Organizational Management

Leading the management of your organization involves many moving parts and people. From the development of your library's mission and vision, to strategy implementation and daily operations, leading your library team and serving as an organizational leader in your community requires ongoing improvement and innovation.
Self-paced courses and webinar recordings on this topic are freely available in the WebJunction Course Catalog.
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Most Recently Added
December 13, Stronger Together: Collective Impact and Climate Action Programming
Publish Date: News / 13 December 2023
Part of a series, this webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative will feature practitioners having a collective impact through community collaborations.
October 3, Living Our Values Out Loud: Programs that Walk the Talk
Publish Date: News / 28 November 2023
Part of a series, this webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative will feature practitioners who have found ways to design, implement, and evaluate programs using frameworks that better represent their library’s values.
October 11, Revitalizing Morale: Cultivating a Supportive Library Culture
Publish Date: News / 11 October 2023
In this webinar, delve deeper into essential facets that foster a healthy and supportive library culture, exploring institutional and individual solutions to countering low morale.
October 3, Climate Justice
Publish Date: News / 3 October 2023
Part of a series, this webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative will explore the disproportional impacts of climate change on systematically oppressed communities.
Climate Action Planning (Part 2): Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience
Publish Date: Webinar / 26 September 2023
This webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative features library and partner organizations on how they have prepared both libraries and communities for the impacts of climate change.
Redefining the Library Experience
Publish Date: News / 19 September 2023
Libraries are no stranger to change. As community expectations shift, so do our libraries. This adaptability was on full display during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But as that pressure has subsided, we’re seeing widespread reflection around ...
Getting Started with Climate Action Planning
Publish Date: News / 12 September 2023
The Sustainable Libraries Initiative (SLI) provides library leaders with a proven path forward to co-create libraries and communities that will thrive in the coming years. As we contend with the realities of climate change, we must act faster, with m...
Climate Action Planning (Part 1): An Introduction
Publish Date: Webinar / 16 August 2023
This webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative informs where your time and energy can be best spent in the face of the overwhelming nature of climate action.
Sustainability 101
Publish Date: News / 8 August 2023
As we think about the future of our libraries and how we, as library leaders, help to make a difference in the lives of our neighbors, we must confront the realities of climate change. No corner of the world will be left untouched by climate change. ...
Sustainability 101
Publish Date: Webinar / 18 July 2023
This webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative introduces the characteristics of a sustainable library.
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