Over the next week, we will be performing some minor updates to the podcasts posted on the ACRL Insider blog. If you subscribe to either the podcast or main ACRL Insider RSS feeds, you may notice some repeat podcasts in your feed reader. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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In this podcast, Molly Kleinman, copyright specialist at the University of Michigan Library, discusses Creative Commons and the current state of copyright law with College & Research Libraries News editor-in-chief David Free. Kleinmans’s article “The Beauty of ‘Some Rights Reserved’” appears in the November 2008 issue of C&RL News.
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In this podcast, ACRL 14th National Conference invited speaker and 2008 ACRL Academic/ Research Librarian of the Year Peter Hernon talks with Virtual Conference Committee Co-Chair Scott Walter about assessment in academic libraries. Registration for the conference is now open!

 

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In this podcast, ACRL 14th National Conference Virtual Conference Committee Co-Chair Scott Walter and Green Conference Planning Committee members Juliet Kerico and Karen Munro discuss environmentally sustainable practices at next year’s Seattle conference. Visit the conference website for more information, including the ACRL 2I009 Green Pledge , eco-friendly hotel practices, and Invited Green Speaker Robin [...]

 

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n this podcast, College & Research Libraries News editor-in-chief David Free talks with Sarah Steiner and Leslie Madden of Georgia State University, editors of the ACRL publication The Desk and Beyond: Next Generation Reference Services. They are joined by chapter authors Meredith Farkas of Norwich University, Ross LaBaugh of California State University - Fresno, and [...]

 

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On July 22, ACRL President Erika Linke appeared on the WAMU - American University Radio/ Public Radio International program The Kojo Nnamdi Show as a panelist in a segment titled “More Information, Less Knowledge?”. The hour-long discussion highlights the changes in research habits in the Internet Age and “how our online habits are rewiring our [...]

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Today, ACRL sent a letter to the organizers of SCOAP3, the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics, expressing interest and support of their effort to facilitate open access publishing in High Energy Physics. The letter states that ACRL “welcomes this experiment in new funding models and recognizes its potential to inform scholarly [...]

 

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n this podcast, Nina McHale from University of Colorado-Denver discusses rogue library assignments with College & Research Libraries News editor-in-chief David Free. McHale’s article “Eradicating the Rouge Assignment” appears in the May 2008 issue of C&RL News.
How do you handle rogue assignments at your library? Leave a comment on this post to discuss the issue [...]

 

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We’re looking to expand our group of ACRL Legislative Advocates and invite you to join. Are you interested in federal legislation and policy affecting libraries, connected in your campus community, and willing to work with your members of Congress for change? ACRL needs you!
Read more about the responsibilities, duties and apply online by July 11, [...]

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In this podcast, University of Vermont librarians Daisy Benson and Selene Colburn, along with UVM student Matt Linder, talk with College & Research Libraries News editor-in-chief David Free about the party photo phenomenon and using students as models to promote the UVM Libraries Ask A Librarian service. Benson and Colburn’s article on the project [...]

 

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