Leadership Through New Communities of Knowledge
Current Opportunities
Scholarships are now available to support travel and registration to the following meetings and events to be held in Spring 2013:
- May 9–11, 2013: American Council of Learned Societies, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD
- May 16–17, 2013: The Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians, Greensboro, NC
- May 18–21, 2013: Acquisitions Institute, Timberline Lodge, OR
- May 19–22, 2013: American Alliance of Museums, Annual Meeting and Museum Expo, Baltimore, MD
- May 19–22, 2013: Academic Library Advancement and Development Network (ALADN), Annual Conference: Getting to the Point, Pittsburgh, PA
- June 6–9, 2013: North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), Buffalo, NY
- June 9–11, 2013: Special Libraries Association (SLA), 2013 Annual Conference, San Diego, CA
Additionally, partial support for participation in the American Library Association Annual Conference & Exhibition, to be held June 27-July 2, 2013 in Chicago, IL, is also available. For those interested in attending this conference, please note that only expenses incurred on or prior to June 30 will be eligible for reimbursement.
Scholarships will provide recipients with reimbursement for meeting-related expenses in an amount up to $1,000, in accordance with CLIR's travel policy.
How Do I Apply?
All applicants must apply via the online registration form on CIC's website. Applications should be completed by the librarian seeking support, and must be submitted before 5:00 PM, EDT on Monday, April 15, 2013.
Notification of awards will be announced by Friday, April 19. Questions about the application or other aspects of the program may be directed to CIC Director of Programs Stephen Gibson or Amy Lucko, CLIR program officer.
About the Program
Cosponsored by CLIR and the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and with generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this program offers an array of professional development opportunities for library staff at small and mid-sized private liberal arts colleges and universities.
Examples of programs offered through the “Leadership through New Communities of Knowledge” project have included 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.
Click here to learn more about this program's previous activities.