[OPLINLIST] Illinois State Library Receives Grant to Expand ILEAD U to Ohio

[Marsha McDevitt-Stredney]

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The Illinois State Library has hosted two extremely successful
continuing education initiatives entitled ILEAD U (Illinois Libraries
Explore, Apply and Discover). ILEAD U was designed to help library staff
understand and respond to user needs through the application of
participatory technology tools and the creation of an easy-to-replicate
model program. While the 2010 cohort was limited to Illinois library
staff, in 2011 librarians from other state libraries, including Katie
Campbell, State Library of Ohio Public Library Consultant, traveled to
Springfield to take part in ILEAD U.

"In ILEAD U, the Illinois State Library created a truly remarkable
program which allowed participants to learn about technology, project
management, leadership, needs assessment and project implementation
strategies," expressed Campbell. "I was fortunate to be given the
opportunity to be able to observe such a wonderful program and interact
with such amazing and innovative librarians."

The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce that the Illinois State
Library has received a $470,000 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian
Program grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to
expand ILEAD U nationwide. Next year, ILEAD U becomes ILEAD USA.
Twenty-eight five-member teams in Illinois, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, and
Utah will attend three three-day, in-person sessions over the course of
nine months. These teams will consist of librarians from different
libraries and different types of libraries working together to help
their patrons. 

ILEAD USA will be held March 25-28, June 17-20, and October 21-24, 2013.
The sessions will be held simultaneously in each of the five states,
with plenary sessions broadcast live on streaming video. 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.

We will be providing additional details and announcing registration
information later this year.  In addition to attendees, we will be
seeking mentors, instructors and support from the whole Ohio library
community. 

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of
federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums.
Through grant making, policy development, and research, we help
communities and individuals thrive through broad public access to
knowledge, cultural heritage and lifelong learning. To learn more about
IMLS, please visit www.imls.gov <http://www.imls.gov/> .

 

 

 

 

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