The ACRL Board of Directors approved revised and updated versions of several of the association’s Standards, Guidelines, and Framework Companion Documents at its June 2023 meetings. All ACRL Standards, Guidelines, and Frameworks are freely available on the ACRL website.
Retention is the ability of an organization to reduce turnover among employees and keep them for as long as possible. It is an important part of building a cohesive team, increasing productivity, and improving morale. There are many reasons for worker turnover and just as many strategies to help retain […]
Join ACRL at 11:00am Central on Tuesday, June 13 for the free ACRL Presents webcast, ACRL’s Strategic Vision for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion. Members of the ACRL Board of Directors and ACRL EDI Committee will speak on the ACRL Plan for Excellence’s newest goal area, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, which […]
Unprecedented digital equity funding is coming for community organizations to provide broadband/devices, build information/digital literacy skills, and support workforce development. There is unlikely to be another opportunity like this in our lifetime to further the good work libraries of all types are already doing. Join your fellow ACRL colleagues via […]
ACRL announces the publication of Exploring Inclusive & Equitable Pedagogies: Creating Space for All Learners, edited by Melissa Mallon, Jane Nichols, Elizabeth Foster, Ariana Santiago, Maura Seale, and Robin Brown. This two-volume set offers reflections, practices, and models that deepen our collective understanding of equitable and inclusive theories and practices […]
A joint working group of ACRL’s Value of Academic Libraries Committee and the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee is requesting your feedback on a Draft of the Proficiencies for Assessment in Academic Libraries (PDF). This draft is an update to the current ACRL Proficiencies for Assessment Librarians and Coordinators to […]
Attending ALA’s first-ever in-person LibLearnX meeting in New Orleans has me anticipating the upcoming ACRL 2023 Conference more than ever. We will be gathering in Pittsburgh in March for our first in-person meeting since 2019. If you have not been to Pittsburgh in a while (or ever) you are in […]
What does it mean to integrate equity and social justice into our practice and assessment in libraries? Efforts to increase equity, diversity, and inclusion have been a priority of most institutions of higher education for many years now. The ACRL Value of Academic Libraries Committee is charged with helping academic librarians participate […]
On January 17, 2023, the seventh annual US National Day of Racial Healing, ALA, ACRL, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) call upon our collective memberships—comprised of several hundred thousand archivists, librarians, and other information professionals, and thousands of libraries and archives of […]
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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