Increase your capacity to lead and manage
Leadership of academic libraries has never been more challenging.
Demands for new services frequently outstrip the resources—money, time, and
people—that are available. Librarians look for more effective
ways to make their voices heard as priorities are set campus-wide. And
the constant expectation that they will provide articulate, effective
leadership too often creates stresses in both their personal and professional
lives.
In response to these challenges, the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education is collaborating with the Association of College and Research Libraries
(ACRL) to present
the Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians. The goal of this program
is to increase your capacity to lead and to manage.
The program helps to answer two
key questions:
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How well-positioned is my organization
to meet current and future challenges?
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program delivers the information and insights needed to help
your library respond
to a rapidly-shifting
landscape. It is designed for those whose role is to think strategically—about
emerging needs of students and faculty, about changing expectations
of library staff, about new technologies, and about the long-range
plans for the library within a larger institutional context.
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How effective is my own leadership?
The program will be particularly
useful as a source of mid-career professional renewal. The program
does not focus on skills—it assumes that you are already a
skilled administrator. Rather, it helps you to deepen your insights
and broaden
your repertoire of useful approaches to leadership.
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The Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians is an intensive program
on the campus of Harvard University, convenient to all the attractions
of Cambridge and Boston. For six highly-engaging days, you study, talk,
and attend classes. You work with program faculty and with other participants—testing
new ideas and developing new strategies for taking your institution
into the future.
Focus on the Skills Critical to Being a Leader
The Leadership Institute focuses on the key skills required of library
leaders:
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Characteristics of effective leadership
in academic organizations
How can you build an
effective, cohesive leadership team? How do
you articulate a clear sense of where the organization should be
headed? What are appropriate uses of a leader’s time?
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Transformational Learning
Examine the workplace as a setting for
personal and professional growth. What conditions can promote the
possibility of real growth and development for you and your colleagues? |
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Planning
Examine the roles and responsibilities of library leaders
in planning initiatives. What are effective approaches to planning?
What factors should influence the allocation of financial resources?
How can you monitor performance with regard to larger strategic goals? |
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Organizational Strategy and Change
Learn new insights about how
to accomplish your mission in a changing environment. How do you
align operations and resources, especially staff, to achieve desired
results? How can you become a more effective agent of change? |
Interactive Program Format
Institute faculty use various teaching techniques: presentations,
discussion, videos, exercises, and case studies. Harvard’s case
studies make you an active participant in the teaching-learning process.
Through
lively discussion, you will be challenged to define management problems
and identify and offer solutions.
The Institute has been planned as a whole. Themes will be interwoven
from one class to another. While class sessions are central to the Institute
experience, much valuable learning will also take place outside the classroom.
Faculty members will be available after classes and at meals to meet
with
you, continue discussions begun in class, talk shop, and share
ideas.
You will be assigned to a daily discussion group to facilitate your learning
outside of class and to foster application of institute concepts to the
challenges faced on your own campus. Group meetings are a place to exchange
ideas, reactions, experiences, and insights with other participants.
Designed for Today's Leaders
The Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians is designed for directors
of libraries and those who report directly to them in positions such
as
associate university librarian or assistant library dean. The program
is also useful to other campus administrators regularly involved in senior-level
decision making
affecting the entire library operation and involving other important
relationships on campus.
The Institute is most appropriate for administrators who have reached
a point in their careers where they could benefit from taking time out
to reflect on their administrative practice.
You will benefit most from the program if you:
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Hold a significant library leadership position |
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Value the opportunity to step back from the press
of day-to-day responsibilities and reflect on where you and your
organization
are going |
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Enjoy being a learner again—in a lively, interactive
format that takes advantage of the experience of other experienced
administrators |
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Value new perspectives on effective leadership in academic
institutions |
Recent participants
in the Leadership Institute included:
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Library Director, Pima Community College (AZ) |
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Head, Science & Engineering Library,
University of California,
San Diego |
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Head of Reference and Reader Services, Vassar College (NY) |
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Director, Library Services & Online Learning,
Nova Scotia
Community College (Canada) |
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University Librarian, California Institute of Technology |
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Dean of University Libraries, University of Memphis (TN) |
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Executive Director, Cullom-Davis Library, Bradley University (IL) |
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Associate Dean for Collection Services, University of Alabama |
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Director, Bochum University Library, Ruhr University (Germany) |
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Director of Library, Louisiana College |
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Assistant Library Director, Grand Valley State University (MI) |
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Director, Samuel Read Hall Library, Lyndon State College (VT) |
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Director of Libraries, Iona College (NY) |
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Director, Harvey Library, Hampton University (VA) |
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Associate Director, Collins Library, University of Puget Sound
(WA) |
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Associate University Librarian, University of Waterloo (Canada) |
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Director, Clifton M. Miller Library, Washington College (MD) |
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Head of Access Services, Baker-Berry Library,
Dartmouth College
(NH) |
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Chief Librarian, Hostos Community College (NY) |
2007 Faculty
Joan Gallos is a professor and former Dean of the School of Education
at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. As a consultant and educator,
she has worked in the U.S. and abroad on issues of professional effectiveness
and the design and management of collaborative workplaces.
James Honan is a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
and co-chair of Harvard’s Institute for Educational Management.
He is particularly interested in issues of financial management and institutional
planning.
Lisa Lahey is Associate Director of the Change Leadership Group at the
Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has worked
with numerous colleges, schools, and businesses on opportunities for
transformational learning.
Maureen Sullivan is an organizational development consultant whose practice
focuses on the improvement of academic and research libraries. She is
a past president of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Joseph Zolner is the Director of Harvard Institutes
for Higher Education, and the Educational Chair for The Leadership Institute
for Academic Librarians,
Harvard
Graduate School of Education. His interests are in curriculum change
and institutional innovation.
Schedule
The Leadership Institute begins with registration on August 3 and ends on August 8.
Once in Cambridge, your full-time participation throughout the Institute
is expected. A typical day begins with an early morning discussion-group
meeting, followed by formal class sessions. Your daily schedule will
continue
into the evening, with optional sessions, readings or assignments for the next day.
Because of the intensive nature of the Institute, you
are expected to
free yourself from all work obligations during the program. Bringing family to campus is discouraged.
As a participant in the Leadership Institute, you will have access to
an array of academic, cultural, social, and other resources at Harvard
University.
General
Information
Registration
The Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians is limited to those
with significant administrative responsibility in an institution of higher
education, and who show high promise for making a significant contribution
in the future.
Registrations from library directors, university librarians,
and their
associates and direct reports will be accepted on a first-come, first-served
basis. Since this institute fills quickly, early registration is recommended.
Fee
The comprehensive program fee of $2,300 covers
tuition, all program and instructional materials, refreshment breaks,
lunch daily,
an opening reception, and social events during the week. Participants
are expected to have the endorsement of the institution you represent.
Ordinarily,
this is reflected in full financial support.
Cancellation Policy
Registration cancellation must be made in writing. Full refunds will be
granted until July 2, 2008. Cancellations received between July 3 and July
17, 2008 will be subject to a $250 administrative fee. Cancellations after
July 17 and no-shows are subject to full payment.
The Harvard Graduate School of Education reserves the right to
cancel the program or change faculty at its discretion. In the unlikely event of program
changes or cancellation, the school is not responsible for non-refundable travel
arrangements or other planning costs incurred.
Accommodations
Participants have the option of staying at a local hotel or at the Currier House Undergraduate Dormitory on the Harvard University campus. Room reservations are the responsibility of individual conference participants. Detailed accommodation information will be made available to participants
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