[LM_NET] TARGET: building teams in Libraries

[Melissa Merrifield <melissam@SHILOHSAINTS.ORG>]

One of my coaches was asked by his sister (works at a county library)
to speak at a librarian's conference about leadership, about building a
team. He's well-qualified, a great guy, and has done speaking
engagements like this to business groups, etc., but never to a
librarian's group. The participants are probably mostly public
librarians. There may be some high school librarians there, too, but he
doesn't really know for sure. He asked me for advice since I'm  the
librarian here, but that's the problem...I'm THE librarian of a smallish
K-12 grade school, with no clerks, aides, students helpers, etc. Other
than volunteer parents who come in once in a while, I'm IT, so who am I
to talk about building a "team"? 

 

So I'm asking you guys for advice. And I'm not sure exactly what kind of
advice he wants, but here goes...and I'd appreciate thoughts from
librarians, aides, clerks, anyone and everyone, from all sides.

 

What can I tell him from your point of view about building a team in
your library? What problems do you have building a team in your library?
How do you get your folks to "join the team"?

 

Anything you'd like to add would be grrrreat! I'll pass it along to him.


 

Thanks!

 

 

Serving Him by Serving You

 

Melissa Merrifield, Librarian

Shiloh Christian School

Springdale, AR  72762

melissam@shilohsaints.org

479-725-4228

 

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. - Louisa May
Alcott 

 

There's no use going to school unless your final destination is the

library.-Ray Bradbury

 


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