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Library Leadership and Professional Development Sites

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A compilation of professional resources that stress leadership and professional development. Includes blogs, podcasts, and webpages.

Library Leadership and Professional Development - Resource Descriptions. Podcast Episodes | Better Library Leaders. The Lesser of Two Weevils (ALA Code of Ethics, Part 2) Here’s BLL Season 2, Episode 3, In which we talk about the Equitable access parts of the ALA code of ethics, and I go on a bit of a rant about neutrality in the wake of the library social media kerfuffle about meeting room policies in the wake of Charlottesville. Oh,... What’s in a Code? (ALA Code of Ethics, Part 1) Here’s BLL Season 2, Episode 2, In which I introduce my 3-part (though actually it’ll probably be 4 parts) series on the ALA Code of Ethics. Better Library Leaders Season 2, Episode 1: The Map Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1 of Better Library Leaders, In which I introduce the new show format and provide a map to the season to come. BLL 13: Career advice from Ellen Mehling of Library Career People, and the joys of leadership burnout. Welcome back to Better Library Leaders! Now What? (This is a dual podcast episode and blog post.

BLL Episode 11: Overcoming Overwhelm and My First Library Leadership Course! Library Leadership Training Resources | Offices of the American Library Association. This resource list represents leadership development training opportunities for library professionals at all levels and specialties within the library community. Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and Harvard University, Graduate School of Education Leadership Training: ACRL/Harvard Advanced Leadership Institute for Senior Academic Librarians The Advanced Leadership Institute for Senior Academic Librarians enables senior library leaders to better understand and respond to a complicated set of leadership challenges facing academic libraries.

The institute reviews foundational concepts from LIAL, applies them to the dynamic competitive environment now facing libraries and extends them to the leadership challenges confronting the 21st century library. American Library Association (ALA) Leadership Training: Emerging Leaders Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership Training: Leadership Development The Aurora Foundation Ltd. Workshops | Florida Library Webinars. Library Juice Academy Courses. Staff Development | Professional Tools. Staff development is a broad term used describe the job-related continuing education of employees in an organization. Other terms used interchangeably are in-service education, professional development, and human resource development; the Library of Congress uses LIBRARY EMPLOYEES - IN-SERVICE TRAINING and CAREER DEVELOPMENT.

It takes many forms: attending formal classes, workshops or conferences; in-service training, one-on-one coaching, site visits, participation on a staff or association task force or committee, etc. The transformation of libraries in the services offered and the perspective of its patrons, can only continue to progress if the staff of those libraries are encouraged to continue learning and working together.

Staff development needs to have management involvement and backing, and an eye on the overall mission of libraries in general. There are several sub-topics that are important to Staff Development Back to Top Association of College and Research Libraries. News/Current Awareness Tools - ACRL/EBSS Education Librarian’s Toolkit - LibGuides at ACRL. Skip to main content ACRL/EBSS Education Librarian’s Toolkit News/Current Awareness Tools. Continuing Education - Division of Library and Information Services - Florida Department of State.

Library Development Florida library staff members – find the training you need, free of charge. Join Our Webinars DLIS consultants and State Library and Archives staff present webinars on diverse topics. View Archived Webinars View dozens of recorded webinars and online meetings on our various YouTube channels. Statewide Training Calendars These websites list continuing education opportunities throughout the state. Workshops From Florida's MLCs Florida’s multitype library cooperatives offer training face to face, online and on demand. Tech-Talk Receive weekly emails about software and more. WebJunction Self-paced courses and curated webinar archives. Contact Us To request training, for a YouTube alternative, or for any other questions regarding our webinars, please contact: Join Our Mailing Lists Sign up for select mailing lists.