Adrian Ho |
Adrian Ho, director
of Digital Scholarship, will be one of only forty librarians nationwide to
participate in Leading
to the Future, the American Library Association’s four-day immersive
leadership development program for future library leaders. Ho gained
admission to the program via a highly competitive selection process.
The selection committee,
headed by the Library Leadership and
Management Association (LLAMA), looked for a diverse participant mix based
on type of library (public, academic, school, special), organizational
responsibility, geography, gender, and race/ethnicity, as well as demonstrated
leadership potential, readiness for increased responsibility, professional
achievement and community or campus involvement.
Led by ALA Past President Maureen Sullivan and ACRL Content
Strategist Kathryn Deiss, the ALA Leadership Institute is designed to help
participants develop and practice their leadership skills in areas critical to
the future of the libraries they lead, and to allow them to form a vibrant
learning community and network. With content based on real-world cases and
nuanced situations, participants will explore topics related to the
greatest challenges and possibilities of leading into a future marked by
turbulence and ambiguity.
Participants are expected to return to their institution with
greater self-awareness and self-confidence, equipped with better skills for
leading, coaching, collaborating, and engaging within their organizations and
in their communities, and prepared to identify, develop, and implement
solutions which will benefit all stakeholders. Participants in
the 2013 and 2014 institutes rated the experience and its
applicability to their work situations highly.
“I am honored to have this
opportunity to participate in the ALA Leadership Institute,” said Ho who has been instrumental in developing UK's institutionsl repository, UKnowledge. He added that, “In light of the challenging but
fascinating professional environment, I would like to develop a thorough
understanding of effective leadership in order to better contribute to the
success of UK Libraries and academic librarianship. I truly appreciate
ALA’s leadership in organizing the Institute and UK Libraries’ support for my
application. I am looking forward to participating in a lively learning
community."
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