The Smithsonian Institution is offering a free poster exhibition to libraries. World War I: Lessons and Legacies is available while supplies last. Request your posters now. The opportunity is available to all types of libraries (e.g., public, school, college/university and special libraries). The deadline for requests is Sept. 13, 2019. […]
The ACRL Instruction Section (IS) and Literatures in English Section (LES) are currently seeking applications to serve a three-year term (July 2019–June 2022) as the ACRL liaison to the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). CCCC, a conference of the National Council of Teachers of English, supports postsecondary teachers […]
Learn how you can use ACRL’s new research agenda, Open and Equitable Scholarly Communications: Creating a More Inclusive Future, in your library and for future research in a free ACRL Presents webcast on Monday, September 9, 2019, from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Central time (1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Pacific | […]
The ACRL Board of Directors has endorsed an American Historical Association (AHA) statement on Domestic Terrorism, Bigotry, and History. The statement notes that “As the largest organization of professional historians in the world, the AHA condemns the recent deployment of histories invented in the interest of bigotry, violence, and division. […]
Yelena Luckert is the director of research and learning the University of Maryland. Yelena has been a member of ACRL for 13 years and is your ACRL member of the week for August 26, 2019. Yelena recently brought together subject experts in addressing language and cultural differences, the international purchase […]
Join the ALA Copyright, Legislation, Education and Advocacy Network (CLEAN) for a free CopyTalk webinar at 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, September 5. This edition of CopyTalk will feature a legislative update presented by Jonathan Band, legislative counsel for ALA. The Judiciary Committees in Congress have their hands full with […]
Choice announces the publication of the fourth in a series of white papers designed to provide actionable intelligence around topics of importance to the academic library community. This paper, their second marketing-focused publication “Implementing Marketing Plans in the Academic Library: Rules, Roles & Definition,” offers a practical definition of library […]
Hallie Clawson is a special projects assistant at the University of Washington Tacoma. Hallie has been a member of ACRL for 2 years and is your ACRL member of the week for August 19, 2019. Describe yourself in three words: Personable, enthusiastic, steady. What are you reading (or listening to […]
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 Web Annotation by Lorena O’English. Keeping Up With… is available on the ACRL website and each issue will […]
As a reminder, ACRL program proposals for the 2020 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago are due September 10, 2019. The ACRL Professional Development Committee will review proposal and select 2020 Annual Conference programs, with notifications issued in November 2019. ACRL invites its committees, sections, interest groups and individual members to […]
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