The Community-Library Inter-Action Project –CLIA is a collaborative project which builds on the experience of the Mortenson Center developing librarians worldwide, including its Libraries for Peace initiative, and the international expertise of the University of Lincoln and the Take Part Research Cluster in community-based research, including the Take Part Learning Framework for Active Citizenship Learning. It is coordinated by Clara M. Chu (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) and Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek (University of Lincoln, UK).
Our Co-directors


Clara M Chu
Director,
Mortenson Center for International Libaray Programs
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek
Senior Research Fellow in Citizenship
University of Lincoln, UK