Sample Programs

With our U.S. and international partners, we create programs to help librarians from other countries meet their professional development goals.

Associates Program
This annual program provides an overview of libraries and librarianship in the U.S. Participants tour school, public, academic, and special libraries and attend seminars such as library management, fund-raising, new technologies, and library promotion and advocacy. Associates are placed for a short stay in host libraries in Illinois. More...

Russian Small Towns Project
This project was designed to help Russian small-town libraries become vibrant information centers in their communities. Russian public library directors visited Illinois, and a group of Illinois citizens visited small-town libraries in Russia.

Haitian Professional Development Program
This program provided Haitian trainers with exposure to tools and technologies of librarianship, library management, and the latest trends in literacy programs.

South African Library Leadership Project
This program was designed to develop leadership qualities in current and future managers of academic, public/community, and national library services in South Africa. More...