The consortial collaboration for academic library leadership success (ccalls) project will engage library consortia in establishing a national continuing education program to develop academic…

The Federal Grant Award of $143,489 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313) will fund the "Consortial Collaboration for Academic Library Leadership Success (CCALLS)" project. This 2-year project (August 1, 2024 - July 31, 2026) will engage library consortia to establish a national continuing education program to develop academic library workers' assessment skills. The project aims to enable library consortia to work together to propagate assessment training for academic library workers nationwide, benefiting academic libraries and their institutions by supporting their students and faculty. The project will kick off with a community dialogue and then provide a design seminar to guide and support consortia in self-examining their capacity to provide this training and explore the potential benefits of a national-scale program through consortial collaboration.

The consortial collaboration for academic library leadership success (ccalls) project will engage library consortia in establishing a national continuing education program to develop academic library workers' assessment skills. The "carli counts" curriculum is a strong foundation for such training, but its replication and scaling nationwide requires self-examination of capacity at each individual participating consortium. This examination is kicked off with a community dialogue and then guided and supported through a design seminar. By the end of the project, consortia nationwide will have a greater awareness of their own capacity to provide assessment training to their members and the potential benefits of pursuing a national-scale program through consortial collaboration. Ultimately, ccalls aims to enable library consortia to work together to propagate assessment training for academic library workers throughout the U.S., benefiting academic libraries and their institutions by directly supporting their students and faculty.