A proposal titled Archives Leadership Institute (ALI) @ PURDUE has been awarded $250,000
from the National Historical Records and Publications Commission (NHPRC) to provide
professional development for the next generation of archivist leaders by developing and
facilitating the Archives Leadership Institute for three years beginning in 2019. The
interdisciplinary Purdue project team includes the Project Director, Dr. Mesut Akdere, associate
professor in the Department of Technology Leadership & Innovation and faculty research fellow
at the Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment, Research (CILMAR); Dr. Kris
Acheson-Clair, CILMAR’s Associate Director of Intercultural Pedagogy & Scholarship; Sammie
Morris, professor and Director of Purdue Archives, and Nastasha Johnson, assistant professor of
Library Science. The project will utilize virtual reality simulations and other cutting edge
technologies with attending archivists from institutions across the country with a vision of
creating more interculturally and technologically competent leaders in the archives profession
who are prepared to advocate on behalf of their institutions as well as the broader archives field.
