LLOPS Spring Professional Development Workshop
LIBRARIANS MEAN BUSINESS: LESSONS FROM THE BOARDROOM
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
8:15 am – 4:00 pm
One Union Square Boardroom
600 University, First Level
Seattle, WA 98101
Join us for the annual Spring Professional Development Workshop. This year’s
workshop focuses on the business aspects of librarianship. We will discuss
the big-picture topics of effectively managing and marketing library services,
and we will explore the practical business skills needed to succeed in the
21st century knowledge economy.
REGISTRATION: 8:15-8:45
MORNING SESSIONS: 8:45-12:00
Session I: Eat Your Spinach: Why Crunching Numbers
Can Be Good for You
Learn how to use statistics, spreadsheets and graphs to support strategic
business decisions in your organization.
Speaker:
Nancy Gershenfeld, Senior Lecturer, University of Washington’s iSchool
Session II: Let’s Make a Deal: The Theory and Practice
of Negotiating
This is a two-part session. In the first part, we’ll take a look at the negotiations
process generally, including in daily life and in business. In the second
part, we’ll focus in on the negotiation of a library’s sample contract with
an online information vendor.
Speakers:
Alan Kirtley, Associate Professor of Law, University of Washington
Nanette Welton, Associate Director, Health Sciences Libraries, University
of Washington
LUNCH BREAK: 12:00-1:30
During the lunch break, entertainment will be provided by Dr.
Yoram Bauman, “the world’s first and only stand-up economist”,
from 12:30-1:00
AFTERNOON SESSIONS: 1:30-4:00
Session III: Market Fresh: How to Keep the Creative
Juices Flowing
This panel, composed of both marketing professionals and librarians with marketing
experience, will discuss strategies for repackaging old services and rolling
out new services.
Panelists:
Rob Ashby, Business Development Manager, Microsoft
Marsha Iverson, Public Relations Specialist, King County Library System
Carl Goodman, Senior Business Development Manager, Heller Ehrman
Session IV: Blogging for Business: Virtual Practice
Development
A panel of three local attorneys who blog will discuss the varying purposes
of their blogs, the challenges they’ve encountered along the way, and the
successes they’ve experienced.
Panelists:
Michael G. Atkins,
shareholder, Graham & Dunn
Venkat Balasubramani, principal, Balasubramani
Law
D. Jill Pugh, principal,
Law Office of D. Jill Pugh
Cost: $75 full day; $50 half day; $25 student
Lunch is included in the registration costs for both half- and full-day participants
Registration Deadline: April 28, 2008. No walk-up registration.
To register, please fill out the registration
form and send it with your check payable to the Law Librarians of Puget
Sound, to:
Holly Gale
Keller Rohrback LLP
1201 3rd Ave, Suite 3200
Seattle, WA 98101-3052
hgale@kellerrohrback.com
Past Workshops and program materials
2007 Talking the Talk: Communicating Knowledge and Value
--Rita Kaiser and Kerry Fitz-Gerald: How to Train without Having to Show Up: Tools & Tips for Taking Your Training Virtual: List of Resources for Further Information
--Rita Kaiser and Kerry Fitz-Gerald: How to Train without Having to Show Up: Tools & Tips for Taking Your Training Virtual: PowerPoint Presentation
2007 Trials and Tribulations
--
LaJean Humphries: Managing Electronic Services - Advocacy & Management
--
Scott Schumacher: Beyond Google: Teaching law students electronic research
--
Richard Jost: Dawn til Dusk: Managing Electronic Services
2006 Law Librarians at the Electronic Frontier
2005 What's Law Got to Do With It II
2004 What's Law Got to Do With It?: Legal Education for Librarians
2003 Communicating on the Fly: Make Your Point in Half the Time
2002 What do they know about you? The political and practical aspects of personal information
--SPL confidentiality policy
--Jane Appling's suggested resources for further reading about privacy
2001 Conquering Knowledge
Management
--Enterprise
Information Portals, Powerpoint by Keith
Lippman
--Knowledge
Management Scenarios and Solutions - Interactive portion of
workshop
2000 So Many Formats, So Little Time
1999 Quality
Customer Service: Beyond 'How May I Help You?'
1998 Change and
history forum<
1995 Time Gain -- 'Net Profit