PRICE: $265.00 Member/ $265.00 Student Member/ $365.00 Non-Member
Finally, an interactive half-day workshop on practical techniques for thinking strategically! During 30 years of working with information professionals, the class instructors have often heard clients express the challenge of seeing “the big picture.” Senior managers responsible for information and knowledge management regularly raise concerns that info pros aren’t strong strategic thinkers. This course offers an intensive discussion of practical strategic thinking techniques, applies these techniques in a case study, and provides additional resources to help you align information services with organizational strategies.
MODERATING:
William DeGenaro, DeGenaro & Associates Inc.
SPEAKING:
Jane Dysart, Dysart & Jones Associates; Rebecca Jones, Dysart & Jones Associates
PRICE: $230.00 Member/ $115.00 Student Member/ $300.00 Non-Member
As technology becomes more prevalent in the library, information specialists are becoming innovators and technologists as well as content managers. They are now actively managing an organization’s information assets (including new technology projects) rather than passively responding to requests. Project management concepts, tools, and techniques discussed in this half-day seminar will help anyone complete technology/knowledge management projects on time and within budget while meeting project goals. Knowledge of PM will help you avoid common pitfalls, such as vague definitions of goals, unrealistic plans, and lack of meaningful schedules. Participants will leave the course understanding how to put together a plan and budget, lead a team, and manage the project through completion.
SPEAKING:
Jennifer Swanson, Charles Stark Draper Laboratories
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/ProjMgmtInfoKnowManagersJenniferSwanson.pdf
Panel Discussion
This panel will discuss innovative applications of citation data and tools to meet specific institutional goals. Topics related to research performance measurement and collaboration will be covered.
Tips, tricks and other practical information for beginner and experienced catalogers.
SPEAKING
Paul Burley, Northwestern University
This is the annual business meeting of the Museums, Arts and Humanities division. It is an opportunity to hear about the accomplishments and plans for the future of the division. All members and interested parties are highly encouraged to attend.
MODERATING:
Richard Hulser, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
PRICE: $35.00 Member/ $30.00 Student Member/ $45.00 Non-Member
The News Division annual education session. Annie Anderson, from the Public Insight Network of American Public Media, will provide news researchers, journalists, and other attendees with a high level overview of PIN and how it helps newsrooms do smart, targeted crowd-sourcing. PIN currently has more than 130,000 sources around the country and 60 partner news organizations.
MODERATING:
Nina Johnson, University of Missouri - Columbia Missourian Newspaper Library
SPEAKING:
Annie Anderson, American Public Media
