Looking for an easy-to-use guide for all the ULS sponsored events at the ALA Annual? Your ULS Membership committee is here to help. Below is a list of all the ACRL ULS sponsored events at ALA Annual. And after a hard Saturday of attending all these intellectually stimulating events head...
Title: University Libraries and Transformational Change: It Is Time Author: Michelle Dunaway, ULS Committee on the Future of University Libraries ________________________________________ In his article titled “Damn the Recession, Full Speed Ahead”, Dr. Rush Miller, Director of the University Library System at the University of Pittsburgh, argues that change and progress...
You are cordially invited to attend the ACRL University Library Section’s panel discussion on succession planning at the 2012 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. Saturday, June 23, 2012 10:30- Noon Anaheim Convention Center Room 204C The Librarian Has Left the Building: Keeping the Knowledge Alive Through Succession Planning Faced with...
Please join the ACRL-ULS Current Topics Discussion group on Sunday, June 24 10:30-12 in DIS-Nile. We will be discussing The Instructor-Librarian Transaction: Developing a Proactive Model of Library Service Delivery In September 2011, a working group from the Hunter College Libraries Faculty was asked to assess faculty use of and...
The ACRL University Libraries Section (ULS) Current Topics Discussion Group invites the submission of proposals for presentation at its meeting at the 2012 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. The discussion will be held on Sunday, June 24 10:30-12. The ULS Current Topics Discussion Group is for librarians holding positions in...
Announcing… The Computers in Libraries Lightning Round-Up! A free webinar presented by the ACRL-ULS Technology & Libraries Committee. This post-conference online session will provide you with an overview of some of the best presentations from Computers in Libraries 2012 held in Washington, D.C. Speakers from a variety of university libraries...
The Future of University Libraries: 2012 Midwinter Report Prepared by Michelle Dunaway for the Committee on the Future of University Libraries January 2012 Committee: Miranda Henry Bennett, Theresa S. Byrd, Christopher Cox, Michelle Dunaway, Rafia Mirza, Chair: Marilyn Myers, Laura K. Probst The ACRL/ULS Committee on the Future of University...
Once you are done buying a ten gallon hat, herding cattle, and enjoying life on the open range, rustle you up some grub at the ACRL ULS Social. Enjoy free food, a cash bar, and a chance to catch up with old ULS colleagues and make some new connections at...
The survey was open for the month of July 2011 and was distributed to ULS members via the ULS listserv. Of those who responded to the survey: – 57.5% have been a member of ULS for less than 5 years – 64% “sometimes” attend ULS programs or events at ALA...
ULS’s first entirely virtual committee, Technology in University Libraries (TULS), had a great inaugural year last year and has done some great work this year, too. We’re interested in getting the word out about the committee’s goals, programs, and services. TULS’s charge is “to explore the uses of technology in...