2024 Iowa Library Association Fall Conference

Explore perspectives on building and maintaining a unified, productive approach to library governance, policies, human resources management, and leadership- even in times of great challenge. Examples from small, midsized, and large libraries will be shared.
At the end of this session, participants will be able to :
1. Identify key components of effective library governance, including policy development, human resources management, and leadership strategies
2. Analyze and compare governance practices across libraries of different sizes
3. Articulate the importance of collaboration and communication between library directors and trustees in achieving shared goals.

This session will explain bias in cataloging and outline how we at Des Moines Public Library reclassified “othered” histories (from the 300s) to the 900s.

This session will help new directors with simple first steps that will lead to success when starting a new director position.

This session will cover the basics of project management (you’re probably already doing a lot of them), some practical tools for GTD® (that’s "getting things done" for the David Allen-uninitiated), and why Caboodles are infinitely better than toolboxes (sparkles, duh).

Participants will learn to how to effectively utilize library resources and archival materials to investigate historic cases in their communities, while understanding the associated ethical challenges and exploring successful case studies.