Sunday, June 9th                    11:15 am – 1:45 pm      CONSULTING SECTION SESSION: Consulting: Managing the Expectation, Rebecca Jones, Dysart & Jones Successful consulting is all about managing the expectations – yours and theirs. Come discuss with Rebecca what you need to know about managing the engagement and benefit from what she has learned [...]

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Congratulations to Penny Andrews, this year’s winner of the SLA Europe-LMD Early Career Conference Award. Penny is currently the Library Graduate Trainee at Leeds Metropolitan University and has pursued studies centering around IP rights, information literacy, encryption, standards, computer-mediated communication, management, user-centered design, innovation and e-business. Penny is an activist, writer, performer (Radio 4, Glastonbury), [...]

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The awards committee is soliciting nominations from the Leadership and Management Division for the 2013 Karen J. Switt Leadership Award. Each year, the Leadership & Management Division honors a member who has shown outstanding leadership, served as a role model for others, and contributed significantly to SLA. In 1999, the award was named in memory of Karen J. Switt, a much-admired and much-missed LMD [...]

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The Leadership & Management Division Board includes elected officers, appointed Committee chairs (and co-chairs) as well as Section Chairs. See why you should actively participate. Executive Board Members Chair – Amy Affelt Chair-elect – Martha Foote  Treasurer – Doris Helfer Secretary – Jill Strand Director – Karen Reczek Past Chair – Rebecca Vargha   Section Chairs More information for Sections Consulting Section – Juanita Richardson Marketing Section – Chris Olson Content Buying – Carol Ginsburg and Barbara [...]

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“What could I do if my supervisor resists a change in job title to reflect increased responsibilities?” Certainly, a boosting of job title presents a conundrum for a supervisor:  On the one hand, he or she is grooming staff to grow; on the other hand, there could be a perception his or her own role [...]

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“What are my options when my supervisor is not forthcoming with support for or information related to career growth?” Let’s assume that the supervisor, rather than appearing to want to keep you where you are because you are such an excellent employee, is simply a “blank” when you ask about opportunities for advancement (within the [...]

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Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST Presentation Webinar Recording “Marketing that FITS (Fun, Interactive/Informative, Targeted, Succinct) + Branding” will cover: Websites Vendor events Social media outside the US Successes and things we could have done better. Let’s have an interactive session, and learn from each other. Ruth Wolfish, IEEE [...]

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The value of LMD comes from the knowledge and idea sharing that occurs among our members.  We want to make communication within the Division as seamless as possible—we don’t want you to miss a minute of our professional development webinars, Annual Conference programming, announcements, and other news. We will be subscribing all current LMD members to the [...]

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January 23, 2013 Webinar Recording Presentation In any disrupted industry or profession, innovation is an essential response. As members of a disrupted profession, librarians require new strategies to realign what we do with the changed expectations of our employers. For librarians in corporations, government, law firms, medical facilities, higher education, and others, embedded librarianship is [...]

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SLA Website:  http://lmd.sla.org You will need a login and password to post to the LMD Website. Please contact communications@lmd.sla.org for a login Once you go to the website, you will need to Login. The login link is located at the bottom of the home page. You will be prompted with the Login box. Once you [...]

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