The Next Level: Library leadership starts here; Library Journal, 3/16/15

Rebecca T. Miller, Library Journal; The Next Level: Library leadership starts here:

"To that end, it seems fitting that the reveal of the newest class of Movers & Shakers coincides with the launch of a new professional development platform from LJ. This platform expands on the work of our Lead the Change (LTC) live events to support better leadership development in libraries. LJ has always been about professional development, sometimes formally, sometimes quite informally. More recently, however, we have taken another look at that role and examined what more we can do to help you build the talent we know is at work at every level in your libraries.

Lead the Change, now entering its fourth year, has illustrated to us just how deep the need is for leadership development. A 2014 survey of 550-plus Movers & Shakers stressed the need for the entire staff to be up to speed on innovations in libraries and personal leadership. This inspired a new live event program from LTC cofounder David Bendekovic: Professional Development for Library Staff—full-day, interactive workshops designed to help the whole staff develop together. Another new workshop is from branding expert David Vinjamuri: Transform Your Stacks To Drive Circulation shares insights into collection trends and out-of-the-box marketing and merchandising tactics.

The live events will be complemented by the new LTC Leadership Academy–Online, a series of intensive digital courses; our inaugural course, Create Your Career Road Map, starts on April 22. These are designed for deep, instructor-led learning, complete with homework on targeted projects and coaching. Also in the mix, more LTC webcasts, including six on-demand sessions moderated by Sandra Hirsh, director of the School of Information at California’s San José State University."