The New York Library Association’s Library Leadership & Management Academy (L&MA) is an educational program for emerging leaders in the library profession. Participants will gain the skills and knowledge they need to advance up the career ladder in library management.

The Academy is designed for mid-career library professionals interested in obtaining the practical knowledge and basic skills critical to becoming a library leader or manager. Applicants must either have five years of library experience and a Bachelors Degree or two years of library experience and an MLS.

The next L&MA offerings will be at the Summer Session, Wednesday June 6 – Friday, June 8, 2018 at the NYLA office in Guilderland, NY.

Wednesday, June 6: 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Budgeting & Finance – part I
Speakers: Lauren Moore and Tom Lawrence

Thursday, June 7: 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Budgeting & Finance – part II
Speakers: Lauren Moore and Tom Lawrence

Thursday, June 7: 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Partnerships, Collaborations & Relationships – part I
Speaker: Cassie Guthrie

Friday, June 8: 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Partnerships, Collaborations & Relationships – part II
Speaker: Cassie Guthrie

For questions about the Leadership & Management Academy, please contact Jeremy Johannesen at director@nyla.org