and other work skills.

  • Log in via the link above (you will need to sign in with netID and password)

  • In the top right, click MSU Highlighted Programs and then Use Desktop Applications (see screenshot below)

  • Available tutorials include Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, OneNote, Windows 10, and more

     

MSU Worklife Office

The Worklife Office offers a number of free webinars, with recent topics oriented toward work-from-home skills and support.

https://worklife.msu.edu/webinars

Udemy

Temporarily free courses on an array of topics, including time management, goal setting, coding and design, etc.

https://www.udemy.com/courses/free/

Cataloging topics & training

  • ALCTS Continuing Education YouTube channel

    • offers free viewing of recent ALCTS webinars

    • playlists organized by topic, like “Special Collections Cataloging” and “Core Competencies for Acquisitions”

  • Library of Congress PCC Catalogers Learning Workshop

    • tons of slides, presentations, and training manuals on various topics, including LCSH, LC Classification, the new RDA, BIBFRAME, etc.

  • PCC NACO training

    • LC’s entire training course on NACO work; includes very detailed PPTs and worksheets divided into modules for different types of headings

  • OCLC AskQC (Ask Quality Control) webinars

    • OCLC Quality Control puts on a webinar each month of various topics. You can access the WebEx recordings, the presentation slides, and the summary notes and answers to questions for each topic.

    • The March 2020 topic was Punctuation updates and policies and covers the implementation of the new PCC guidelines on minimally punctuated records. (Scroll to bottom of page.)

 

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