Join our newest discussion group for New Directors

Posted December 18, 2019 by kward
Categories: Discussion Group

So you’ve moved into the big chair in the unit director’s cube, the library director’s office, or the dean’s suite?  Have you discovered few peers in your institution for a discussion, some counsel, or just a good shoulder to cry on?  LLAMA has created a discussion group for new directors across all library spaces as a forum to share best practices, to query counterparts at other institutions, and network from the safety of your new corner office.

If you are interested in joining the discussion as a new director, dean, or upper level manager – or are a more seasoned leader willing to share hard-learned lessons from the management trenches – please visit the ALA Connect page for the LLAMA New Directors Discussion Group: https://is.gd/gGU8h4

Introduce yourself and join the discussion. As topics develop, together we’ll create a searchable resource of our shared experience.  We’ll also seek meetings at ALA conferences, host webinar meetings, and explore ways to support each other as new directors.

For those attending ALA Midwinter, there will be a casual networking opportunity from 4:30-6:00 on Saturday, January 25, in room 121-C of the Pennsylvania Convention Center.  Stop in and let us know what you need from a group like this.  You can also add a comment below to let us know you will be stopping by!

Thank you,
Co-conveners of the LLAMA New Directors Discussion Group

Lusiella Fazzino, eScholarship Repository Librarian, St. John’s University
Lisa Johnson, Director, Orange City Public Library
Erik Nordberg, Dean of Libraries, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Join a New Discussion Group

Posted November 19, 2019 by kward
Categories: Discussion Group

Are you a solo librarian, archivist or information professional? Want a place to ask for advice, commiseration, or brainstorming? Does your solo position make it hard to attend conferences IRL? Inspired by the SAA “Lone Arrangers” community, this new discussion group focuses on solo work across different library types. We are very pleased that LLAMA has supported this new Discussion Group for us to share best practices, engagement opportunities, and networking.

If you are interested in learning more about solo librarianship work, please subscribe to our ALA Connect page https://is.gd/pSJsOD. We’ll be setting up future meetings at ALA conferences, webinar meetings, and a potential listserv!

Reminder: Special LLAMA Buildings Workshop is this Month

Posted October 1, 2019 by kward
Categories: 2019 Library Buildings 101

Library Building Projects 101 – Planning, Design, and Construction: a two-day workshop with optional third day site tour

October 17-20, 2019, Dublin, Ohio

This two-day workshop and optional third day site tour is presented by the LLAMA Buildings and Equipment Community of Practice. Participants will delve into the many facets related to library building projects and will examine critical topics through lectures and discussions. Material covered includes goal setting, process definition, site selection, team composition, budget development, and the types of planning required to bring a project to successful fruition, whether in new construction, renovation or expansion. An optional final day tour will explore new local public and academic libraries.

See the workshop homepage for complete details.

PR Xchange Awards Call for Materials

Posted February 15, 2019 by kward
Categories: 2019 Annual, Awards

The 2019 PR Xchange Awards Competition is now open! Please submit your libraries’ promotional materials here:

LLAMA Board Initial Response to MW19 Incidents

Posted February 8, 2019 by kward
Categories: ALA Updates, LLAMA Leadership

For members who are not aware of recent incidents of harassment at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) would like to call attention to the ALA Executive Board’s response.

As our division name implies, we recognize we have a obligation to model supportive and respectful leadership across the entire organization. LLAMA affirms the efforts of ALA to uphold the Statement of Appropriate Conduct, and recognizes we have much to do to improve equity, diversity, and inclusion within ALA. LLAMA members know how important it is both for our division and for our home institutions to combat bias, racism and harassment, so that through our organizations, we can all provide the best library or information services possible. LLAMA will continue to emphasize the leadership and management competencies that support safe, supportive workplaces — Communication skills, Emotional intelligence, Ethics, Conflict management, Diversity consciousness, Professionalism and Self awareness — and will seek opportunities to make sure all our members feel this is their organization.

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Lynn Hoffman
President, Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA)
Director of Operations, Somerset County Library System of NJ

LLAMA Webinar Helps Managers Decide What Really Matters

Posted October 22, 2018 by freuland
Categories: ALA Updates, Continuing Education, Education, Leadership, LLAMA Leadership, LLAMA Updates, Management, News

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One of the most difficult challenges for library managers and leaders is trying to make their libraries be everything to everyone. How do you start adding new initiatives without letting go of any of the old ones? The simple answer is you can’t. New initiatives cannot always be added to the plate without seriously considering what you can stop doing because it is no longer relevant. The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present “Uncommit: How Do We Stop So We Can Start Doing What Really Matters,” on Wednesday, November 7, at 1:30-3:00 pm Central Time. This webinar will look how to assess the value and strategic impact of your library’s activities, and will present a model for deciding what to stop doing.

Participants will learn:

  • Methods for establishing the value of current efforts
  • How to communicate clearly and with confidence about the reasons to stop doing things in your library
  • How to frame the change management of ‘uncommitting’ using the ‘complex change model.’

