Category: Skills
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Remote Services – Elsa de Almeida Valente, Sabrina Celi
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 Section and was co-chaired by Monica Ertel…
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Managing employee (and your) morale – Ida Kelemen, Alberta Comer
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 Section and was co-chaired by Monica Ertel…
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Toxic and dysfunctional workplace
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 was done with support from the M&M…
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Managing skills when GOING GREEN, GREEN GREENER, WITH TRUE MARKETING
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 elusive if either is conceived in isolation.…
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Management during a City Expo and an innovative journey – Example from Helsingborg Sweden
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 city of Helsingborg, Sweden. During these 35…
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Library Managers Around the World – Leslie Weir
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 world. Each interview was focused around four…
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Empowering Library Leaders and Diversity Worldwide- IFLA MLAS & IFLA NPSIG webinar series
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 empower new library leaders worldwide and foster…
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Library Managers Around the World – Anya Feltreuter
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 interviews with library managers from around the…
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Library Managers Around the World – Andrew Ojulong
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 world. Each interview was focused around four…
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Library Managers around the World – Dr. Jianzhong Wu
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 managers from around the world. Each interview…
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