About
Our community helps LIS students and new professionals gain the leadership and management skills they need as they lead from where they are and move into influential roles. Further, we promote existing programs in LLAMA and ALA that fall in line with this mission; if it's already happening, we are happy to connect people with those opportunities. The community also collaborates with groups across ALA to foster an atmosphere of leadership throughout the Association and our collective circles of influence.
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Break Room Chats is an ongoing conversation about leadership and management at all points in a library and archives career. We speak with librarians taking diverse career paths about their challenges, achievements, and leadership learning curves. Episodes are about once a month.
- Leadership and the LLAMA New Professionals: An Interview with Tyler Dzuba, inaugural chair
- NPS 101 Webinar: Introduction to both LLAMA and NPS; overview of NPS, its genesis and structure, and what the teams were working on at the time of recording
Teams
- Recent Teams
- Conference Planning
- Connections Team
Get Involved:
LLAMA volunteer opportunities will open in 2019.
Career Development
- ALA JobList
- Awards, Grants & Scholarships
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Publishing Opportunities
Make Connections
- NPS Facebook Group
- Tweet us @LLAMA_NewPros!
- LLAMA LEADS: Blog featuring LLAMA news and information
- ALA Connect (Login required)
Conferences and Events
- ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, January 25-29, 2019; see the LLAMA 2019 Midwinter Meeting Schedule
- ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., June 20-25; information available in February 2019
Resources
- Podcast: "Break Room Chats" covers issues of leadership and management for new LIS professionals
- What issues would you like to hear more about? Take the survey here.
- NPS Toolkit: a curated collection of leadership and management resources.
- ​What resources would you like to see added? Submit content here.
- Buddy Program (coming soon!)
- LL&M - the Journal of LLAMA
Staff Liaisons
- Kerry Ward, kward@ala.org, 800-545-2433, ext. 5036
- Fred Reuland, freuland@ala.org, 800-545-2433, ext. 5032