23 Nov Reflecting on 23 Things for Professional Development
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I've recently written a couple of guest blog posts for Kiyomi Deards, who I keep in touch with via Twitter but whom I haven't actually met in person yet (I think she kept avoiding me at ALA Annual in June, I'm hoping to track her down at ALA Midwinter in January!). Kiyomi asked me to write a guest blog post and complete an interview as part of her leaders of tomorrow series on her blog. I decided to write from an international perspective about my experience at ALA Annual, and share my top tips. Hopefully they will be relevant to anyone...
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="136" caption="ALA Emerging Leaders"][/caption] Just a brief blog post to share some exciting news - I've been offered a place on the 2012 class of ALA (American Library Association) Emerging Leaders program. For those who don't know what it is, here's a bit of information about ALA Emerging Leaders: The American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leaders (EL) program is a leadership development program which enables newer library workers from across the country* to participate in problem-solving work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look into ALA structure, and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity. It puts participants on...