This is the third request for feedback from the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC). In anticipation of a new edition of The Intellectual Freedom Manual, the IFC is in the process of updating intellectual freedom-related documents. The IFC would appreciate feedback on “Challenged Resources: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of […]
The field-testing process for the new surveys for ACRL’s Project Outcome for Academic Libraries, developed in partnership with the Public Library Association (PLA), wrapped up at the end of October. These surveys are outcome-based, following the model developed by the PLA’s Performance Measurement Task Force. The goal is to provide […]
In anticipation of a new edition of The Intellectual Freedom Manual, the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) is in the process of updating intellectual freedom-related documents. The IFC would appreciate feedback on the following two revisions of Library Bill of Rights interpretations by Friday, December 28. Please feel free to […]
Lorisia MacLeod is an instruction librarian at NorQuest College in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Lorisia has been a member of ACRL for 4 years and is your ACRL member of the week for December 17, 2018. Describe yourself in three words: Enthusiastic, ambitious, diplomatic. What are you reading (or listening to […]
The ALA Intellectual Freedom Manual Review Working Group, which reviewed all documents in preparation for the next edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual, recommended consideration of updating the Library Bill of Rights in a narrow manner to add an Article VII focused on the concept of ensuring privacy and confidentiality […]
While a trendy term, mindfulness practice is thousands of years old; further it is a secular, evidence-based practice with practical applications to everyday life and work. Mindfulness is the deliberate, non-judgmental awareness of what one is experiencing in the present moment. Our brains are always working, scanning the environment for […]
The ACRL Leadership Recruitment and Nominations Committee (LRNC) encourages members to nominate themselves or others to run for the position of ACRL vice-president/president-elect and director-at-large in the 2020 elections. The deadline for nominations is February 15, 2019. To nominate an individual or to self-nominate, please submit the nomination form. The […]
ACRL offers a variety of scholarship opportunities each year to cultivate future library leaders, including annual sponsorship of an ALA Spectrum Scholarship. Spectrum supports students and leaders from racial and ethnic groups critically underrepresented in the library profession. We are delighted to share that ACRL will match all Spectrum gifts […]
Rebecca Kennison and Nancy Maron, selected by ACRL to design, develop, and deliver a new research agenda for scholarly communications and the research environment, have been hard at work since March 2018 with guidance and input from ACRL’s Research and Scholarly Environment Committee (ReSEC). ACRL is now seeking public comment […]
Cara B. Stone is a acquisitions and instruction librarian at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Cara has been a member of ACRL for 7 years and is your ACRL member of the week for December 10, 2018. Describe yourself in three words: Engaged, helper, enthusiastically-nerdy. What are you reading […]
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