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		<title>Connie Forst reports on Thinking Outside the Borders Leadership Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking Outside the Borders – By Connie Forst 
If you want to go fast, go alone.If you want to go far, go together. ~African proverb 
Thirty-two librarians from around the world came together near
Champaign, Illinois, from November 7-10, 2006, to participate in a unique international leadership institute focused on meaningful cross-cultural communication about libraries and leadership. In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=libleaders.wordpress.com&blog=515916&post=44&subd=libleaders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CIO School &#8211; IT Leadership Development Program at Ryerson</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>connie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just happened upon the IT Leadership Development Program at Ryerson University here in Toronto.  It is a three-part program (each part being an intense 4 days) meant to take IT managers to the CIO level.  I&#8217;ve always thought that librarians should also be able to fill the role of chief information officer of an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=libleaders.wordpress.com&blog=515916&post=42&subd=libleaders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mentoring</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by our talk of being an aid to the next generation, I recently volunteered to be a mentor to a student at Western.  (That sudden whooshing sound is years flying by &#8211; it was stunning to realize that it&#8217;s been 17 years since I graduated from UWO! ACK!)
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		<title>Library Leadership in a World Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>connie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s too late for us to apply, but thought I would point out this event being hosted by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records:  Thinking Outside the Borders: Library Leadership in a World Community , February 18-20, 2007 being held in Phoenix and aimed at Mid-level to Senior Library Managers.  This three-day program is limited to 15 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=libleaders.wordpress.com&blog=515916&post=40&subd=libleaders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Library at Night &#8211; book discussion has a home!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wenlib</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Judy&#8217;s generosity, the discussion of The Library at Night will be held at FIS (Faculty of Information Studies), in Room 728.  The address is 140 St. George, an easy walk from the St. George station.
It&#8217;s not too late to sign up if you wish to join the discussion. 
Even if you can&#8217;t join us, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=libleaders.wordpress.com&blog=515916&post=39&subd=libleaders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grooming Next-Generation Leaders</title>
		<link>http://libleaders.wordpress.com/2007/01/08/grooming-next-generation-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>burtond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent Harvard Business School HBS Working Knowledge article entitled Grooming Next-Generation Leaders raises some interesting points that could be applicable across many organizations, including libraries. One of the points that it stresses is the need for the potential leader to see beyond their area of expertise and understand various aspects of the business.
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5512.html
Donna 
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		<title>Invitation for Comments on Mid-Career Library Leadership Training</title>
		<link>http://libleaders.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/invitation-for-comments-on-mid-career-library-leadership-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauriescott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought this invitation from CLIR would be of interest to our library leaders group.
Cheers,
Laurie
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		<title>A Toronto Librarians&#8217; Book Discussion</title>
		<link>http://libleaders.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/a-toronto-librarians-book-discussion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wenlib</dc:creator>
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Based on my earlier posting about The Library at night, Connie decided to buy a copy of the book, and hit on the idea of getting a bunch together to discuss it. We decided to issue the invitation before the holidays, so that loved ones could purchase copies for those interested in attending. 
Please join us!
When: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=libleaders.wordpress.com&blog=515916&post=36&subd=libleaders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mentoring is a Whole New Ball Game! with Caitlin Williams</title>
		<link>http://libleaders.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/mentoring-is-a-whole-new-ball-game-with-caitlin-williams/</link>
		<comments>http://libleaders.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/mentoring-is-a-whole-new-ball-game-with-caitlin-williams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>connie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The education institute  is offering an audioconference on mentoring this Friday. 
Mentoring is a Whole New Ball Game!
with Caitlin Williams.
Friday, December 1, 2006
1 p.m. ET
10 a.m. PT
Description:
Have you been interested in mentoring? Have you been wanting to share your wisdom and savvy with others? Are you excited about encouraging others to join our field? Or, do you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=libleaders.wordpress.com&blog=515916&post=35&subd=libleaders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping up-to-date with RSS, blogs, etc</title>
		<link>http://libleaders.wordpress.com/2006/11/24/keeping-up-to-date-with-rss-blogs-etc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>burtond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone:
I have several purposes for posting today:
1) to see if I can actually do it!
2) I&#8217;ve just been introduced to Bloglines and discovered that there is an RSS feed on the Library Leaders blog. For those of you who might be like me and didn&#8217;t know anything about this, www.bloglines.com  is a great alerting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=libleaders.wordpress.com&blog=515916&post=34&subd=libleaders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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