SYNERGY: The Illinois Library Leadership Initiative 2010
April 20-22, 2010, Starved Rock Lodge and Conference Center, Utica, IL
August 3-5, 2010, Pere Marquette Lodge, Grafton, IL
October 26-28, 2010, Hickory Ridge Marriott Conference Hotel, Lisle, IL
Synergy--"…the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." Stephen Covey
"Synergy…will build a network for life." Becky Schreiber
DESCRIPTION
Synergy: The Illinois Library Leadership Initiative 2010 is the statewide library community's proactive movement to recruit and nurture future Illinois library leaders. Objectives include self-assessment; discovering and developing personal values; identifying the local, state and global environment; fostering and expanding skills and tools for personal, professional and positional leadership; creating a cohort group; establishing mentoring relationships; and developing a vision of and beyond the field of librarianship.
Librarians selected to participate in Synergy: The Illinois Library Leadership Initiative 2010 will commit to a yearlong process, beginning with the first session at Starved Rock Lodge and Conference Center through intersession activities and ending with the session at the Hickory Ridge Marriott Conference Hotel. Each site has been chosen for its unique Illinois flavor and for the natural progression, geographically, personally, professionally, as Synergy and its participants travel across the state.
SPONSORS
The Shawnee Library System, Illinois State Library, the Illinois Library Association and their partners are sponsoring Synergy: The Illinois Library Leadership Initiative 2010. Lodging and meals will be provided. Travel costs will be the responsibility of the individual. There is no registration fee.
The Illinois library leaders, contributing to the planning and development of Synergy: The Illinois Library Leadership Initiative 2010, are members of the Illinois State Library Leadership Planning Committee.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Synergy: The Illinois Library Leadership Initiative, 2010 applicants are responsible for compiling and submitting their complete applications to Ellen Popit, Committee Chair at Shawnee Library System. Applications must be postmarked by Monday, November 30, 2009. All applicants will be notified in regard to their application by late January 2010. Please call Vandella Brown, Cyndy Colletti, or Pat Norris at 1-800-665-5576 Option #1 or Ellen Popit at 1-800-455-4374 extension 2024 with any questions.