ACRL UpdateWednesday, November 29, 2006

ACRL Update
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

1. ACRL 13th National Conference Scholarships - deadline to apply is December 1, 2006
2. ACRL invites applicants for IIL Immersion '07 Program - deadline to apply December 1, 2006
3. Friday, December 1 is the deadline for ACRL Awards!
4. 2007 ACRL Presidential Candidates Forum

1. ACRL 13th National Conference Scholarships - deadline to apply is December 1, 2006
ACRL is offering 85 scholarships worth more than $45,000 to support participation in the conference for librarians, students, and support staff. There are five scholarship categories and all applications must be submitted online and received by December 1, 2006. See www.acrl.org/baltimore (click on "Scholarships") for more details. Scholarships support attendance at the ACRL 13th National Conference and most provide an additional travel stipend. Scholarships for the ACRL Virtual Conference are also available and provide unique opportunities for collaboration, learning, and networking online.

2. ACRL invites applicants for IIL Immersion '07 Program - deadline to apply December 1, 2006
ACRL's Institute for Information Literacy (IIL) invites you to apply for its first international Immersion program, which will be held at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, August 5-10, 2007. Immersion '07 will be four-and-one-half days of intensive training and education for academic librarians. Immersion '07 will provide you with the intellectual tools and practical techniques to help you build or enhance your instruction programs. A faculty of nationally recognized librarians will offer the program. Program sessions fall into two separate tracks:
TEACHER TRACK. This track focuses on individual development for those who are interested in enhancing, refreshing, or extending their individual instruction skills. Curriculum includes classroom techniques, learning theory, leadership, and assessment framed in the context of information literacy.

PROGRAM TRACK. This track focuses on developing, integrating, and managing institutional and programmatic information literacy programs. Participants selected for the Program Track will develop individual case studies in advance of the Immersion program. Immersion participants will be expected to develop the case studies into an action plan for implementation at the home institution.

Complete details about Immersion '07 as well as the online application form and instructions are online at www.ala.org/acrl/events (Click "Immersion '07"). Acceptance to the Immersion Program is competitive; participation is limited to 90 individuals to ensure an environment that fosters group interaction and active participation. The application deadline is Friday, December 1, 2006.

3. Friday, December 1 is the deadline for ACRL Awards!
With almost $34,000 donated annually by corporate sponsors, ACRL has and will continue to nominate, select, and honor the very best in academic librarianship. Members are an integral part of ACRL's successful awards program. ACRL urges members to nominate colleagues whose work has influenced their thinking and growth as an academic librarian and whose contributions merit recognition by the profession.

More information, including submission procedures, past winners, criteria, and contact information, is available in the awards section of the ACRL Web site at www.ala.org/acrl.

4. 2007 ACRL Presidential Candidates Forum
Be informed! Find out where the 2007 candidates for ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect stand on the important issues facing academic and research libraries and how they would lead ACRL into the future.

Please mark your calendars now to attend the ACRL Presidential Candidates Forum and luncheon at the ALA Midwinter Meeting on Sunday, January 21, 2007, in the Grand Ballroom I of the Westin Seattle from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Candidates Erika Linke, Associate Dean of University Libraries at Carnegie Mellon University, and Scott Walter, University Librarian for Services at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will share their views on academic and research libraries and ACRL.

Come with some questions for the presidential candidates and with an appetite for the delicious luncheon generously provided by EBSCO Information Services. See you there!

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ACRL Update, November 15, 2006

ACRL UpdateWednesday, November 15, 2006

1. Share your favorite Web resource with C&RL News
2. December 8 is deadline to register for ACRL Midwinter Workshops
3. Submit a proposal for a Cyber Zed Shed presentation at the ACRL 13th National Conference
4. Applications/nominations invited for PIL editor

1. Share your favorite Web resource with C&RL News
Can you name one Web resource that you can't live without? Is there a blog out there that blows your mind? Or a wiki that wows you every time? Maybe you use a database or Web site that seems to answer your questions before you even ask them. If there's a Web resource that speaks to you, chances are it will speak to others in the profession. C&RL News wants to hear from you about these tools and how they help you succeed in your work. Whether it provides inspiration or information, we encourage you to share your thoughts about your favorite resource so that we can share them with our readers.
Submissions should be brief, providing a snapshot of the resource and why you can't live without it in about 100 words. Please make sure to include access information. Send your submissions by e-mail to Stephanie Orphan, C&RL News editor, sorphan@ala.org

2. December 8 is deadline to register for ACRL Midwinter Workshops
ACRL is offering three professional development workshops in conjunction with the 2007 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, Washington. The workshops will be held on Friday, January 19, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Registration materials and complete details about the workshops are online at www.acrl.org (click "Events & Conferences"). Friday, December 8, is the advance registration deadline.

