Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/21/2016
10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location
Kirstein Library at Boston Public Library

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Tech Networks of Boston (also known as “TNB”) is pleased to invite nonprofit professionals to a Roundtable session on July 21st, about how professional librarians can serve as knowledge management allies to nonprofit organizations. The featured guests for this session will be a distinguished panel that combines expertise in library science and nonprofit technology:

o   David Leonard, Interim President, Boston Public Library, and formerly BPL’s chief technology officer

o   Betsey Lippmeier, Curator, Kirstein Library at Boston Public Library

o   Rachael Stark, Librarian, New England Institute of Art, Freelance Information Librarian, and co-author of the Annkissam white paper “Knowledge Management is like Sorting Socks: KM for Nonprofit Organizations”

o   Kevin Palmer, Chief Operating Officer of Annkissam, and co-author of the Annkissam white paper “Knowledge Management is like Sorting Socks: KM for Nonprofit Organizations”

Here is what we hope that nonprofit professionals will get out of this session:

o   An overview of how professional librarians, acting as consultants, can assist nonprofits in organizing internal knowledge, information, and data with their expertise in knowledge management, knowledge architecture, and systems of classifying information.

o   An overview of the kinds of knowledge, information, and data that are publicly available to nonprofit organizations.

o   An introduction to Kirstein Library, the branch of BPL that specializes in assisting nonprofit and for-profit organizations in Massachusetts.

o   An understanding of how professional librarians can help you identify the knowledge you need, and gain access to it.

o   Brainstorming about how information technology professionals and librarians can work together to assist nonprofits.

Please note:

1) In keeping with the spirit of the TNB Roundtable series, this session will NOT be a sales pitch for any product or service.  This will be a professional development opportunity for nonprofit professionals who want to learn with and from their peers in other organizations.

2) This session is for employees of nonprofit organizations. It is not designed to meet the needs of vendors, volunteers, students, consultants, job-seekers, and others.

3) Priority in registration will be given to those who are employed by nonprofit organizations that hold full membership in the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network.

4) Participation in this session is free of charge for nonprofit professionals. However, you must have a confirmed reservation in order to attend.

5) If this session is booked to capacity by the time you seek to register for it, please go ahead and put yourself on the waiting list. We have a good track record of finding seats for nonprofit professionals on the waiting list.

We hope that you can join us for a vigorous and informative conversation, in which you will be welcome to share your knowledge and experience with your peers.

Register here.