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LLN
Commons November / December 2007 Articles
December Peer Panel
In
November, we talked about “Hiring the Right People” to help us run our
libraries. This month we shift to a related topic: “Having the
Right Organization.”
Four senior level job postings at the Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County recently caught our eye:
• Director of Community Engagement and Development
• Director of Library Experience
• Director of Organizational Resources
• Director of Research, Strategy, and Innovation
Not
exactly Technical Services and Public Services, eh? Truly these
are new jobs, not just new titles for old jobs. So this month we
asked the Peer Panel for their reactions to this and similar changes
taking place in how we structure organizations to help meet the changes
in the environment in which we operate. We asked the panel to
consider these questions:
• What exactly is driving organizational changes of this sort?
• How do you think the level reporting to the director should be organized?
• What changes have you made in recent years—and how have they worked?
• Is it possible to change the organization without changing the people?
Holt's
Perspectives:
December 3, 2007: Library Economic Issues in the New Media Era
As
the old media becomes the new media (and a few other changes occur),
libraries are not immune from the challenges, and possibly the ravages,
brought about by all of this. In this very thoughtful article, Glen
Holt makes these challenges abundantly clear and invites library
leaders to take action.
November 6, 2007: Hiring the Right Associates
As
a prequel to the November Peer Panel, I asked Glen Holt to set the
stage with a few of his thoughts on hiring. I think you will
enjoy his comments, as we look forward to the further thinking of the
panel.
Leader's Digest:
November 30, 2007
November 20, 2007
November 9, 2007
Jamie LaRue Speaks:
November 30, 2007: Can the Latest ebook Kindle the Market?
November 7, 2007: Library Youtube video - Douglas County Libraries
November Peer Panel
The topic this month is “Hiring the Right People.” To get their views, we asked the LLN Peer Panel the following questions:
- What do you look for as you hire senior people for your organization?
- Values
- Experience
- Diversity
- How do you assure that you get what you desire?
- Interviewing
- References
- Background checking
Addendum to November Peer Panel
For
fortunate folks, Thanksgiving is a time of plenty. And for readers of
the LLN Peer Panel, November yielded a bumper crop of ideas and
experiences from our panel, so much so that we decided to publish
separately this comprehensive discussion of "Hiring the Right People"
by panelist Michele Reid.
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