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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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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Editor’s Note: This entry is part of an occasional series of posts from the ACRL Board of Directors.  In this post, Vice-President/ President-Elect Steven J. Bell provides an update on the ACRL appointments process. The 2012-2013 appointments  process is moving rapidly to its conclusion. With the exception of a just a few situations in which [...]

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Editor’s Note: This entry is part of an occasional series of posts from the ACRL Board of Directors.  In this post, Vice-President/ President-Elect Steven J. Bell provides a second update on the ACRL appointments process. I am pleased to report that the process for appointing ACRL members to division-level committees is proceeding smoothly and according [...]

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The ACRL Board of Directors passed a new division level committee structure effective July 2012.  The committee structure will advance ACRL’s strategic goals and support operations. The committee structure complete with committee charges and transition plans is available on the ACRL website (PDF).  The Board wishes to acknowledge and thank the many ACRL members whose [...]

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The deadline to volunteer for 2012-2013 ACRL committee appointments is Friday, February 15. To volunteer for a division-level or section-level committee, please complete the online form located on the ACRL website. Please note: ACRL Vice President Steven Bell and the Appointments Committee oversee divisional committee appointments and section Vice -Chairs are in charge of section [...]

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Dear ACRL Members, On behalf of the ACRL Board of Directors, Steven and I want to share with you information about  proposed changes to the ACRL division-level committee structure and because we value your opinion, we invite you to complete a brief survey about the changes. With ACRL’s new strategic plan, the “Plan for Excellence,” [...]

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