Monthly Archives: August 2005

Advocacy for school libraries – everyone’s responsibility

What is advocacy? The Canadian Association of Public Libraries has developed a definition that is well worth considering. “Advocacy is a planned, deliberate, sustained effort to raise awareness of an issue. It’s an ongoing process in which support and understanding are built incrementally over an extended period of time and using a wide variety of marketing and public relations tools”…read more →

31 Aug, 2005

Succession planning for the information professional

It is estimated that more than 70 percent of Australian businesses are family-owned. A succession plan is usually prepared and implemented to transfer the ownership of a business as smoothly as possible so the business can continue to grow and prosper. The selection and grooming of a successor, or successors, is built into the plan to allow for the preparation…read more →

31 Aug, 2005