(via Michele Ostrow, University of Texas at Austin) The ACRL Instruction Section Management & Leadership Committee is excited to announce our spring online professional-development series, three online webinars on topics of interest to instruction coordinators and library staff with instruction responsibilities. We hope you can join us for any, or all, of these free events….
Category: Webinars
Next ACRL IS Teaching Methods Virtual Event is Tuesday, April 25
(via Emilie Vrbanic, University of Washington) This is just a reminder that the ACRL IS (Instruction Section) Teaching Methods Virtual Event is Tuesday, April 25, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CST. The event is titled “Improve Your Instruction with Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Conversation with Melissa Bowles-Terry and Cassandra Kvenild”. Bowles-Terry and Kvenild are the…
Webinar on May 24: “The Importance of Mapping to the ACRL Standards for Distance Learning Library Services”
(via Kelly McCallister, Appalachian State University) The North Carolina Library Association, College & University Section, is sponsoring a free webinar, “The Importance of Mapping to the ACRL Standards for Distance Learning Library Services“. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, May 24, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CST. To register for the webinar, click here. To register for…
Next NN/LM – GMR Update is Monday, April 17 (2:00-3:00 PM)
(via Elizabeth Kiscaden, Associate Director for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region) I’d like to invite you to our monthly GMR Update broadcast, to be held on Monday, April 17, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM CST. This live broadcast will provide you with news from the GMR, including the following topics. announcements…
National Network of Libraries of Medicine Hosting April 26 Webinar on ACRL Framework
(via Molly Knapp, University of Utah) The NNLM National Training Office invites you to a one-hour webinar, titled “Teaching Topics: Get in the Picture – ACRL Framework and You”, about the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy and its impact on health sciences libraries. The Framework replaced ACRL’s Information Literacy Competency Standards (2000) in May, 2016. How are we responding? Five librarians offer their…
RAILS Hosting April 17 Session on FOLIO Library Services Platform
(via Debbie Baaske, RAILS) Join Christopher Holly, Director of Software as a Service Innovation for EBSCO Information Services, as he explores what FOLIO, a new library services platform built for innovation, can mean for libraries. Participants will also hear an overview of the growing FOLIO community, its infrastructure, and ways to become involved. This event…
ACRL STS Info. Lit. Committee Chat Discussion on April 21: “Developing a Scalable Online Scientific Information Literacy Module”
(via Laksamee Putnam, Towson University) Please join us Friday, April 21, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CST, for the monthly discussion hosted by the ACRL STS (Science & Technology Section) Information Literacy Committee. This month, three librarians from Michigan State University-Sara Miller (Librarian for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Initiatives), Eric Tans (Environmental Sciences Librarian), and Elizabeth Webster…
Registration Open for “Lets Talk About Power” Webinar on April 19 (Presented by UIUC’s Dr. Nicole A. Cooke)
(via Jewel Davis, Appalachian State University) Join us for our latest Culture Conversations with NCLA’s REMCo, “Let’s Talk About Power: Why Diversity and Cultural Competence are Important to LIS” with Dr. Nicole A. Cooke of the iSchool at Illinois. As microcosms of larger society, libraries are faced with issues of inequity, discrimination, social privilege, and…
ACRL IS Holding Teaching Methods Virtual Forum on April 25
(via Brandon West, SUNY Geneseo) Join the ACRL IS (Instruction Section) Teaching Methods committee for a conversation with Melissa Bowles-Terry and Cassandra Kvenild, authors of Classroom Assessment Techniques for Librarians (ALA 2015). Bowles-Terry and Kvenild will discuss how they integrate assessment into their instruction and give practical tips on how to adjust and customize assessment for specific…
April 20 NASIG Webinar: “Academic Writing and Publishing”
(via Leigh Ann DePope, NASIG) NASIG will be hosting the webinar “Academic Writing and Publishing”, on Thursday, April 2o, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CST. The deadline to register for the live event is Wednesday, April 19. To register, click here. The registration rates are as follows: NASIG members, $35; NASIG student members, $15; NISO members, $35; NASIG non-members,…