Lipscomb, Carolyn E.Martin, Elaine RussoPeay, Wayne J.2022-08-232022-08-232009-11-012010-02-24<p>Lipscomb, Carolyn E., Elaine R. Martin and Wayne J. Peay. 2009. Building the Next Generation of Leaders: The NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program. Journal of Library Administration. 49(8):847-867.</p>10.1080/01930820903396970https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/36085With half of its directors planning to retire as part of the demographic transformation of the profession, the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) undertook a leadership development program to encourage and prepare its future library directors. This article describes the association's multipart program in which each component can stand alone or as a sequence in preparation for a director position. It examines in detail one of the components, a successful mentoring program developed with support from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program. The authors describe the methodology and findings of a comprehensive qualitative evaluation study of the Leadership Fellows Program.en-USLibraries, Medical; Leadership; Library Administration; Library Associations; National Library of Medicine (U.S.)Library and Information ScienceJournal Articlehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/lib_articles/1071168738lib_articles/107