2007–2008

DATE and LOCATION

PROGRAM

Librarianship, Now and in the Future: Education, Skills, and Competencies • John L. King

Taking Stock: MLibrary Professional Development, Training, and Education

This Forum meeting, presented as part of the year-long Librarians' Forum series "Librarianship: Current and Future Trends in Education, Skills, and Competencies", will focus on current professional development and training opportunities at the University Library. We will hear from colleagues involved in current initiatives and will also invite attendees to share information about additional programs, then open the floor for discussion about current opportunities in general and future needs.

Featured presenters and topics are the following:

• Faculty Exploratory – Laurie Sutch
• Instructor College – Patricia Yocum
• Training and Documentation Group – Julie Weatherbee
• Library 2.0 Series – Dave Carter
• Library Human Resources, Staff Development – Lucy Cohen

Planning ahead, we will continue the theme in a brainstorming session at the November Librarians' Forum meeting. We'll start by identifying and discussing the ideal or expected skills and competencies of librarians and examine the communication, development, training, and education needs of librarians across library divisions, including Technical Services, Information Technology, Public Services, and Scholarly Research.

Exploring Issues and Trends in Libraries/Librarianship: Identifying Competency, Professional Development, and Training Needs

Please plan to join us at this week's Librarians' Forum. In what promises to be a thought-provoking, engaging brainstorming session led by Forum Board Members Kathleen Folger and Martin Knott, we'll be exploring issues and trends influencing libraries and identifying the ideal or expected skills and competencies needed for the future. We'll be examining these professional development, training, and education needs for library roles across library divisions, including Technical Services, Information Technology, Public Services, and Scholarly Resources.

In anticipation of the meeting, some questions to consider: "How are libraries/librarianship roles changing and will the library of the future be more similar or more different?" "Are the competencies needed for public, digital, technical, and scholarly research services the same or different?" "What are the implications for skill development and training?" "Are existing professional development opportunities sufficient? "Do we need more, different, better, other options?"

This session is presented as part of the year-long Librarians' Forum series, "Librarianship, Now and in the Future: Education, Skills, and Competencies." Look for additional programs designed to address this current and important issue in our evolving profession.

8th Annual Show & Tell

Please plan to join us for a time-honored tradition: the Librarians' Forum annual "show and tell" for what promises to be interesting, entertaining presentations by our colleagues:

• "A Woman's Legacy: Researching a Polish Family's History" by Patricia Yocum
• "A Bicycle inside of a Stick? -- Gadget Canes, System Sticks, and a Few Other Collectible Walking Sticks" by Jonathan Rothman
• “Seven Years in Nigeria and None the Worse for Wear” by Paul Newman
• "I ♥ Birds" by Jane Blumenthal

Note date change.

Public Goods and the Public Good: Economics, the University, and the Library • Paul Courant

University Governance

The Librarians' Forum welcomes Charles (Tad) Smith as the keynote presenter for the February meeting. Tad will address the theme of governance and will offer remarks on current governance issues in the University as well as other topics relevant to his roles as Chair of SACUA and Senate Assembly.

The program will also include information sharing/discussion by librarians currently serving on SACUA committees in addition to announcing the SkillShare pilot program and introduction of this year's Forum election committee members.

Exploring Issues and Trends in Libraries/Librarianship: Cultural Competency

Please join us for the March Librarians’ Forum program as we continue our discussion on trends affecting the profession and the skills needed for the future. The topic this month is cultural competency, its application in various roles in librarianship, and how it benefits users and staff. Karen Downing, Foundation and Grants Librarian and Coordinator of the Executive Research Service, will speak about the importance of cultural competence to librarianship. Charles Ransom, Multicultural Studies Librarian, will discuss the role of cultural competency in selecting and recommending resources. The session will conclude with a conversation led by Kathleen Folger, Electronic Resources Officer and Forum Board Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect.

This session is presented as part of the year-long Librarians' Forum series, "Librarianship, Now and in the Future: Education, Skills, and Competencies." It is co-sponsored by the Library Diversity Committee. All library staff are invited, encouraged, and welcomed to attend this session.

Librarianship in the 21st Century: A Report on the 2007 LIS Summit • Judy Olson

In preparation for a review of the LIS curriculum, the School of Information hosted a two day workshop, called the LIS Summit, on what it means to be a library or librarian in the near future. Ten key figures in the field and in fields nearby were invited to campus, and along with SI faculty, talked about what the future will bring, what research topics are important given that future, and what SI should offer future librarians in the curriculum. Associate Dean Olson will present the findings and open a discussion about how those ideas fit librarianship at Michigan.

Note date change.

Librarians' Forum Board Election Results

Jonathan Rodgers, chair of the Forum Board Election Committee, will announce the newly elected members of the Board for the 2008-09 academic year.

Merit Review Overview

Bob Campe will outline the recent changes to the merit review process and take questions. 

SkillShare: Reflections and Discussion

Join us for the reporting out session of the SkillShare @ MLibrary pilot program. Representatives from the five partnerships will talk about their experiences and we will encourage questions, comments and reflections from the audience to help generate discussion.

• Has SkillShare had any impact on staff who are not actively participating?
• What are the incentives and disincentives of posting to the blog?
• Did SkillShare blog posts spark conversations in your department?
• Do you have suggestions how we might engage more library staff in the process?

If you have a chance before the meeting, take a look at the blog posts by the SkillShare participants. The blog has been described as informative, provocative, fascinating and inspirational.
http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/libforum

Select 'SkillShare @ Mlibrary' in the CATEGORIES column to get directly to participants' posts. Select 'Comments' to see the full discussion thread.

Thursday, June 18, 2008
Ehrlicher Room
(411 West Hall)

Annual Promotion Training Session

The Librarians' Forum welcomes members of the Promotion Review Committee who will provide an informative, helpful overview of the promotion process, including opportunities for questions and discussion. The training session will be conducted by Chris Powell, Beth Snyder, Nerea Llamas, Darlene Nichols, and Karl Longstreth.

The training session is especially designed for librarians who are either currently eligible or soon to be eligible for promotion. In addition, supervisors of librarians coming up for promotion are also encouraged to attend.

Further information on eligibility criteria for promotion is available at the following web address: http://www.lib.umich.edu/hr/lib/staff_manual_promotion_lib.html. And, promotion training materials may be accessed at: http://www.lib.umich.edu/staff/forum/promotion/index.html.