LLAMA SASS ALA Annual Program "The Backroom Powerhouse: Leading Technical Services in Turbulent Times"

[Lila Ohler <lohler@umd.edu>]

Apologies for cross posting.

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The Backroom Powerhouse: Leading Technical Services in Turbulent 
Times

Date: Saturday, June 26

Time: 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Location: Hilton Washington (1919 Connecticut Avenue), Lincoln 
Room

How do technical services managers and administrators manage up, 
out, and across in challenging financial and political times? 
Given the complexity of the resources and systems we manage, how 
do we ensure we are communicating effectively with our colleagues 
in other parts of the library? What is reasonable for being asked 
to do more with less?  With fewer and fewer staff, how do we 
ensure staff keep their skills flexible for the future?  How do 
we ensure that libraries have a seat at the decision making table 
with respect to how we do business, whether that be issues 
regarding our funding, compliance with municipal or state 
regulations, or negotiating large business contracts?

Particularly relevant to librarians new to the field, this 
session will address some of the creative ways that leaders of 
varying levels of authority within Technical Services navigate 
political and economic challenges to successfully acquire or 
develop the material and human resources needed to succeed.

Speakers include:

Andrea Kappler
Cataloging Manager
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
Communicating to Collaborate: Moving Forward Despite Looming 
Budget Cuts

Emily Bergman

Head of Collections and Technical Services
Occidental College Library
>From Technical Services to Director and Back Again:  Thoughts 
from an Interim Library Director

Andrew White

Interim Dean and Director of Libraries
Director, Health Sciences Library
Stonybrook University
New Chancellor, New President, and You're Interim Library Dean 
.... What's the Plan?

Raymond Santiago
Director
Miami-Dade Public Library System
Responding to Outside Pressures - Flexibility is the Key


Lila (Angie) Ohler
Head of Acquisitions
McKeldin Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
301 405-9308 (phone)
301 314-1200 (fax)
lohler@umd.edu