1. Setting the Stage and Introductions
2. Library Workers; Past, Present, and Future
3. Professional Organizations for Library Staff
4. Discussion
   Break
5. Memo to the Library Workforce of the Future
6. Life-Long Learning
7. A Look toward the Future
8. Questions and Conclusion

Part One: Setting the Stage and Introductions

Pam Klein (moderator) and Linda Slusar

• Vignette: Library Workers of the Past
• Librarianship: Are attitudes keeping up with the times?
• The more things change, the more our purpose stays the same.
• Introductions to guests

Part Two: Library Workers; Past, Present, and Future

David Dowell

1. Introduction
2. Vignette: Now You Want What?!?
3. Whose Toolkit is It?
   • Yours?
   • Your employer’s?
   • Cosmopolitans” vs. “Locals”
     
4. Who is Responsible for Adding Tools to Your kit?
   • Your employer?
   • Professional associations?
   • Library Educators?
   • You?
     
5. Library Lattice
   • Multiple entry points
   • Upward progression
   • Parallel paths for “library” and “non-library” specialists
   • Different levels of education
     
6. Quality Control
   • Accreditation
   • Certification
     
7. Discussion

Part Three: Professional Organizations for Library Staff

Lorelle Swader

1. ALA/APA
      What They Are, What They Mean to Library Staff
   1. How does ALA/APA affect support staff
   2. Library work force demographics
      
2. Vignette: Out of Their League
3. LSSIRT
4. COLT
5. COPE III
6. Accreditation and Certification
7. Discussion

Part Five: Memo to the Library Workforce of the Future

Linda Slusar

1. Vignette: You Mean You Can Really Use Your Portfolio?
2. Overview
   • Re-examine the world of work –its all changing
   • Discuss essential workplace skills
   • Promote yourself by building a portfolio
   • Find a mentor/be a mentoring protégé
   • Provide some resources for education for library staff
3. The End of the Work World We Know
4. The Nature of Work
   • Reshaped
   • Relationships between employer and employee are fundamentally different now
   • Much more is expected of the employee
   • More skills and responsibility than ever before
   • New and fastest growing forms of work
     
5. Applications to Libraries
   • Increased use of consultants
   • Virtual reference being done by “independent contractors”
   • Outsourcing of cataloging, processing, repair
6. Ways to Survive and Thrive in This “New Workplace”
   • Connect to People
   • Anchor yourself to people, not institutions
   • Be an insatiable learner
   • Develop transferable skills
   • Make time to find your “creative space”
   • Promote yourself
   • Create a professional portfolio
7. Uses for Your Portfolio
   • Evaluations
   • Interviews
   • Access to education
   • Career development
   • Grandma’s portfolio
8. Mentorship
9. Why Find a Mentor?
10. How Do Mentors Help You?
11. The Ideal Mentor
12. The Ideal Mentoring Protégé
13. Mentoring Worksheet
14. 21st Century Workplace Skills: “The New Basics”
    • Know how to learn
    • Good listening skills
    • Adaptable
    • Manages self / good self esteem
    • Works effectively in groups
    • Influences the workplace – can take the lead

Part Six: Life-Long Learning

Sharon Comstock

1. Introduction
2. Vignette: Don’t Just Dream It, Do It!
3. Response to Vignette
   • Old-world versus new-world understanding of what “serving youth” in libraries means
   • Current role of youth information specialist and its connection to larger information science discipline
     
4. Creating the Bridge: Communities of Practice
   • Definition of CoPs
   • Relevance to LIS
   • Example: LIS Education
     
5. Professional Development Continuum and Life-long
   Learning
   • The Ph.D.
   • Current initiatives from IMLS
     
6. Our Roles as “Professionals” within Our CoPs
   • Strengths
   • Limitations
   • Awareness of opportunities to learn
   • Collaboration
   • Pursuing passion
     
7. Discussion

Part Seven: A Look toward the Future

Linda, David, Lorelle, and Sharon

1. Vignette: Library Workers of the Future?
2. Discussion of future trends and implications
3. Questions