Association of Research Libraries (ARL®)

by Jerome Offord, Jr., Program Officer for Training and Diversity

ARL and the Medical Library Association (MLA) are pleased to announce the 2003-2004 Leadership and Career Development (LCD) Program participants. The LCD Program is designed to increase the number of librarians from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in positions of influence and leadership in research libraries by helping them develop the skills needed to be more competitive in the promotion process. This year, ARL and MLA formed a national collaboration to target librarians from underrepresented groups within medical librarianship. This collaboration will allow at least two librarians from the medical field to participant in the LCD Program. Below is a list of this year's participants along with their research topics and mentors.

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   Wanda Brown,
   Technical Service

Team Leader, Wake Forest University

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  <td><em>Determining the Impact
      of Electronic Resources on Binding Practices within

Academic Libraries in North Carolina

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    Annie Ford,

Director of Library Human Resources, University of Illinois at Chicago

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  <td><em>Recruitment and
        Retention of Librarians with an Emphasis on the

"Grow Your Own Librarian"

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    Joan Giesecke,
    Dean of Libraries,

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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    Lora Gault,
    Instructional

Services Librarian, Purdue University-Calumet

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    Shirley Baker,
    Vice Chancellor for

Information Technology and Dean of Libraries, Washington University in St. Louis

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    Sarah Thomas,
    University

Librarian, Cornell University

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    Nancy Baker,
    University

Librarian, University of Iowa

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    Tammy Mays*,

Consumer Health Coordinator, Medical Librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago

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  <td><em>Providing Information
      for Consumers at Multiple Reading Levels</em></td>

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    Stella Bentley,
    Dean of Libraries,

University of Kansas

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    Betsy Wilson,
    Director of

University Libraries, University of Washington

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    Carol Nurse,
    Reference Librarian/

Assistant Professor, Montclair State University (N.J.)

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  <td><em>The

Effect of a Library Liaison to Administrators and Faculty for First-Year Students in the Library Instruction Program

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    TBA
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    Veronica Reyes,
    Assistant Librarian,

University of Arizona

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  <td><em>Programming Possibilities
      within the Academic Library</em></td>
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    Deborah Carver,
    University

Librarian, University of Oregon

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    Edward Sanchez,
    Head, Desktop &amp;

Networking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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  <td><em>Analyzing the 2001-2002
      Public University Libraries Data to Determine the Impact

of Recent Economic Conditions on Funding Pattens

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    Paul Willis,
    Dean of Libraries,

University of South Carolina

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    Martha Yancey,

Access Services Coordinator, West Virginia University

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  <td><em>Web-

Based Information Literacy Instruction Program

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    Julia Zimmerman,
    Dean of Libraries,

Ohio University

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  <td><em>Recruitment, Retention,
      and Promotion of Asian/Pacific Librarians in Academic and

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  <td><em>Managing the &quot;Soft&quot; in
      the Software Switch:&nbsp; Migrating People to an ILS</

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    Portia Diaz- Martin,
    Assistant Professor,

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  <td><em>Information Literacy:&nbsp; Does
      It Affect the Academic Success of College Students?</em></td>

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    Hannelore Rader,
    University Librarian, University of Louisville
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    La Ventra Ellis-

    Medical Librarian,

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  <td><em>Developing Consumer
      Health Information Resources to Address the Primary Health

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  <td><em>Providing Instructional
      Programming for Students from Pacific Island Communities</

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    Alysse Jordan,
    Social Work

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  <td><em>The

    Reference &

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  <td><em>Digital Referencing</em></td>
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    Sarah Pritchard,
    University

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    Mireille-Paule

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  <td><em>TBA</

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  <td><em>Information Literacy
      Programs</em></td>
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    Peter Graham,

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  <td><em>Consumer Health
        Information-Seeking Behavior of African Americans:&nbsp;

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    Elaina Norlin,
    Associate Librarian,

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  <td><em>Usability for
      E-Learning Products:&nbsp; Learning from Our Colleagues

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  <td><em>Creating an Annotated
      Bibliography of Primary Resources Related to African

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  <td><em>Developing a More
      Relevant Approach to Teaching Information Literacy Skills

To cite this article

Offord, Jerome, Jr. "ARL/MLA Select 2003-2004 Leadership and Career Development Program Class." ARL, no. 229 (August 2003): 9. http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/br/br229/br229lcdpc.shtml.