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"""Carefully crafted ... An easily digested feast of practical wisdom sure to appeal to aspiring library directors as well as those currently in the position, especially if they are new to the job. LIS students considering a public library management career might also want to take a taste."" -- Booklist ""Written in a clear and cogent style that makes even sometimes dry topics interesting ... would be a valuable purchase for any public library professional collection, aspiring directors, or students interested in public library work."" -- Catholic Library World"

Carefully crafted ... An easily digested feast of practical wisdom sure to appeal to aspiring library directors as well as those currently in the position, especially if they are new to the job. LIS students considering a public library management career might also want to take a taste. -- Booklist Written in a clear and cogent style that makes even sometimes dry topics interesting ... would be a valuable purchase for any public library professional collection, aspiring directors, or students interested in public library work. -- Catholic Library World

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Kate Hall has been a Library Director since 2010; first at New Lenox and now at Northbrook Public Library. Kate has held numerous library leadership positions and has worked with Kathy Parker on the successful Director’s University program that has taught over 100 new library directors what they need to know to run a library. Kate is active on many boards, including serving previously on the Illinois Library Association Executive Board and as President on the Reaching Across Illinois Library System. Kathy Parker has over 35 years of library experience, with 16 serving as library director at Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library. Kathy has participated on various library boards and has served as a library trustee at her local library and in the regional library system, and started several continuing education initiatives for library staff and trustees. Kathy retired in summer 2018 and has started her own consulting business serving as an interim director, offering coaching to new directors, and helping boards hire directors.

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