The LTLOC 2003 pre-conference online workshops focus on practical management and leadership skills, critical to today's information professionals. 21st Century Management Skills for Information Professionals will be delivered completely online in a series of highly interactive webcast workshops. Join renowned facillitators Pat Wagner and Dane Ward and colleagues from around the world to explore:

>	Becoming an Important Decision Maker in Your Community
>	Identifying and Working with Your Organizational Culture

These optional pre-conference sessions take place on October 20, 2003, and you may participate in both of them for the same low pre-conference fee. Choose the "Pre-Conference & Conference Registration" package when you register. Space is limited! Register now!



 October 20, 2003

	"Navigating Networking: Being Essential to Decisions"
	with Pat Wagner Critical to affecting change at your institution is being invited to the meetings where decisions get made. How do you go beyond just being at meetings to being critical to them? This workshop with Pat Wagner will explore the importance for leaders to understand networking and feel comfortable with this vital aspect of leadership. Pat will surely put the "work" in networking and workshop. [ more ]
	"Organizational Culture: Making it Work"
	with Dane Ward This pre-conference workshop with Dane Ward will explore theories of organizational culture and the benefits and challenges that result from different approaches to "doing your job". How do those leading an organization identify the culture of their workplace and use it to thrive particularly on projects that require a spectrum of expertise. Ward is Associate Dean of Public Services at the Illinois State University’s Milner Library. He is also co-editor and co-author of The Collaborative Imperative: Librarians and Faculty Working Together in the Information Universe (ACRL).  [ more ]