What management/leadership programs did you attend?
(name of program/day/time, presenter(s), tell us about the program, top things you took away from the program, anything else...)
Sun, June 24 at 8 am, I attended a Career Development program entitled Creativity and Innovation. Speaker Mega Subramaniam from Univ of Maryland, College of Info Studies described their Stem project funded by the National Science Foundation. Geared towards middle school students in the Washington D.C. area, the project's goal was to encourage kids to pursue science as a career. To do this, they worked with four middle school librarians to hold after-school programs for kids which focused on creative writing about science fiction.
The school librarians helped design a related web site called Sci-Identity, which was an online community of young adult science fiction storytellers. The librarians played many roles in the project, from instructional partners, program administrators, teachers and information leaders.
I thought this project might be something our library might try as a YA program related to Wess' current Stem project.
Growing Leaders from Within: Cultuvating your library's future leaders and managers; Saturday 8-10am
Folks from the Orange County (FL) Libray System and San Diego Public LIbrary presented co-presentations on what they do to grow leaders within.
OCLS has a formalized training program consisting of three programs: Spectrum which cross-trains existing managers; Career Pathways for any employee prepared for increased responsibility & leadership roles; and Executive Edge a program to move into adminstration.
All OCLS programs have similar characteristics in that participants must apply, they meet regularly, go through workshops and training, complete purposeful projects, and work with case studies. Because these programs work well in a large system like OCLS, I thought aspects of these programs could be incorporated into Team RC and especially the Employee Orientation experience. The model is different from our City's existing Leadership and Supervisory Adademies in that it's created internally, and not outsourced, which I liked.
San Diego's presentation, unfortunately, was convoluted and marred by bad presentation skills. Their growing leaders approach is less formalized and included things like: *"Meet the Director" (Jose Aponte) events; *A recognition program where staff can fill out "Thank You Notes," a form that is sent to employee and supervisor. Staff with the most Thank You Notes at the end of the year become SDPL All Stars who are given a day off!! *Library manager internships where a manager can sit in for another manager while they are out on vacation. Hey Robert, I think I heard you were going away in August! :]
The Indispensible Library - Saturday, 1:30 p.m., Norma Blake & Peggy Cadigan (New Jersey State Library). This presentation provided strategies to make your library valuable to patrons, a variety of tips presented in quick succession. A few were obvious or things that Rancho is already doing, but others were useful ideas or reminders. For example, the population as a whole is getting older, with a rise in solo dwelling so that people are looking for places to go and connect (as well as using Facebook in increasing numbers). Some libraries are providing spaces where patrons can create content, such as music labs, 3D printers, or teaching people how to make video recordings and collecting videos of patron subject experts. Another interesting idea was partnerships between youth and seniors over several weeks to provide help learning how to use computers. One library even has a "Techmobile" similar to our Bookmobile but with laptops.
I also attended and enjoyed the NJ State Library program. They created a state-wide program that addressed top issues for libraries in their state. I’ve added an example under each:
1. Center of excellence – do DIFFERENT with less, not more with less; acknowledge, connect with and thank your patrons 2. Community center – offer DELIGHT; create content; build social capital 3. Tech and expertise – ask people to opt in to email marketing 4. Innovative service models – embedding a librarian in community places 5. Advocate and learn – NJ State Library created Snapshot Day now used around the country.
Sun, June 24 at 8 am, I attended a Career Development program entitled Creativity and Innovation. Speaker Mega Subramaniam from Univ of Maryland, College of Info Studies described their Stem project funded by the National Science Foundation. Geared towards middle school students in the Washington D.C. area, the project's goal was to encourage kids to pursue science as a career. To do this, they worked with four middle school librarians to hold after-school programs for kids which focused on creative writing about science fiction.
ReplyDeleteThe school librarians helped design a related web site called Sci-Identity, which was an online community of young adult science fiction storytellers. The librarians played many roles in the project, from instructional partners, program administrators, teachers and information leaders.
I thought this project might be something our library might try as a YA program related to Wess' current Stem project.
Growing Leaders from Within: Cultuvating your library's future leaders and managers; Saturday 8-10am
ReplyDeleteFolks from the Orange County (FL) Libray System and San Diego Public LIbrary presented co-presentations on what they do to grow leaders within.
OCLS has a formalized training program consisting of three programs: Spectrum which cross-trains existing managers; Career Pathways for any employee prepared for increased responsibility & leadership roles; and Executive Edge a program to move into adminstration.
All OCLS programs have similar characteristics in that participants must apply, they meet regularly, go through workshops and training, complete purposeful projects, and work with case studies. Because these programs work well in a large system like OCLS, I thought aspects of these programs could be incorporated into Team RC and especially the Employee Orientation experience. The model is different from our City's existing Leadership and Supervisory Adademies in that it's created internally, and not outsourced, which I liked.
San Diego's presentation, unfortunately, was convoluted and marred by bad presentation skills. Their growing leaders approach is less formalized and included things like:
*"Meet the Director" (Jose Aponte) events;
*A recognition program where staff can fill out "Thank You Notes," a form that is sent to employee and supervisor. Staff with the most Thank You Notes at the end of the year become SDPL All Stars who are given a day off!!
*Library manager internships where a manager can sit in for another manager while they are out on vacation. Hey Robert, I think I heard you were going away in August! :]
The Indispensible Library - Saturday, 1:30 p.m., Norma Blake & Peggy Cadigan (New Jersey State Library). This presentation provided strategies to make your library valuable to patrons, a variety of tips presented in quick succession. A few were obvious or things that Rancho is already doing, but others were useful ideas or reminders. For example, the population as a whole is getting older, with a rise in solo dwelling so that people are looking for places to go and connect (as well as using Facebook in increasing numbers). Some libraries are providing spaces where patrons can create content, such as music labs, 3D printers, or teaching people how to make video recordings and collecting videos of patron subject experts. Another interesting idea was partnerships between youth and seniors over several weeks to provide help learning how to use computers. One library even has a "Techmobile" similar to our Bookmobile but with laptops.
ReplyDeleteI also attended and enjoyed the NJ State Library program. They created a state-wide program that addressed top issues for libraries in their state. I’ve added an example under each:
ReplyDelete1. Center of excellence – do DIFFERENT with less, not more with less; acknowledge, connect with and thank your patrons
2. Community center – offer DELIGHT; create content; build social capital
3. Tech and expertise – ask people to opt in to email marketing
4. Innovative service models – embedding a librarian in community places
5. Advocate and learn – NJ State Library created Snapshot Day now used around the country.