NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program
2025 In-Person Fellows Events RFP
The 2025 request for proposal from AAHSL member institutions is now open! Please review the RFP and send your proposal to the AAHSL Office to provide support for in-person activities as part of the NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program, specifically the Leadership Institute and Capstone, including the Graduation ceremony.
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Submit your RFP by close of business on Friday, December 6, 2024.
NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program
The NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program prepares emerging leaders for the position of library director in academic health sciences libraries. Fellows develop their knowledge and skills in a variety of learning settings, including exposure to leadership in another environment. They are paired with mentors who are academic health sciences library directors. The program takes advantage of flexible scheduling and an online learning community to minimize disruption to professional and personal schedules. The sponsors, NLM and AAHSL, will provide financial support for a small cohort of fellows and will underwrite travel and meeting expenses.
The NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program is designed for librarians with prior management experience. In most cases, a minimum of three to five years of experience is the baseline for candidates to be given consideration. Applicants should have a strong interest in pursuing a directorship in academic health sciences libraries, regardless of the type of library background or current setting. In its commitment to diversity and inclusion, the program actively seeks applicants from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds
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NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program 2024-2025
Lindsay Blake, EdD, MLIS, AHIP Clinical Services Coordinator Professor Adjunct Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine Division of Research and Evidence-Based Practice University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR
Mentor: Melissa L. Rethlefsen, MSLS, AHIP Executive Director & Professor Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM
Francisco J. Fajardo, Ph.D., MLIS, MPA, MA, AHIP-D Assistant Director, Public & Information Services Medical Library Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Florida International University Miami, FL
Mentor: Michelle Kraft, MLS, AHIP, FMLA Director, Cleveland Clinic Libraries Cleveland, OH
Shalu Gillum JD, MLS, D-AHIP Head of Public Services Associate Medical Librarian Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library University of Central Florida College of Medicine Health Sciences Campus Orlando, FL
Mentor: Amy Allison, MLS, MPH, AHIP* Associate Provost for Library Services Geisinger College of Health Sciences and Geisinger Health Scranton, PA
Brian Leaf, MS Executive Director, Region 3 Network of the National Library of Medicine University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth, TX
Mentor: Anne K. Seymour, MS Associate Dean and Director, Welch Medical Library Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine- Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Section Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Baltimore, MD
Faith Steele, MLS, AHIP Interim Executive Director, Region 1 Network of the National Library of Medicine Health Sciences and Human Services Library University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore, MD
Mentor: Joy Summers-Ables, MLIS, AHIP Director, Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library Professor & Chair, Health Sciences Library and Information Management University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Oklahoma City, OK
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Fellow Graduates
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Reports
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Evaluation
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For more information about the program, please contact Judy Cohn, Program Director, AAHSL Future Leadership Committee, [email protected].
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