ACRL announces the publication of Virtually Embedded: The Librarian in an Online Environment, edited by Elizabeth Leonard and Erin McCaffrey. The rise of online education at institutions of higher learning, together with the increasing cost of higher education, lead some to suggest that online (or distance) education will eventually become […]
Megan Lotts is Art Librarian at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Megan has been an ACRL member since 2012 and is your ACRL member of the week for January 27, 2014. 1. Describe yourself in three words: Creative, helpful, knowledgeable. 2. What are you listening […]
Francine Graf, managing editor at Choice, has been selected for the 2014 Louis Shores Award. Awarded by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), The award recognizes an individual reviewer, group, editor, review medium, or organization for excellence in book reviewing and other media for libraries. Celebrating its 50th anniversary […]
ACRL is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2014 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award — Illinois Central College Library, East Peoria, Ill.; Lafayette College Skillman Library, Easton, Pa. and Cal Poly State University Robert E. Kennedy Library, San Luis Obispo, Calif.. Sponsored by ACRL and YBP Library Services, the […]
From the ALA Washington Office: Last week, President Obama signed the $1.1 trillion FY 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Bill funding the federal government through September 30, 2014. It has made important progress in allowing tax-payer funded research to be freely accessible in a digital environment. The federal agencies under the Labor, […]
Tim Bucknall, assistant dean of libraries and head of electronic resources and information technologies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), is the 2014 Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. The award, sponsored by YBP Library Services, recognizes an outstanding member of […]
Daniel A. Sabol is Reference and Instruction Librarian at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Daniel has been an ACRL member since 2009 and is your ACRL member of the week for January 21, 2014. 1. Describe yourself in three words: Understanding, approachable, hardworking. 2. What are you listening to on your […]
The latest edition of Keeping Up With…, ACRL’s online current awareness publication featuring concise briefs on trends in academic librarianship and higher education, is now available. This month’s issue features a discussion of Altmetrics by Robin Chin Roemer and Rachel Borchardt. Keeping Up With… is available on the ACRL website […]
ACRL announces its sponsorship of the publication by Jossey-Bass of Interactive Open Educational Resources: A Guide to Finding, Choosing, and Using What’s Out There to Transform College Teaching by John D. Shank. Recent faculty surveys show that some of the most difficult challenges instructors face when teaching are motivating and […]
The ACRL Circle of Friends acknowledges the sustained generosity of those who have been Friends of ACRL for five or more years. The Friends of ACRL was created to provide a means for the association to take bold steps above and beyond its traditional member programs and services. Rapidly changing […]
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