The Leadership Panel
From ALASC
The Library Leadership Panel Thursday, April 19th, 7pm - Main College Building Room 101
ALA president-elect Leslie Burger created a program to give new librarians a jumpstart into leadership roles. We're fortunate at Simmons to have several GSLIS alum and one current student participating in the initiative. On April 19th, the five panelists listed below will gather to discuss your questions about leadership and libraries.
- Learn more about the Emerging Leaders Initiative from their wiki
- Contribute your questions to this wiki for discussion by panelists.
- Participate in the discussion on April 19th.
- Check out a good leadership read from Beatley, on display this month! Leadership Books
Caught Leading...
These exceptional panelists will bring their experiences to the GSLIS community for discussion, moderated by Prof. Allen Smith:
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Diane D' Almeida
- GSLIS alum; Taught in Morocco as a Fulbright Senior Specialist, currently the librarian for the Modern Foreign Languages & Linguistics Department at Boston University Mugar Library
I have been a librarian for only 10 years, but I have had much experience before this new chapter in life. Living abroad for years helped me learn many languages, and I've brought that knowledge into my professional skills as a librarian for the Modern Foreign Languages & Linguistics Department at BU. Before BU I worked at MIT, at the BPL, in a business library, and now feel settled at BU. I applied for a Fulbright because one of my tasks is to represent the Arabic department in my collection duties. I knew very little of that world - culture, civlization, language. Having spent 6 weeks in Ifrane at the Al Akhawayn University, I now feel competent to purchase and evaluate works for our collection. It was a stupendous experience for me.
Amy (Mimi) Kolosseus
- GSLIS alum; works at Brandeis University, has many responsibilties as a consultant with an IT/International emphasis
Lana Thelen
- GSLIS alum, Deputy Director & Outreach Librarian at the Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library, Watertown, MA. Emerging Leaders participant sponsored by the Asian and Pacific American Librarians Association & upcoming MLA Emerging Leaders participant.
I graduated from GSLIS in December, 2006 and two weeks later began working at the Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library, which is the free public library for anyone in Massachusetts with a visual, physical, or reading disability. I am active in (too?) many LIS groups and am particularly focused on librarianship's contributions to / intersection with social justice, services to underserved populations, and recruiting and supporting librarians of color.
Dr. Robert Roth
- Library Director of The English High School (EHS) Library, Emerging Leaders Project participant, serves on several committees for the Massachusetts School Library Association & American Association of School Librarians.
Sarah Feldman
Current Simmons student, ALA Emerging Leaders Project participant, Assistant Supervisor of Circulation at the Newton Free Library.
I am most interested in library administration, access & user services and staff development. I have worked as an Assistant Supervisor, Circulation for almost two years and been with the Newton Library for over four. Only two classes after this semester and I will be a GSLIS graduate! I plan on furthering my studies in Business and would like to apply business models to the library environment.
