Sharing Expertise: Recruiting for the Illinois IMLS Think Globally, Act Globally Project Karen T' We

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Sharing Expertise Recruiting for the Illinois
IMLS Think Globally, Act Globally
ProjectKaren T. WeiCEAL Committee on Chinese
Materials Chicago, March 26, 2009
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Think Globally, Act Globally Pilot Project

• Duration September 1, 2008 August 31, 2010
• Funding sources
• Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
  cost-share
• China Ministry of Culture
• Goals
• To enhance communication and relations between
  U.S. and Chinese librarians
• To encourage and promote collaboration and
  sharing of information

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Project Activities

• 3 programs at the Mortenson Center for
  International Library Programs, University of
  Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Library Directors (June/July 2009)
• Library Educators (January 2010)
• Library Technology Managers (May 2010)
• 6 continuing education programs in China
• 2009 May, September, October
• 2010 February, June, July
• 3 UIUC IT teams to China
• to explore Chinese web resources and to
  eventually establish a portal to be hosted at
  UIUC
• to conduct a workshop for US librarians in June
  2010

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Composition of the Teams

• Each team will consist of 3-4 librarians, a team
  leader, and a PI or Co-PI
• Librarians will be selected through the
  recruitment process
• Members of the IMLS Think Globally, Act Globally
  Steering Committee will lead the teams

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Workshop Topics

• Laws, policies, and strategic plans of U.S.
  libraries
• Library management and operational mechanism
• Public library services
• Library assessment and librarians professional
  development, promotion and evaluation system
• Public relations activities and their values
• Academic libraries, special libraries, library
  education, and professional organizations in the
  U.S.

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Qualifications

• An ALA-accredited MLS degree or its equivalent
  required
• A minimum of three years of post MLS professional
  working experience in a field of library services
  in the U.S. preferred
• Experience in presentation skills required
• Experience with public services or public library
  experience preferred
• CALA membership preferred CALA members will be
  given first priority for speaker positions

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Responsibilities - 1

• Responsible for preparing and delivering
  interactive workshop/lecture with quality
  PowerPoint presentations or other useful media in
  Chinese and English
• Agree to post PowerPoint and other materials on
  the Project website
• Must work with the team and follow the direction
  of the team leader
• Must observe all schedules, comply with all
  travel policies and procedures of the University
  of Illinois and all travel guidelines of the
  funding agency (IMLS)

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Responsibilities - 2

• Must stay the entire duration of the workshop
  approximately 8-10 days
• Must submit a report within one month after
  completing the training workshop
• Must refer IMLS grant-related matters to the
  primary contact on the team either PI or Co-PI
  representing UIUC

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Benefits

• Speakers will have their travels arranged by the
  University of Illinois and costs covered by the
  grant agreement
• 1,000 honorarium
• Opportunity to interact with Chinese colleagues

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How you may apply

• A call for applications will go out approximately
  3 months prior to the scheduled seminars
• Required documents
• Cover letter, including a statement of your
  expertise in terms of the needed topics requested
  by the Library Society of China
• Current resume
• Examples of previous presentations
• Send documents to
• Shuyong Jiang (shyjiang_at_illinois.edu)
• Lisa Zhao (lzhao50_at_yahoo.com)

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The Selection Process

• Applications will be reviewed by the Chinese
  American Librarians Association (CALA)
  International Relations Committee which will make
  recommendations
• IMLS Think Globally, Act Globally Steering
  Committee will make the final selections based on
  the recommendations

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IMLS Think Globally, Act Globally Steering
Committee

• University of Illinois Asian Library
• Shuyong Jiang Project Director, PI
• Karen Wei Head, Asian Library, Co-PI
• University of Illinois Mortenson Center for
  International Library Programs
• Barbara Ford Director , Co-PI
• Susan Schnuer Associate Director, Co-PI
• Chinese American Librarians Association
• Haipeng Li Interim Executive Director
• Sha Li Zhang President, 2008-2009

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Questions?

• Please visit http//www.library.illinois.edu/Chin
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• Ask
• Shuyong Jiang
• Karen Wei

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Thank You!!