The ARL Intensive Learning Program (ILP) Task Force has chosen 20 fellows for the 2025 ILP cohort, based on recommendations from the ILP Selection Working Group.
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. Participants experience opportunities to enhance leadership qualities—including integrity, compassion, and collegiality—as they develop their leadership skills. ILP Fellows engage in a variety of experiences during the program, including: attending the Learning Summit and ARL Association Meeting, participating in an ARL library site visit, joining monthly educational sessions, and completing self-assessments and career-coaching sessions.
“The deep investment in learning about leadership demonstrated by the successful applicants for this cohort promises a meaningful, transformative experience for the group and for our profession,” said Kerry Creelman, associate dean for Collections Strategies & Discovery at the University of Houston Libraries, and member of the ILP Selection Working Group. “We are excited for these emerging senior leaders to build community, to learn, share, and grow together.”
The 2025 ILP Fellows are:
- Antonio Barrera, Associate Director, IT, Rutgers University Libraries
- Joshua Barton, Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services, Assistant Head of Technical Services, and Zine Librarian, Michigan State University Libraries
- Scout Calvert, Chair, Research Partnerships (Associate Professor), University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries
- Laura DeLancey, Associate Dean for Collections and Discovery, Colorado State University Libraries
- Marcel Fortin, Associate Chief Librarian, Data Services, Digital Scholarship, and Information Technologies, University of Toronto Libraries
- Allyssa Guzman, Assistant Director of Research Support & Digital Innovation, University of Texas Libraries
- Amy Jackson, Associate Dean, University of New Mexico Libraries
- Andrew Jewell, Professor, Chair, Digital Strategies and Co-director, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries
- Lei Jin, Associate Dean of Libraries, Scholarly, Research and Creative Activities, Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries
- Jasmine Jones, Director, Special Collections Technical Services, Yale University Library
- Nicole Kong, Associate Dean for Research, Purdue University Libraries
- Helen Kula, Associate University Librarian, Teaching and Learning, McMaster University Libraries
- Jessica Morales, Associate Dean, Collections & Open Initiatives, University of Arkansas–Fayetteville Libraries
- Elizabeth Nicholson, Interim Senior Director of Operations, University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Libraries
- Jeanette Norris, Director of Monographic Processing Services, Yale University Library
- Juliana Nykolaiszyn, Associate Dean of Library Operations and Puterbaugh Professor of Library Service, Oklahoma State University Libraries
- David Pavelich, Associate Dean for Special Collections and Collections Strategy, University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries
- Jamie Saragossi, Associate Dean, Content Services, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Libraries
- Courtney Stine, Director, Bridwell Art Library, University of Louisville Libraries
- Santi Thompson, Interim Associate Dean for Organizational Development, Learning, and Talent, University of Houston Libraries
For more information about the program and the 2025 ILP Fellows, visit the ILP website.
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.
