TALL Texans Leadership Institute
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The TALL Texans Leadership Development Institute provides advanced leadership and management education in service to all the libraries of Texas and the communities they serve.
The online application process is open as of October 1. Applications are due by January 27, 2012.
What will the Institute do for participants? FAQ's (doc)
Foster leadership capabilities.
Define leadership development activities.
Foster cultural diversity in library leadership.
"To have the most respected leaders in the state tell us we can do great things and, in fact, must achieve because we owe it to ourselves as well as the profession, is empowering and helped me to focus on larger issues." - Institute Participant
A list of institute topics may be found here.
Who should attend the Leadership Institute?
The Institute is designed for Texas Library Association members. The participants are mid-career library and information science practitioners (degreed and non-degreed) who are currently employed in the field and have at least five years of experience in a professional level position in library and/or information science. Library laypersons with at least three years of service to the library community are also eligible.
Where will the Institute be held?
The 2012 Institute will be June 10-13, 2012 at Montserrat Retreat Center, 600 North Shady Shores Drive, Lake Dallas. Montserrat is a relatively new location , as the program has previously been held in the Hill Country. As before, though, the facility will offer a setting away from the hectic pace of daily work with both indoor and outdoor meeting areas to offer flexibility and variety for group activities. The nature of the surroundings and the June climate call for casual and cool attire. More information about the site is available here.
Instructors
Maureen Sullivan and Jack Siggins are scheduled to facilitate. Maureen Sullivan is an organizational development consultant to libraries and other information organizations. She has extensive experience on organizational development, strategic planning, leadership development, introducing and managing organizational change, organization and work redesign, establishment of staff development and learning programs for today's workplace, revision of position classification and compensation systems, and the identification and development of competencies. Sullivan is currently on the faculty of the annual ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute and is a professor of practice in the new Ph.D./Managerial Leadership in the Information Professions program at the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She received her MLS degree from the University of Maryland. Sullivan is also a past president of ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) and LLAMA (Library Leadership, Administration, and Management Association), and will be president of the American Library Association in 2012-2013.
Her husband, Jack Siggins, is head of the Gelman Library at George Washington University in Washington, D.C, since 1995. Previously he served for ten years as Deputy University Librarian at Yale University. He has also held positions at the Library of Congress, the University of Maryland-College Park and the University of Chicago. He received a B.A. degree in Romance Languages from Princeton University, where he concentrated on Spanish and Portuguese language and culture, and graduate degrees from American University and the University of Chicago in Far Eastern Languages and Literatures and library science. Jack served in the U.S. Army as a Japanese Language Interpreter and as a researcher for the Defense Intelligence Agency. Jack has been involved in the development and integration of automation in libraries throughout his career, from the pre-OCLC period to the present. He has served as consultant and trainer at several academic institutions in the U.S. and around the world in the areas of strategic planning, team building, resource sharing, benchmarking, organizational restructuring, building design and personnel management.
Six top library directors and administrators also serve a mentors for the participants.
Cost: The cost for instruction, room, board and related planned activities is currently set at $595. Transportation costs are not included.
Participants are encouraged to seek funding to defray costs. Many TLA units are making support funds available. Check with your division, and roundtable chairs to see if funds are available. Employing institutions may be willing to fund participants, as well as local Friends Groups, Rotary, and other service clubs. Vendors have also been known to contribute. Information on the new June Kahler Berry Fund is available here.
What happens after the Institute?
Participants in the Institute will continue TLA leadership development activities. There will be a 2-year commitment on the part of the participants through each participant's Personal Action Agenda, which will begin at the Institute with the aid of the mentors.
Information on statewide leadership development opportunities will be coordinated by the Leadership Development Program Committee. Additional activities will be organized to provide participant communication and networking throughout the extent of each participant's leadership development program.
Comments from Participants:
"This has been the highlight of my educational career! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for selecting me. You will never know the impact this has had on my life."
"The mentors were terrific. As a group and as people, they were inspired, helped, encouraged, and clarified our thinking and acted as friends."
"An overall excellent experience."
"The Institute gave me the opportunity to zero in on positive ways to improve what I am and to focus on the direction my life is taking."
What else should you know about the Institute?
The Leadership Development Institute is the major activity by which TLA, through its Leadership Development Program, is endeavoring to provide a statewide impetus for expanded leadership education opportunities for all TLA members. With the Leadership Development Institute, the Texas Library Association is providing a high-quality, 3-day, intensive learning experience for the Institute participants. TLA is also keeping participant cost to a minimum by underwriting a substantial amount of the cost for the Institute. The Texas Library Association is providing this level of support as a part of its commitment to its membership and the profession.
"This was wonderfully organized, lots of thoughtful planning and care. Commitment to Texas libraries was evident." - TALL Texan participant
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