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ALCTS webinar: Case Studies: Residencies, Peer Training, and Succession Planning

Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2017

This webinar is 90 minutes in length and will begin at 11am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time

Session 3 of the five-session series Re-envisioning Technical Services: Identifying Leadership and Talent Management Best Practice

Description: This webinar brings together three case studies in cultivating talent: Residency Training, Peer Training, and Leadership Succession Planning. The presenters will describe the benefits, outcomes, and lessons learned from projects that supported librarians at different stages throughout their careers. The session includes three case studies that show how carefully designed programs can support the development of individual librarians and also strengthen the library's strategic efforts to cultivate and retain a diverse workforce and ensure continuity of expertise.

Learning outcomes:

After attending this webinar attendees will have:

1. Familiarity with several approaches to supporting professional development in technical services;

2. An understanding of how talent management takes place in a variety of leadership development, succession planning, and continuing education and training programs for all levels of staff;

3. Practical ideas about how to implement or enhance education and talent management in several types of library settings;

4. Knowledge of program models that can support or enhance their library's talent management efforts and professional development goals.

Who should attend? Library and technical services managers and others interested in the future of technical services

Presenters:

Angela Kinney began working at the Library of Congress in 1981. She has served in progressively responsible positions in Library Services, first as a cataloging technician and now as a division chief of the African, Latin American and Western European Division. Kinney is a graduate of the Library of Congress Leadership Development Program and she holds a BA from Georgetown University and a MLS from The Catholic University of America.

Elyssa Gould serves as the Electronic Resources Librarian at the University of Tennessee and as Book Review Editor for Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS). Elyssa’s professional interests are centered on bibliographic description, electronic resources, and the future of library technical services. She earned her BA at Georgia College and State University, her MSLS at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a MA in English at Northern Michigan University.

Jacob Nadal is the Executive Director of ReCAP: The Research Collections and Preservation Consortium, a partnership among Columbia University, The New York Public Library, and Princeton University. Mr. Nadal serves as an advisor to the National Digital Stewardship Residency program, the Library of Congress Digital Preservation Outreach and Education initiative. He received his BA from University of Puget Sound and his MLS from Indiana University.

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Registration Fees (per individual webinar or series of 5 webinars):  

ALCTS Member $43 ; series of 5 webinars: $172

Non-member $59 ; series of 5 webinars: $236

Group rate (members/non-members) $129 ; series of 5 webinars: $516  

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website:

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/022217

ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org. For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.