ACRL/LLAMA Presidents’ Program at 2013 ALA Annual,
leadership moment Essay contest
CHICAGO – Join the Association of College and Research
Libraries (ACRL) and the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA)
for their joint Presidents’ Program at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in
Chicago. Titled “Standing on Marbles: Ensuring Steady Leadership in Unsteady
Times,” the program will feature noted author, executive coach and leadership
consultant Karol M. Wasylyshyn.
The program, hosted by ACRL President Steven J. Bell,
associate university librarian for research and instructional services at
Temple University, and LLAMA President Pat Hawthorne, interim chief
administrative officer at the Emory University Robert W. Woodruff Library, will
take place from 10:30-11:30 am on Saturday, June 29, 2013.
In conjunction with the program, the ACRL/LLAMA Joint
President’s Program Committee is excited to offer all ALA members the
opportunity to reflect on memorable moments of leadership that have inspired
insights into their own leadership or potential. The committee wants to hear about these “leadership
moments” by way of a written reflection competition.
The guidelines for the competition are as follows:
Using an example from a book, film, play, TV show,
presentation or any other context where a “leadership moment” might be found,
participants are asked to define and discuss how that moment contributed to
their own conception of great leadership or inspired their own development as a
leader. In a short essay of 500 words,
participants should explain why that moment stayed with them and how it
influenced their own personal experience or thoughts on leadership. Winners
will receive an Amazon gift card.
Entries must be submitted by May 1, 2013, to co-chairs
Valeda F. Dent at Valeda.Dent@liu.edu and Lila Fredenburg at
lilafred@rulmail.rutgers.edu. All entries will be judged by the Presidents’
Program Committee in consultation with the current presidents of ACRL and
LLAMA. The winners will be announced in early June 2013.
