Archive for the ‘Library Organization and Management’ category

LLAMA Webinar Applies ROI Principles to Academic Libraries

September 6, 2011

LLAMA Webinar Applies ROI Principles to Academic Libraries In today’s assessment-oriented culture, return on Investment has been used in many disciplines, including libraries, to demonstrate outcomes. The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present “Return on Investment in a Tough Economy: Defining the Value of the Academic Library” on Wednesday, September 14, 2011, from […]

LLAMA ANNOUNCES NEW WEBINARS FOR MIDDLE MANAGERS

July 6, 2011

The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) announced today a line-up of three new interactive webinars designed to meet the needs of middle managers. Each of the 60-90 minute programs will feature library consultant Dr. Julie Todaro. “In response to huge changes in today’s workplaces, managers are identifying practices and processes that can help design […]

Dr. Julie Todaro Reveals the Mysteries of Mentoring at LLAMA Midwinter Institute

November 1, 2010

Are mentors all they’re cracked up to be? Can you find professional success and growth without one? Do you have what it takes to be an effective mentor? Dr. Julie Todaro will help you answer these questions and many more during “The Mysteries of Mentoring: How to become The Perfect Mentor or Perfect Mentee.” This […]

LLAMA Offers Webinar Series for New Directors and Deans

October 19, 2010

Contact: Fred Reuland at freuland@ala.org The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present a series of four interactive webinars designed to meet the needs of new library leaders at the dean, director, department head or branch manager level. Each of the 60-90 minute programs will feature library consultant Pat Wagner of Pattern Research, Inc. […]

LLAMA Announces New Webinars for Middle Managers

May 6, 2010

The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) announced today a line-up of three interactive webinars designed to meet the needs of middle managers. Each of the 60-90 minute programs will feature library consultant Dr. Julie Todaro. “These short webinars provide materials that are often needed right away by the middle manager, whether newly hired or […]

Looking For Your Story

September 10, 2009

The Financial Management Committee from ALA LLAMA’s Library Organization and Management Section, is working on a follow-up article to Shift Happens: Aligning Financial Decisions with Strategic Directions.  Shift Happens was presented at the ALA 2008 Annual Conference and focused on how the change in financial and economic factors can influence strategic plans and directions.  This […]

Listening to the Customer: Using Assessment Results to Make a Difference

July 18, 2009

Listening to the Customer: Using Assessment Results to Make a Difference Sponsor: LLAMA LOMS ALA Annual 2009 (Chicago) This valuable program reviews three different outcome-based assessment tools being successfully used by large and small universities and statewide public libraries. The program focus is on how the tools (i.e. outcomes assessment, LIB-QUAL and self-developed customer surveys, […]