Results Boot Camp 5

Results Are What Matters: Management Tools and Techniques to Improve Library Services and Programs

A Five-Day Immersion Program

Intensive Library Management Training Sponsored by the Public Library Association October 12-16, 2009 Hyatt at Olive 8 Hotel Seattle, Washington

Results Boot Camp Info Event Instructors

Application deadline has passed.

Public Library Association’s Results Boot Camp 5 has been designed to provide you with the management training and skills you didn’t get in library school.

This weeklong workshop will be interactive and include both individual and group activities.  It will focus on current library issues and concerns and present case studies describing real library situations. During class exercises, you will be encouraged to apply what you learn to real-life problems and issues in your library.  The PLA Results courses have been offered individually in many locations. PLA Boot Camp is designed to help you forge an effective management style by using the publications in the Results series and seeing first-hand how they interconnect.

"The ability to actually work in groups on activities that are relevant in day to day processes is extremely helpful.  I came back to work today with a plan to begin looking at processes for myself, my staff, my library branch and my library system as a whole." - previous Results Boot Camp attendee

By the end of the week, you will have the skills you need to develop and implement a strategic plan in your library.  You will be able to:

• Identify community needs
• Understand and explain the recently revised public library service responses
• Write goals and objectives that will enable you to measure progress toward  achieving your strategic plan 
• Incorporate outcome measures in your strategic plan
• Identify and select the most effective activities to support the priorities in your strategic plan
• Identify current staff workload and skills and determine the staffing requirements to accomplish your selected activities
• Understand the issues that affect the allocation of collection, technology, and facilities resources in a Results environment
• Review your current library policies, regulations, and procedures to ensure that they support the strategic plan
• Manage change in your library more effectively

"I have been talking about the training all weekend with anyone who would listen…" - previous Results Boot Camp attendee

Topics that will be explored in detail include:

• Strategic Planning
• Data-Based Decision-Making
• Effective Resource Allocation
• Implementation Strategies
• Change Management

Application deadline has passed.

Questions? Contact the PLA Office at (800) 545-2433, ext. 5027 or pla@ala.org.