Professional Development Resources for Librarians: Toolkits

ACRL Toolkits 

Titles include:

• Diversity Standards Toolkit
• Marketing @ Your Library
• Advocacy Toolkit

Note: See additional ALA-affiliated toolkits on the American Library Association (ALA) page of this guide.

Project Outcome is a free online toolkit designed to help public libraries understand and share the impact of essential library programs and services by providing simple surveys and an easy-to-use process for measuring and analyzing outcomes.

Project Outcome is managed by ALA's PLA with funding supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation among many other organizations and includes:

• Patron surveys.
• Survey Portal to collect their outcomes.
• Ready-made reports.
• Visually interactive Data Dashboards for analyzing the data.
• Resources for taking surveys to taking actions using the results.

Formerly known as "Gail's Toolkit," the DigitalLearn website is now your “one-stop shop” for computer and technology training. Whether you help learners find and use online training, provide individual instruction, or need to teach a class, our growing collection of topics and tools are here to help you.

There are 30+ courses to choose from.  Courses include:

• Internet Basics
• Mobile Device Basics (iOS and Android)
• 2010 Word: Editing Tools
• eBay Basics

Supporting materials vary by course but typically contain:

• Instructor's Guide/Design Document
• Activity Sheet
• Handouts
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Practice Files

See also:

• New York Public Library's TechConnect for handouts to their tech courses in many languages.