The Mission
To cultivate, educate, and support emerging leaders working in and/or for libraries in Massachusetts. LLMA provides individuals a venue for collaboration and opportunities to develop leadership skills.
The Institute
Fifty colleagues met in July 2007 for three and a half days of collaborative training in leadership and mentoring.
They are practitioners of library science or library advocates with fewer than ten years in their roles.
They demonstrate leadership potential, and may or may not hold a Masters of Library Science (MLS) or degree of School Library Media certification (SLMC).
The Topics
Library Leadership Massachusetts 2007, facilitated by Maureen Sullivan and Jack Siggins, prominent national consultants, addressed topics including the following:
- Your leadership effectiveness
- Risk-taking
- Presentation skills
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Collaboration
The Details
The Institute was held July 15-18, 2007 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA.
A list of participants can be found in the Participant Announcement. (pdf, 1 page).
Photos and bios of the participants are available in the Participant Gallery.
Photos from the Institute are posted on the LLMA 2007 Flickr page.
Participants agreed to make a one-year commitment to LLMA based on a Personal Action Agenda that was developed during the Institute. This will provide them with opportunities to practice and expand the leadership skills they learned.
They also agreed to follow up periodically with one or more of the Institute's mentors on the progress of their action plans and leadership activities.
For more information about Library Leadership Massachusetts, contact any member of the Planning Committee.
Library Leadership Massachusetts 2007 is sponsored by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems.