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2025 New Directors Workshop 1: Essential Knowledge (Part One)

May 20, 2025 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM (EDT)

Description

This is a hybrid event. Participants can attend in person at the OLC office in Dublin or online with the same access to workshop content. Workshop will be recorded and available to registrants for 30 days.

Note: When registering, please indicate if you will be attending in person or virtually.

Registration Fees: Member $125* | Non-member $250

*OLC Individual members or staff of OLC Institutional member libraries.

Registration deadline: May 13

Overview: The transition to a new management role can be challenging even for experienced and highly-skilled employees. The OLC's New Directors Workshop Series is created specifically for new and aspiring library directors who want to develop their management skills, confidence and effectiveness. This comprehensive leadership training will cover proven techniques and powerful strategies for success in your new role. The program will be delivered through four workshops; each focusing on a specific area of education.

Who should attend: Library directors with less than three years of experience as a director, interim or acting directors, or library staff with management and/or administrative experience who aspire to become a library director.

What's included: Morning coffee, light refreshment and lunch will be provided for those who attend at the OLC office. All handouts, provided by presenters, will be available online through the OLC app. Print them prior to the conference, view them from your personal device during the event or view/download them after the event. Workshop recordings and handouts will be available online for 30 days following the program. Attendees will receive a free digital copy of the OLC publication, Ohio Public Library Administrator's Handbook.

Continuing Education Credits: For those working toward their Ohio Public Librarian or Ohio Public Library Staff re-certification, this workshop counts as five (5) hours.

Primary Ohio Public Library Core Competencies: Leadership; Organizational Awareness; Advocacy

Hotel Accommodations: The OLC has secured a discounted room rate at the nearby TownePlace Suites Columbus Dublin, 5155 Upper Metro Place, Dublin, OH 43017. Reserve your room online to receive 15% off the best available Studio Suites or ask for the OLC corporate rate at the front desk if not reserving in advance. Availability not guaranteed. 

AGENDA:

9:30 a.m. | Registration / Join the Zoom

9:45 a.m. | Welcome and OLC Overview 

Michelle Francis, Executive Director, Ohio Library Council

10:15 a.m. | Under the Rotunda: Public Library Advocacy & How Ohio’s Public Libraries are Funded

Jay Smith, Director of Government and Legal Services, Ohio Library Council 

11:15 a.m. | Break

11:30 a.m. | You have Decided to be a Director!

Amy Young, Director, Reed Memorial Library and Chair, OLC Professional Development Committee

12:30 p.m. | Ohio Public Library Core Competencies & OLC’s Certification Programs

Amy Young

12:45 p.m. | Lunch & Networking

1:30 p.m. | Welcome to Ohio’s Public Library Community

Evan Struble, Associate State Librarian for Library Development, State Library of Ohio

Don Yarman, Executive Director, Ohio Public Library Information Network

3 p.m. | Wrap-up and Adjourn

Location

Ohio Library Council

This is a hybrid event.
Attend in person or online.

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Contact Information

Ohio Library Council
Name: Laurie Miller
Phone: (614) 410-8092
Email: lmiller@olc.org
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