LLAMA Continuing Education
Upcoming LLAMA webinars:
“Look at the Road Map for Direction: a unique Approach to Facilities Planning”
Wednesday, July 17
1:30 to 3:00 p.m. (Central time)
Presenters: Kay L. Wall and David Moore (AIA)
Primary audience: library administrators, with concentration on buildings and facility design/management
- Participants will be given criteria and learn the steps needed to organizing their own “Creative Inquiry Teams” comprised of students, faculty and administration officials and learn ways to solicit valuable and relevant information that will define their facility’s direction.
- Participants will learn the difference between the “Road Map” approach vs. the traditional “Master Plan” approach to planning and learn the steps needed to implement their own facility specific “Road Map.”
- Participants will discover strategies and recommendations for unlocking additional, underutilized space in their own buildings.
- Participants will be able to identify common mistakes that lead to inefficiencies and how to eliminate them.
- Participants will learn how to assess whether off-site repository strategies make sense for their library/campus; and learn the how-to steps needed to assess if such an approach will benefit the physical qualities of their on-campus library.
Fees:
LLAMA members: $49
Non-LLAMA member $59
LLAMA group rate (5 or more people at one site) $199
Non-LLAMA group rate (5 or more people at one site) $239
Register online: http://tinyurl.com/3zhtecm
For questions about this webinar or other LLAMA programs, contact Fred Reuland. freuland@ala.org
Recent LLAMA webinars:
“Increase your library's value in the community by amping up teen services”
Wednesday, June 12, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. (Central time)
Presenter: Mary Hastler, Director, Harford County Public Library, Belcamp, Maryland
Participants will learn:
- How a teen space can add value to the library & increase patron satisfaction
- Key data and research that you can use to make the case for teen services
- National guidelines from YALSA to use to evaluate your library's overall success in teen services
- Funding sources available for teen-focused programs and services
"Library Leadership and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ®"
Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. (Central time)
Presenter: Jennifer A Keach, Director, Digital Services, James Madison University
Description: This webinar will focus on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® and leadership within libraries. The webinar will present research about personality types, leadership, and librarians. Participants will gain practical advice they can apply right away in any leadership context.
Participants will:
- Identify what their Myers-Briggs Type tells them about their leadership style
- Learn about the most common MBTI® personality types among librarians
- Learn how to embrace individual leadership strengths when leading others
- Identify strategies for developing non-preference skills related to leadership.
This webinar will include a very brief refresher/overview of the MBTI® and will focus on applying your MBTI® type. It will not include the completion and interpretation of the MBTI®. To get the most out of the workshop, participants are encouraged to identify their MBTI® type beforehand.
Some options for identifying your type are available here: http://www.ala.org/llama/mbti%C2%AE-resources
“Leading and Communicating Change”
Monday, May 20, 2013, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. (Central time)
Presenter: Elliott Shore, Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Description: Elliott Shore is a nationally-recognized figure with many years of experience as a library administrator, author, and speaker. He will discuss change management with a focus on leadership and communication.
Participants will learn:
- How to identify types of organizational changes in the workplace
- The significance of models of change management
- When to utilize the models to lead change
- How to determine the skills necessary for effectively managing change
“Job Hunting for Today’s Libraries in Today’s Job Market”
Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. (Central time)
Presenter: Brian Keith, Associate Dean, Administrative Services and Faculty Affairs at the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida
Description: This free webinar is intended for library students or recent MLS graduates about to enter the workforce or start a job search.
Participants will:
- Increase their confidence and raise their success rate
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of how libraries conduct searches and make hiring decisions
- Learn what libraries are looking for through practical tips and insight from a seasoned recruiter
“Going Visual: Transforming Library Communication from Blah to Ahhh!!!”*
Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. (Central time)
Presenters: Kristina Martinez and Dr. Elizabeth Titus, New Mexico State University
Description: “A picture is worth a thousand words!” That old saying is widely spoken, but are you taking heed of all of the opportunities to promote your Library visually? This presentation will feature lots of
examples of how NMSU Library has transformed donor communication visually from blah to Ahhhhh.
