<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">MANAGEMENT TRAINING
PROGRAM FOR LIBRARIANS</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">TRLN MANAGEMENT
ACADEMY: THE BUSINESS OF LIBRARIES</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">On behalf of the
Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN), I invite you to apply for the sixth
TRLN Management Academy, to be held in October 2015. This unique experiential
learning program prepares current or new mid-level managers in academic
libraries to operate with entrepreneurial and business acumen in the management
of financial and human resources. Appropriate candidates will be librarians in
the early stages of a management career (for example, new department heads,
assistant heads, or team leaders) who have high potential and notable talent.
Nominees should already be grounded in the fundamentals of supervision. <br>
<br>
The program is designed with input from directors of TRLN libraries to support
talent management and succession planning efforts by addressing gaps in the
preparation of librarians for management roles. Academic faculty and university
administrators from TRLN universities present sessions customized for a library
environment on the topics of:</span></p>

<p class="" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Strategy
and leading change</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Resource
planning</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Influence
and communication</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Performance
management</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Organizational
culture and diversity.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Library administrators and practitioners serve as panelists
to provide a context for application of the program of study to the current
academic library environment.<br>
<br>
Tuition for non-TRLN members is $2000 for the five-day intensive seminar,
October 26-30, 2015. Tuition includes all program materials, continental
breakfast, and lunch. Participants or their home institutions are responsible
for travel expenses, lodging, and evening subsistence costs. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Up to 32 participants
will be accepted from academic libraries, with approximately one-half of the
slots allocated to TRLN member libraries. Candidates will submit applications
and selections will be made by a selection committee. <br>
<br>
Applicants must provide a letter of support from the library director along
with all application materials by July 24, 2015. Selections will be announced
by August 14, 2015. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">TRLN is a
collaborative organization of Duke University, North Carolina Central
University, North Carolina State University, and The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, the purpose of which is to marshal the financial,
human, and information resources of their research libraries through cooperative
efforts in order to create a rich and unparalleled knowledge environment that
furthers the universities' teaching, research, and service missions.</span><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The application and
more information are available at <a href="http://www.trln.org/academy2015">http://www.trln.org/academy2015</a>.</span></p></div>