Project Details

One of LLEAD's requirements is that members complete a project.

Why a project?

The project must address a need or issue for your organization or for the library and/or information sector, and it must be sponsored by your manager or a sector leader.  Some LLEAD members have completed projects for a library or information sector association, in which cases the sponsor has been the association executive director.  In reality, every project has a steering committee, sponsor or 'owner', which is why your project for LLEAD must have a sponsor. 

The purpose of the project is to provide you with an opportunity to:

• pull together all elements of LLEAD

• purposefully use the five managerial mindsets, deepening your mastery of the framework

• address an organizational or sector need or issue that is meaningful for you and important to your organization, manager or sponsor

• influence and collaborate with a range of stakeholders and/or partners in a variety of departments or functions

• manage a project that results in practical deliverables to a real situation

• work with your manager or sponsor, reporting to them about the project and about your progress through LLEAD. ​

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Examples of projects undertaken by LLEAD students:

• Updated, virtual training and development site for a large CULC/CBUC public library that provides a consistent approach throughout the system for onboarding new employees through to leadership development options

• Comprehensive needs assessment for an additional library branch including: potential locations, and service delivery model, and communication plan for council and city staff, etc.

• Proposal for the creation of a new division at a Canadian research university library that will integrate research data management, digital publishing, data services, digital repositories, and preservation

• Report on and recommendations for a public library regarding its integrated library system (ILS) – replace or continue?