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Program from the 2009 ALA Annual Conference:
Our Town, Common Ground: Academic Libraries' Collaboration with Public Libraries
Successful town-gown relationships between academic and public libraries exist in communities of all sizes throughout the United States. With such collaboration, everyone benefits. This program will address how academic-public library collaborations start, what nurtures their growth, how they are sustained, what unique situations arise through the partnership, and the responses libraries receive from their respective constituencies. Opportunity for questions and discussion between panelists and the audience will be provided. This program is co-sponsored by the Public Library Association and the ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Section.

Speakers: Keith Washburn, Dean, Library and Learning Resources Division, Lorain County Community College; Janet Stoffer, Director, Elyria Public Library System; Sarah Palfrey, Director, Summersville Public Library; Judy Neale, Coordinator of Community Outreach, Cameron University; Susan Hall, Associate Professor, Mississippi State University; April Heiselt, Assistant Professor and Service Learning Coordinator, Mississippi State University; Robert Wolverton, Jr., Associate Professor, Mississippi State University

Powerpoint slides:

Webcast of the Chair's program from the 2007 ALA Annual Conference:
On Tuesday, November 27 the College Libraries Section held a live webcast event to re-create its 2007 ALA Section Chair's program "Embracing Change: How to Energize and Engage Library Staff".

The archive of that webcast is now freely available to all members of the academic library community. You will be asked to enter your name and contact information before accessing the archived event. You will be directed to a page with archives of both CLS webcasts (2007 and 2006). Here is some additional information about the webcast event:

Speakers were: Irene M.H. Herold, Director, Mason Library, Keene State College; Kathleen Halverson, Assistant Director/Head of Public Services, Mason Library, Keene State College; Susan M. Campbell, Professor/Library Director, York College of Pennsylvania; Kathryn Deiss, Content Strategist, Association of College and Research Libraries; Tara Lynn Fulton, Dean of Library and Information Services and Associate Provost, Lock Haven University

Program description: Libraries are constantly evolving as user expectations change, technology develops, budgets constrain, and opportunities emerge. As these and other priorities shift, adaptation is key; as is the need for nimble organizations, mindful managers, dedicated employees, and creative work environments. This program will address methodologies for engaging library staff in change and development activities to cultivate a nimble organization by capitalizing on opportunities, implementing change, and emerging from the experience improved and energized!

Program from the 2007 ALA Annual Conference:
A standing-room-only crowd enjoyed the CLS Annual Conference Program, Embracing Change: How to Energize and Engage Library Staff on Monday, June 25.

Speakers were: Irene M.H. Herold, Director, Mason Library, Keene State College; Kathleen Halverson, Assistant Director/Head of Public Services, Mason Library, Keene State College; Susan M. Campbell, Professor/Library Director, York College of Pennsylvania; Kathryn Deiss, Content Strategist, Association of College and Research Libraries; Moderator, Cecilia Knight, Catalog Librarian, Grinnell College; Tara Lynn Fulton, Dean of Library and Information Services and Associate Provost, Lock Haven University

And here's the program description: "Libraries are constantly evolving as user expectations change, technology develops, budgets constrain, and opportunities emerge. As these and other priorities shift, adaptation is key; as is the need for nimble organizations, mindful managers, dedicated employees, and creative work environments. This program will address methodologies for engaging library staff in change and development activities to cultivate a nimble organization by capitalizing on opportunities, implementing change, and emerging from the experience improved and energized!"

And here's the program handout in PDF.

The plan is to have a webcast of this session sometime in November. With funding from an Action Grant, the webcast will be widely available, so don't miss it!

Program from the 2006 ALA Annual Conference: CLS Annual Conference Program: Big Ideas, Small Staff: Successful Tactics for College Librarians

Program from the2005 Chicago ALA Annual Conference: Bits and Bytes: Using Technology to Train Academic Librarians as Coaches

Program from the 2004 ALA Annual Conference:A Library Balancing Act: Patron Rights vs. National Security

Program from the 2003 ALA Annual Conference: "Casting our nets or ice fishing?: Recruiting future college librarians".

Program from 2002 ALA Annual Conference: "Will the Real Customer Please Stand Up? Designing Services for Twenty-first Century Users".

Program from 2001 ALA Annual Conference:
"Virtual Space, Virtuous Place": College Libraries in the 21st Century.


Last Update: July 2009
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