Marathon Public Library Staff Technology Competencies

Information provided by Marathon Public Library in 2009 Wisconsin site visit, conducted as  part of the Libraries Connect Communities 3 study.

Expected Skills & Areas of Knowledge by Level of Employment

Skill/Knoweldge Area	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Basic Hardware	x	x	x	x
Windows Basic	x	x	x	x
Basic Word Processing	x	x	x	x
Groupwise Email Basics	x	x	x	x
Searching HIP (Horizon Information Portal)	x	x	x	x
Searching Staff PAC	x	x	x	x
Express Checkout Skills/Self Check	x	x	x	x
Groupwise-Calendaring	x	x	x	x
Basic Internet Explorer (IE)		x	x	x
Basic Spreadsheet		x	x	x
Computer Timing Software Skills		x	x	x
Making an OCLC Interlibrary Loan Request		x	x	x
Intermediate Hardware		x	x	x
Intermediate Word Processing			x	x
Intermediate Spreadsheet			x	x
Basic Desktop Publishing (Publisher)			x	x
Electronic Resources			x	x
Basic Troubleshooting			x	x
V-Cat reports			x	x
Electronic Ordering Using B&T- Title Source III			x	x
Basic Power Point				x
Basic Database Design				x
Basic Web Authoring- Using V-Deck				x
Basic Web Authoring-Using Blogs/Wikis & other tools				x

Level 1: Pages
Level 2: Clerical Assistants, Branch Assistants
Level 3: Library Assistants I, Branch Supervisors, Administrative Specialists, Confidential Office Assistant, Confidential Personnel Assistant
Level 4: Library Assistants II, Librarians, Managers, Personal Specialist, Business Specialist, Purchasing Coordinator

 

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