Leading Change

What’s the first word you think of when someone says “change”? “Work,” “new,” “challenge,” “fun,” “opportunity,” “panic,” and “painful” were some of the participants’ answers in this workshop, facilitated by library consultant Maureen Sullivan. Sullivan led the audience through several exercises designed to determine their change style, perceptions of change, and level of comfort with [...]

Technical Services Workflow Redesign: What’s In It For Me?

Program Description: Technical Services Workflow Redesign: What’s In It For Me? – 10/20/08 – 11:00 – 12:30 Is your Technical Services staff overwhelmed by new work while also trying to catch up with old work? Making changes to your workflow can free up staff time that can be redirected to exciting new challenges. Margaret Lourie, [...]

Telling it like it was: blog response for “Telling It Like it Is – Communicating Effectively in Difficult Conversations Conference”

We all know the field of librarianship is evolving. New technology, perspectives, information needs, media formats etc. greet us around every corner. I personally believe that this is what makes our field exciting – it is not stagnant and because we constantly try to keep up with the world around us – it can’t be. [...]