On August 27, 2018, ACRL joined 19 other library and higher education groups (including ALA, ARL, the American Council on Education, and EDUCAUSE) in filing an amicus brief on the issue of net neutrality in support of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) strong, enforceable rules to protect and preserve the […]
Larry Alford is the Chief Librarian at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario. Larry has been a member of ACRL for 33 years and is your ACRL member of the week for August 27, 2018. Describe yourself in three words: A proud librarian. What are you reading (or listening to […]
Amy Mars is a research, instruction, and outreach librarian at Saint Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Amy has been a member of ACRL for two years and is your ACRL member of the week for August 20, 2018. Describe yourself in three words: Curious, compassionate, driven. What are you reading (or […]
Nominations are open through October 1, 2018, for the I Love My Librarian Award. The I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users like you to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians. Each year 10 librarians are selected. Each librarian receives a $5,000 cash award, […]
ACRL submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on August 14, 2018, on the proposed rule “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science.” The comments noted that the proposed rule is problematic and advocated it be rescinded, as follows: Dear Acting Administrator Wheeler: I am writing on behalf of the Association of College […]
ACRL is able to award scholarships to academic and research librarians and library staff to attend the ACRL 2019 Conference thanks to donors like Douglas K. Lehman. 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 ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) has formed a working group to revise the recently adopted Meeting Room Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights (view the interpretation, adopted in June 2018, here: https://bit.ly/2v6ug1K). These volunteers bring multiple voices and a broad range of perspectives to the table from throughout […]
As a reminder, ACRL program proposals for the 2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC, are due August 31, 2018. The ACRL Professional Development Committee will review proposals and select the 2019 Annual Conference programs, with notifications issued in November, 2018. ACRL invites its committees, sections, interest groups and individual […]
Clara Chu is the Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign. Clara has been a member of ACRL for two years and is your ACRL member of the week for August 13, 2018. Describe yourself in three words: Conscientious, thoughtful, […]
Notifications for ACRL 2019 contributed paper, panel session, preconference, and workshop proposals were issued on Thursday, August 9. Thanks to all who submitted a proposal for the Cleveland conference! Please check your spam filter if you don’t see your notification in your e-mail inbox; contact Margot Conahan at mconahan@ala.org with […]
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