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| Alameda County Library |
| Fellow: |
Kathy Steel-Sabo, Branch Manager |
| Sponsor: |
Margaret Watson, Acting County Librarian/Head of Branches |
| Project: |
Revitalizing the Newark Library |
| Director: |
Jean Hofacket |
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Brooklyn Public Library |
| Fellow: |
Vikki C. Terrile, Senior Librarian |
| Sponsor: |
Carrie Banks, Supervising Librarian |
| Project: |
Integrating Services to Homeless Children, Teenagers and Families into Brooklyn Public Library’s Youth Initiatives |
| Director: |
Dionne Mack-Harvin |
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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh |
| Fellow: |
Karen Brooks-Reese, Teen Services Coordinator |
| Sponsor: |
Sheila T. Jackson, Assistant Director, Main Library Services |
| Project: |
Grow a Leader |
| Director: |
Barbara K. Mistick |
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Carroll County Public Library |
| Fellow: |
Lisa M. Hughes, Branch Manager |
| Sponsor: |
Gail L. Griffith, Deputy Director |
| Project: |
Setting Free the Chi: Breathing New Life into the Library |
| Director: |
Lynn Wheeler |
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Contra Costa County Library |
| Fellow: |
Greta Galindo, Branch Librarian |
| Sponsor: |
Lorrie Ann Butler, IS Project Manager |
| Sponsor: |
Anne Cain, County Librarian |
| Project: |
Far East County Library Services |
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Dekalb County Public Library |
| Fellow: |
Amanda Lindsay, Senior Librarian |
| Sponsor: |
Claudia H. Medori, Administrative Librarian, Branch Services Coordinator |
| Project: |
Service to Senior Citizens in Dekalb County, Georgia |
| Director: |
Darro C. Willey |
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Fresno County Public Library |
| Fellow: |
Lisa Buckley, Librarian III |
| Fellow: |
Susan Goorahoo, Librarian III-S |
| Sponsor: |
Cynthia MacDonald, Principal Librarian, Youth Services Manager |
| Project: |
Homework Help Centers |
| Director: |
Karen Bosch Cobb |
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Jacksonville Public Library |
| Fellow: |
Kathy Graw, Youth Services Coordinator |
| Sponsor: |
Carolyn Shehee Williams, Deputy Director |
| Project: |
Early Childhood Literacy |
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Kansas City Public Library |
| Fellow: |
Crystal Faris, Branch Manager |
| Sponsor: |
Dorothy Elliott, Deputy Director for Branch & Outreach Services |
| Project: |
Cultural Change and Teenagers at the Kansas City Public Library |
| Director: |
R. Crosby Kemper |
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King County Library System |
| Fellow: |
Holly Koelling, Teen Services, Reference Librarian |
| Sponsor: |
Bruce Schauer, Associate Director, Public Services |
| Project: |
King County Library System Adult Services Plan |
| Director: |
Bill Ptacek |
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Las Vegas-Clark County Library District |
| Fellow: |
Kim Clanton-Green, Branch Manager |
| Fellow: |
Jennifer Schember, Adult Services Coordinator |
| Sponsor: |
Felton Thomas, Regional Branch Services Director |
| Project: |
Model Efficiencies & Emerging Technologies (MEET) |
| Director: |
Daniel L. Walters |
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Multnomah County Library |
| Fellow: |
Terrilyn Chun, Program Supervisor |
| Sponsor: |
Becky Cobb, Support Services Manager |
| Project: |
Teaching Technology at the Library |
| Director: |
Molly Raphael |
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New York Public Library |
| Fellow: |
Marzena Ermler, Coordinator of Staff Development |
| Sponsor: |
Anne Coriston, Deputy Director for Administrative |
| Services Project: |
Institution-Wide Staff Development and Training Program |
| Director: |
Susan Kent |
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Ocean County Library |
| Fellow: |
Jessica Adler, Senior Librarian/Webmaster |
| Sponsor: |
Sara Hansen, Supervising Librarian |
| Sponsor: |
John Glace, Chief Librarian |
| Project: |
Create a Virtual Branch for the Ocean County Library |
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Pierce County Library System |
| Fellow: |
Sheri Skuja, Youth Services Librarian |
| Sponsor: |
Georgia Lomax, Deputy Director |
| Project: |
Welcoming and Empowering Teens at Pierce County Library System |
| Director: |
Neel Parikh |
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Pima County Library District |
| Fellow: |
Sharla Darby, Managing Librarian |
| Sponsor: |
Melody Ballard, Deputy Director |
