#GiveACRL This Holiday Season

December 28, 2021 Julie Garrison 0

In this season of gratitude and reflection, we are thankful for staff, members, and volunteers who have gone above and beyond to advance ACRL’s Plan for Excellence and invest in the future of academic and research libraries. And, I am especially grateful for friends like you, supporters who understand how […]

ACRL Member of the Week: Alexandra Howard

December 20, 2021 Gena Parsons-Diamond 0

Alexandra Howard is a business research & teaching librarian at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. Alexandra has been a member of ACRL for 2 years and is your ACRL Member of the Week for December 20, 2021. Describe yourself in three words: Curious, friendly, enthusiastic. What are you reading […]

Research and Writing: Success with High Impact Practices and Collaboration Online Learning Webcast

December 16, 2021 Margot Conahan 0

Join ACRL from 1:00 PM-2:00 PM (Central) on Thursday, January 13 for the Online Learning webcast “Research and Writing: Success with High Impact Practices and Collaboration.” In this interactive session, attendees will learn about rethinking best practices to align with high-impact practices (HIP) through embedding into your institution’s course offerings. […]

Free Project Outcome Webinar: Closing the Loop – Using Project Outcome to Assess and Improve a First-Year English Composition Information Literacy Program

December 15, 2021 Gena Parsons-Diamond 0

Join us for a free webinar with where you will learn how to set up and implement Project Outcome for Academic Libraries in a university library. Librarians from DeSales University will discuss how to handle difficulties of implementation as well as how to process results. Date: January 14, 2022Time: 3:00-4:00pm […]

ACRL Member of the Week: Jannette L. Finch

December 13, 2021 Gena Parsons-Diamond 0

Jannette L. Finch is a librarian at the College of Charleston. Jannette has been a member of ACRL for 7 years and is your ACRL Member of the Week for December 13, 2021. Describe yourself in three words: Curious, conscientious, calm. What are you reading (or listening to on your […]

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ACRL Speaks Out on Open Access, Copyright

December 9, 2021 Kara Malenfant 0

ACRL continues to advocate for the interests of our community, joining a variety of recent actions on open access and copyright issues. On December 2, ACRL joined 13 other members of the Open Access Working Group (representing national and regional library, publishing, funding, research and advocacy organizations) in a statement […]

C&RL News – December 2021

December 8, 2021 Ann-Christe Galloway 0

The December 2021 issue of C&RL News is now freely available online as a full issue PDF and individual articles. This is the final print edition of C&RL News as the magazine moves to an online-only publishing model beginning with the January 2022 issue. This issue begins with the latest installment of our Perspectives on […]

Invest in the Future of Academic Libraries

December 7, 2021 Mary Jane Petrowski 0

We are truly fortunate to have so many supporters in the ACRL community during this challenging time. We cannot thank you enough for making Giving Tuesday a huge success! Thanks to you, we’re well on our way to matching ACRL’s 82 years with an equal number of donors. We’re looking […]

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ALA Extends Application Deadline for National Policy Corps to Dec. 15th

December 6, 2021 David Free 0

ALA is extending the application deadline for the fourth cohort of the Policy Corps to Dec. 15, 2021. ALA will recruit up to 12 cohort members for the Corps, an initiative aimed at strengthening advocacy related to key national library policy areas ranging from broadband equity and copyright/licensing to federal funding, privacy, and cybersecurity.   The ALA […]