"FROM UNIT MANAGER TO TEAM CAPTAIN:
LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN THE RE-ENGINEERED LIBRARY"

Sunday, 7 July 1996
9:30 a.m.--12:30 p.m.
St. Moritz Hotel, Quadrille Ballroom

SPONSORS:
Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA),Library
Organization and Management Section (LOMS); Association of College
and Research Libraries (ACRL); and LAMA, Comparative Library Organization
Committee (CLOC).

PROGRAM:
The flattened organization, developed to provide better user
service with less resources and to better utilize the expertise of all
staff members, requires strong and capable leadership with the vision and
courage to effectively replace bureaucratic hierarchies with other models.
Richard Sweeney, author of "Leadership in the Post-Hierarchical Library"
(Library Trends, 43, no.1 (Summer 1994)), will speak on this topic.  His
presentation will be followed by comments from a reactor panel composed of
a diverse group of practitioners who have been through the re-engineering
process.

SPEAKER:
Richard Sweeney, Director, Robert W. Van Houten Library, New Jersey
Institute of Technology.

REACTORS:
Maureen Sullivan, Organizational Development Consultant, Association of
Research Libraries.
Mary G. McMahon, Associate College Librarian for Information and
Technology, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College.
Ronald A. Dubberly, Director, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library.

Questions should be directed to Eugene S. Mitchell, Director of Library
Services, Alvernia College, Reading, PA, 610.796.8351 or
emitch...@enter.net.

Barbara B. Alexander, Head Gen.Ref.&Documents     309.438.7044 (Voice)
Milner Library, Illinois State University         309.438.3676 (Fax)
Campus Box 8900                                   bbale...@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu
Normal, IL 61790-8900