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Professional Development Plan - Emily Ledbetter
Professional Development Plan - Emily Ledbetter
LIS 635
Professional Development Plan
Part 1 - Plan for Instruction: Who Do you Plan to Teach
Title of Workshop/Training Session: The Filing Cabinet in the Cloud: How to Digitize Your
Documents
Audience: This class is open to all library card holding patrons 16 years of age or older for
registration.
Setting: This class can be offered at any Charlotte Mecklenburg library branch that has a
computer lab. The first class will be held in the computer lab of the Main Library branch on July
20 from 6:00-7:30pm. The preferred group size would be around 10 people.
Purpose for instruction: The purpose of this class is to teach attendees how to create digital
copies of their documents, organize them, and access them from multiple devices using cloud
based storage.
Needs of the learners: This class will be taught in English. If the class receives positive feedback,
we will look at training bilingual staff members to lead the class in other languages. Although,
the class allows anyone aged 16 or older to participate in the class, we expect the age range will
be around 18-35, as these would be tech literate adults who would benefit from digitally filing
their documents. While we expect most people will be interested in digitizing receipts, bills, and
school/work documents, we also intend on demonstrating how to digitize and file photographs as
well.
Instructional objectives: Participants will learn how to create a free Dropbox account, create
digital copies of their documents, how to save already digital files, organize these digital
documents in an easy to navigate format, and how to access these files from different devices.
Rationale: Living in an increasingly digital age, institutions are moving toward providing
documents in digital formats to save on paper and mailing costs. Having some paper documents
and some digital documents can be extremely confusing when you’re trying to find something
specific, especially if you can’t recall if what you’re looking for was digital or physical. While
you could print out your digital documents, the expense of paper and ink adds up, as does the
physical space the documents take up. By digitizing documents, you are able to free up space and
easily search your files if they are labeled and organized well. Additionally, digital documents
stored in the cloud can be accessed from multiple devices meaning you can don’t need to bring a
document with you physically to view it.