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The Library Leadership Round Table (formerly known as the TALL Texans Round Table) consists of Texas Library Association members who have an interest in pursuing leadership in their career and/or within TLA. The objective of the LLRT shall be to provide a forum for the continued support of Library Leadership program members and activities including but not limited to Launch and the TALL Texans Institute; to promote leadership development programs at TLA conferences; and to support the Texas Library Association’s commitment to leadership development for Texas librarians and library workers.
Volunteer
Know an outstanding librarian who deserves to be recognized? Presented to a Texas librarian by the TALL Texans Round Table, this award recognizes outstanding leadership demonstrated by a librarian who is an active or retired member of the Texas Library Association. Award nominations open September 15th, 2025, and close January 15th, 2026.
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LAUNCH is a TLA leadership program is designed for library professionals with less than five years of experience. Participants will learn and expand leadership skills which will serve them throughout their careers through group work, self-directed learning, and internal reflection.
Check out the LAUNCH Leadership Program webpage to learn more.
Participants in the TALL Texans Leadership Institute are generally mid-career library and information science practitioners (degreed and non-degreed) currently employed in the field with at least five years’ experience in library and/or information science. Library laypersons with at least three years of service to the library community are also eligible. The Institute provides leadership training for Texas Library Association membership by offering an annual leadership development program for librarians and laypersons.
The Institute’s goals are to foster leadership capabilities, to define leadership development activities for TLA members, and to nurture cultural diversity in library leadership among participants.
Check out the TALL Texans Leadership Institute webpages to answer more questions and provide important information for applying.
TALL Texans Round Table Operating Procedures
