A Associação de Bibliotecas Universitárias e de Pesquisa - ACRL está patrocinando a participação de jovens bibliotecários no Programa da Associação Americana de Bibliotecas - ALA chamado Líderes Emergentes
CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has announced its support of the Emerging Leaders 2007 initiative. ALA President Leslie Burger's new program will "enable 100 new librarians to get on the fast track to ALA and professional leadership." Emerging Leaders 2007 will select and train 100 new librarians beginning with a daylong session at the 2007 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. Afterward, it will continue online for six months, culminating at the 2007 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. For more information on the ALA Emerging Leaders Program, please visit http://lb.princetonlibrary.org/emerging_leaders.html. The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) will provide a travel stipend for one member to participate in the American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leaders Program. The stipend provides $500 for travel to each conference where training will be provided. ACRL will select one participant to sponsor through a competitive application process. Eligibility requirements include: - Membership in ALA and ACRL - Age (under 35) or new librarians of any age with fewer than 5 years post-MLS experience - Willingness to meet all other obligations for the program, as outlined by ALA President Leslie Burger at http://lb.princetonlibrary.org/emerging_leaders.html. Interested ACRL members may apply by submitting an Emerging Leaders application (at http://lb.princetonlibrary.org/documents/EmergingLeadersApplication_000.pdf) to David Connolly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) by September 30, 2006: All applications must be submitted electronically with the subject line, "ACRL Emerging Leader." The individual selected by the ACRL president will be notified by September 22 and asked to submit the full application by the September 30 deadline. For more information on this and other continuing education programs sponsored by ACRL, contact the ACRL office at 800-545-2433, ext. 2523, or visit the ACRL web site at www.acrl.org. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association, representing 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments. _______________________________________________ Bib_virtual mailing list [email protected] https://listas.ibict.br/mailman/listinfo/bib_virtual

