My Tokyo Drucker Days, Part Six
A number of books and articles that I collected over a period of years became important background material for the Peter Drucker-related visit I made to Japan, as I wrote …
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The 17th Special Libraries Symposium
A major highlight of my just-completed course, The Special Library/Information Center, at the Catholic University of America School of Library and Information Science, was The 17th Special Libraries Symposium, held …
My Chicago SLA Days, Part Three
In my previous posts about the 2012 SLA/Special Libraries Association annual conference, I wrote about serendipity and networking, as well as my impromptu conversations with top executives from companies exhibiting …
My Chicago SLA Days, Part Two
On the SLA/Special Libraries Association annual conference website, Sara Batts and Liz Blankson-Hemans provide helpful hints on how conference attendees can best approach and talk to exhibitors. Without exhibitors paying …
My Chicago SLA Days, Part One
This year’s SLA/Special Libraries Association annual conference in Chicago is now complete. Although attendance appeared to be down from last year, it was still a great experience: a nonstop opportunity …
My Tokyo Drucker Days, Part Five
In my previous post about my recent Peter Drucker-related visit to Tokyo, I wrote about the generous people in Japan and the United States who helped me prepare for my …
My Tokyo Drucker Days, Part Four
When Peter Drucker began visiting Japan in the 1950s, I imagine he had to prepare and arrange his schedule by exchanging letters and possibly some expensive phone calls. In preparation …
My Tokyo Drucker Days, Part Three
In the previous entry in a series of posts about my recent Peter Drucker-related visit to Japan, I wrote about Atsuo Ueda, Drucker’s longtime editor/translator in that country, who supervised …
My Tokyo Drucker Days, Part Two
Earlier this week I wrote the first in a series of posts about my recent visit to Japan in support of the Japanese edition of my Peter Drucker-related book. As …
My Tokyo Drucker Days, Part One
Last week I had the honor of visiting Tokyo, to make four presentations related to Peter Drucker, who remains a major influence in Japan. It was my first visit to …