Library Publishing: How to Launch, Enhance, and Sustain Your Program

October 29, 2025 Erin Nevius 0

ACRL announces the publication of Library Publishing: How to Launch, Enhance, and Sustain Your Program edited by Jonathan Grunert, offering perspectives from diverse publishing programs, processes, and challenges that can help you scale content to meet your campus’s needs.  Learn more about Library Publishing in this excerpt from the Introduction […]

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Nominations Sought for ACRL Board of Directors

October 28, 2025 Elois Sharpe 0

ACRL is dedicated to enhancing the ability of library and information professionals to dream big and shape our future. Don’t be shy! Your participation matters, and we invite you to be a part of shaping the future of ACRL.  The ACRL Leadership Recruitment and Nomination Committee (LRNC) strongly encourages members […]

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ACRL Board of Directors Authorizes Sale of Choice Property

October 23, 2025 Brad Warren 0

During an executive session at its October 3, 2025, fall virtual meeting, the ACRL Board of Directors unanimously approved a recommendation that the ALA Executive Board authorize Dina Tsourdinis, Chief Financial Officer, and Denise Moritz, Director of Financial Reporting and Compliance, to negotiate the sale of the Choice condominium located […]

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AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers

October 22, 2025 David Free 0

The ACRL Board of Directors approved new AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers at its October 3, 2025, virtual meeting. The document expands on the broad definition of AI literacy, tailoring it into a comprehensive, library-specific set of competencies applicable to academic library workers. It is meant to serve as a guiding […]

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Mentors Needed for Spectrum Scholars

October 21, 2025 David Connolly 0

Help support a diverse workforce in the next generation of academic librarians by mentoring an ALA Spectrum Scholar through the ACRL Dr. E.J. Josey Spectrum Scholar Mentor Program. This program links library school students and new librarians who are of American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Middle Eastern and North […]

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ACRL Seeks Nominations for 2026 Awards

October 20, 2025 David Free 0

ACRL’s awards recognize and honor the professional contributions and achievements of your peers. This special recognition enhances the sense of personal growth and accomplishment of our members, provides our membership with role models, and strengthens the image of our membership in the eyes of employers, leadership, and the academic community […]

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Keeping up With… Affordable Instructional Materials

October 16, 2025 David Free 0

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 “Affordable Instructional Materials” by Jaycee Chapman. Keeping Up With… is available on the ACRL website and each issue will be sent […]

Navigating Disability in the Academic Library Workplace

October 9, 2025 Erin Nevius 0

ACRL announces the publication of Navigating Disability in the Academic Library Workplace, edited by Paula Martin and Samantha Peter, a guide for librarians with disabilities on supporting and advocating for themselves in the workplace and a resource for able-bodied and neurotypical managers and workers to learn how to be allies. […]