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To See Ourselves as Others See Us - Unity of Purpose: In Concord with Those We Serve Cumberland Falls State Resort, April 24, 2008. George Needham, Vice President, Member Services, OCLC

ACRL Update - April 16, 2008

1. Reminder – Vote in ALA/ ACRL elections
2. Legislative advocates sought
3. ACRL/ LAMA registration deadline approaching
4. Become an IFLA representative
5. Section 108 Study Group report chat

1. Reminder – Vote in ALA/ ACRL elections
Polls in the 2008 ALA/ ACRL elections close at 11:59 p.m. CDT on Thursday, April 24. Information on the election is available on the ACRL elections web page at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/aboutacrl/election.cfm. Remember to get out and vote for the candidates of your choice!

2. Legislative advocates sought
ACRL is looking to expand our group of legislative advocates and invites 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? Read more about the responsibilities and duties of legislative advocates at http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/washingtonwatch/acrladvocates.cfm and apply online by July 11, 2008.

You can learn more about the program in to an interview with Jonathan Miller, Director of Olin Library at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., and part of the inaugural group of ACRL Legislative Advocates. The podcast is available at http://blogs.ala.org/acrlpodcast.php?title=continued_commitment_to_grassroots_legis.

Also, please join us in welcoming Michael McLane as ACRL’s new visiting program officer. McLane is director of libraries at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and will be helping recruit new ACRL legislative advocates, plan training, and assess the program.

3. ACRL/ LAMA registration deadline approaching
April 21 is the registration deadline for the ACRL/LAMA Joint Spring Virtual Institute, "Leading from the Middle: Managing in All Directions.” The Institute, offered by ACRL and the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA), will be held April 29-30, 2008.

The Institute will feature live, interactive webcasts and asynchronous online poster sessions, allowing for convenient scheduling and flexibility. Programs will address issues of management and leadership, including developing library professionals, inspiring change, interim appointments, library 2.0 transformation, innovation and more. All institute programs will be archived for viewing on-demand after the institute. Additional information and registration materials are online at http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/springvirtualinstitute.cfm. Send questions to Margot Conahan at mconahan@ala.org or 312-280-2522.

4. Become an IFLA representative
ACRL invites applicants to serve as ALA representatives to IFLA standing committees for the 2009 – 2013 term. There is currently one vacancy each in the following IFLA Standing Committees:
Art Libraries
Information Literacy
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Science and Technology Libraries
Social Science Libraries
University Libraries and other General Research Libraries

Becoming an ALA representative to IFLA is easy. Simply apply through the chair of the ACRL Section that nominates representatives for the IFLA standing committee on which you wish to serve. Your application should reach your Section Chair no later than end of April. The ACRL International Relations Committee will be reviewing applications and making recommendations to the ACRL Board at ALA Annual in Anaheim. Detailed information, including section contacts, is available on the ACRL Insider blog at http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/2008/04/14/become-an-ala-representative-to-ifla/.

5. Section 108 Study Group report chat
The second ACRL OnPoint chat, covering the recently released Section 108 Study Group report, will be held starting at 1 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, April 29. Join conveners Becky Albitz, Electronic Resources and Copyright Librarian at Penn State and ACRL Copyright Committee Chair; and Jim Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University and a member of the U.S. Copyright Office Section 108 Study Group for a lively discussion of the advocacy and educational roles and responsibilities of librarians as changes to Section 108.

Visit the OnPoint website at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/OnPoint/onpoint.cfm for additional details including access information and an archive of last month’s chat on the NIH public access policy.

Murder Mystery Volunteers needed at KLA Spring Conference

Joint Spring Sections Conference, Cumberland Falls SRP, April 23 – 25

At the Thursday evening ice cream social in the park’s Blair Room facility, we will be holding a murder mystery party entitled, Honky Tonk Homicide. We need eight (8) brave souls to play character roles as possible suspects. The eight suspects or “Persons of Interest” are as follows: (NOTE: Descriptions were taken directly from the party guide Character Booklet)

#1 – Sheriff Sissy Wesson: The sexy, yet fierce and respected, sheriff of Cactus, Texas.

#2 – Rowdy Lawless: A bad boy with a short temper and a love for his bike.

#3 – Crystalline Daniels: The young, beautiful and promiscuous barmaid.

#4 – Reverend Jim Bob Eternity: The town’s beloved evangelist.

#5 – Mary Kay Eternity: The preacher’s wife, struggling for her own identity.

#6 – Dusty Diamond: The Karaoke Night host at Bubba’s Bar with big dreams of Country Western stardom.

