I am thrilled to once again head up the instructor corps for ILEAD U – now ILEAD USA expanding to multiple states.
The ILEAD USA project, sponsored by the Illinois State Library, seeks to help librarians develop new technology skills by meeting a specific community need, all the while being supported by peer learners in a network of collaborating teams. Building on a successful statewide project in Illinois, the 18-month continuing education immersion initiative is designed to expand librarians’ leadership abilities while also helping them build their participatory technology skills to effectively engage their constituents. Twenty-eight five-member teams in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, and Utah will attend three three-day, in-person sessions over the course of nine months. The sessions will be held simultaneously in each of the five states with plenary sessions broadcast live on streaming video. Between in-person sessions, virtual meetings and activities will allow participants to hone their newly acquired skills; experiment with participatory technology tools; and continue communication with the ILEAD USA network of participants
The Atlas of New Librarianship is the text for the program and new librarianship ideas are turned into reality by the amazing teams.
Kudos to Anne Craig and the amazing team at the Illinois State Library.
This is awesome Dave; when is New york’s turn!!
I would love to include New York! Right now it is a sort of state library to state library thing. SO have NYS Library call Illinois. Otherwise, we could always work something out 🙂