Joy Novak Selected to 2024 Archives Leadership Institute

Joy Novak, head of Special Collections at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected as a participant in the 2024 Archives Leadership Institute at the University of Virginia. Novak is one of twenty-five archivists selected to attend ALI via a competitive application process.

ALI is a grant program funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Division and is being hosted at the University of Virginia for the years 2024–2026. The institute will provide advanced training to the archivists, giving them the knowledge and tools to transform the archival profession in practice, theory, stewardship, and care.

Participants were selected for the 2024 ALI@Virginia program based on their exceptional leadership skills and potential, the ability to influence change within the archival profession, demonstrated professional organizational involvement and service, and other attributes.

The leadership institute is a weeklong immersion program that embraces a distraction-free, focused opportunity for archival leaders to develop necessary theories, skills, and knowledge. Participants will engage in classroom and experiential learning focusing on individual growth and organizational leadership.