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ALCTS webinar: Talent Management and Succession Planning

Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2017

This webinar is 90 minutes in length and will begin at 11am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.

Session 4 of the five-session series Re-envisioning Technical Services: Identifying Leadership and Talent Management Best Practices

Description: Libraries need the “next” workforce to transform and innovate. Organizations can use talent management to recruit, retain, and develop the future staff they need. Let’s examine performance elements of talent management to learn its applications for re-envisioning the skills and competencies needed among the technical services workforce.

Learning outcomes:

* Learn about the components of talent management and their relationships to organizational strategies, outcomes, and succession planning.

* Understand talent management and succession planning within the context of libraries and technical services.

* Know how to get started addressing the talent management needs within an organization.

Who should attend?

Library and technical services managers and others interested in the future of technical services

Presenters:

Dr. Meredith Taylor has worked in higher education administration and research libraries for over 16 years; her current role is in administrative operations for the Provost’s Office at the University of Texas. Dr. Taylor also co-authored a study for ARL exploring the utilization of talent management strategies in research libraries.

Dr. Sylvia Hall-Ellis provides leadership and vision for colleagues in higher education, government, and the information industry. A highly successful grant writer and fundraiser, she has more than 40 years of experience working as an administrator, development officer, and project manager. An accomplished writer and editor, she is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Information at San Jose State University. Dr. Hall-Ellis is currently co-authoring a new book on succession planning in libraries.

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Registration Fees (per individual webinar or series of 5 webinars):  

ALCTS Member $43 ; series of 5 webinars: $172

Non-member $59 ; series of 5 webinars: $236

Group rate (members/non-members) $129 ; series of 5 webinars: $516  

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website:

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/032217

ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org. For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.