A new report issued by ACRL, “Documented Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success: Building Evidence with Team-Based Assessment in Action Campus Projects,” shows compelling evidence for library contributions to student learning and success. The report focuses on dozens of projects conducted as part of the program Assessment in Action: […]
NMC, HTW Chur, ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, and TIB Hannover partner with higher education association for libraries to reach more library leaders with timely analysis on technological trends. Austin, Texas (April 19) — The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) has joined the network of partners behind the NMC Horizon Report […]
ACRL announces the publication of The Discovery Tool Cookbook: Recipes for Successful Lesson Plans, edited by Nancy Fawley and Nikki Krysak. The Discovery Tool Cookbook showcases tested lessons by librarians and practitioners for teaching information literacy using a discovery tool. The third volume in the successful ACRL Cookbook series features […]
ACRL announces the publication of Managing Creativity: The Innovative Research Library. Written by Ron Jantz, Managing Creativity is number 70 in the ACRL Publications in Librarianship monographic series. How do groups of people come together to produce something not only truly useful but also a breakthrough that propels users to another […]
The March 2016 issue C&RL News is now freely available online. With the coming of spring, many libraries are beginning the hiring process for new staffing in earnest. In their article “Virtual vetting,” Christine Bombaro, Jessica L. Howard, and Anna Kozlowska provide advice for successful virtual interviews for both interviewees and […]
The March 2016 issue of College & Research Libraries is now freely available online. The March issue features a selection of seven action research studies by teams who participated in the ACRL Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success (AiA) program. More details on the special issue are available on […]
ACRL announces the publication of 2014 Academic Library Trends and Statistics, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities of academic libraries in all Carnegie classifications. The three-volume set includes Associate of Arts institutions, Master’s Colleges and Universities/Baccalaureate Colleges and Research/Doctoral-granting Institutions. […]
ACRL announces the publication of The Craft of Librarian Instruction: Using Acting Techniques to Create Your Teaching Presence by Julie Artman, Jeff Sundquist, and Douglas R. Dechow. Library instruction is like a theatre performance. You play a role as the instruction librarian. There is a live audience. You may receive […]
ACRL announces the publication of Encoding Space: Shaping Learning Environments that Unlock Human Potential. Can we create library environments that inspire people to be more creative, collaborative, reflective, or engaged? That is the driving question of this imaginative new book authored by Brian Mathews of the Virginia Tech Libraries. Encoding […]
ACRL announces the publication of Putting Assessment into Action: Selected Projects from the First Cohort of the Assessment in Action Grant, edited by Eric Ackermann. Are you new to library assessment? Are you tasked with conducting an assessment project and don’t know what methods to use, or which ones are […]
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