Library Development :
Library Leadership Program :
Leadership Institute
The primary goal of the Institute is to assist in preparing library leaders to provide the highest quality library services to the citizens of Florida in the most effective and innovative manner that will meet today's needs and tomorrow's challenges.
The Institute objectives are to:
The Sunshine State Library Leadership Institute will improve the participants' abilities to:
Institute activities include self-assessments, partner sharing, small and large group discussions, and one-on-one engagement with your mentor. Involvement in the planned classroom activities, interactions with your mentor, completion of assignments, and completion of a project that includes other individuals will be essential for your successful professional development.
To ensure deeper integration and lasting retention of newly learned knowledge, skills, and abilities, participants will receive assignments to complete on their own, at their workplace, or within their local community.
Each participant will develop a professional relationship with their mentor, whose primary role is to serve as an advisor, confidant, teacher, resource, sponsor, and cheerleader. Over the 10-month period, the mentee is expected to work with their mentor to refine their leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities, and to draw on them as one of many resources to complete their leadership project.
The Institute awards certificates to participants who successfully meet the established criteria.
Certificate of Accomplishment
Certificate of Attendance
The Institute's curriculum is designed by the faculty members. It includes required and recommended readings, practical application assignments, and topic-specific content to guide lectures and discussions.
The Institute is open to individuals from all types of libraries (public, academic, school, and special). It is designed for professional librarians, as well as those in management positions without a master's degree in Library Science. Candidates should have a minimum of two years professional library experience and a demonstrated successful professional work experience.
The Institute is an intensive and rewarding learning experience that requires significant time, energy, and commitment from participants and their libraries.
This program, which is valued at $2,500, has no application fee. Upon acceptance, participants will be charged a $150 registration fee.
Transportation and accommodation costs are the responsibility of the participants or their institutions. Participants must make arrangements for transportation and accommodations themselves. Most participants have been able to commute to sessions within one day. Others, who live either in the northernmost or southernmost parts of Florida, have typically incurred only one night of accommodations costs per session.
Call for applications: March 15, 2011
Deadline for applications: June 1, 2011 extended to June 15, 2011 postmark
Participant selection notification: August 1, 2011
Participant acceptance deadline: August 15, 2011
Enrollment is limited to a total of 40 participants.
2011-2012 Application Form (64KB PDF)
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Participants are selected by a statewide committee. The committee will consider the:
Jill Canono has over 25 years of experience building community collaborations, leading organizational improvement efforts, and facilitating professional development initiatives and programs. She has worked on several continents facilitating learning opportunities for government agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and small businesses. Most importantly, she loves to learn, laugh, and lead…in that order.
DeEtta Jones provides strategic and organizational development consulting and training in the areas of leadership, management, diversity, and inclusion. DeEtta works with organizations to align systems and performance with business objectives, enhancing peoples' ability to do their best work. She has more than 15 years of experience designing and facilitating training events and presenting for audiences around the world.
Pat Wagner has been working with libraries, universities, schools and local governments as a trainer and consultant since 1978 focusing on personnel, management, leadership, marketing, career and strategic planning issues. Currently, Ms. Wagner presents for several national library training organizations including the University of North Texas LE@D online continuing education program, the Medical Library Association, Special Library Association Click U, and the American Library Association Library Leadership and Management Association. She is a frequent presenter at state and national library conferences. Ms. Wagner has also contributed articles to state and national library publications, most recently the upcoming Workplace Learning and Leadership: A Handbook for Library and Nonprofit Trainers, American Library Association Editions, 2011. Pat Wagner and her husband Leif Smith own Pattern Research, Inc., a 35-year-old research and training business in Denver.