[OPLINLIST] Financial Management of Information Projects: An e-Classroom Workshop in Blue Ash, Ohio

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  Financial Management of Information Projects
  A Simultaneous e-Classroom Experience
  <http://www.swonlibraries.org/viewevent?id=1036>


      Date

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007


      Time

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.


      Location

SWON Libraries Office


      Speaker(s)

*John Latham* is the director of the Information Center at the Special 
Libraries Association in Virginia and an adjunct faculty member at the 
University of Maryland, where he recently gave a course, Financial 
Management of Information Projects, for the Masters in Information 
Management degree program. He publishes a column, "Information 
Management," in SLA's monthly magazine, Information Outlook.

A graduate of The Catholic University of America with a Masters in 
Library and Information Science and MA in history, he worked as a 
chartered accountant (the UK equivalent of a U.S. CPA) for 27 years, 
ending his accountancy career as managing partner of a large provincial 
firm of chartered accountants in Norfolk, England. He was president of 
the Norfolk & Norwich Society of Chartered Accountants in 1988.


      Description

This Click U Live! Seminar provides tools and strategies for 
understanding the general principles of financial management of 
information projects and organizations, and developing methods and 
techniques for creating, analyzing, and monitoring budgets and financial 
projections. Find out why financial management is so crucial to the 
survival of your library or information center. Along the way, pick up 
tips and techniques for impressing senior management with your 
management potential.

*Critical Learning Questions*

* Why do I need to understand budgets and accounts?

* How do I convince management of the value of the info center?

* Why does it matter what a great service costs?

* Why is management closing info centers?

* Why shouldn't I have to worry about outsourcing?


      Meal

Light snacks will be provided


      Audience

This seminar is designed for librarians and information professionals 
responsible for managing information projects within a library or 
information organization. *It will be especially relevant to individuals 
seeking to move into senior management positions.*


      Contributing Member of SWON Libraries

$10


      Friend of SWON Libraries

$10


      Contributing Member of NEO-RLS, NORWELD, or SERLS

$10


      Other

$20

The deadline to register is Sunday, August 19th, 2007



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