{"id":17565,"date":"2025-07-01T21:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=17565"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:31:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:31:29","slug":"call-for-participants-rails-catalyst-leadership-development-program-for-member-library-staff-applications-open-tues-july-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-participants-rails-catalyst-leadership-development-program-for-member-library-staff-applications-open-tues-july-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Participants: RAILS Catalyst Leadership-Development Program for Member Library Staff&#8211;Applications Open Tues., July 15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Reaching Across Illinois Library System is excited to announce RAILS Catalyst, a brand-new leadership-development program for library staff. If you\u2019re passionate about advancing your library career and building your leadership skills, we encourage you to apply!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RAILS Catalyst will feature real-time coaching from a leadership expert and certified professional coach. Program participants will engage in monthly virtual sessions with a peer cohort and come together for two in-person meetings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re looking for <strong>early- to mid-career professionals<\/strong> <strong>currently working in RAILS member libraries<\/strong> who are eager to expand their leadership responsibilities or enhance their impact in their current roles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applications will open\u00a0on <strong>Tuesday, July 15<\/strong>. Please check <a href=\"https:\/\/railslibraries.org\/news\/121665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> for more information as it becomes available, or contact Katie Niehoff, RAILS Director of Consulting &amp; Continuing Education, at <a href=\"mailto:kate.niehoff@railslibraries.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kate.niehoff@railslibraries.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The Reaching Across Illinois Library System is excited to announce RAILS Catalyst, a brand-new leadership-development program for library staff. If you\u2019re passionate about advancing your library career and building your leadership skills, we encourage you to apply!&nbsp;&nbsp; RAILS Catalyst will feature real-time coaching from a leadership expert and certified&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18,29,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-library-associations-non-hsli","category-professional-development","category-library-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17567,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17565\/revisions\/17567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}