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<p><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">MI-ALA Administration Section Pop-Up Conference<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
Strengthening the Middle – Support for Mid-Level Managers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">When: July 14, 2016</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Time: 9:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Where: Michigan State University Main Library, Green Room, 4th floor, 366 W. Circle Dr., East Lansing, MI 48824</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">MI-ALA Administration Section is hosting a one day professional development program to support the work of mid-level managers and leaders within academic libraries. The program will
include 2 panel discussions on leadership topics as well as opportunity for discussion and networking on these topics.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">See </span><a href="http://www.lib.msu.edu/libraries/address-visiting/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(211, 132, 48); text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s; transition: color 0.2s; font-family: Verdana;" id="LPlnk282442">http://www.lib.msu.edu/libraries/address-visiting/</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"> for
details. Parking is $0.80/half-hour.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">9:30 a.m. Check-in/Coffee</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">10:00 a.m. Welcome</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">10:15 a.m. Panel Session: The Art and Science of Leading in The Middle</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Description: Whether a department head, associate dean, or director/dean in libraries, we are all managing in the middle. This panel will explore what “middle” means in three different
contexts. Each of the three panelists will share how he/she works with others in university and library leadership, peers, and those who report to them to effectively move their libraries forward.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Panelists:</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Deb Shumaker, Director of Library Services and Tutoring, Kirtland Community College</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Paul Gallaghar, Director of Operations and User Services, Wayne State University</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Sarah Beaubien, Head of Collections and Scholarly Communications, Grand Valley State University</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">11:45 a.m. Lunch and Networking</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Panel Session: Onboarding New Hires</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Description: Getting newly hired librarians off to a strong start promotes engagement, performance and retention. This panel will discuss different approaches to the onboarding process
from the perspectives of both a community college library and a large academic library. The discussion will include elements of a successful onboarding program and staffing an onboarding program with limited resources.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Panelists:</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Jill Morningstar, Coordinator of Mentoring Initiatives, Michigan State University</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana;">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Sandy McCarthy, Faculty Librarian, Washtenaw Community College</span><br>
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<p>Julie Garrison, Dean</p>
<p>University Libraries</p>
<p>Western Michigan University</p>
<p>1903 W Michigan Ave</p>
<p>Kalamazoo MI 49008-5353</p>
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