Kris Obele Bele has been accepted into the North Carolina Library Association (NCLA) 2022 Leadership Institute.
FTCC librarian Kris Obele Bele has been accepted into the North Carolina Library Association (NCLA) 2022 Leadership Institute. Obele Bele was among around 24 participants selected statewide through a competitive application process.
The mission of the NCLA Leadership Institute is to create opportunities for learning and skill-building in leadership and mentoring within the library profession. 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 Literacy in Community College Libraries.
Obele Bele has been a librarian for FTCC’s Paul H. Thompson library for 8 years. Before FTCC she worked at the 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. She received her bachelor’s degree in Anthropology at Peace College in 2008 and her Master of Library and Information Science at UNC Greensboro in 2011.