| Project: |
Library and Literacy Providers Collaboration in Pima County |
| Director: |
Nancy Ledeboer |
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Pioneer Library System |
| Fellow: |
Lisa Wells, Branch Manager |
| Sponsor: |
Anne Masters, Associate Director for Systems Services and Training |
| Project: |
Business Information Services Online |
| Director: |
Mary Sherman |
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Saint Paul Public Library |
| Fellow: |
Sheila Winderlich, Librarian II |
| Sponsor: |
Deborah Willms, Administrative Services Manager |
| Project: |
Sun Ray Project |
| Director: |
Melanie Huggins |
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Sno-Isle Libraries Service Center |
| Fellow: |
Karri Matau, Executive Director for Sno-Isle Foundation |
| Sponsor: |
Jonalyn Woolf-Ivory, Library Director |
| Project: |
Teen Program Development Project |
With each investment in ELI, you’ll cultivate a new leader (Fellow), re-energize a seasoned senior executive (Sponsor) and activate a live library project from your “to-do” list– a pressing and challenging initiative that requires political savvy, effective project management, community relations and organizational change.
The intensive 10-month program contains three instructional workshops, in-depth personal assessments, professional executive coaching, and development of peer networks to support a lifetime of shared professional learning. Your Fellow will learn by doing, managing a project that will make a difference for your library and your community – all with the help of some of North America’s most respected executive coaches.
ELI is unlike any leadership program you’ve ever seen. Developed specifically to build the skills tomorrow’s urban library leaders will need, ELI is aimed at moving our entire industry forward. Your library can be part of this movement and develop its own leadership capacity at the same time.
Develop Emerging Leaders. You’ll foster the holistic development of new professional leaders – inside, outside, deep down and unknown. Designed specifically for the needs of our industry, ELI builds “adaptive creativity” that allows leaders to navigate the uncertain and changing environments of managing public libraries in metro areas.
Build a Leadership System, Not Just a Leader. ELI creates new dynamics in libraries; new opportunities to experiment with business models, community relations, and organizing the work. The result? Your library will build an organizational culture that supports leadership talent, risk-taking and new ways of leading.
Refresh Your Library as an Essential Element of Urban Life. The leaders of tomorrow need a variety of skills and support systems to lead organizations that contribute to community development. And they need to have fun doing it! Past ELI participants – libraries, Sponsors and Fellows, have seen their vision for the future of libraries expanded, revitalized and clarified by exploring the business public libraries are in, now and in the future.
Wondering where to start? Read through the enclosed materials to get a deeper understanding of ELI. I urge you to pay special attention to the guidelines for choosing fellows, sponsors and projects. As you read the guidelines, think about the staff members who fit the descriptions… then think about how they could be transformed through ELI. Or perhaps there’s an important organizational project that needs to be owned and nurtured. ELI can bring that project to life.
The cost of participating in ELI 4 is $5,000 per ULC member and $7,500 per non-ULC library team, as well as travel to three ELI intensives in Baltimore MD (teams with more than one Fellow will be assessed an additional fee). ULC has received generous support from the Institute for Museum and Library which matches your investment with an additional $17,000 cost of participation per team. We understand that the combined investment in each team that participates in this program is significant, but we firmly believe that we cannot afford NOT to invest in preparing the next professional leaders.
ELI is an important organizational commitment that’s bound to prompt questions. We have set up several calls to facilitate your application process (see attached schedule and instructions for joining the call). Please join these calls to discuss your questions, concerns or share your enthusiasm for a program that’s shaping the leaders of tomorrow.
If you have any questions or need further information please contact Rochelle Borrett, Grants Manager at rborrett@urbanlibraries.org. |
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