Illinois State Library

SYNERGY: THE ILLINOIS LIBRARY LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE 2004

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March 23-25, 2004, Starved Rock Lodge and Conference Center, Utica

August 3-5, 2004, Pere Marquette Lodge, Grafton

November 16-18, 2004, Hickory Ridge Marriott Conference Hotel, Lisle

Synergy--"...the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts." Stephen Covey
"Synergy...will build a network for life." Becky Schreiber

Description

Synergy: The Illinois Library Leadership Initiative 2004 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 2004 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 Illinois State Library, the Illinois Library Association and their partners are sponsoring Synergy: The Illinois Library Leadership Initiative 2004. Lodging and meals will be paid by the Illinois State Library. Travel costs will be the responsibility of the individual. There is no registration fee.

Illinois library leaders contributing to the planning and development of Synergy: The Illinois Library Leadership Initiative 2004 are members of the Illinois State Library Leadership Planning Committee.

Application Process

Librarians interested in being selected for Synergy: The Illinois Library Leadership Initiative 2004 should submit their applications to the Illinois State Library by Friday, November 21, 2003. Applications will be reviewed by members of the Leadership Planning Committee's Selection Criteria Work Group and by Illinois State Library staff. Successful applicants will be notified of their acceptance Monday, January 5, 2004.