
FTCC librarian KRIS OBELE BELE was recently accepted into the North Carolina Library Association (NCLA) 2022 Leadership Institute.
Out of 24 participants chosen through a competitive application process, Bele has been working as a librarian at FTCC for the past eight years.
Prior to that, she worked at Cumberland County Public Library, High Point University’s Smith Library, Wake Forest’s Z. Smith Reynold’s Library, UNC-Greensboro’s Jackson Library and Peace College’s Finch Library.
The NCLA Leadership Institute aims to provide “opportunities for learning and skill-building in leadership and mentoring within the library profession,” a press release from FTCC said. “All participants are asked to develop a response to a community and/or organizational need within librarianship. During her time within the institute, Obele Bele plans to focus on Information
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