LLMA Testimonial

For those of you who are reading this blog to decide if you want to apply for the 2009 LLMA Institute, I’m thrilled to say my participation as a candidate in the 2007 Library Leadership Institute was a fantastic experience! Everyone I met at the institute, from the consultants to the LLMA committee to my fellow candidates to the hosting librarians, shared a diverse and colorful repertoire of stories and experiences. It was truly a diverse group in many ways: gender, age, experience, race, aspirations and type of library. At the end of the institute, I left there feeling energized and enthused. Not only did I become friends with some of the other candidates, but I am absolutely convinced that the LLMA Institute was instrumental in helping me transition from a schedule of 3 part time jobs at 3 different libraries at 2 different institutes to a full time permanent position as the Science Librarian at Holy Cross College—a position I was offered and accepted six months after LLMA!

LLMA '09 Committee to Form: You are invited!

LLMA ’09 PLANNING COMMITTEE
VOLUNTEER JOB DESCRIPTION

Committee members will work as a team to plan and implement Library Leadership Massachusetts ’09. Participants will attend approximately six meetings between September 2007 and May 2009 at varying locations around the state, spend several hours between meetings on the work of LLMA ’09, and participate as staff at the institute in summer 2009.

Representative tasks include:

• working with other committee members to select institute facilitators, site, and to design content


• participating in regional participant selection and final approval of applicants


• planning and implementing after-hours activities at the institute


• organizing publicity


• managing communications


• planning participant follow-up


• designing evaluations

This is a volunteer opportunity, but the personal and professional satisfactions you’ll receive are a reward in themselves!

The first meeting of the committee is planned for October 4 in Boxborough.

To volunteer, send an email to cnoah@cmrls.org. Include your contact information and a statement of interest.