University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Staff Development Committee.

The Staff Development Committee of the Academic Affairs Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is appointed by the Library's director and charged with coordinating training and development activities for Library staff, excluding orientation of new staff, microcomputer assistance, and training in computer searches. The committee was established in 1981.

The Library Staff Development Committee was created in 1981 under the administration of University Librarian James Govan. The committee's primary function, as stated in its charge, was to serve as a coordinating body for training and development activities of all sorts in the library system --excluding the orientation program for new employees, assistance to individuals using microcomputers, and training in computer searches. In addition, it was to be used as a means for identifying unmet training and development needs of staff members and for training staff in supervisory, managerial and other skills. The University Librarian appoints a chair to head the committee.