The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is seeking nominations and applications for the 2011-12 Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP). The LCDP is an 18-month fellowship programme to prepare mid-career librarians from under-represented racial and ethnic groups to take on increasingly demanding leadership roles in ARL libraries.
The programme addresses the need for research libraries to develop a more diverse professional workforce that can contribute to library success in serving the research, teaching, and learning of increasingly diverse scholarly and learning communities. This goal is accomplished, in part, by providing LCDP participants with meaningful exposure to the major strategic issues that are shaping the future of research libraries.
Participants will learn about research library issues at the strategic level and be expected to engage in a research project on a topic related to one of the three strategic directions of ARL - influencing public policies, reshaping scholarly communication, transforming research libraries. Each LCDP participant will be expected to complete this research project during the fellowship and to share outcomes with the broader academic library community through publication, invited presentations, or other mechanisms.
Applications are encouraged from librarians and other professional staff from traditionally under-represented groups. Applications are due by October 15, 2010. To apply or to learn more about the programme, visit http://www.arl.org/diversity/lcdp.
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