
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:
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pull together all elements of LLEAD
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purposefully use the five managerial mindsets, deepening your mastery of the framework
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address an organizational or sector need or issue that is meaningful for you and important to your organization, manager or sponsor
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influence and collaborate with a range of stakeholders and/or partners in a variety of departments or functions
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manage a project that results in practical deliverables to a real situation
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work with your manager or sponsor, reporting to them about the project and about your progress through LLEAD.
Examples of projects undertaken by LLEAD students:
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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
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Comprehensive needs assessment for an additional library branch including: potential locations, and service delivery model, and communication plan for council and city staff, etc.
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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
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Report on and recommendations for a public library regarding its integrated library system (ILS) – replace or continue?


Dr. Shailoo Bedi
Learning Guide
Executive Director, Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation, University of Victoria
Having cohort members from a variety of library systems and library types really added to the experience. I enjoyed learning more about the academic libraries and their roles and organizations - during wise counsel sessions it almost always offered a completely different perspective on the issue. I was also able to better understand how/why senior administration made certain decisions that perhaps I didn't understand at the time.
2020 LLEAD Graduate