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Introductions Book Cover

  • Title Page, Table of Contents
  • Open Arms, Open Borders
    Anne Craig Director, Illinois State Library
  • Preface
    Paula Kaufman
    University Librarian and Dean of Libraries
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Building and Maintaining Partnerships
Bonnie Mathias,
Illinois Center for the Book & The Mortenson Programs
Joe Natale,
Executive Assistant to the Director for Planning and Outreach

A Global Leadership Context for Librarians
Barbara J. Ford
Director and Distinguished Professor
Susan Schnuer
Associate Director
Mortenson Center for International Library Programs


How to Facilitate an International Institute

Barbara J. Ford
Director and Distinguished Professor
Susan Schnuer
Associate Director
Mortenson Center for International Library Programs

Evaluating Training
Debra Wilcox Johnson
Johnson & Johnson Consulting
Waunakee, Wisconsin

Learning About Self:  Campbell Leadership Descriptor
Mary Ann Mavrinac Chief Librarian
University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada

Leadership Qualities for Future LibraryLeaders:
Carol’s 10 Steps to Being a Great Library Leader

Carol A. Brey-Casiano
Director of Libraries
El Paso Public Library

What Does it Mean to Lead in the International Library World?
Ujala Satgoor
Deputy Director, Special Units Library Services
University of Pretoria, South Africa

Intentional Leadership and Interpersonal Effectiveness
Kathryn J. Deiss
Content Strategist
Association of College and Research Libraries

“What Was Left To Do? Cry? No. Create. CreateLibraries” :
Transforming Communities through Leadership and Library Service

Clara Budnik Executive Director
Foundation for Democracy and Development, Santiago, Chile

Library Advocacy in a World Community
Carol A. Brey-Casiano Director of Libraries
El Paso Public Library

Konesans se Libète – Knowledge is Freedom :
Burdens and Paradoxes of Literacy in Haiti

Elizabeth Pierre-Louis, Library Program Coordinator,
Fondation Connaissance et Liberte, Open Society Institute, Haiti

Disasters Know No Borders: The Crucial Nature of Disaster Planning
Julie A. Page Co-Coordinator
Western States & Territories Preservation AssistanceService

Thomas F. R. Clareson Director for New Initiatives, PALINET
Thomas H. Teper Associate University Librarian for Collections
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A Space, a Place and a Time: Locating One’s Self In A MulticulturalWorld
Ujala Satgoor University of Pretoria, South Africa
Sandra Rios Balderrama    RiosBalderrama Consulting

Pamoja: a Learning Activity for the InformationAge
Susan Schnuer Associate Director
Mortenson Center for International Library Programs

Welcome To The Multicultural Café: Shifting the Context and Creating Inclusion
Sandra Rios Balderrama RiosBalderrama Consulting

Planning for Successful Digital Imaging Projects
Alyce Scott Illinois State Library Digital Imaging Program Coordinator

Library 2.0: Creating a Borderless Library
Michael Sauers Technical Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission

“The Institute Was Great, But Now What?” – Partnership Projects
Dawn J. Cassady Director of Circulation Services
The Urbana Free Library

Keep Thinking Outside the Borders!
Jean Wilkins Retired Director, Illinois State Library (1999-2004)

Contributing Authors Bios