Leadership Through New Communities of Knowledge
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) are pleased to offer the program, "Leadership through New Communities of Knowledge." The three-year program is slated to run through mid-2012 and offers an array of professional development opportunities for library staff at small and mid-sized private colleges and universities. With generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, CLIR and CIC are collaborating to expand access to workshops that help librarians strengthen leadership skills. In addition, the program seeks to identify new topics for workshops to meet particular needs of library staff at small liberal arts colleges. The Appalachian College Association and the United Negro College Fund have endorsed the program.
Examples of programs offered through the “Leadership through New Communities of Knowledge” project include the following:
- Research behavior workshops, which provide anthropological contexts to an understanding of how students and faculty members search for information;
- Managing digital assets workshops and scholarships to the University of North Carolina’s Digital Curation Institute, which guide participants in evaluating emerging approaches to digital content;
- Work restructuring workshops, which support training for library directors on how to analyze and redesign library workflows; and
- Archives for non-archivists workshops, which provide instruction for library staff working in archives and special collections who have not been formally trained for those responsibilities.
All of these offerings have been made possible through the support of IMLS.
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CURRENT AND PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES
University of North Carolina's Digital Curation Institute: May 20-25, 2012 and January 2013 (Scholarships were also offered in 2010 and 2011)
CLIR and CIC have provided scholarships to the University of North Carolina's DigCCurr Professional Institute annually since 2010. The Institute offers library staff involved with digital projects an immersive learning experience with fellow digital curation practitioners and international experts.
Digital Public Library of America West Plenary Session: April 26-27, 2012
CLIR and CIC offered travel scholarships to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) West meeting. DPLA West is the second major public event bringing together librarians, technologists, creators, students, government leaders, and others interested in building a Digital Public Library of America.
Information Fluency in the Disciplines Workshop in Ancient Studies: March 22-24, 2012
Produced by CIC, this workshop focused on information fluency in ancient studies, in complement to the 2010 and 2011 workshops on literature and the 2011 workshop on history. The "Information Fluency in the Disciplines" workshop series was supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and was sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
Learning About Students Through the Lens of Anthropology: March 20-21, 2012, at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York
Institutional teams of two learned how ethnographic methods can help them understand their undergraduate students’ work practices and how library and information services can address real needs based on this understanding.
The Future of the Liberal Arts College Library symposium: October 10-12, 2011
CLIR and CIC held a symposium on “The Future of the Liberal Arts College Library,” at Alverno College and the Hilton Milwaukee City Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The symposium gave staff from small to mid-sized colleges and universities the chance to draw upon each other’s expertise for effecting change at the intersection of libraries and liberal arts colleges.
Archives for Non-Archivists Workshop: June 14-15, 2011, and October 28-29, 2010
CLIR and CIC held its June 2011 workshop at Drexel University in Philadelphia. The workshop was led by Holly Mengel and Courtney Smerz, project manager and project archivist (respectively) of the PACSCL Hidden Collections Processing Project. The workshop was modified from PACSCL's "boot camp" training for archival processors, and participants learned how to survey collections and assess research value and to create finding aids in the Archivists’ Toolkit.
Work Restructuring in the Library Workshop: May 23-25, 2011, and July 7-8, 2010
Cosponsored by CLIR and CIC, the May 2011 workshop covered principles of work design; redesigning work to focus on customer service; involving staff and gaining their commitment; work redesign as a change process; planning the transition and implementation of the new work structure; and getting started with work redesign in your library.
Information Fluency in the Disciplines Workshop in History: March 3-5, 2011
Produced by CIC, this workshop focused on information fluency in history, in complement to the 2010 and 2011 workshops on literature. The "Information Fluency in the Disciplines" workshop series is supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and is sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
Information Fluency in the Disciplines Workshop in Literature: February 10-12, 2011, and March 4-6, 2010
Produced by CIC, these workshops focused on information fluency in literature, in complement to the 2011 workshop on history. The literature workshops were also supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
Undergraduate Research Behavior Workshop, November 8-9, 2010
CLIR and CIC sponsored a workshop on undergraduate research behavior at Rollins College. The workshop offered institutional teams of two the opportunity to learn how ethnographic methods can aid in understanding students' work practices and how library and information services can address real needs based on this understanding.
ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP TOPICS
To identify topics for new workshops, CIC and CLIR have gathered input from library staff on the skills, perspectives, and strategies that they are most interested in considering, acquiring, and putting into practice. CLIR and CIC thank the library directors of CIC institutions for their generous participation in the surveys administered in October 2009 and November 2010.
Information about program activities will be posted here as it becomes available. For questions about the program, please contact CLIR Program Associate Lori Miller at lmiller@clir.org. For information on the Information Fluency in the Disciplines workshops, contact CIC Director of Programs Stephen Gibson at sgibson@cic.nche.edu.