Category Archives for Professional Development
What I Learned at PLA 2008: Part 3
Okay, wrapping things up here (btw, these have not been in order of attendance): A few key points from the “Need to Lead” program sponsored by the Urban Libraries Council and its Executive Leadership Initiative: ELI is based on action … Continue reading
What I Learned at PLA 2008: Part 2
More notes lessons, inspiration, ideas, questions from PLA 2008… From George and Joan‘s presentation, “It Ain’t Necessarily So: Challenging the Assumptions of Legacy Librarianship” librarians have never been the first or second choice to get information how does the library … Continue reading
What I Learned at PLA 2008: Part 1
Just spent 5 days in Minneapolis for the Public Library Association conference and came back with a renewed sense of confidence that there are a lot of smart, passionate, innovative, good-natured, and hard-working people working to improve public libraries and … Continue reading
Notes from the future
I read a lot of library-related blogs (I know, exciting!) and my favorite is Stephen’s Lighthouse. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to hear Stephen Abram speak for the first time and it was challenging, frightening, thought-provoking and inspiring. What I … Continue reading
Staff Day
MPOW just had its annual staff day and I think everyone had a good time (especially the staff who took home the prizes, including a Dell Computer, Wii, and iPod). I know I did. It was especially fun to see … Continue reading