IFLA M&M Section Management Skill Building Blog

Photo: Dr. Nancy E. Gwinn and Romeo Muvhulawa Matumba. June 2023 A celebrated library leader who served as the Director of the Smithsonian Libraries in the United States for 22 years until her retirement in 2019, Nancy Gwinn, a past Chair of Management & Marketing (M&M), was interviewed… Read more: M&M 25th Anniversary Podcast – featuring Dr. Nancy E. Gwinn

IFLA’s Management and Marketing Section, in collaboration with IFLA’s LGBTQ+ Users Special Interest Group, organized in August 2023 a joint satellite conference titled: ‘The Library is open’: creating safe working environments for LGBTQ+ library employees and marketing supportive LGBTQ+ services. The satellite aimed to explore the challenges and opportunities faced by… Read more: Papers published: ‘The Library is open’: creating safe working environments for LGBTQ+ library employees and marketing supportive LGBTQ+ services

IFLA’s Management and Marketing (M&M) Standing Committee is celebrating its 25th anniversary during 2022 and 2023. In honor of this milestone birthday, the Committee is interviewing several of our past and current M&M members who have made significant contributions through their work in support of the related areas… Read more: Interview series with some of the people from the IFLA M&M Section’s first 25 years

Text published originally on IFLA L list. Dear IFLA President, Governing Board and colleagues of the Library field, The IFLA Management & Marketing Standing Committee fully supports the statement send by the LGBTQ SIG and asks the same questions. We are deeply concerned for the saftey of our… Read more: Management & Marketing SC supports the LBGTQ Users SIG response to the announcement about IFLA WLIC 2024 in Dubai from LGBTQ+ Users SIG

This is an extended text based on one of the presentations of the innovation webinar organized by the IFLA Management & Marketing Section in February 2023, “Managing Innovation: No Innovator is an Island”. Full recording from the webinar is available on YouTube. About the author: Catharina Isberg is… Read more: Managing Innovation – Catharina Isberg

New! IFLA Management & Marketing 25th Anniversary Podcast The Management & Marketing (M&M) 25th Anniversary Working Group is excited to release its first interview, featuring an interview with Dr. Christie Koontz, an early member of the section. Dr. Koontz, a longtime IFLA member, is a legendary figure in… Read more: M&M 25th Anniversary Podcast – featuring Dr. Christie Koontz,

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning… Read more: Coaching and mentoring – Ulrike Lang, Almuth Gastinger

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning… Read more: Developing Library Leaders of the Future – Barbara Schultz-Jones, Kendra Albright

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning… Read more: Training and professional development –  Joan Weeks,  Anya Feltreuter 

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning… Read more: Facing Fiscal Challenges – Chama Mpundy Mfula, Sandy Hirsh

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning… Read more: Remote Workers – David Byrne, Tina Haglund

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning… Read more: Community engagement throughout the pandemic – Maggie Farrell, Anne Barnhart

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning… Read more: Dealing with the ‘infodemic’ -Ellie Valentine, Karin Finer

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning… Read more: Remote Services – Elsa de Almeida Valente, Sabrina Celi

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning… Read more: Managing employee (and your) morale – Ida Kelemen, Alberta Comer

This blog post is part of a series of posts from the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.  The session was co-sponsored by the Knowledge Management Section and the Continuous Professional Development and Workplace Learning… Read more: Keeping communication open – Jeannie Bail, Catharina Isberg

As part of the CPDWL Podcast Project there is a new conversation published featuring IFLA Knowledge Management Section Chair Spencer Acadia and Fran Holyoke. Both talk about how libraries can be toxic and strategies in managing difficult workplaces. The podcast can be found at: https://anchor.fm/ifla-cpdwl/episodes/S3E5-Spencer-Acadia-and-Fran-Holyoke-e1pd26k This Podcast episode… Read more: Toxic and dysfunctional workplace

By Christie Koontz, School of Information, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA Knowledge and implementation of marketing principles and practices, and strategic planning (the process of developing a well-sculpted mission, goals, and objectives) are 21st century mainstays.  Most organizations rely on both for success.  But success can be… Read more: Managing skills when GOING GREEN, GREEN GREENER, WITH TRUE MARKETING

How do you manage during a 35 day long city fair which is the result of a 3 year long innovation journey? And what skills do you need to have in order to manage this? From May 30 till July 3 there sure was a buzz in the… Read more: Management during a City Expo and an innovative journey – Example from Helsingborg Sweden

This is a summary of the interview with Ms Leslie Weir, National Librarian and Archivist of Canada. In February 2022, the IFLA Management & Marketing Section organized a webinar “Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Library Managers around the World”. The webinar shared interviews with library managers from around the… Read more: Library Managers Around the World – Leslie Weir

This blog post gives a summary of the MLAS & IFLA NPSIG webinar series. The summary is written by Loida Garcia-Febo, International Library Consultant, IFLA MLAS Webinar Series Coordinator IFLA’s Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) in collaboration with the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) launched a new webinar series to… Read more: <strong>Empowering Library Leaders and Diversity Worldwide- IFLA MLAS & IFLA NPSIG webinar series</strong>

This is a summary of the interview with Ms Anya Feltreuter, Library Director, Mjölby Sweden. Chair of the Management & Marketing Standing Committee 2019-2023. In February 2022, the IFLA Management & Marketing Section organized a webinar “Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Library Managers around the World”. The webinar shared… Read more: Library Managers Around the World – Anya Feltreuter

This is a summary of the interview with Mr. Ezio Neyra, Chair of the Department of Literature at the Adolfo Ibáñez University in Chile, and former institutional head of the National Library of Peru (2020-2021). In February 2022, the IFLA Management & Marketing Section organized a webinar “Oh, The Places You’ll Go:… Read more: Library Managers Around the World – Ezio Neyra

This is a summary of the interview with Mr. Andrew Ojulong, University Librarian, Lira University in Uganda. In February 2022, the IFLA Management & Marketing Section organized a webinar “Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Library Managers around the World”. The webinar shared interviews with library managers from around the… Read more: Library Managers Around the World – Andrew Ojulong

This is a summary of the interview with  Dr. Jianzhong Wu , Director of University of Macau Library, Macao, China. In February 2022, the IFLA Management & Marketing Section organized a webinar “Oh, The Places You’ll Go: Library Managers around the World”. The webinar shared interviews with library… Read more: Library Managers around the World – Dr. Jianzhong Wu

This is a blog from the IFLA Management & Marketing Section. The Management Skill Building Blog focus on building and sharing management skills among library professionals, in line with the need in the physical, digital and hybrid working environment. The blog is developed so managers and professionals on… Read more: About This Blog