LEADERSHIP COMMVNITY is vitally important in the wake of WITHIN THE L I B R ~ Y continual technological developments, recurrent budgetary shortfalls, and the fluidity of the job market for library professionals. Libraries must identi9 and foster the inherent personal characteristics and skills considered most relevant for leadership in the field of information management. Professional library a...

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BACKGROUND The resource-based view of the firm suggests that organizations must obtain valuable resources from external sources to obtain lasting benefits. Professional associations today exist in every industry and offer resources to assist their affiliates' organizations and individual members. Today, there are more than 23,000 national and 64,000 state, local, and regional professional assoc...

PARTICIPATING ACTIVELY IN PROFESSIONAL associations can make a positive difference in a librarian’s job and career. Associations are relevant sources of current information. Effective communication and leadership skills are learned or enhanced. Librarians can become familiar with the processes of research and publication. A sense of professional community is nurtured. This article discusses the...

OBJECTIVE To review guidance from professional medical associations to physicians on the Sunshine Act, with a focus on industry support for medical publications. METHODS Using 'Sunshine Act' as a search term, we searched PubMed (dates February 2013 to November 2014) and the 'grey literature' using Google and Google Scholar. Online information was extracted from websites of pre-identified prof...