#7 – Twyla Fleetwood: Proud owner of the Cactus Court Trailer Park and of her own personal nuclear holocaust bunker.

#8 – Carney Folk: An angry and sleazy carnival worker, passing through town.

Suspects will be questioned by the sheriff, as well as by “Investigative Teams” made up of audience members in the quest to find out who dun’it. All suspects, including Sheriff Wesson will receive a Character Booklet in advance of April 24 with tips on costuming and dialogue.

Interested? Call (606-326-2133) or email matthew.onion@kctcs.edu if you’d like to play a part in Honky Tonk Homicide. It’s your chance to shine as a murder mystery thespian.

ACRL launches chat series

March 11, 2008

Contact: David Free
ACRL
312-280-2517
dfree@ala.org

CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is
pleased to announce ACRL OnPoint, a new live chat series. Each informal
monthly chat session provides the opportunity to connect with colleagues
and experts to discuss an issue of the day in academic and research
librarianship.

All ACRL OnPoint chats are free and open to the public. Sessions are
unmoderated, 30-45 minutes in length and take place in a Meebo chat
room. All chat sessions begin at 1pm CDT. While no registration is
necessary to participate, ACRL recommends creating a quick and easy
Meebo account for the best experience while participating in ACRL
OnPoint discussions. Full details are available on the ACRL Web site at
http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/OnPoint/onpoint.cfm.

Join us on March 27, 2008 for the inaugural ACRL OnPoint chat on the
newly mandatory NIH Public Access Policy. The discussion of how
libraries are leveraging this new policy on campus will be convened by
ACRL Scholarly Communication Committee member Karen Williams and Linda
Watson, president of the Association of Academic Health Sciences
Libraries. Discuss actions your library is taking or could take, such as
educating authors, offering deposit services and partnering with your
office of sponsored research.

This first chat session is co-sponsored by the Association of Academic
Health Science Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, the
Greater Western Library Alliance, and the Scholarly Publishing and
Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC).

Future ACRL OnPoint chats include:

April 2008: Section 108 Study Group Report - Discuss the implications of
the recommendations and findings of this forthcoming report (expected in
mid-March) for academic libraries.

May 2008: Green Libraries - Share ideas about what libraries are, or
could be, doing to meet the growing "greening" of college and university
campuses.

June 2008: ACRL 101 - Find your path to participation to get the most
out of your ACRL membership and discuss ACRL activities at the 2008 ALA
Annual Conference with Associate Director Mary Jane Petrowski.

Visit http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/OnPoint/onpoint.cfm for
additional information, including future chat dates, full descriptions
and chat transcripts. Send ideas for future ACRL OnPoint chat topics to
acrl@ala.org with the subject heading ACRL OnPoint.

New Free Online Professional Development for ACRL Members!

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ACRL Springboard Event
April 2, 2008
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CDT
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Don't miss our first ever ACRL Springboard Event: a free 90-minute interactive webcast for ACRL members on April 2. We know that professional development is important to you, and are pleased to offer this annual program to "thank you" for your participation in ACRL.

PROGRAM
Join us on Wednesday, April 2, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CDT, for a lively discussion about the future of higher education with Henry Jenkins, the Co-Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities. Henry will also explore the skills and fluencies students will need for the 21st century and what the library can do to prepare for the future of higher education.

Henry Jenkins has published extensively on various aspects of media and popular culture, including Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide, Fans, Bloggers and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture, and From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games. He writes regularly about media and cultural change at his blog, henryjenkins.org. Henry is one of the principal investigators for The Education Arcade, a consortium of educators and business leaders working to promote the educational use of computer and video games and of the Knight Center for Future Civic Media, a joint effort with the MIT Media Lab to use new media to enhance how people live in local communities. He is one of the principle investigators for GAMBIT, a lab focused on promoting experimentation through game design, and of Project nml, a MacArthur Foundation funded project that develops curricular materials focused on promoting the social skills and cultural competencies needed to become a full participant in the new media era.

MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS REWARDS
By providing this Springboard event, the ACRL Board is responding to your feedback that professional development is one of the most important services that ACRL provides and that members want additional online learning opportunities. ACRL is pleased to offer this inaugural free professional development event for ACRL members and will continue to sponsor a free Springboard event annually if there is sufficient interest.

REGISTER NOW!
There is no registration fee for this member event, but please RSVP online at https://marvin.foresightint.com/surveys/Tier1Survey/ACRL/253 by March 26 to confirm your space in the webcast. Log-in details will be sent to you a few days before the webcast.

Questions? Contact mconahan@ala.org. We look forward to seeing you online for the ACRL Springboard Event!