Participants will:
- Learn new skills to be effective in fundraising using visual commmunication techniques
- Be able to reduce the amount of text they use in communications visuals and hence reduce costs associated with the publications
- Be able to enhance stewardship and cultivation with donors using visuals
- Learn at least three ways they can use visual communication in their library annual gift funds, newsletters, donor proposals, etc.
*This presentation was previously given at the 2012 Academic Libraries Advancement and Development Network (ALADN) conference.
“Sharing Our Collections : Looking to the Future”
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Presenters:
Carmit Marcus from Ex Libris will describe what is envisioned for next generation Information Systems and answer some of our questions about them. Carmit will use her experience as one of the developers of the Alma cloud-based ILS to explain how these systems are evolving to keep up with today’s technological advances.
Janet Schneider from the Arapahoe Library District will explain how floating collections in a multi-facility library system allows patrons to shape the collections at their home library. There are advantages to the floating collection concept as well as some challenges and requirements that need to be in place for successful implementation.
Linda Di Biase from the University of Washington will provide an overview of the groundbreaking Demand Driven Acquisitions (DDA) cooperative e-book purchasing project that the Orbis Cascade Alliance has implemented in collaboration with EBL and YBP. This demand-driven mode allows patron behavior to determine what is collectively owned by the consortia.
Description: Cooperative and consortial resource sharing is blurring the lines between Circulation, Access Services, and Interlibrary Loan as libraries find new ways to share collections and create efficiencies. This program will look at the future of consortia: shared e-book collections, floating collections, cloud-based integrated library systems, and the need to be increasingly flexible and collaborative to meet the opportunities and challenges of the future.
Participants will: have a better understanding of evolving library systems and innovative approaches to providing user-center library services.
"Social Entrepreneurship in Action: Digitizing Our Cultural History"
Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, 1:30 to 3:00 pm Central Time
Presenters: David Gwynn, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Susan Sharpless Smith, Wake Forest University; Jeff Suchanek, University of Kentucky
Description:Social entrepreneurs are people who use entrepreneurial principals to identity and remedy a social issue or problem and improve life for their communities or the world. Librarians apply social entrepreneurship every day by providing literacy training, information, education and spaces for the community to gather. Technology now enables libraries to digitize their unique collections in order to make vital materials available to everyone. Learn how three libraries identified a need to preserve and provide access to their community history along with lesson plans and study guides for educators, students and all citizens.
Who should attend: Librarians from all types of libraries, archivists, museum staff, digital humanities faculty and staff, historical society staff, genealogists
At the end of this webinar participants will:
- Understand how to conceptualize and implement digital collections that preserve community history
- Be familiar with how to collaborate among different institutions in the community for the greater good
- Know how to seek funding for digital projects
- Have a better understanding of promotion and outreach for digital projects
“Physical and Virtual Library Planning”
Wednesday, August 29, 1:30 to 3:00 pm (Central Time)
Presenter: Alexander Cohen, Library Planner, Aaron Cohen Associates, Croton-on-Hudson, New York
Description: The library of the future needs to be a vibrant learning hub and an intellectual crossroads where the physical and the virtual spaces connect. The transition from a physical library plan into a blended service model requires a solid methodology. During this webinar, participants will gain a better understanding of challenges and opportunities for change. They will be introduced to a framework for developing a GAP analysis and examples of past projects. This will help participants define what their library user needs and what is possible. The webinar introduces new ways of thinking about library planning including:
- Visual Literacy – seeing and integrating sensory experience
- Digital Reproduction Literacy – involving text media and sound
- Hyper-Media Literacy – Multi-domain thinking with an interconnected narrative.
- Socio-Emotional Literacy – interpret media sound and text
- Information Literacy – evaluate and apply new knowledge
At the end of this webinar participants will:
- Understand how to do a user needs/gap analysis for the physical and virtual ibrary.
