Mortenson Associates

The Mortenson Center Associates Program offers individuals working in a library setting outside the United States an opportunity to explore current issues and trends in the library field and to engage with librarians implementing cutting-edge programs and services

Libraries for Peace

The Libraries for Peace (L4P) initiative promotes the role of libraries to advance peace internationally. This website and social media provide resources for libraries and others to learn about what libraries are doing to promote peace, how they can initiate their own efforts, and where these actions are taking place; to discuss and share ideas of libraries and peacebuilding; and to serve as an information hub for an international library celebration and action day for peace.

Strengthening Innovative Library Leaders (SILL)

Strengthening Innovative Library Leaders (SILL) is a 2-day foundational leadership training curriculum developed at the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs with assistance from librarians around the world. The project is funded by the Global Libraries Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. SILL is designed for public and community librarians, but can be used with other groups.

Community-Library Inter-Action (CLIA) Project

Libraries are community anchors and catalysts of social transformation. Join libraries across the world to participate in the Community-Library Inter-Action (CLIA) Project to facilitate local dialogue and community action that drives social transformation. In engaging CLIA, libraries contribute to the collective action and impact on the part of libraries worldwide to advance peaceful and sustainable communities.

Project Welcome

Project Welcome: Libraries and Community Anchors Planning for Resettlement and Integration of Refugees and Asylum Seekers is funded by an Institute of Museum Library Services (IMLS) planning grant. In partnership with the American Library Association (ALA), Project Welcome aims to learn about and articulate ways libraries can address the information needs of refugees and asylum seekers in order to support and empower them in their resettlement and integration process.

Libraries for Sustainable Development

Libraries for Sustainable Development (LSD) is a project of the Libraries for Peace (L4P) Initiative of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA).  LSD promotes the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by serving as a hub for resources on library efforts to advance sustainable development across the globe, and the access point to our Information Action Brief (IAB) series.