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Library Group Aims to Reeducate Public on Its Profession

Associations Now

As innovative maker spaces seem to be pushing out book stacks in school libraries, the American Association of School Librarians posits that there’s room for both—and that certified school librarians are the most qualified professionals to give students the best of both worlds. Certainly there’s still books [and] literature.

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Professional Development Programs for High School & College Students

GrowthZone

An unrivaled library of chamber of commerce program and event ideas. A Big Book of Chamber Ideas showcases five, chamber-facilitated student development events and programs created to provide a launchpad for post-secondary success. The result? The event concludes with the awarding of a $500.00

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New (Free) E-Book: Leading Systems Change Will Supercharge Your Facilitation Skills

Beth Kanter

But this is more than a simple report on a highly successful leadership program that takes a systems approach to serving an underserved community, it is the authors playbook of how to design and implement a program, including facilitation recipes for designing meetings. This section includes templates for meeting processes.

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Association Study: Libraries Help Close the Digital Gap

Associations Now

Reporting on its first Digital Inclusion Survey, the American Library Association highlights how libraries are remaining relevant in the digital age—and how hard it is for them to keep up with technology’s quickening pace. If your local library doesn’t have working WiFi, it’s probably because the power’s out.

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Eight Is Enough

Eric Lanke

That has helped create a library of more than 400 posts, most of which I have indexed into one of the "Blog Topics" shown on my home page: Core Values , Generations , Innovation , Leadership , Member Engagement , Strategy and Execution , and Workforce Development. But there are two other Blog Topics on that list.

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With Association Help, First President Finally Gets His Library

Associations Now

This new library will help us to maintain and advance George Washington’s timeless relevance in our fast-changing world. The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, originally founded to help save and preserve the estate of George Washington, worked for more than 150 years to open a library in honor of America’s first president.

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How to Create a Culture of Learning at Your Association

WBT Systems

Get leadership buy-in. However, staff leadership must do more than just support a learning culture, they must model the behavior they wish to see. Everyone—leadership and staff—must acknowledge learning as one of the association’s strategic assets. Here are the principles you must have in place. Embed learning into strategy.

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