ACRL is able to award scholarships to academic and research librarians and library staff to attend the ACRL 2019 Conference thanks to donors like Trevor A Dawes. The association is strongly dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and the Scholarships Committee gives preference to applicants who are from diverse cultural/ethnic […]
The ACRL Board of Directors thanks everyone who has responded to the poll to provide input on the development of the association’s Signature Initiative on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). During the Leadership Council meeting at the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting, the Board solicited comments from leaders across the association […]
The ACRL Project Outcome for Academic Libraries Task Force seeks volunteers to field-test new surveys it has developed. Its work is based on adapting PLA’s Project Outcome, and the new academic library toolkit will launch in 2019. The goal is to provide users with free, easy-to-use, standard surveys that all […]
Scott Collard is the Head of Specialized Research Services and Social Sciences at the Bobst Library of New York University in New York, New York. Scott has been a member of ACRL for 14 years and is your ACRL member of the week for June 25, 2018. Describe yourself in three […]
ACRL is pleased to announce a new round of the Value of Academic Libraries Travel Scholarships. The ACRL Board of Directors has allocated $10,000 in fiscal year 2019 to offer travel scholarships of up to $2,000 each for librarians presenting on their work demonstrating the impact of academic libraries in […]
Join the next generation of advocates and scholars to shape the future of Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data. Are you a librarian who’s passionate about opening up access to educational and scholarly resources? Keen on being part of a community that’s dedicated to and engaged in OA advocacy? […]
At the 2018 Midwinter Meeting in Denver, a call was issued for ALA Council, Committees, Round Tables, Divisions, and the myriad Communities of Practice to consider what it would take to align ALA’s organizational structure, policies, and rules with the Association’s mission and its 21st century values, key action areas […]
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 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by Margaret Heller. Keeping Up With… is available on the ACRL website and each issue will […]
ACRL announces its celebrated lineup of keynote speakers for the ACRL 2019 Conference, “Recasting the Narrative,” to be held April 10- 13, in Cleveland, Ohio. Be challenged and inspired by ACRL’s three thought-provoking speakers, who also double as award-winning journalists, authors, and cartoonists. Opening Keynote, April 10, 2019 – Michele […]
Ann Zettervall is a MSLIS Student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois. Ann first joined ACRL in 2017 and is your ACRL member of the week for June 18, 2018. Describe yourself in three words: Thorough, Inquisitive, Patient. What are you reading (or listening to on your mobile […]
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