- Be familiar with examples of virtual library services and in-person presence options.
- Know new strategies that will help librarians develop physical and virtual library services.
- Have a clearer understanding of opportunities to improve organizational transformation.
“Library Outcomes: Stories that Matter”
Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 1:30 – 3:00 pm (Central Time)
Presenters: Diane Sweetwood, Senior Market Research Manager, Cengage Learning; Julie Pepera, Library Customer Education Specialist, Cengage Learning
At the end of this session participants will:
- Understand the power that stories can have in communicating their goals, whether the goals are to increase funding, to influence the legislature, or to communicate to patrons and alumni about the transformation from a traditional library to a community destination.
- Know how to show the impact your library has on your community.
- Understand how to produce outcomes-based examples of library success.
- Have access to "guides" that provide a step-by-step process on gathering stories with impact. These guides were created through a partnership between the Michigan Library Association and Gale Cengage Learning that involved six pilot libraries.
"How to succeed in an entry-level librarian interview: Research and experience-based tips"
Wednesday, July 25, 2012, from 1:30 to 3:00 pm Central Time
Presenters:
M. Teresa Doherty , Head, Circulation & Information Services; Interim Head, Media and Reserve Services, Virginia Commonwealth University
Megan Hodge, Assistant Branch Manager, Chesterfield County Public Library, VA
Debarah Lammers, Manager, Dumbarton Area Library, Henrico, VA
Nicole Spoor, Information Resources Librarian, Hampton University, VA
Description: While there is a lot of information out there about how to write a good resume and cover letter, there is much less on how to do well in an interview, especially advice written since the recession started. The goal of this webinar is to help those who have already been offered an interview learn what is involved in the typical interview for an entry-level position at a public or academic library. Practical tips based on research and experience will show participants how to stand out from the crowd.
By the end of this program participants will:
- Know what information it is necessary to learn about an institution before going to an interview
- Know how to find the crossover skills in non-library work experience and successfully show that it is relevant work experience
- Know at least one question to ask a hiring committee that will demonstrate deep and sincere interest in the position
- Be familiar with the hiring process at academic and public libraries
- Understand what a candidate visit to an academic library entails
- Learn what has, and what hasn’t changed, in the interview process
Free archived version available here
For more information contact Fred Reuland, freuland@ala.org
“Finding the Best People in a Tough Economy: Strategies for Successfully Recruiting Employees”
Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 1:30-3:00 pm Central Time
Presenter: Gail M. Staines, Ph.D., Assistant VP, University Libraries, Saint Louis University
Learning outcomes:
- Be familiar with the objectives of recruitment
- Be aware of sources and methods of recruiting
- Understand how to be strategic in recruiting
- Internal vs. external recruiting
- Exempt vs. nonexempt employees
- Recruiting ethics and challenges
- Recruiting: the job seekers perspective
“Online Management Systems: Wielding Web 2.0 Tools to Manage and Track Projects Collaboratively”
June 6, 2012, 1:30 – 3:00 pm Central Time
Presenter: R. Niccole Westbrook, Coordinator of Digital Operations, University of Houston
Description: Online social media software, which are commonplace tools for interacting with library patrons, can also be used effectively for communication, supervision and project management within a library department. This webinar outlines in detail an innovative online management and communication system created by the Digital Services Department at the University of Houston. The system harnesses a suite of existing free online collaborative software products and Web2.0 communication tools to create a streamlined managerial web presence. The webinar includes in-depth descriptions of how the system was created and configured along with lessons learned and suggestions for how to establish similar procedures at your institution. Advantages of implementing an online management system include: remote workforce management, streamlined management responsibilities and robust capture of project data.
Learning goals:
- Participants will learn the concept and advantages of Online Management Systems.
- Participants will learn in detail about the configuration of the Online Management System currently in place in the Digital Services Department at the University of Houston Libraries.
- Participants will learn tips and tricks for setting up their own Online Management System.
For more information contact Fred Reuland, freuland@ala.org
