May 2, 2001 – University of the Virgin Islands employee Linda Barr is among 30 librarians selected to spend next week in Atlanta attending the Southeastern Institute on Collaborative Library Leadership.
The institute, scheduled for May 7-11, is designed to provide "multi-type" librarians with "critical skills that will enable them to collaborate, partner and network in the future," a UVI release stated.
The Ralph M. Paiewonsky Library on the St. Thomas campus, where Barr works, and the St. Croix campus library are considered "multi-type" institutions because they are academic libraries that contain collections from many disciplines.
Criteria for selection to take part in the all-expenses-paid institute included a history of commitment to partnering and collaboration among libraries and library organizations, a vision of the future of collaborations, and leadership skills and potential to facilitate change in the region.
Barr said she was excited to be chosen and "anxious to share what I learn with other librarians in the territory."
