Administration, Management, and Finance
Free PDF e-book—Library as Safe Haven: Disaster Planning, Response, and Recovery
Posted by Admin Admin on 04/08/2020
During this time of uncertainty library workers are finding new ways to provide crucial information and services.
Free programs from ALA Editions/ALA Neal-Schuman at Annual Conference in Washington DC
Posted by Admin Admin on 06/03/2019ALA Editions/ALA Neal-Schuman is pleased to present a selection of free programs at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition exploring the profession’s issues and trends. The programs scheduled to take place at the ALA Store, located near the main entrance to the Exhibit Hall on the lower level of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, are:
Saturday, June 22
New books, products, special events from ALA Publishing at Annual Conference in Washington DC
Posted by Admin Admin on 05/29/2019Shop and browse the ALA Store at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition for products that meet the widest range of your promotional and continuing education/professional development needs—as well as fun gift items. Located near the main entrance to the Exhibit Hall on the lower level of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the ALA Store hours are:
Interview: Kate Hall and Kathy Parker on their toolkit for public library directors
Posted by Admin Admin on 05/28/2019"Probably the best thing you can do to set yourself up for success is to create dedicated time during your week to use your organization system," says Kate Hall.
"The world needs more people who speak the language of information ethics": editors John T. F. Burgess and Emily J. M. Knox discuss their new text
Posted by Admin Admin on 05/20/2019In his foreword to Foundations of Information Ethics, Robert Hauptman sums it up best: "An ethical attitude to the production, dissemination, storage, access, and retrieval of information and data is beneficial and necessary to a well-functioning information society; this is affirmed by crisis after crisis concerning false news, fake facts, social media privacy invasions, and everything else." John T. F. Burgess and Emily J. M.
New books, products, special events at the ALA Store at Midwinter Meeting in Seattle
Posted by Admin Admin on 01/17/2019Interview: Catherine Hakala-Ausperk discusses her new Leadership Planner series and how to future-proof your team
Posted by Admin Admin on 10/25/2018Author of bestsellers such as Be A Great Boss: One Year to Success and Renew Yourself: A Six-Step Plan for More Meaningful Work, Catherine Hakala-Ausperk should already be familiar to many readers. Her newest book though represents an even more focused, hands-on approach to library leadership.
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich discusses resilience, subject of ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries' book
Posted by Admin Admin on 07/17/2018Formally launched in 2014, ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries works to identify emerging trendsrelevant to libraries and the communities they serve, promote futuring and innovation techniques to help librarians and library professionals shape their future, and build connections with experts and innovative thinkers to help libraries address emerging issues.
How can libraries transform and thrive? Dorothy Stoltz and James Kelly on successful collaboration
Posted by Admin Admin on 05/23/2018How does a library amplify the skills and enthusiasm of its staff while also identifying what the community wants? In their new book Transform and Thrive: Ideas to Invigorate Your Library and Your Community, Dorothy Stoltz and her coauthors Gail Griffith, James Kelly, Muffie Smith, and Lynn Wheeler argue that adhering to a handful of straightforward principles will point the way forward.