This webinar addresses several of LLAMA’s Foundational Leadership Competencies including: change management, evidence-based decision making, and critical thinking.

Who Should Attend: Library managers and leaders who are looking at how to add new programs and services without increasing staff and are finding it hard to let go of existing services.

Our presenters:

Cheryl Gould, Principal, Learning Facilitator, Fully Engaged Libraries, Petaluma, California, is a learning facilitator and training consultant who believes in the transformative role libraries can play in their communities. Cheryl’s professional role is to help libraries with the culture shift required to move from an institution that provides access to resources to one that promotes conversation, learning and engagement at all levels. Cheryl’s ability to connect people and ideas, to facilitate conversation and to enhance learning has been demonstrated through 23 years of working with libraries in thousands of hours of consulting, mentoring and training. Her work is a synergy of her background in anthropology, her passion for learning crossed with current developments in neuroscience and her involvement with applied improvisation to create cultures of “Yes, And”. http://fullyengagedlibraries.com/

Sam McBane Mulford, strategist at Ideation Collaborative has consulted with libraries as well as other public and not for profit agencies for over twenty years. Her design career has been focused in strategic initiatives, process design and facilitation, and creating environments that empower organizations to achieve their vision and goals.

Sam brings inquisitiveness and a risk-embracing attitude to work and life – and her mom swears her first word was “Why?” Once answers reveal themselves, she’s committed to helping libraries develop strategic perspective through dialogue around “What if, What then, How might we?”

Registration: LLAMA member $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; Student: $29

Register online: http://tinyurl.com/3zhtecm

Register with a purchase order or by mail: registration form (PDF, 1 pg.).

Can’t attend the live event? No problem! If you register, you will automatically receive a link to the recorded version for later viewing

Tech Requirements: This webinar uses GoToWebinar software, which may require a small download.

For questions about this webinar or other LLAMA programs, contact: Fred Reuland. freuland@ala.org

About the Library Leadership and Management Association

The Library Leadership and Management Association (www.ala.org/llama) advances outstanding leadership and management practices in library and information services by encouraging and nurturing individual excellence in current and aspiring library leaders. LLAMA is a division of the American Library Association.

 

LLAMA webinar helps you overcome imposter syndrome at your workplace

Posted June 5, 2018 by freuland
Categories: ALA Updates, Continuing Education, Events, Leadership, LLAMA Leadership, LLAMA Updates, Management, Mentoring, News

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Do you or someone you know, work with, or manage, have a persistent fear of being exposed as a fraud at work? It may be a case of imposter syndrome.  This form of Intellectual self-doubt is a common psychological pattern in which people doubt their accomplishments and have an ongoing, often internalized, fear of being found out.  It can sometimes lead to difficulty excelling in in an area of interest, even with strong professional and personal support.  The good news is there are simple things you can learn to do to tackle impostor syndrome.

The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present “Battling Impostor Syndrome in the Workplace,” on June 13, at 1:30 pm-3:00 pm, Central Time. In this webinar, you will discover what impostor syndrome is, how people fall into it, and what strategies can combat or prevent it.

Attendees will learn:
– The markers of impostor syndrome and its causes
– How to successfully coexist with impostor syndrome
– Ways to build self-worth through the use and acceptance of compliments and positive feedback
– How impostor syndrome creates barriers to successful job hunting, interviewing, and everyday work

Our presenters: Stephanie Van Ness, Library Supervisor, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona Area; Kimberly Tate-Louie, Graduate Student, SUSC Master of Management in Library and Information Science

Who should attend: anyone interested in learning about Imposter Syndrome, especially those in LLAMA’s New Professionals Community of Practice, ALA’s New Member Roundtable (NMRT), library school students, new managers, new information workers, information workers transitioning to new role, solo librarians, new or emerging leaders, and mentors.

This webinar addresses emotional intelligence, one of LLAMA’s foundational leadership competencies. It is presented by LLAMA’s New Professionals Community of Practice, and Human Resources Emerging Trends Discussion Group.

Registration: LLAMA member $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; Student: $29
Register online: http://tinyurl.com/3zhtecm
Register with a purchase order or by mail: registration form (PDF, 1 pg.).
Can’t attend the live event?  No problem! If you register, you will automatically receive a link to the recorded version for later viewing

Tech Requirements: This webinar uses GoToWebinar software, which may require a small download.

For questions about this webinar or other LLAMA programs, contact: Fred Reuland. freuland@ala.org

About the Library Leadership and Management Association
The Library Leadership and Management Association (www.ala.org/llama) advances outstanding leadership and management practices in library and information services by encouraging and nurturing individual excellence in current and aspiring library leaders. LLAMA is a division of the American Library Association.

