Leadership and Innovation

Students are innovative, ethical, problem-solvers able to lead and manage through communication, collaboration, and reflection.

I.a. Students are able to evaluate critically, reflect, and problem-solve individually as well as collaboratively.

I.b. Students demonstrate effective communication skills.

I.c. Students participate in professional and community engagement activities in the field.

I.d. Students demonstrate leadership skills and innovation in a diverse and global environment.

To learn to evaluate critically, reflect, and problem solve, in LIS 6409 Introduction to Library Administration I worked on a project proposal and a strategic plan. In LIS 6110 History of Libraries, I demonstrated effective communication skills by participating in weekly discussion boards and in a project to edit Wikipedia in order to enhance library pages. For professional engagement I wrote a letter of advocacy for LIS 6445 Seminar in Public Libraries. For community engagement, my library hosts an annual reading festival for our county and I was able to participate and help in the children's activities. Lastly, to learn about leadership skills and innovation I put together a poster on the roles of information professionals for LIS 5020 Foundations of Library and Information Science.