Emerging Leaders

Dear ELs,

Maureen and I will be working on an article about the program for the June/July issue of American Libraries. We are looking for a few good quotes in each of these categories: why I applied for this program, what Midwinter was like, what I have learned so far, what my future leadership plans are...
Email connie@cjrlc.org You could find your name in AL...
Connie

A part of the Emerging Leaders program, the projects are a way to connect participants to each other and to one facet of ALA. We asked the divisions for topic ideas for virtual projects which could be worked on between MidWinter and Annual and a number were submitted. We added others, combined similar themes and offered 37 different ideas with the goal of having 21 projects chosen with 5 people in each. ELs were given 10 points to bid on 1-10 projects and every effort was made to assign each person to a chosen project. We ended up with 23 projects, most with five or six people. A few have four and one has three.

Then each project was given an ALA resource person for content and a mentor from the library community to help with process. We hope that the projects increase community within the group, link each participant to one or more ALA staff, shed a little light on an ALA issue, and contribute to the effectiveness of ALA.

Teams will report on their projects and the EL experience at a poster session at Annual and will contribute to a wiki for communication with the library community.

- Connie Paul

Dear ELs,

On January 19, which will be here any minute, we will be gathering for registration at 8:30-9:00 at the Seattle PL Auditorium. We will be putting out the agenda momentarily, but this is how you will find your group.

Right and Left are as you face the stage: Both groups move toward the middle.

Row 1 Right: Group A and Left: Group C.
Row 2: R is D; Middle is E; L is H;
Row 3: R is I and L is J;
Row 4: R is K and L is M;
Row 5: R is O and L is P;
Row 6: R is Q and L is V;
Row 7: R is BB and L is CC;
Row 8: R is DD and L is FF;
Row 9: R is GG and L is HH;
Row 10: R is II and L is KK;
Row 11: R is LL and L is L.
Connie