LLAMA webinar helps you understand your organizational culture

Posted May 21, 2018 by freuland
Categories: ALA Updates, change management, Continuing Education, Events, Leadership, LLAMA Updates, Management, News, Uncategorized

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What is your library’s organizational culture and why does it matter? Understanding the way people and groups in your organization interact with each other, with patrons, and with stakeholders can be the key to making positive changes and helping people adapt to them successfully. The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present Analyzing staff engagement and connections to understand organizational culture on Wednesday, June 6, at 1:30-3:00 pm Central Time.

This webinar will highlight the system and methodology used by Northwestern University Library to understand its organizational culture and the specific impacts of a recent restructuring, and it will show how it can be done on a smaller scale. It will also cover what was learned and how that has been applied to improve communication, build better teams, and develop a more supportive culture.

Participants will learn:

-How to conduct a social connections (network) analysis of your organization
-How to conduct a staff and user engagement survey
-How to use this data to build effective teams, leverage organizational culture, and improve communication.

This webinar addresses change management, one of LLAMA’s Foundational Leadership Competencies.

Who Should Attend: Administrators and managers of large libraries or departments

Our presenter: Michael Perry is Head of Assessment and Planning at Northwestern University Libraries, Evanston, Illinois.

Registration: LLAMA member $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; Student: $29
Register online: http://tinyurl.com/3zhtecm
Register with a purchase order or by mail: registration form (PDF, 1 pg.).
Can’t attend the live event?  No problem! If you register, you will automatically receive a link to the recorded version for later viewing

Tech Requirements: This webinar uses GoToWebinar software, which may require a small download.

For questions about this webinar or other LLAMA programs, contact: Fred Reuland. freuland@ala.org

About the Library Leadership and Management Association
The Library Leadership and Management Association (www.ala.org/llama) advances outstanding leadership and management practices in library and information services by encouraging and nurturing individual excellence in current and aspiring library leaders. LLAMA is a division of the American Library Association.

2018 PR Xchange mailing labels now available: send your samples in!

Posted May 14, 2018 by freuland
Categories: Uncategorized

If you’re wondering what to do with your back inventory of calendars, brochures, flyers, postcards, annual reports or other print collateral, LLAMA’s PR Exchange may be the answer! Send in your printed promotional materials now to share with colleagues at the 2018 PR Xchange program at ALA Annual conference in New Orleans. Hundreds of conference attendees drop-in to this event each year to take home copies of PR materials from libraries across North America for their idea files. Please use the mailing labels at the link below to send quantities of at least 50 bu tno more than 100 each of your printed pieces to the convention center in advance of the PR Xchange program. Your materials will be put out for display and distribution at PR Xchange on Sunday, June 24 between 11:30 am-1:00 pm at New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center—Special events area.

Click here for mailing labels.

LLAMA Webinar: Cultivating Emotional Intelligence within Your Organization

Posted May 10, 2018 by freuland
Categories: ALA Updates, Continuing Education, Events, Leadership, LLAMA Updates, Management, News

If you have ever struggled to keep a lid on your emotions when you were under pressure at work, you are not alone. Many people find that work stress contributes to feeling a loss of control and can sometimes interfere with work relationships. Improving your emotional intelligence may help you turn this around. In practical terms, emotional intelligence (IE) means learning how emotions can drive our behavior and impact other people, and learning how to manage those emotions, especially when we are under pressure.

The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present Cultivating Emotional Intelligence within Your Organization,” on Wednesday, May 16, at 1:30-3:00 pm Central Time. This webinar will provide multiple strategies for incorporating emotional intelligence into a library culture and describes the impacts, both positive and unintended, that this can have on the organization.

Participants will learn to:

– Define emotional intelligence (EI)
– Identify strategies for building EI into an organizational culture
– Select appropriate EI strategies at their own institutions
– Recognize the potential impact and effects of building EI into an organizational culture

This webinar addresses two of LLAMA’s Foundational Leadership Competencies: emotional intelligence and team building.

Who Should Attend: Leaders, Supervisors, Managers in medium to large libraries, especially leaders engaging with a variety of staff.

Our presenters:

Christina Gola, Director of Recruitment & Organizational Learning, University of Houston Libraries, Houston, Texas

Lisa Martin, Coordinator of Outreach and Business Librarian, University of Houston Libraries, Houston, Texas

Register online: http://tinyurl.com/3zhtecm

LLAMA member $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; Student: $29

Register with a purchase order or by mail: registration form (PDF, 1 pg.).

Can’t attend the live event?  No problem! If you register, you will automatically receive a link to the recorded version for later viewing

Tech Requirements: This webinar uses GoToWebinar software, which may require a small download.

For questions about this webinar or other LLAMA programs, contact: Fred Reuland. freuland@ala.org

About the Library Leadership and Management Association
The Library Leadership and Management Association (www.ala.org/llama) advances outstanding leadership and management practices in library and information services by encouraging and nurturing individual excellence in current and aspiring library leaders. LLAMA is a division of the American Library Association.