Management Track
Wednesday, January 26
This track is geared toward management best practices in libraries.
Wednesday, January 26
This track is geared toward management best practices in libraries.
10:30 a.m. - Managerial Leadership: Leading from the Middle
Before libraries can successfully combat the many external challenges they face, they need to be strong internally. The long-term success of libraries has to start from within. This webinar will focus on three critical areas where managers can fortify themselves, their staff, and their organizations’ culture. The current revolution in libraries requires leaders with the confidence to lead from any position to create an environment in which employees are encouraged to support each other and establish healthy organizations.
Participants Will:
- Destroy leadership myths that are pervasive within the library profession
- Examine how library directors can encourage emergent leaders to take on surfacing leadership deficits
- Address the need for healthy leaders to create healthy organizations
Felton Thomas, Jr., Director, Cleveland Public Library
Before libraries can successfully combat the many external challenges they face, they need to be strong internally. The long-term success of libraries has to start from within. This webinar will focus on three critical areas where managers can fortify themselves, their staff, and their organizations’ culture. The current revolution in libraries requires leaders with the confidence to lead from any position to create an environment in which employees are encouraged to support each other and establish healthy organizations.
Participants Will:
- Destroy leadership myths that are pervasive within the library profession
- Examine how library directors can encourage emergent leaders to take on surfacing leadership deficits
- Address the need for healthy leaders to create healthy organizations
Felton Thomas, Jr., Director, Cleveland Public Library
1 p.m. - Tools in Disaster Response for Libraries Adapted from Emergency Management
Helping a community return to normalcy as quickly as possible after a disaster requires planning and adaptability to the crisis at hand. This presentation will introduce you to disaster response and recovery tools adopted from Emergency Management that are designed to help libraries rebound from disasters quickly, and restore library services more rapidly than ever.
Participants Will:
- Ascertain the concept of situational awareness.
- Create disaster tools and templates that should be completed before a disaster
- Learn how to develop The Incident Action Plan
Michele Stricker, Deputy State Librarian, New Jersey State Library
Helping a community return to normalcy as quickly as possible after a disaster requires planning and adaptability to the crisis at hand. This presentation will introduce you to disaster response and recovery tools adopted from Emergency Management that are designed to help libraries rebound from disasters quickly, and restore library services more rapidly than ever.
Participants Will:
- Ascertain the concept of situational awareness.
- Create disaster tools and templates that should be completed before a disaster
- Learn how to develop The Incident Action Plan
Michele Stricker, Deputy State Librarian, New Jersey State Library
2:30 p.m. - Welcome Aboard: Planning for New Employee Success
You hired a new employee but now have the daunting task of training. Before panic sets in, let’s talk about setting up onboarding practices! Onboarding is how you thoughtfully integrate your new employee into your library. In this session, we will explore tools and tips for best supporting the success of your new hires while making the process efficient and effective. We will review onboarding toolkits and checklists as well as the various phases of onboarding. The goal is to create a successful and manageable training program for you and your new employee!
Participants Will:
- Learn the concept of onboarding
- Review toolkits and checklists in the onboarding process
- Create a manageable onboarding training program
Emily Rogers, Deputy Director, Brown County Library
You hired a new employee but now have the daunting task of training. Before panic sets in, let’s talk about setting up onboarding practices! Onboarding is how you thoughtfully integrate your new employee into your library. In this session, we will explore tools and tips for best supporting the success of your new hires while making the process efficient and effective. We will review onboarding toolkits and checklists as well as the various phases of onboarding. The goal is to create a successful and manageable training program for you and your new employee!
Participants Will:
- Learn the concept of onboarding
- Review toolkits and checklists in the onboarding process
- Create a manageable onboarding training program
Emily Rogers, Deputy Director, Brown County Library