Leadership and innovators training program for Latvian and Romanian public librarians at the Mortenson Center for international ibrary programs
Schnuer, Susan; Ford, Barbara J.; Barber, Peggy
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Title
Leadership and innovators training program for Latvian and Romanian public librarians at the Mortenson Center for international ibrary programs
Author(s)
Schnuer, Susan
Ford, Barbara J.
Barber, Peggy
Issue Date
2015
Keyword(s)
Post-Communism Development
History of Libraries
Russia--Libraries
Central and Eastern Europe--Libraries
Abstract
From 2009 to 2012, the Mortenson Center for International Library
Programs (MC) at the University of Illinois Library implemented
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Libraries (GL) Leaders
and Innovators Training Program. The purpose of the program
was to have a team of library leaders and innovators in Latvia and
Romania committed to designing and creating a stronger public
library environment. The GL grantees, 3TD, and Biblionet worked
with the MC team to administer and support the program. The program
included planning visits and agreements, training at the MC,
attendance at a U.S. library association conference, development and
implementation of group projects, and follow-up visits and training.
Twelve Latvian librarians and fifteen Romanian librarians participated
in the program. The training was unique for each country
group based on the needs identified in the initial visits and discussions
with the GL grantees. Each country group was divided into
three teams of four to five members. The teams had to develop an
idea for a library project, write a proposal, and then implement the
project. After submitting a successful proposal, the teams received
a small grant. The result was a cohort of enthusiastic and engaged
library leaders who implemented group projects that were positively
received in their respective communities and by library colleagues
around the country. All the librarians reported gains in their skills
and knowledge in several topics. New library services were implemented,
including working closely with local government, making
more active use of technology, reaching out to seniors, and creating
spaces for children and teens.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2015.0022
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