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Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Training Proposals

August 4th, 2011 · Comments Off · Standards and Guidelines

ACRL seeks proposals for the design, development and delivery of a versatile and modular curriculum to support the use of the association’s forthcoming revised Standards for Libraries in Higher Education (SLHE). The complete RFP, including details on project deliverables and the application process, is available on the ACRL website at http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/standards_rfp.pdf. The deadline for proposal [...]

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Guidelines for Media Resources Draft Revision

July 6th, 2011 · Comments Off · Standards and Guidelines

The ACRL Guidelines for Media Resources in Academic Libraries Task Force is now soliciting comments on a draft revision of the existing ACRL guidelines. The draft revision would supersede the guidelines developed and published by the ACRL Media Resources Committee in 1999 and 2006. Review the draft (PDF) and send comments to Task Force Chair [...]

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New Draft Diversity Standards

April 28th, 2011 · Comments Off · Standards and Guidelines

The ACRL Racial and Ethnic Diversity Committee (REDC) has developed a draft for a new association standard, Diversity Standards: Cultural Competency for Academic Libraries. The committee is currently soliciting comments on the draft standard. Review the draft on the ACRL Standards and Guidelines website and send feedback to REDC Vice-Chair Charlene Maxey-Harris at maxeyharris@gmail.com by [...]

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RBMS Guidelines for Borrowing and Lending Review

April 4th, 2011 · Comments Off · Sections, Standards and Guidelines

The ACRL/ RBMS Task Force for the Guidelines for Borrowing and Lending Special Collections Materials solicits final comments on the ACRL/RBMS Guidelines for Interlibrary and Exhibition Loan of Special Collections Materials. The Task Force has been working for a year and a half to review, update, and revise the 2004 revised Guidelines for the Interlibrary [...]

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Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Revision – Comment by April 11

March 24th, 2011 · Comments Off · ACRL 2011, Future of Libraries and Higher Education, Standards and Guidelines

The ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Task Force welcomes your comments on the draft revision of the 2011 Standards for Libraries in Higher Education (PDF). Visit the Task Force website, which introduces the various sections of the draft Standards and leave your feedback.  The site contains links to the draft revision, as well [...]

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Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Revision

March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off · About ACRL, Standards and Guidelines

In 2009,  ACRL 2009-2010 President Lori Goetsch charged a Task Force to review and revise the 2004 ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education. For more than a year, we have been reading relevant library, higher education and accreditation documents, surveying academic library directors to understand how the current ACRL Standards have served the profession, [...]

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Visual Literacy, Information Literacy Programs Standards Review

February 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off · Standards and Guidelines

The ACRL Image Resources Interest Group has a task force developing visual literacy standards and has a public draft of the standards available for review. The task force is seeking comments before completing final revisions and submitting the standards for approval. The draft of the standard is available on the Interest Group blog. Post comments [...]

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Guidelines for Instruction Programs in Academic Libraries Revision

January 28th, 2011 · Comments Off · Standards and Guidelines

The ACRL Instruction Section has a task force working to revise the ACRL “Guidelines for Instruction Programs in Academic Libraries” and would welcome your input. Approved by the ACRL Board of Directors in June 2003, the guidelines assist academic and research librarians in preparing and developing effective instructional programs. Review the draft of the guideline [...]

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Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Review Task Force Call for Library Evaluators

October 5th, 2010 · Comments Off · Standards and Guidelines

Are you, or do you know, someone who is an experienced library evaluator or peer reviewer for the accrediting organizations in your region? If so, the members of the ACRL Task Force on Standards for Libraries in Higher Education would like to talk with you and other evaluators you might recommend about regional and national [...]

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ACRL Standards for Distance Learning Library Services

May 12th, 2009 · Comments Off · Standards and Guidelines

As distance and online learning options are becoming more popular and more important, it is important that distant students receive the library support they need. To help provide library support for distant students and to help promote academic quality in distance learning programs, the ACRL Board of Directors recently approved Standards for Distance Learning Library [...]

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