The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is accepting applications for the inaugural cohort of the Intensive Learning Program (ILP). The ILP is an eight-month hybrid experience that explores operational aspects of senior leader portfolios in research libraries and archives as well as responsibilities related to managing those portfolios. The ILP strengthens strategic thinking and decision-making skills to ensure effective leadership of research libraries in a time of rapid, continuous change.
Program Components
Program components include:
- Virtual orientation
- Monthly three-hour virtual educational sessions
- In-person education and community session and attendance at the ARL Fall 2023 Association Meeting
- In-person ARL Learning Summit
- Virtual small-group coaching sessions with a focus on leadership and diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Reviewing scholarly & practice literature, podcasts, videos, and other resources
Eligibility
To be eligible to participate in the Intensive Learning Program, you must fulfill the following requirements:
- Be an emerging senior leader of a library, archive, and/or library system
- Titles may vary as administrative structures differ by institutions (examples include associate & assistant directors/deans/university librarians).
- Emerging is meant to describe having served in your current position for approximately three years or less.
- In most cases, senior leaders will report directly to an institution’s executive leader.
- Responsibilities should include direct contributions to the oversight of the institution and informing high-level, broad strategies and organizational management.
- Be located in Canada or the United States
To Apply
All applicants are required to submit the application form, which includes four brief writing prompts, and confirmation of institutional support by the institution’s executive leader. The application deadline is Wednesday, March 1, 2023. For more details on the application process, see the ARL website.
More Information
For more information about the program and the application process, visit the ARL website.
An informational session about the ILP was held on Tuesday, February 7—view the 19-minute recording.
About the Association of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of research libraries in Canada and the US whose vision is to create a trusted, equitable, and inclusive research and learning ecosystem and prepare library leaders to advance this work in strategic partnership with member libraries and other organizations worldwide. ARL’s mission is to empower and advocate for research libraries and archives to shape, influence, and implement institutional, national, and international policy. ARL develops the next generation of leaders and enables strategic cooperation among partner institutions to benefit scholarship and society. ARL is on the web at ARL.org.
