Resources for Future Directors — Administrative Skills Resources

Created by Carissa J. Vogel, University of Washington, May 2008

Scope

Coverage of materials: 2005 to present
Items listed by format and, then, in reverse chronological order
Hyperlinks are to articles, PowerPoint presentations, tables of contents of books, or online lectures.

Jean M. Holcomb, Managing by the Book... Perfecting Negotiating Techniques, 99 Law Libr. J. 851 (2007).
Barbara A. Bintliff, Laura N. Gasaway, Penny A. Hazelton, Frank G. Houdek, Janis L. Johnston, Martha Dragich Pearson, Charles Ten Brink & Michelle Wu, Rebuilding the Profession: Recommendations for Librarians Interested in Becoming Academic Law Library Directors, 99 Law Libr. J. 101 (2007).
Edward T. Hart, AALL Management and Leadership Institute: An Overview, ALL-SIS Newsl. (Acad. Law Libr.—Special Int. Sect., Am. Ass’n Law Libr.), Summer 2007, at 25.
Jennifer Lunt, The 7 habits of Highly Effective Librarians: What I Learned at the AALL Management and Leadership Institute, ALL-SIS Newsl. (Acad. Law Libr.—Special Int. Sect., Am. Ass’n Law Libr.), Summer 2007, at 26.
Jean M. Holcomb, Managing by the Book... Moving into Management: Strategies to Take the Pinch out of Stepping into New Shoes, 99 Law Libr. J. 167 (2007).
Leah Sandwell-Weiss, The Evolution of Law Library Support to Law School Administrative and Staff Offices: What We are Doing and Why, Legal Reference Services Q., Jan.–Feb. 2007, at 233.
Nancy A. Armstrong, The Search for a Law Library Director, 98 Law Libr. J. 253 (2006).
Jean M. Holcomb, Learning to Lead: Debunking Leadership Myths, 97 Law Libr. J. 729 (2005).
Jean M. Holcomb, Time Management: Oxymoron or Trainable Skill, 97 Law Libr. J. 605 (2005).

Beyond the Books: People, Politics, and Librarianship (Leslie A. Lee & Michelle M. Wu, eds., Hein 2007) (includes chapters on leadership and management).

Annual Meeting
Compiled using Frank Houdek’s AALL Annual Meetings: An Annotated Index of the Recordings (1989– ), Penny Hazelton’s conference notes, and the AALL Annual Meeting program guides.

W-5: Billie Jo Kaufman, Carol Avery Nicholson, Janice Snyder, James Michalko, Patricia Sayre-McCoy, Judith Wright, Margaret Maes, Stephen Weiter, Rhea Ballard-Thrower, Brian Striman & Douglas Lind, Amazing Technical Services: the Director's Cut (July 12, 2008).

2007
Conference proceedings for the following meetings can be accessed through sound recordings called Rise to the Challenge 100th AALL Annual Meeting and Conference, New Orleans, LA, July 14–17, 2007 and are available at thirty-three libraries world-wide (according to WorldCat search on May 23, 2008).

C-4: Rising to the Leadership Challenge Outside Your library: Being a Leader in the Larger Organization (July 15, 2007).
F5: The Autonomous Law Library: Fact or Fiction (July 2008).
H5: Fredrick Barnhart, Penny Hazelton, Fillippa Anzalone & Richard Danner, Managing Beyond the Library: Successful Management of IT Departments for Law Librarians (July 17, 2006).

2006
Conference proceedings for the following meetings can be accessed through sound recordings called Pioneering Change 99th AALL Annual Meeting and Conference, St. Louis, MO, LA, July 8–12, 2006 and are available at thirty-three libraries world-wide (according to WorldCat search on May 23, 2008).

H5: Fredrick Barnhart, Penny Hazelton, Fillippa Anzalone & Richard Danner, Managing Beyond the Library: Successful Management of IT Departments for Law Librarians (July 17, 2006).

2005
The following workshop was held outside of the AALL Annual Meeting schedule and is not part of the conference sound recording.

Laura N. Gasaway, Janis Johnston, Martha Dragich, Barbara Bintliff, Frank Houdek, Penny Hazelton, Michelle Wu & Charles Ten Brink, Rebuilding the Profession: A Workshop for Librarians Interested in an Academic Directorship (July 20, 2005) in 99 Law Libr. J. 101 (2007).

Nancy Gershenfeld, Program at the Law Librarians of the Puget Sound Spring Workshop: Eat Your Spinach: Why Crunching Numbers Can Be Good for You (May 14, 2008).
Let’s Make a Deal: The Theory and Practice of Negotiating (in two parts):

Alan Kirtley, Program at the Law Librarians of the Puget Sound Spring Workshop: Lowering the Barriers to Agreement (May 14, 2008).
Nanette Welton, Program at the Law Librarians of the Puget Sound Spring Workshop: Practical Negotiation for Librarians (May 14, 2008).

American Association of Law Schools
Many of the program lectures and materials are available on the program websites. Follow the links below.

Section on Institutional Advancement, Institutional Advancement: It’s Not Just Fundraising Anymore (Jan. 4, 2006) (an all-day program with different presentations by various speakers on marketing and fundraising in a law school).
Kenneth W. Starr (moderator) and Barbara Bintliff, John H. Garvey, Penelope A. Hazelton, Billie Jo Kaufman, Nancy Rogers & David E. Van Zandt (speakers), How I See It: A Dialogue Between Deans and Law Library Directors (Jan. 5, 2006).