Join us as we reinvigorate our mission and focus as a vital community of practice for Assistant or Associate University Librarians/Deans/Directors in academic and research libraries.

Taiga is the place for lively discourse, sharing of information and experiences, learning from others, and plain old networking!

Over the past year, the Taiga Steering Committee has gathered feedback on the values of our network and explored how to best support our community.  Taiga participants know that library leaders

Taiga also has an important role as a catalyst for creating a strong community of practice for leaders at our management level within academic and research libraries.

We invite you to contribute to a new and invigorated Taiga, and hear our ideas for programs that incorporate learning and networking activities and that accommodate events at ALA, DLF and other possible locations.

Meeting Agenda

1) Report from the November 2012 Taiga Forum in Denver: we'll review the themes of the program and share the challenging case studies in which we used framing analysis to explore major library issues; including the role of collection size in determining quality, the use of metrics, traditional vs. emerging services, evolving user demands, re-purposing library space, and re-skilling and re-deploying library staff.

2) Hear the plan for a new and invigorated community of practice, and discuss and provide feedback.

We are excited by the new directions for Taiga, and hope you are as well.  We hope to see you in Seattle!