ARL member institutions have opportunities to host Leadership and Transformation cohort program events including Leadership and Career Development Program site visits, Leadership Fellows Program site visits, and Kaleidoscope Program site visits and Leadership Symposium.
Details and expectations for hosting each opportunity can be found here.
Kaleidoscope Program
Leadership Symposium
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Previous Leadership Symposium Details
2026 Leadership Symposium
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Host: Penn Libraries
- Participants: 2025 Kaleidoscope Program Scholars
2025 Leadership Symposium
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Host: Emory University Libraries
- Participants: 2024 Kaleidoscope Program Scholars
2024 Leadership Symposium
- Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Host: University of Michigan Library
- Participants: 2023 Kaleidoscope Program Scholars
2023 Leadership Symposium
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
- Host: Simon Fraser University Library
- Participants: 2022 Kaleidoscope Program Scholars
2022 Leadership Symposium
- Location: Toronto, Ontario
- Host: ARL/CARL Joint Meeting & University of Toronto Libraries
- Participants: 2021 Kaleidoscope Program Scholars
2021 Leadership Symposium
- Location: Virtual
- Participants: 2020 Kaleidoscope Program Scholars
2020 Leadership Symposium
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Participants: 2019 Kaleidoscope Program Scholars, 2019–2021 ARL/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program Fellows, 2019–2020 Fellowship for Digital and Inclusive Excellence Program Fellows.
- Funders: Institute of Museum and Library Services, EBSCO Information Services, NYU Libraries, Penn Libraries, and OCLC
2019 Leadership Symposium
- Location: Seattle, Washington
- Participants: 2018 Kaleidoscope Program Scholars, 2018–2020 ARL/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program Fellows, 2018–2020 Fellowship for Digital and Inclusive Excellence Program Fellows.
- Funders: Institute of Museum and Library Services, EBSCO Information Services, ExLibris, MIT Libraries, and OCLC
2018 Leadership Symposium
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Participants: 2017–2019 Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW) Diversity Scholars, 2017–2019 ARL/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program Fellows, 2017–2018 Fellowship for Digital and Inclusive Excellence Program Fellows
- Funders: EBSCO, IMLS, MIT Libraries, NYU Libraries, University of MIami Libraries
2017 Leadership Symposium
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- Participants: 2016–2018 Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW) Diversity Scholars, 2016–2017 ARL/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program Fellows, 2016–2018 ARL/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program Fellows
- Funders: ExLibris, IMLS, The University of Kansas Libraries, MIT Libraries, University of New Mexico Libraries, and OCLC
2016 Leadership Symposium
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Participants: 2015–2017 Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW) Diversity Scholars, 2015–2017 ARL/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program Fellows, 2015–2017 ARL/MLA Diversity and Inclusion Initiative Fellows, and 2016 Career Enhancement Program Fellows
- Funders: IMLS, Iowa State University Library, OCLC, and MIT Libraries
2015 Leadership Symposium
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Participants: 2014–2016 Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW) Diversity Scholars, 2014–2016 ARL/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program Fellows, 2014–2016 ARL/MLA Diversity and Inclusion Initiative Fellows, and 2015 Career Enhancement Program Fellows
- Funders: IMLS, OCLC, and MIT Libraries
2014 Leadership Symposium
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Participants: 2013–2015 Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce Diversity Scholars, 2014 Career Enhancement Program Fellows, 2013–2015 Music Library Association Diversity and Inclusion Initiative (DII), and 2013–2015 Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program Fellows
- Funders: Preservation Technologies, IMLS, EBSCO Information Services, OCLC, MIT Libraries
2013 Leadership Symposium
2012 Leadership Symposium
2011 Leadership Symposium
2010 Leadership Symposium
2009 Leadership Symposium
2008 Leadership Symposium
2007 Leadership Symposium
2006 Leadership Symposium
2005 Leadership Symposium
2004 Leadership Symposium
Site Visit Hosts
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Past Site Visit Hosts
2024 University of Manitoba Libraries & University of Saskatchewan University Library
2023 Arizona State University Library
2022 Arizona State University Library
2021 Arizona State University Library (Virtual)
2020 Northwestern University Libraries and UIC University Library (Virtual)
2019 Northwestern University Libraries and UIC University Library
2018 Northwestern University Libraries and UIC University Library
2017 Michigan State University Libraries
2016 Michigan State University Libraries
2015 Michigan State University Libraries
2014 Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
2013 Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
2012 Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
2011 Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
2010 Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
2009 Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
2008 Harvard Library and MIT Libraries,
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
2007 Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
2006 Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
2005 Harvard Library,
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
Leadership and Career Development Program
Site Visit Hosts
/ 2026–2027 /
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Past Site Visit Hosts
2024–2025
- University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Hamilton Library
- Yale University Library
2022–2023
- Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
- Harvard Library
2020–2021 (Virtual)
- The University of British Columbia Library
- Brown University Library
2018–2019
- The Ohio State University Libraries
- University of Alberta Library
2013–2014
- Library of Congress
- NYU Libraries and Columbia University Libraries
2011–2012
- Georgetown University Library and National Archives and Record Administration
- University of Houston Libraries
2009–2010
- Yale University Library
- Kent State University Libraries
2007–2008
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Libraries
2003–2004
- The University of New Mexico Libraries
2001–2002
- The University of Kansas Libraries
- The University of Arizona Libraries
1999–2000
1997–1998
Intensive Learning Program
Site Visit Host
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Past Site Visit Hosts
2025
- University of Minnesota Libraries
Leadership Fellows Program
Site Visit Hosts
/ 2025–2026 /
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Past Site Visit Hosts
2023–2024
- Penn State University Libraries
- Brown University Library
2021–2022
- Georgia Tech Library
- University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources
2018–2019
- The University of Iowa Libraries
- The George Washington University Libraries and Academic Innovation
- University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
2016–2017
- Colorado State University Libraries
- University of Alberta Library
- Duke University Libraries
2013–2015
- Vanderbilt University Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries
- NC State University Libraries
- University of Guelph Library and University of Waterloo Library
2011–2012
- Dartmouth College Library
- UC Berkeley Library
- The University of Chicago Library and Northwestern Libraries
2009–2010
- The University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library and Brigham Young University Library
- University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
- University of Houston Libraries
2007–2008
- NC State University Libraries
- Harvard Library
- University of Minnesota Library
2004–2006
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
- Columbia University Libraries
- University of Washington Libraries
