Management of Library Associations SectionNew Professionals Special Interest Group

Conference Session 9513 August 2012, 9:30-12:45

Strategies for library associations: Include New Professionals now!

Agenda

1st part 2 papers, discussion 75 min

2nd part 3 papers, discussion 75 min

3rd part panel, discussion 30 min

discuss one of the topics below:

experiences in your association?

what could be done to support this process?

come up with a final statement or outcome on each subtopic

Outreach to members and non members

• attraction and retention of members • the return on investment for New Professionals

Professional communication within and outside of library associations• new and innovative forms of knowledge sharing • working collaboratively across the generations - online and onsite

Round tables I

discuss one of the topics below:

experiences in your country?

what could be done to support this process?

come up with a final statement or outcome on each subtopic

Leadership as a New Professionals issue• library associations preparing a new generation of LIS professionals for

leadership positions • managing New Professionals vs. New Professionals in management positions

The flow of professions• the profile of librarianship and the impact of the private sector and

neighboring professions • ‘librarian identity’ among new and established professionals

Round tables II