Core Library Leaders and Managers Interest Group

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Purpose: Organizes, moderates, and distributes summaries of virtual and face-to-face discussions on topics of interest to leaders and managers at all levels and types of libraries.

This interest group is part of Core's Leadership and Management Section.

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  • 1.  Core Library Leaders and Managers Interest Group Spring Program

    Posted Jun 08, 2023 03:54 PM

    Hello everyone,

    Please join us for the final discussion session of the series which we hope to resume in the Fall! This month's theme is an informal, lightly moderated, synchronous zoom discussion session around the topic of advocacy and will be held on Thursday, June 22nd at 9am PST/10am MTN/11am CST/12pm EST.  Participants can stop in for a minute, or stay for the entire session.  Participants don't need to be a member of ALA or ALA Core to participate, but individuals will need to register here.

    Here are some resources to get us started:

    • Georgia Library Association (2020). Georgia library association advocacy committee. Georgia Library Quarterly, 57(2), 22–23.
    • Kachel, D. (2017). The advocacy continuum. Teacher Librarian, 44(3), 50–52.
    • Miller, S. M., & Ray, M. (2018). Two future ready librarians explore advocacy in and outside of the library. Knowledge Quest, 46(3), 22–27.
    • Merola, M. (2010). Library advocate's handbook. Chicago: American Library Association
    • Comito, L., Geraci, A., & Zabriskie, C. (2012). Grassroots library advocacy. Chicago: American Library Association

    Hope to see you there!
    Erik and Cinthya (co-chairs)



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    Cinthya Ippoliti
    Auraria Library Director
    University of Colorado Denver; Metropolitan State University of Denver; Community College of Denver
    she/her/hers
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  • 2.  RE: Core Library Leaders and Managers Interest Group Spring Program

    Posted Jun 30, 2023 03:01 PM

    Hello everyone,

    Here are the notes from our June meeting, thank you!

    • As a middle manager how do you advocate on behalf of department/division to library admin
    • How do you communicate with a new boss and build partnerships with others who can help
    • How can you effectively use benchmark and internal data and share the narrative around the data as well as filling in the gaps
    • It's important to understand the goals of the advocacy as that may affect what info is shared, how the message is shared, with whom, etc.
    • Compensation data is very important when advocating for salary/hiring support
    • What about when the data is not as supportive as you may like-being transparent about what the data means
    • Audience matters in crafting your message
    • Close the loop on your efforts and celebrate successes as well as be transparent about what worked/didn't
    • Internal advocacy is challenging because you may not be able to share everything that's going on or what steps are being taken until the outcome is resolved
    • You can also advocate to phase something in-if your initial idea is aspirational, is there a smaller--scale step that can be done first?

    Resources:

    1. HBR podcast-Managing negotiations for your team
    2. ACRL Advocacy toolkit
    3. ACRL Libraries transform Libguide
    4. Narrative budgets Doralyn Rossman


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    Cinthya Ippoliti
    Auraria Library Director
    University of Colorado Denver; Metropolitan State University of Denver; Community College of Denver
    she/her/hers
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