In the fall of 2012, ACRL President Stephen J. Bell appointed a task force to work with CUPA-HR (College and University Professional Association for Human Resources) to review and revise as necessary current CUPA-HR academic librarian position descriptions. We were asked to: Research national academic librarian position descriptions and identify those most current and relevant [...]
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CUPA-HR Task Force Updating Academic Librarian Position Descriptions
March 26th, 2013 · Comments Off · About ACRL
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ACRL Presidential Candidates Forum Access Information
March 18th, 2013 · Comments Off · About ACRL, Elections
The 2013 candidates for ACRL vice-president/ president-elect will participate in an open online forum at 1 p.m. Central on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Maggie Farrell and Karen Williams will discuss their platforms and vision for ACRL and field questions from the audience. Farrell is dean of libraries at the University of Wyoming, and Williams is [...]
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ACRL Story Video Contest Deadline Feb. 28!
February 26th, 2013 · Comments Off · About ACRL, ACRL 2013
The submission deadline for out ACRL story video contest is coming on on Feb. 28! We’re looking for videos about what the association means to you, our members. To enter the contest, submit a video of no more than one minute in length answering one of the following questions: Tell us a story about what [...]
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ACRL Board of Directors Statement on Edwin Mellen Press v. Dale Askey
February 20th, 2013 · 9 Comments · About ACRL
The Board of Directors of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) expresses grave concern over the libel suit initiated by Edwin Mellen Press against Dale Askey, a librarian and faculty member at McMaster University. The suit alleges that Askey committed libel while criticizing the Press in his blog while a Librarian at Kansas [...]
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Volunteer for ACRL Division or Section Committees by Feb. 15!
February 7th, 2013 · Comments Off · About ACRL, Committees
The deadline to volunteer for ACRL division and section committees is February 15. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to serve! Are you looking for ways to expand your professional network and contribute to ACRL? Committee volunteers help shape ACRL by advancing its strategic plan and influencing the direction of academic and research librarianship. Serving [...]
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ACRL Program Proposals for 2014 ALA Annual Conference
February 5th, 2013 · Comments Off · About ACRL, Conferences
ACRL invites its committees, sections, interest groups and individual members to consider submitting program proposals for the 2014 ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas. There will be a virtual meeting at 11:00 a.m. CST on April 18, 2013, for ACRL units and members interested in submitting proposals for a 2014 ALA Annual Conference program. The purpose [...]
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ACRL Ethics Committee Online Forum On Challenges To Traditional Principles In The Digital Library
January 24th, 2013 · Comments Off · About ACRL, Committees
The ACRL Ethics Committee is hosting “Unintended Consequences? Some Challenges to Traditional Principles in the Digital Library,” a two-day asynchronous online forum on Jan. 30 and 31. Moderated by Ethics Committee Chair Jean S. Caspers and Vice-Chair Kelly Laas, the first day of the forum will discuss the need to balance privacy with new ways [...]
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Tell Us Your ACRL Story Video Contest
January 18th, 2013 · Comments Off · About ACRL, ACRL 2013
ACRL is looking for videos about what the association means to you, our members. To enter the contest, submit a video of no more than one minute in length answering one of the following questions: Tell us a story about what you, as a member of the academic library community, contribute to your campus and [...]
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C&RL Editor Joe Branin
January 7th, 2013 · Comments Off · About ACRL, C&RL
It is with much sadness that we share the news of C&RL Editor Joseph Branin’s untimely death. Joe made many significant contributions to the profession, most recently for ACRL as editor of our research journal, College & Research Libraries. He continued the efforts of his predecessors to seek a way to make C&RL an open [...]
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Small Acts, Big Impact
December 10th, 2012 · Comments Off · About ACRL
I want to share two items with you. Individually they are they are the sort of things we hardly give much thought. Together they are important symbols of the value that ACRL brings to its members, and a valuable reminder of the impact ACRL has on academic librarians. What makes it all possible is the [...]