Impact: SLA Leadership & Management Division Blog

Library of the Future: Conversations in the Round

Discovery in the Round - Tuesday, June 15 - Noon-1:30pm
Convention Center, R08

Asked many questions about their libraries, our panelists reveal what will be required for the successful library of the future. Using the format of the popular TV quiz show To Tell the Truth, this session will allow attendees to question panelists and try to determine which one is the director of the “Library of the Future.” Through their answers, the panelists will reveal what will be required for the successful library of the future.

Moderator:
Donna Scheeder, Congressional Research Service

Panelist:
Monica Ertel, Bain
Rebecca Jones, Dysart & Jones Associates
James King, National Institutes of Health Library

Program listing spreadsheet & 2-page handout available on LMD wiki
Or see page 61 of the SLA 2010 Conference Guide

Negotiating Up: Achieving Your Goals with Internal Clients.

LMD SPOTLIGHT SESSION - Tuesday, June 15 - 8:00-9:30am
Convention Center, La Louisianne Ballroom

Effectively managing your relationships is a major stepping-stone for career advancement and satisfaction. Mary Ellen Bates has developed techniques and strategies for successful negotiations in a wide range of settings. In this session presents strategies and tools for working with internal clients and negotiating with senior leadership. As a Spotlight selection, this session will be part of the 2010 Virtual Component.

Speaker:
Mary Ellen Bates

Co-sponsored with KM, GOV, NEWS divisions. This session serves as a partner session with a contract negotiation session that BNF will host on Wednesday.

Sponsor: Dialog/Proquest

Program listing spreadsheet & 2-page handout available on LMD wiki
Or see page 53 of the SLA 2010 Conference Guide

Evolving Roles: Conversations in the Round

LMD Co-sponsoring with News & KM - Monday, June 14 - 4:00-5:30pm
Convention Center, Room R08

In our chaotic world everything changes at lightening speed and our roles within our organizations and communities are quickly evolving to adapt. Hear from practitioners involved in knowledge management, news and leadership. Join the conversation about new skills necessary to survive, finding and responding to opportunities, and making an impact with decision-makers.

Moderated by: Leigh Montgomery,The Christian Science Monitor

Speakers:
Cindy Hill, Information Consulting
Karen Huffman, National Geographic Society

Program listing spreadsheet & 2-page handout available on LMD wiki
Or see page 46 of the SLA 2010 Conference Guide

Rise of the Knowledge Librarian

LMD Co-sponsoring with News & KM - Monday, June 14 - 2:00-3:30pm
Convention Center, Room R06

Knowledge sharing strategies and Roles - Based on their KMWorld article, Feb 2009, “The future of the future: the rise of the knowledge librarian”, Art Murray & Ken Wheaton look at knowledge sharing roles and opportunities.This interactive session provides the opportunity to ask questions about knowledge-sharing strategies and the roles that are developing to enhance the ways workplaces share information and expertise.

Speakers:
Art Murray, Chief Fellow, George Washington University Institute for Knowledge & Innovation, & Co-Founder, The Enterprise of the Future Program

Ken Wheaton, Web Services Librarian, Alaska State Court Law Library.

Program listing spreadsheet & 2-page handout available on LMD wiki
Or see page 44 of the SLA 2010 Conference Guide

LMD Business Meeting & Afternoon Tea

LMD Business Meeting - Monday, June 14 - 2:00-3:30pm
Ticketed Event #439, $25  -  Convention Center room 206

Network with other Leadership & Management Division members and hear about events of the past year. The LMD Board will also announce the 2010 recipient of the Karen J. Switt award.

Afterward join us as we engage in a dialogue with two Louisiana State University MLIS students as they talk about their visions for their futures.

Sponsors:
Basch/Prenax Subscriptions
Karen J. Switt award: C. Berger Group

Program listing spreadsheet & 2-page handout available on LMD wiki
Or see page 44 of the SLA 2010 Conference Guide

Consultant's Toolkit: Tips, Techniques & Words of Wisdom.

Consultants Section event - Monday, June 14 10:00-11:30am
Convention Center, Room 203

A panel, members of the Leadership and Management Division’s Consulting Section and the Association of Independent Information Professionals, will share their knowledge and answer questions from the audience. This session will be a must for anyone who is considering starting a consulting practice as well as those who are experienced consultants, because there is always more to learn. (Consultants Section)

Moderated By: Jill Hurst-Wahl, Hurst Associates, Ltd. & Syracuse University

Speaker(s):
Jan Sykes, Information Management Services, Inc.
Marcy Phelps, Phelps Research
Margaret King, InfoRich Group, Inc.
Deborah Wynot, Library Consultants, L.L.C.

All LMD Programs on spreadsheet & 2-page handout available on LMD wiki
Or see page 38 of the SLA 2010 Conference Guide

- Patricia Cia, Director, Leadership & Management Division

Your Personal Brand & Social Media

LMD Spotlight Session - Monday, June 14 8:00-9:30am
Convention Center, La Louisiane Ballroom

Kim Dority and Scott Brown discuss the use of social media tools in the promotion and development of your personal and professional brand.

Curious about why and how to use social media tools in the promotion and development of your personal and professional brand? The panel will describe the info pro's evolving role in this century's work environment. The classic environment of being an employee within an organization may be giving way to a more multifaceted approach to information careers, one where info pros may pursue traditional employment, project work, consulting practices, and other revenue-producing alternatives, either sequentially or in some simultaneous combination, throughout their careers. This new workforce has a different set of skills, competencies and expectations of "work". As new technologies emerge, they can be used to market our expertise, monitor and track trends, and enhance information and knowledge services. As Spotlight selection, will be part of the 2010 Virtual Component.

Speakers:
Scott Brown, Social Information Group
Kim Dority, J.K. Dority & Associates Inc

Sponsor: Dialog/Proquest

Program listing spreadsheet & 2-page handout available on LMD wiki
Or see page 38 of the SLA 2010 Conference Guide

- Patricia Cia, Director, Leadership & Management Division

Spring issue of NewsBrief now available!

http://providence.libguides.com/RI-SLA-Newsbrief

Thanks, Julie.

Our 2010 Vendor Partners - Thank you!

Thank you to our 2010 Vendor Partners who are helping us provide quality events at the SLA 2010 Annual Conference in New Orleans. Our spotlight sessions will also be available through this year's Virtual Component of the conference.

This year we would like to thank:

• EBSCO - Open House (Sunday)
• Dialog/Proquest- Spotlight sessions: Your Personal Brand (Monday) ; Negotiating Up (Tuesday)
• BSTAmerica- Content Buying Round Table (Wednesday)
• C. Berger Group- Karen J. Switt Award (presented during Annual Business Meeting (Tuesday)

Interested in becoming our Vendor Partner? Please contact our Rebecca Vargha, our Vendor Partner Chair.

 

 - Patricia Cia, Director, Leadership & Management Division

Wiki changes

Over the past year, I have been moving things around among website and wiki. Part of the aim is to try and reduce confusion of where you need to go to find all things relating to the Leadership & Management Division.

The information previously available on the website migrated to the Leadership & Management wiki a while ago. And now I have made the site a bit more functional and easier to navigate (I hope)

Embedded into the wiki are the latest feeds from Impact (this blog) as well as the Reading Club (an LMD initiative for the Centennial Celebration) and news about the wiki.

The layout and content for the wiki will continue to develop and evolve as I get your feedback and comments. Looking forward to it.

Patricia Cia, Director, Leadership & Management Division