Training and travel

Accessibility tips

Accessibility tips are pointers, practices and microlessons that create a supportive and positive environment. These are particularly meaningful for those with disabilities or neurodivergence.

Accounts payable

Employee reimbursements, event budget guidance, event food policy, invoices, mileage and parking, travel

Conference and training costs

Summary of what MCL pays for

Conference information

Information about conferences that MCL supports

How to present at a conference

Presenting at a conference is a great way to grow professionally and to share your work. Follow this process to get your proposal approved by MCL before you submit it to the conference.

Information Services training resources

Tips, checklist, coaching resources, databases and

Learning and Organizational Development (L+OD)

We are the hub for all staff learning and training at MCL, collaborating with you to provide learning solutions.

Local/virtual training request

Form for local or online training or event that does not require an overnight stay.

MCL travel, training and conferences

This site has all the information about attending conferences, webinars, trainings and seminars for both local and out of state events.

Mileage - monthly expense report form

Library MONTHLY Mileage Report

Mileage and parking reimbursement

Commuting milage, mileage report form, submission due dates, reimbursement

Multnomah County Staff Academy

The first stop for self-paced learning about work at MCL.

Overnight travel and training request form

Form for any training or event that you would like to attend that requires an overnight stay out of town.

P-cards

Applications and renewals, FAQs, gift cards, policies, recap sheets

Retreats

L+OD can help to plan and facilitate a retreat for your workgroup.

Staff Academy resources

MCL employees have access to self-paced tutorials on many work-related topics at the Multnomah County Library Staff Academy.

Storytime resources & training

Storytime goals, training, descriptions and more

Symphony training videos

Training videos related to Symphony.

Technical competencies

These competencies were created by pulling together employees throughout the organization, in most classifications, to detail the work they do on a day-to-day basis

Training and conference attendance requests

Information on how to sign up for training and conferences

Training for YS

Youth Service TrainingThe following is a list of all youth related workshops developed by Multnomah County Library, for whom it's aimed and who are the current trainers.  Please send...

Travel expense and time entry guidelines

More detailed information about what is paid when traveling

Using library pool vehicles

Guidelines for reserving shared vehicles that live at the Library Operations Center