(via ACRL) ACRL is accepting applications from prospective curriculum designers/presenters to create and deliver a new ACRL RoadShow to support librarians in finding, using, and developing open educational resources (OERs). This introductory level, day-long workshop will be intended for academic librarians and library staff integrating OERs into their institutions and developing OER initiatives. The curriculum…
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Call for Submissions: ACRL College Libraries Section’s Spring 2019 Newsletter (Deadline May 1)
(via Elaine Hirsch, Lewis & Clark College) The CLS Communications Committee invites submissions for the Spring 2019 CLS Newsletter. This is an opportunity to highlight happenings at your library with colleagues across the country. Did your library launch an innovative program or host a successful event? Did your library receive a grant? Are there any…
ACRL Distance Learning Section Instruction Committee’s Virtual Poster Sessions Available for Viewing (April 1-5)
(via Michelle Keba, Palm Beach Atlantic University) The DLS Instruction Group invites you to participate in an inaugural Virtual Poster Session (https://acrl.ala.org/DLS/2019-virtual-poster-session/) between April 1 and 5, 2019. During this week, 40 posters about online teaching and learning practices are available to view and comment on. There will be a wide array of poster topics,…
Call for Volunteers: ACRL Instruction Section’s Framework for Information Literacy Sandbox Committee (Deadline April 19)
(via Meghan Sitar–University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) The ACRL Instruction Section (IS) and ACRL Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee (SLILC) invite volunteers for a new Framework for Information Literacy Sandbox Committee in the Instruction Section. The creation of this committee marks the hand off of the stewardship of the Sandbox from SLILC to IS. The Sandbox was created by the…
Call for Volunteers: “Buddies” for First-Time Attendees at 2019 ACRL Conference
(via Gwen Gregory–University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Heidi Steiner Burkhardt–University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) If you are attending the ACRL Conference next month, I hope you will consider being a buddy for a first time attendee. The Membership Committee made 75 slots available and they filled in around four hours (!), but…
RSVP for Illinois Academic Library Meetup at ACRL 2019 in Cleveland (7:00-8:00 PM on Thursdy, April 11)
(via Michelle Nielsen Ott, Illinois ACRL Vice-President/President Elect, on behalf of Dan Bostrom, Reaching Across Illinois Library System) Heading to the 2019 ACRL Conference in Cleveland? Join your colleagues from academic libraries around Illinois for an evening of after-hours networking on Thursday, April 11 at 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Southern Tier Brewery, 811 Prospect…
Call for Proposals: “Perspectives on the Framework” Column for College & Research Libraries News (Deadline April 19)
(via Donna Witek, The University of Scranton) College & Research Libraries News and ACRL’s Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee invite proposals for the publication’s “Perspectives on the Framework” column. This bimonthly column provides a forum for librarians to share practices and perspectives related to the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The column…
Call for ACRL Technical Services Interest Group Incoming Convener
(via Cynthia Romanowski, Governors State University) The ACRL Technical Services Interest Group (TSIG) is seeking a volunteer to serve as Incoming Convener (2019-20) / Convener (2020-21). The charge of the TSIG is “to provide a broad framework for information exchange on current developments and activities related to technical services including, but not limited to, collection…
Call for Proposals: C&RL Special Issue on Academic Library Impact (Deadline April 29)
(via ACRL) ACRL’s Value of Academic Libraries Committee is planning a special issue of College & Research Libraries (C&RL) around new research on the impact of academic libraries on student learning and success in higher education that advances the six priority areas established in ACRL’s 2017 report, Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas…
Northwestern University’s Ted Quiballo is ACRL Member of the Week
(via ACRL) Ted Quiballo, MS/LIS, is User Support Specialist Associate and Instructional Technologies Librarian at Northwestern University’s Evanston campus. Describe yourself in three words Engaging, facilitator, supportive. What are you reading (or listening to on your mobile device)? For work, I am currently reading “Creating and Sharing Online Library Instruction” by Joelle Pitts, Sara K….