(via Hannah Gascho Rempel, Oregon State University) The ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group meeting will be held on Saturday, June 23 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm. in New Orleans. Presentations will be given in person. The ACRL Academic Library Services to Graduate Students Interest Group welcomes proposals that address graduate…
Category: Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
Registration Open for ACRL New England 2018 Annual Conference (Deadline April 18)
(via Kate Freedman, University of Massachusetts Amherst) The Association of College and Research Libraries New England Chapter invites you to attend its 2018 Annual Conference Failing Forward: Experimentation and Creativity in Libraries Friday, May 4, 2018 at the Hotel 1620, in Plymouth, MA Registration now open! Register now through April 18 We often talk at conferences about…
Call for Volunteer: ACRL Instruction Section Social Media Coordinator (Deadline April 11)
(via Meghan Sitar-University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) The ACRL Instruction Section is looking for its next Social Media Coordinator. This volunteer position develops and manages the social media presences for the Instruction Section. With the Section’s transition to a virtual community, we expect this position will be experimenting with new methods of member engagement, guiding…
Call for Volunteer: ACRL Instruction Section ILI-L List Administrator (Deadline April 11)
(via Meghan Sitar-University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) The ACRL Instruction Section is looking for its next ILI-L List Administrator. This volunteer position is essential to the maintenance and development of the robust community of librarians who use the ILI-L list to connect with colleagues. More information about the position is below. We’re especially interested in…
Reminder: Registration for ACRL Scholarly Communication RoadShow at UIUC on May 4 Closes April 4
(via Harriett Green, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) This is the final week to register for the University of Illinois-hosted ACRL Scholarly Communications Roadshow, “Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement,” at the I-Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, Illinois on Friday, May 4 from 9am to 4:30pm. Registration is open until Wednesday, April 4 and…
April 10 ACRL LES Virtual Participation Webinar “23 Things about the Framework” (Pre-Registration Required)
(via Ava Brillat, University of Miami) The ACRL LES Virtual Participation Committee will be hosting an interactive discussion forum with the creators of the 23 things about the Framework! Join us on Tuesday, April 10, at 1:00 PM CST, and chat with experts Kim Pittman, Amy Mars, and Trent Brager about the Framework for Information Literacy and…
ACRL Instruction Section’s Building Virtual Community Task Force Seeking Input
(via Merinda Kaye Hensley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Beginning with the 2018 American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans, the Instruction Section (IS) will no longer hold in-person events at the ALA Annual Conference. This will complete the section’s transition to working virtually, as for some years IS has not held official meetings…
Registration Open for May 14 “Engaging with the ACRL Framework” Workshop in Normal
(via Michelle Haake, CARLI) Illinois Wesleyan University, Illinois State University, and CARLI are partnering to bring the Engaging with the ACRL Framework Workshop to Normal on May 14. This one-day workshop focuses on engaging more deeply with the Framework and exploring ways that it may help to enrich individual teaching practices, as well as their…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Academic Library Impact Research Grants (Deadline Extended to 4/5)
(via Sara Goek, ACRL) In 2018 the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has allocated $20,000 to offer grants of up to $3,000 each for librarians to carry out new research in areas suggested by ACRL’s 2017 report Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research (prepared for ACRL by OCLC Research and available for download or purchase)….
ACRL Board Approves Revision of Standards for Libraries in Higher Education
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) The ACRL Board of Directors has approved a revision of the association’s Standards for Libraries in Higher Education (SLHE). SLHE, adopted in 2004 and previously revised in 2011, is designed to guide academic libraries in advancing and sustaining their role as partners in educating students, achieving their…