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The TALL Texans Round Table

2008 Annual Conference Programming

LeadershipPlentyTM: Building Strategic Partnerships to Move from Talk to Action
Tuesday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Join Mary Beth Harrington as she continues the LeadershipPlentyTM series. Learn to build strategic partnerships between diverse organizations and individuals to effectively marshal community resources. Examine leadership strategies for charting the journey from community vision to concrete action. Preregistration required. Mary Beth Harrington, certified trainer, LeadershipPlentyTM Project (Austin). Sponsored by the TALL Texans Round Table and Supervision, Management, and Administration Round Table.

TALL Texans Round Table Dessert Social
Tuesday: 8:00 - 10:00 pm Hyatt Regency, 300 Reunion Blvd.
Ticket purchase required

Going Beyond to Become a Strong Leader: TLA’s TALL Texans Institute
Wednesday 4:00 - 5:50 pm

Learn about TLA’s TALL Texans Leadership Development Institute and receive great tips on completing the application. TALL Texans will be available to answer questions and offer advice. A business meeting follows the program.
Presented by: Linda H. Alexander, lecturer, University of Houston-Clear Lake; Mary Christmas, program specialist for library media services, Corpus Christi ISD; Jane Claes, assistant professor, University of Houston-Clear Lake; Denise Kornegay, librarian, Paris ISD; Jack Strawn, librarian, O’Connor High School, Northside ISD (San Antonio).

Leaders in Libraries: What the Best Do Best, Part 1 and 2
Friday 8:00 - 11:50 am (with a short break in between)

Acquire strategies for success from the “best of the best” library leaders. Learn how leading libraries are transforming communities, re-engineering services, and adapting to changes without losing sight of their core mission and values. Participants discover new ideas, fresh thinking, and perspectives from some of the best library leaders! Presented by: David Bendekovic, vice president of marketing and sales, Polaris Library Systems.

The TALLs have blogs!
To read or contribute to the TALL members-only blog, go the members only area of the TLA website https://secure.txla.org/secure/membership/memlogin.asp and log in. You need to be a member of the TALLs to see the blog. The TALLs open blog is available from the TLA home page, select TLA blogs, then choose the TALL Texans blog.

The TALL Texans Round Table consists of Texas Library Association members who have an interest in the TALL Texans Leadership Institute. The purpose of the TALL Texans Round Table is to provide a forum for the continued support of TALL Texans Institute members, to promote leadership development programs at TLA conferences, and to support the Texas Library Association's commitment to leadership development for Texas librarians.

The participants of the TALL Texans Leadership Institute are generally mid-career library and information science practitioners (degreed and non-degreed) who are currently employed in the field and have at least five years' experience in library and/or information science. Library laypersons with at least three years of service to the library community are also eligible. The Institute provides leadership training for Texas Library Association membership by offering an annual leadership development program for librarians and laypersons.

The Institute's goals are to foster leadership capabilities, to define leadership development activities for TLA members, and to nurture cultural diversity in library leadership among participants.

Check out the TALL Texans Leadership Institute's pages to answer more questions and provide important information for applying.