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CIARA EASTELL
Biography:
Ciara Eastell has worked in public
libraries since 1992. Her career has included employment with
public library services in Nottinghamshire, Gateshead, Cambridgeshire
and most recently in Somerset, where she was Principal Assistant
County Librarian. In May 2005, Ciara took up a new role with
The Reading Agency, as Senior Project Manager, a role which is focused
on improving services to 11-19 year olds in libraries across England,
as part of the transformation programme initiated by Framework for
the Future.
Ciara was the only librarian to be selected in
2004 to participate in the Clore Leadership Programme, a new national
cultural leadership programme, funded by the Clore Duffield Foundation
and led by the ex-Culture Secretary Chris Smith.
Ciara is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Title:
Developing cultural leadership : my year as
a Clore Fellow
Summary:
Ciara will reflect on her year as
a Fellow on the prestigious Clore Leadership Programme, a new
leadership programme aimed at building leadership capacity within
the UK cultural sector.
In her
presentation, Ciara will briefly outline the core elements of
the programme, before moving on to reflect on the powerful insights
which the programme has given her - insights on herself, libraries,
the cultural sector and broader society. Ciara aims to use
this session at Umbrella to stimulate debate about the urgent
need to develop a new cadre of public library leaders, who will
recreate the public library to meet the needs of today's communities.
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