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Building a culture of learning in our profession
Damian LodgeCSU
• Discussion todayo Organisational cultureo Learning cultureo Role of the library managero Role of library associationso Role of educators
• If we can understand where culture comes from and how it evolves, then we can grasp something that is abstract; that exists in a group’s unconscious, yet that has powerful influences on a group’s behaviour. (Schein, 2004, pg 15)
• Organisational culture has been argued as one the most powerful and stable forces operating in organisations and can influence a firm’s leadership, decision making, performance, internal development and strategic development
• The Role for Library Managerso Managers stated they promoted a learning
culture in their organisation by supporting staff to: Complete staff development opportunities Attend conferences Attend team building sessions Become involved in library planning Job role clarification / redesign Support further education for employees
Key characteristics of a learning organisation: • a corporate learning strategy; • participative policy making; • information technology harnessed to inform and empower people to ask
questions and take decisions based on available data; • formative accounting, where accounting systems are designed to assist
learning from decisions; • internal exchange; • flexibility is rewarded; • front-line workers are expected to be and are used as environmental
scanners; • inter-company learning takes place, where learning is not restricted to the
organisation, but extends to organisations which are suppliers, customers, or even competitors;
• a climate is created which supports learning; • self-development is for all members of the organisation.
Megginson and Pedler (1992)
• The role for Library Associationso Professional development
Training Conferences Short courses Is it compulsory? Related to membership?
o Formal education review Course recognition
o Setting goals and objectives Lead the profession in terms of the values and
beliefs that the profession see as important.
• The role for Educatorso Leading curriculumo Control the learning and pedagogical
approacheso Promote the value of lifelong learningo Build stronger links with the professiono Complete research that has direct applications
for the profession.
