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• An Insider's View of IT: THE FIRST PRIORITY OF THE IT DEPARTMENT IS TO SAFEGUARD THE ORGANIZATION'S DATA AND NETWORK. LIBRARIANS CAN USE THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE ORIENTATION TO HELP IT BETTER SERVE USERS.
• Navigating Our Relationship with IT: Starting a dialogue and identifying common organizational goals are critical to a successful relationship between libraries and IT departments.
• The Transformative Power of Dialogue: MORE AND MORE, COMMON GOALS ARE REPLACING TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AS CONVERSATION STARTERS BETWEEN IT DEPARTMENTS AND LIBRARIES.
• Five Ways to Build a Strong Relationship with IT.
• 10 Questions: Sophia Guevara: IF THERE'S ONE THING SOPHIA GUEVARA LIKES MORE THAN TECHNOLOGY, IT'S SHARING WHAT SHE LEARNS ABOUT IT WITH OTHERS.
• Personal Interaction Sets the Stage for Success.
• TECH WEBINARS * NAME CHANGE * SLA STRUCTURE.
• Librarians, Information Professionals and IT: A Natural Fit: MANY IT CHALLENGES ARE ACTUALLY INFORMATION CHALLENGES, AND THE SLA CORE COMPETENCIES SHOW HOW LIBRARIANS AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS ARE EQUIPPED TO ADDRESS THEM.
• READERS' TIPS.
• 'Keep an Open Mind and Appreciate Different Perspectives': DR. MICHELE A.L. VILLAGRAN SAYS THAT ACHIEVING TRUE DIVERSITY IS AN ONGOING PROCESS THAT REQUIRES OPEN AND HONEST CONVERSATION AT ALL LEVELS.

Featured documents

• Negotiating your best journal deals yet: negotiations with vendors are for the entire life cycle, so they must include the level of support from the vendor, the content to be provided, and the quality of service.
• Five Tactics to Help You Communicate Your Mission: THE EDITOR OF MARKETING LIBRARY SERVICES SHARES FIVE TIPS ON COMMUNICATING YOUR LIBRARY'S MISSION AND EMPHASIZES THE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO SHARE IT ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
• One person, multiple skills: Managing a solo library: ongoing professional development through sla and other resources is essential for info pros who are solely responsible for their libraries.
• Navigating Our Relationship with IT: Starting a dialogue and identifying common organizational goals are critical to a successful relationship between libraries and IT departments.
• Making good first impressions (II): building relationships with new employees and clients can go a long way toward creating lasting support for libraries and their services.
• 10 Questions: John Cruickshank: THE CHAIR-ELECT OF SLA'S FOOD, AGRICULTURE, AND NUTRITION DIVISION TALKS ABOUT TURNING CRITICS INTO ADVOCATES, WHY HE HASN'T (YET) EMBRACED SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WHY EVERYONE SHOULD READ A MANAGEMENT 101 TEXTBOOK.
• Network like nobody's watching: demystifying networking as a skill for the librarian and information professional community.
• 10 questions: Leslie Hicks and Tracy Maleeff: shared interests in social media and networking led to a collaboration that resulted in the top-rated contributed paper presented at SLA 2015.
• 10 questions: Siobhan McGuinness: Her affinity for twitter and involvement in SLA have allowed Siobhan McGuinness to make a name for herself in the librarian profession very quickly.
• 10 Questions: Dhanashree Date and Ayesha Mallik: A GROUNDING IN COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE AND A OESIRE TO COMPARE THEIR SERVICES WITH THOSE OF THEIR GLOBAL COLLEAGUES LED TWO LIBRARIANS IN INDIA TO WRITE AND PRESENT A PAPER AT SLA 2017.