For immediate release:
November 12, 2008

For more information, contact:
Jerome Offord Jr.
Association of Research Libraries
jerome@arl.org

ARL Leadership and Career Development Program Selects 2009–10 Fellows

Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP) has selected 11 fellows for the 2009–10 class. The LCDP prepares midcareer librarians from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to take on increasingly demanding leadership roles in ARL libraries. The 18-month program includes: two LCDP Institutes, an opening and closing event held in conjunction with national professional meetings, a career-coaching relationship with an ARL library director or staff member, and a personalized visit to an ARL member library.

The 10th anniversary of the LCDP was celebrated this year, most recently at the 153rd ARL Membership Meeting with a panel of speakers who addressed the positive impact of the program on individual careers as well as on the libraries that sponsored and/or mentored participants. To date, 100 librarians have participated in the LCDP.

The 2009–10 LCDP fellows are:

Steven Adams
Princeton University

Marilia Antunez
Appalachian State University

Michelle Baildon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kawanna Bright
North Carolina State University

Leticia Camacho
Brigham Young University

Su Chen
University of Minnesota

Beatriz Hardy
College of William and Mary

Jessica Kayongo
University of Notre Dame

Helen Look
University of Michigan

Isabella Marques de Castilla
Library of Congress

Loyd Mbabu
University of Michigan

For more information about the LCDP, see http://www.arl.org/diversity/lcdp/.

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 123 research libraries in North America. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/.