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Sparky Award Web tools

August 20, 2008 David Free 0

The organizers of the Sparky Awards video contest have released several new resources to help college instructors and librarians engage students in an exploration of information sharing and copyright by encouraging their participation in the 2008 contest, “MindMashup: The Value of Information Sharing.” Contestants are invited to submit videos of […]

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C&RL preprints go open access!

May 6, 2008 Kathryn Deiss 2

The recently launched preprint service of College & Research Libraries is now completely open to the public, regardless of ACRL membership status. C&RL preprints are fully vetted articles that are ready for publication pending only final copy editing and space in an upcoming issue. Under the new open access model, […]

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ACRL Co-sponsors Sparky Video Contest

May 5, 2008 Kara Malenfant 0

ACRL is pleased to co-sponsor the second annual Sparky Awards, a contest organized by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) to recognize the best new short videos illustrating the value of information sharing. It aims to broaden the discussion of access to scholarly research by inviting students to […]

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Intern Needed to Update ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit

April 22, 2008 Kara Malenfant 0

Are you a library school student and self starter who can work autonomously? We’re looking for someone with experience working in Drupal and familiarity with the changing system of scholarly communication and librarians’ roles in advocating for change. The person selected for this part-time, short term, independent position is responsible […]

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New ACRL Chat Series

March 14, 2008 David Free 0

We are pleased to announce ACRL OnPoint, a new live chat series. Each informal monthly chat session provides the opportunity to connect with colleagues and experts to discuss an issue of the day in academic and research librarianship. All ACRL OnPoint chats are free and open to the public. Sessions […]