The second bi-annual Library Leadership Massachusetts Institute was held July 15-18 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. Forty-nine participants and eight mentors from Commonwealth libraries of all types joined together under the guidance of facilitators Maureen Sullivan and Jack Siggins. Participants shared campus apartments, meals, and intensive discussion on leadership topics such as risk-taking, communication and negotiation skills, and collaborations for Massachusetts libraries.

As an outcome of the Institute, each agreed to make a one-year commitment to LLMA based on a Personal Action Agenda developed during the Institute. This will provide them with opportunities to practice and expand the leadership skills learned during the Institute.

Visit the LLMA website for more information: http://www.llma.org/

Congratulations to NMRLS Library Leadership Massachusetts Institute (LLMA) 2007 alumnae (l-r): Kirsten Underwood, Reference Librarian/Literacy Coordinator, Nevins Memorial Library (Methuen); Dina Kanabar, Head of Systems/Automation, J.V. Fletcher Library (Westford); Darsana Barua, Library Assistant, Boxford Town Library; Giselle Stevens, Assistant Head Librarian, Newburyport Public Library; Mary Grein Rasner, Senior Reference Librarian, Melrose Public Library.