(via the Association of College & Research Libraries) Library instruction is like a theatre performance. You play a role as the instruction librarian. There is a live audience. You may receive reviews or evaluations. Or maybe the teaching experience feels more like an audition–a bit unnerving. Based on their recently published book, The Craft of Librarian…
Category: Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
ACRL 2017 Conference Keynote Speakers Announced
(via ACRL) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces its celebrated lineup of keynote speakers for the ACRL 2017 Conference, “At the Helm: Leading Transformation”, to be held March 22-25 in Baltimore. The opening keynoter, on March 22, will be information designer David McCandless. McCandless is a British data-journalist, author and information designer….
Call for Curriculum Designers for ACRL’s Information Literacy Framework
ACRL is accepting applications from prospective curriculum designers/presenters to create professional development offerings to provide support for librarians as they incorporate the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education into their practice.The curriculum designers will plan and develop learning experiences for face-to-face and virtual learning contexts. The in-person workshops will be offered upon request on…
ACRL Teams with OCLC for Research Agenda
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) ACRL has selected a team from OCLC Research to design, develop, and deliver a new ACRL “Action-Oriented Research Agenda on Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success”. The team was selected after an open and competitive request for proposals to investigate and write a research agenda that provides an update…
ACRL Updates to Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Begin
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) The ACRL Board of Directors has recently appointed a task force to review and update the Standards for Libraries in Higher Education (SLHE), as appropriate. Like all ACRL standards and guidelines, these are subject to a regular cyclical review. Specifically, the task force is charged with the following tasks. review…
ACRL Issues Statement for Communicating Library Value to Academic Leaders
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) released a statement on the value of academic libraries to be used by library leaders as a communication tool with academic leaders on their campuses such as provosts and presidents. Academic libraries provide critical direct and indirect value to institutions of higher education in…
Choice and The Charleston Company Announce Collaboration on New Online Review Resource for Academic Databases
(via ACRL) Choice and The Charleston Company have announced plans to collaborate on a new reference product, an online review source for academic databases and digital resources, with the working name of CC Advisor. CC Advisor will be published on the database platform recently launched at Choice. The goal is to unveil a working prototype at the Charleston Conference in…
ACRL Issues Policy Statement on Open Access to Scholarship by Academic Librarians
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce its new “Policy Statement on Open Access to Scholarship by Academic Librarians”, which reads: “Scholarship by academic librarians advances the fields of library and information science, influences practices of aligned professions, and informs effective advocacy. In support of…
RUSA STARS Seeking Officer Nominations
(via Tina Baich, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) On behalf of the RUSA STARS Nominating Committee, I am asking for your help in identifying nominees for leadership roles within STARS. If anyone has suggestions on individuals who would be great candidates to stand for RUSA STARS elections please let me know. We are seeking candidates for…
Applications for Assessment Curriculum Designer/Presenters Due July 14
(via ACRL) Individuals interested in contributing to creating two new ACRL learning opportunities on assessing library impact should apply by 4:00 PM CST on Thursday, July 14. The selected curriculum designer/presenters will create new opportunities that build on the work of the ACRL program Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success (AiA). First, a day-long workshop is being…