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The form to volunteer for ACRL section committees is still open at www.ala.org/acrl/membership/volunteer/volunteer! Volunteering is a great way to learn more about the section, network with colleagues, and fulfill professional service requirements. The deadline to volunteer is February 28, 2023. Appointments will begin on July 1, 2023.

For information about LES, our committees, and the work of the section, please visit our website. Please feel free to contact LES Vice-Chair Leslie Madden at lmadden@gsu.edu with any questions about volunteering!

• Discussion Topics
  • Analog Reference
    • Is there a place for physical reference materials?
    • What are some best practices for deselection for print reference?
    • What changes in staffing physical reference desks have been happening at your library?
  • What’s New?
    • What reference sources have you recently acquired or subscribed to?
  • Social Media and Reference
    • How are you using social media to promote or provide reference services?

For more information and to register via Zoom, visit this Google doc!

Hello Everyone!

Please join us for the
LES Collections Discussion Group, Winter 2023!
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
11:00am PST / 12:00pm MST / 1:00pm CST / 2:00pm EST

Below is the link to Register for the Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

https://csulb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkduGgpjIqGNz2PGaHZjYEeYH65Hk5PzDM

For this Winter Session, our topics will include:

Outreach

• Outreach events for to showcase an area/items in your collection – If you have them, what do you do? Does there always need to be pizza?
• Are you advertising your Print and/or Online collection as leisure reading?

Famous Works – old and new editions

• How do you add/weed famous novels/poems/letters?

Digital Humanities

• Do you keep tabs on Digital Humanities Websites? How do you integrate them into your work?

Please see the agenda in ALA Connect for more details. Email Erin or Alexis with your ideas to further our discussion! 

Erin Durham Wright edurham@umbc.edu  |  Alexis Pavenick alexis.pavenick@csulb.edu

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Erin & Alexis

Are you looking for a little light weekend reading? Check out the Fall 2022 issue of Biblio-Notes here! This is also a great time to start brainstorming ideas for submissions for the Spring 2023 issue. Happy reading!

Biblio-Notes is soliciting content for the Fall issue. The call is open and any submissions are welcome, including those on new publications, upcoming online workshops, or anything you feel would be of interest to the LES community. 

The submission deadline is Monday, October 10, 2022.

Please send submissions to biblionotes@gmail.com

Thanks!