ARL Call for Applications

The Association of Research Libraries Diversity Initiatives is accepting applications for two programs:

The Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (the Initiative), a program designed to recruit MLS graduate students from ethnic and racial background into careers in research libraries. The Initiative includes a stipend up to $10,000, leadership and career development, mentor, and visit to a research library. For more information, please see below. Applications for the 2008-2010 program class are available now and are due by July 31, 2008. For more information, please see below.

The Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP), a program designed to prepare and train librarians from underrepresented groups, with a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 10 years professional experience, for leadership roles in research libraries. The LCDP focusing on the ARL Strategic Directions: Scholarly Communication, Information Policy, and Research, Teaching and Learning. The LCDP also incorporates Leadership and Career Development Theories through out the program. The LCDP is an 18 month program and fellows are responsible for completing a research project at the closing of the program. Applications are available now and are due April 21, 2008.

For more information about the ARL Diversity Initiatives, please contact Jerome Offord, Jr., Director of Diversity Initiatives at jerome@arl.org.