Submit a proposal for a live webcast or asynchronous online course and share your cutting-edge practices and innovative developments with your colleagues.  Check out the ACRL e-Learning Call for Proposals online.  Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. Central, November 1. e-Learning Formats Webcasts: ACRL webcasts are 90 minutes in length, including time for audience Q&A.  [...]

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Join Emily Rimland and Alice Whiteside of Penn State University at 12:00 p.m. Central on August 10, 2011, for an ACRL OnPoint Chat to discuss the next generation of student response systems. Many instruction librarians are familiar with student response systems (a.k.a. clickers) as tools for engaging students and assessing their learning during instruction sessions. [...]

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The ACRL Research Program Committee (RPC) is once again sponsoring Research Writer’s Consultations at the ACRL National Conference, held March 30 – April 2 in Philadelphia.  Aimed at the new or inexperienced writer, the Research Writer’s Consultations will bring together small groups of two to three writers matched with an experienced writer or editor, who [...]

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ACRL announces the availability of a scholarship to support participation at the 2011 ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians. The scholarship covers the cost of tuition ($2,500) and a $1,500 travel stipend. In support of ACRL’s commitment to librarians serving diverse communities, the scholarship is for individuals currently working in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, [...]

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Locke Morrisey, head of Collections, Reference, and Research at the University of San Francisco (USF) Gleeson Library, has died. He  served on the ACRL Board of Directors as ALA Councilor from 2007 to 2010. Morrisey was deeply committed to the library profession, publishing and holding leadership positions at the local and national levels; serving as [...]

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