A Day in the Life of a New Library Leader with Cari Dubiel

To register for this webinar please follow this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/9617519867254/WN_83KPrR02TPCaHUs_bQIzZQ. Sessions are free and available only to members of the Michigan library community. Registrants will receive instructions and a link to attend the session directly from PCI after they register.

Have you recently been promoted to a leadership position in your library, or are you starting a brand-new job? There is so much you need to know, and it’s hard to decide where to begin.

In this webinar, we’ll follow two supervisors as they become comfortable in their new roles: Eric, who’s been promoted from circulation clerk to circulation manager, and Charlotte, who brings management experience from her previous role but is starting fresh at a new library. Each faces unique challenges: having to post a position on the first day; navigating a department without training; adjusting expectations in previous relationships; and more.

We’ll discuss how Eric and Charlotte can succeed in these constantly shifting environments.

As a result of this program, participants will:

• Learn how to gain authority and trust in a leadership role
• Discuss how to manage unique situations such as inheriting a position and moving from peer to supervisor
• Discuss hiring and personnel management decisions
• Audience: New library leaders including supervisors and managers.

Instructor - Cari Dubiel

After serving in many different capacities as a library worker, Cari is now the Assistant Director at Twinsburg Public Library in Ohio. She is also an author and the lead editor of a small press.

PCI Webinars are recorded and available to members of the Michigan library community in the Library of Michigan's Niche Staff Skills Academy about a week after they air. New webinars will be in the New category for several weeks. You do not need to register for a webinar in order to view it later in the Staff Skills Academy.

This project is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.