Mid-Level Managers Discussion Group Are you a mid-level manager in an academic library? Or, are you contemplating moving into management in a library? If so, please join us at ALA Annual for a discussion about burn-out and morale. When: Sunday, June 30, 1–2:30pm Where: Hyatt Regency Chicago: Columbus AB For...
If you’re heading to ALA, please check out the ACRL ULS program. It promises to be practical, relevant, and fun to be a part of! Busting Out of the Cubicle: Your Creative Self at Work Saturday, June 29, 2013 4:30-6 p.m. McCormick Place Convention Center, S102bc Are your library’s...
Join us at ALA for the first ever joint ULS/CLS social. The social will be held on the beautiful rooftop bar of the Plymouth Grill (http://plymouthgrill.com/) at 327 South Plymouth Court on Saturday 29 June 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm. Partake of free appetizers and a cash bar and mingle...
Interested in performing better research as a librarian practitioner? Want to learn how to inform decision making in your library with research and evidence? Then join the ACRL ULS Evidence Based Discussion Group at ALA Annual. We will be hosting a discussion on Sunday 30 June from 8:30 am –...
Author: Felice E. Maciejewski, University Librarian, Rebecca Crown Library, Dominican University Having worked in academic libraries for almost thirty years I have had many an opportunity to serve on search committees, both as Chair and committee member. I have also been a member of the audience as a candidate gets...
Authors: Mary Axford, Elisabeth Shields, and Crystal Renfro Libraries have been thought of as buildings that hold collections, conduits to the access of intellectual information, spaces for doing scholarship and places to find individuals with expertise in accessing those intellectual collections. Librarians have organized the knowledge itself, but haven’t been...
The ACRL-ULS Current Topics Discussion Group seeks Presenters/Discussion Leaders for ALA Annual Conference 2013. The charge of the ACRL-ULS Current Topics Discussion Group is “to organize informal discussion meetings and presentations on well-defined issues and problems of current interest to university libraries and librarians.” Last year, for example, the Discussion...
ACRL 2013 will be here before you know it. Remember to add to the ULS Social to your calendar. We will gather at Champions Sports Bar & Grill in the Downtown Marriott on Thursday 11 April from 6:30 — 8:00 pm for free appetizers and a cash bar. After you...
Author: Stewart C Baker Yet another Instruction Session The problem of keeping students engaged during library instruction sessions is a common one. Presentation software may only compound the problem: as slide after slide appears on the screen, with bullet point after bullet point, students’ eyes (as well as instructors’) may...
Author: Nastasha Johnson Everywhere we turn there is talk about STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math disciplines. In February 2012, President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued a report, “Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in STEM.” In the report, it...