at Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community
during Arizona State University site visit in 2022
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to announce the hosts for the Kaleidoscope Program site visits for 2024–2026. The 2024 site visit will be hosted by the University of Manitoba Libraries and the University of Saskatchewan Library. The 2025 site visit will be hosted by the University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources and the University of Saskatchewan Library. The 2026 site visit will be hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder University Libraries.
The site visit is one of two signature events included in the curriculum of the Kaleidoscope Program, a two-year commitment that aims to prepare BIPOC graduate students for purposeful and consequential careers in research libraries and archives through enriched leadership development and community building opportunities. The site visit explores the research library and archive environment, professional roles, and activities.
“The University of Manitoba Libraries are very excited to host the Kaleidoscope Program in 2024 for the first time on Treaty 1 Territory and the National Homeland of the Red River Metis,” said Lisa O’Hara, vice provost (Libraries) & university librarian, University of Manitoba. “With support from the University of Saskatchewan Library, we look forward to sharing a rewarding learning experience with an outstanding group of emerging leaders.”
“We are honoured to host the Kaleidoscope Leadership Symposium in 2025, and we look forward to welcoming colleagues from ARL institutions, with support from the University of Saskatchewan,” said Mary-Jo Romaniuk, vice provost for Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary. “The University of Calgary has a longstanding commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. It is a real honour to play a role in furthering leadership opportunities and development in this area within the ARL community.”
“The University of Colorado Boulder University Libraries are honored to partner with our colleagues at the University of Calgary, the University of Manitoba, the University of Saskatchewan, and the Association of Research Libraries as a host for the 2026 Kaleidoscope Program Site Visit,” said Robert H. McDonald, dean of University Libraries and senior vice provost of Online Education, University of Colorado Boulder. “We look forward to welcoming this diverse group of new and emerging librarians and archivists to our Boulder campus for a rewarding site visit.”
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.
