Lian Ruan is Director of the Illinois Fire Service Institute Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, Illinois. Lian has been an ACRL member since 2000 and is your ACRL member of the week for March 31, 2014. 1. Describe yourself in three words: Passionate, determined, goal-oriented. 2. What […]
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 MOOCs by Carmen Kazakoff-Lane. Keeping Up With… is available on the ACRL website and each issue will […]
Share your knowledge with a national audience. ACRL invites proposal submissions for half-day or full-day preconferences to be offered prior to the 2015 ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco. Preconferences should allow participants to develop skills related to a specific topic and should focus on interactive learning using a variety […]
This month, Choice magazine marks a milestone of true significance: 50 years of publication. The premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media and Internet resources in higher education, Choice is a publication of ACRL. Launched in 1964 out of office space at Wesleyan University’s Olin Library under the […]
Belated congratulations to Bonnie J. Smith, Assistant Program Director for Human Resources at University of Florida Libraries, winner of ACRL 2015 registration at the ACRL booth at the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting. More information about ACRL 2015, including the call for participation, is available on the conference website.
ACRL joined 15 other national and regional library, publishing, funding and advocacy organizations in a letter to the House Science Committee expressing strong opposition over the language contained in Section 303 of the ‘Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology Act of 2014’ (FIRST Act). The language in Section 303 […]
ACRL is accepting applications from prospective new presenters for the workshop “Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement.” The day-long workshop, now in its sixth year, is led by two expert presenters at locations across the country. The workshop content is updated each year to meet the evolving needs of the […]
ACRL invites its committees, sections, interest groups and individual members to consider submitting program proposals for the 2015 ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco. There will be a virtual meeting at 12:00 p.m. CST on April 24, 2014, for ACRL units and members interested in submitting proposals for a 2015 […]
Jeannette Pierce is Associate Director for Research and Information Services at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Jeanette has been an ACRL member since 2000 and is your ACRL Member of the Week for March 24, 2014. 1. Describe yourself in three words: Dedicated, engaged, collaborative. 2. What are you currently reading (or listening to […]
Would you like to represent ALA on an International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) section standing committee? The biennial appointment process to represent ALA on relevant IFLA standing committees is currently underway for terms running from 2015 through 2019. The ACRL Board of Directors endorses candidates for election […]
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