Please join us in this leadership training workshop
to be held during the 2014 ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia. The session
is directly beneficial to board members, committee chairs and chapter
presidents who are expected to participate. You are all invited to
attend. Please spread the word and see below for details. We look
forward to seeing you there!
DATE/TIME/LOCATION: Friday Jan 24, 2014, 7pm - 8:30pm Training Session (LOEWS-Commonwealth A1)
TITLE: Operation and Governance by the Board of Directors: Understanding Your Role as a Good Board Member
DESCRIPTION: This
workshop covers the basics of how a Board of Directors operates in its
governance of a membership association, and the role of each serving
member of the Board. It will discuss topics including the legal identity
and responsibilities of a non-profit 501(c)(3) entity, the scope and
work of the Board, common Board activities, and the leadership
opportunities and obligations of Board members individually and
collectively.
PRESENTER: Dr. Ling Hwey Jeng
Dr. Ling Hwey Jeng is a Professor and the Director of Texas Woman’s University, School of Library and Information Studies in Denton,
Texas. Her teaching areas include the role of information in society,
organization of knowledge, electronic searching strategies, and library
technical services. Dr. Jeng has numerous scholarly
publications and presentations and is a recipient of three major
federally funded grant projects to the total amount of more than two
million dollars. Dr. Jeng was the President of Chinese
American Librarians Association in 1999-2000; served as the first
Executive Director of Asian Pacific American Librarians Association in
2000-2005; was elected to the Texas Library Association Executive Board
for a three year term in 2008-2011, and served three terms as an elected
member of the governing Council of the American Library Association in
2002-2011. Dr. Jeng is a frequent speaker on topics of
library advocacy, diversity, leadership development and mentoring. Most
recently, she presented a workshop on non-profit Board governance at
the Project Blueprint, a non-profit Board leadership development program sponsored by the United Way of Denton County.
