PLA Boot Camp 5 – Deadline to Apply 9/11/09

Don’t Miss Your Chance to Attend this Year’s PLA Boot Camp – The Deadline for Applications is September 11, 2009! Apply today!

This year’s Boot Camp is being held October 12-16, 2009, at the Hyatt at Olive 8 Hotel in Seattle, Washington.

This is the 5th year PLA will be holding the “Results” Boot Camp. This weeklong workshop focuses on current library issues and concerns. Attendees are encouraged to apply workshop exercises to the real-life problems and issues occurring in their libraries. PLA’s Boot Camp is designed to help you forge an effective management style by using the publications in the ‘Results’ series and seeing first hand how they interconnect. By the end of the week you will have the skills you need to develop and implement a strategic plan in your library. You will be able to:

• Identify community needs
• Understand and explain the recently revised public library service responses
• Write goals and objectives that will enable you to measure progress toward achieving your strategic plan
• Incorporate outcome measures in your strategic plan
• Identify and select the most effective activities to support the priorities in your strategic plan
• Identify current staff workload and skills and determine the staffing requirements to accomplish your selected activities
• Understand the issues that affect the allocation of collection, technology, and facilities resources in a Results environment
• Review your current library policies, regulations, and procedures to ensure that they support the strategic plan
• Manage changes in your library more effectively

Get more information about PLA Boot Camp.
Application for PLA Boot Camp 5

In addition, you can call 800-545-2433, ext. 5752 or email with questions or to get more information. Hope to see you there!