Summary of a summit of representatives from across the spectrum of library types and organizations who gathered to share knowledge and discuss strategies for how to meet the professional development needs of knowledge workers across the U.S.

Stephen Abram covers 51 insights, perceptions, and a few things that he thinks are important to professional and personal progress in this editorial commentary. This is a response to a discussion about how to manage high potential "rockstar" staff.

A collection of links to leadership related resources.

Library Leadership-related Competencies excerpted from the Competency Index for the Library Field.

This article explores how mentoring in libraries can serve to build leadership by integrating learning into the structure of our work and through the development of supportive relationships, and learning organizations.

A workbook designed to provide staff with an introduction to mentoring, tools for defining roles and responsibilities for all involved in the relationship, examples of a partnership agreement, and tips on evaluating the relationship.

OCLC's Small and Rural Libraries Discussion Group created this paper as a springboard for discussion on how to best serve rural and small libraries.