Register for “Spotlight on Your Career:  Capitalize on Change,” February 25, 2012 at DU

Register to attend Spotlight on Your Career:  Capitalize on Change on Saturday, February 25, 2012, from 9 am to 2 pm, at the University of Denver’s new education building, Ruffatto Hall. This joint program, offered by the Colorado Association of Law Libraries (CoALL) and the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (RMSLA), will benefit librarians of every type, no matter where you are in your career path. There will also be networking opportunities to meet and talk with  your fellow librarians and information specialists.

Register at: http://tinyurl.com/7gu6gbu  We look forward to seeing you there!

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Spotlight on Your Career:  Capitalize on Change

Join speaker Mary Ellen Bates as she discusses the future of library services, and how we can capitalize on changes in our profession to make ourselves and our libraries more integral and valued parts of our organizations.

This will be followed by an interactive panel discussion of librarians including:

• Jamie LaRue, Director, Douglas County Libraries
• Joan Policastri, Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian, DU Law Library
• Matthew Elisha, Manager Library Services, Bryan Cave HRO
• Heidi Longaberger,  Owner, Longaberger InformationWorks

Panel members will discuss what does (and doesn’t) work in making effective and longstanding change.

After attending this program, participants will:

• List 4 ways changes to library services would add value to your organization to help it grow
• Discuss 2 methods of promoting library services to increase patron use
• Plan 3 strategies to make your library and yourself more visible within your organization
• Predict 2 technologies that will change the way you deliver library services in the future and 4 ways you can utilize those technologies in your organization

Program Schedule:

9:00  – 10:00 am         Registration, networking & continental breakfast
10:00 – 11:30 am        Keynote Presentation by Mary Ellen Bates
11:30 am – 12:30 pm     Networking lunch
12:30 – 2:00 pm              Panel discussion

Cost & Registration:

• Registration is $20 per person and includes breakfast and lunch
• Register here:  http://tinyurl.com/7gu6gbu
• Deadline for registration and payment is February 20th to ensure your lunch order.

For questions about Spotlight, please contact Rachel Nelson (RGNelson@hollandhart.com).

Who Are You? How Do You Communicate Your Professional Brand?

Working in an “opaque” profession, information professionals (unlike, say, veterinarians) constantly must explain what we do and why it’s worthwhile for employers to pay us for doing it. Based on the opening chapters in the book she co-authored with Jill Hurst-Wahl, Ulla de Stricker covers such brand-related topics as:

• Determining a good professional “fit” (in what types of work environments are we able to leverage most fully our innate talents?)
• Getting used to promotional activities
• Fashioning the value message
• Choosing and crafting a professional image.

>> Communicating Your Brand slidedeck (PPS file added 11/17/2011)

>> View recorded program (link added 4/29/2012)

About the Presenter

Ulla de Stricker co-authored the book, The Information and Knowledge Professional’s Career Handbook: Define and Create Your Success, with her colleague Jill Hurst-Wahl. (Jill will be RMSLA’s Virtual Lunch speaker on Thursday, December 15.)  As a consultant in information and knowledge management (see www.destricker.com), Ulla assists her clients in a wide range of challenges such as corporate memory and intercollegial collaboration. She is a frequent contributor to the profession through articles and presentations at conferences, and she frequently offers support and guidance to her colleagues in career planning related matters. Ulla also is currently Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect of the Special Libraries Association.