IFLA M&M Section Management Skill Building Blog

This is an extended text based on one of the presentations of the innovation webinar organized by the IFLA Management & Marketing Section in February 2023, “Managing Innovation: No Innovator is an Island”. Full recording from the webinar is available on YouTube. About the author: Catharina Isberg is […]

New! IFLA Management & Marketing 25th Anniversary Podcast The Management & Marketing (M&M) 25th Anniversary Working Group is excited to release its first interview, featuring an interview with Dr. Christie Koontz, an early member of the section. Dr. Koontz, a longtime IFLA member, is a legendary figure in […]

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning […]

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning […]

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning […]

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning […]

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning […]

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning […]

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning […]

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning […]

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning […]

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning […]

As part of the CPDWL Podcast Project there is a new conversation published featuring IFLA Knowledge Management Section Chair Spencer Acadia and Fran Holyoke. Both talk about how libraries can be toxic and strategies in managing difficult workplaces. The podcast can be found at: https://anchor.fm/ifla-cpdwl/episodes/S3E5-Spencer-Acadia-and-Fran-Holyoke-e1pd26k This Podcast episode […]

By Christie Koontz, School of Information, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA Knowledge and implementation of marketing principles and practices, and strategic planning (the process of developing a well-sculpted mission, goals, and objectives) are 21st century mainstays.  Most organizations rely on both for success.  But success can be […]

How do you manage during a 35 day long city fair which is the result of a 3 year long innovation journey? And what skills do you need to have in order to manage this? From May 30 till July 3 there sure was a buzz in the […]

This is a summary of the interview with Ms Leslie Weir, National Librarian and Archivist of Canada. In February 2022, the IFLA Management & Marketing Section organized a webinar “Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Library Managers around the World”. The webinar shared interviews with library managers from around the […]

This blog post gives a summary of the MLAS & IFLA NPSIG webinar series. The summary is written by Loida Garcia-Febo, International Library Consultant, IFLA MLAS Webinar Series Coordinator IFLA’s Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) in collaboration with the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) launched a new webinar series to […]

This is a summary of the interview with Ms Anya Feltreuter, Library Director, Mjölby Sweden. Chair of the Management & Marketing Standing Committee 2019-2023. In February 2022, the IFLA Management & Marketing Section organized a webinar “Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Library Managers around the World”. The webinar shared […]

This is a summary of the interview with Mr. Ezio Neyra, Chair of the Department of Literature at the Adolfo Ibáñez University in Chile, and former institutional head of the National Library of Peru (2020-2021). In February 2022, the IFLA Management & Marketing Section organized a webinar “Oh, The Places You’ll Go: […]

This is a summary of the interview with Mr. Andrew Ojulong, University Librarian, Lira University in Uganda. In February 2022, the IFLA Management & Marketing Section organized a webinar “Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Library Managers around the World”. The webinar shared interviews with library managers from around the […]

This is a summary of the interview with  Dr. Jianzhong Wu , Director of University of Macau Library, Macao, China. In February 2022, the IFLA Management & Marketing Section organized a webinar “Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Library Managers around the World”. The webinar shared interviews with library […]

This is a blog from the IFLA Management & Marketing Section. The Management Skill Building Blog focus on building and sharing management skills among library professionals, in line with the need in the physical, digital and hybrid working environment. The blog is developed so managers and professionals on […]