--Assessment of Academic Library Effectiveness: Using ACRL Standards for Continuous EvaluationLearn about the new ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education as a framework for assessing all academic libraries. During this full-day workshop, discover how to use commonly-collected information: statistics for internal and peer comparison of inputs and outputs, as well as user satisfaction and service quality data for evaluating the academic library. A hands-own activity session will involve all attendees in a small group learning exercise to apply some of the principles introduced at the workshop.

--Creating the One Shot Library Workshop Step-by-StepThis workshop will provide an overview and hands-on practice of a well tested process for designing one-shot library workshops. The process, covered in the book by the presenter called Creating the One-Shot Library Workshop: A Step-by-Step Guide (ALA Editions), will help you build effective and interesting sessions that ensure learning objectives are being met. The day-long workshop will follow the basic instructional design cycle: assessment, development, design, implementation, and evaluation that is broken down into 20 steps. Find out how to employ specific techniques to avoid information overload and increase learning.

--Managing the Changing Research Models in the HumanitiesIn an academic setting where many undergraduates never learned the models for conducting research with print materials, and many graduate students and faculty struggle with evolving electronic interfaces, those transmitting research skills need new metaphors, communication techniques and, perhaps, objectives. This full-day workshop will provide an overview of the current environment in humanities research, focusing on library services and communication initiatives. Explore the effects of classroom presentation techniques on educational outcomes and acquire communication techniques to promote library services to humanities constituencies.

3. Submit a proposal for a Cyber Zed Shed presentation at the ACRL 13th National Conference
Are you a tech savvy librarian using new technologies in innovative ways to help your library be more effective, efficient and productive? Here is an opportunity to share your innovations with your colleagues, library administrators, and others at the "Cyber Zed Shed" at the ACRL 13th National Conference! The ACRL 13th National Conference Innovations Committee invites proposal submissions that document technology-related innovations in every area of the library. Whether you are teaching in a classroom, answering questions from patrons, acquiring, cataloging, processing or preserving materials, or providing other services, we're interested!

Presentations will be shared at the Cyber Zed Shed during the ACRL 13th National Conference, which will be held in Baltimore, March 29 - April 1, 2007. Cyber Zed Shed presentations will be held throughout the day on Saturday, March 31, 2007, and will be located on the exhibit floor at the Baltimore Convention Center. Proposals must be submitted by Friday, December 8.

FORMAT
Cyber Zed Shed presentations are 20-minutes in length, with fifteen minutes to present a demonstration, and five additional minutes for audience Q&A. Presentations should document technology-related innovations in academic and research libraries.

HOW TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL
The full text of the Cyber Zed Shed Call for Proposals is online at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/baltimore/program07/cyberzedshed.htm. Proposals must be submitted via the online submission form: https://marvin.foresightint.com/surveys/Tier1Survey/ACRL/133.

DEADLINE
Proposals must be submitted by Friday, December 8, 2006 (5:00 p.m. CST).

4. Applications/nominations invited for PIL editor
ACRL is accepting applications for the position of editor of ACRL Publications in Librarianship (PIL), a series of monographic and edited volumes that reports research and scholarly thinking in academic and research librarianship. The editor is appointed for a non-renewable five-year term.Applicants must be a member of the American Library Association (ALA) and ACRL. Candidates should have experience in research and writing, the ability to evaluate submissions and edit manuscripts, skills in working with authors and an understanding of publishing. The editor is expected to chair two editorial board meetings a year at the ALA Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference.

Together with a four- to seven-member editorial board, the editor is charged with encouraging research and writing that is appropriate for the series, identifying topics and authors for new books, refereeing submissions and editing manuscripts for publication. The current editorial board is developing a number of promising proposals, and the new editor will oversee some of these to publication as well as develop others.

A number of noteworthy works has been produced for the series ranging from single-authored monographs to edited collections. Recent publications include: Centers for Learning: Writing Centers and Academic Libraries in Collaboration, Publications in Librarianship no. 58, James K. Elmborg and Sheril Hook (2005); Colleges, Code, and Copyright: The Impact of Digital Networks and Technological Controls on Copyright and the Dissemination of Information in Higher Education, Publications in Librarianship no. 57, Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright (2005); The Changing Academic Library: Operations, Cultures, Environments, Publications in Librarianship, no. 56, John M. Budd (2005).

The new editor will serve on a volunteer basis and succeed Charles A. (Tony) Schwartz, whose term ends in July 2008. Interviews of candidates will take place at the 2007 Midwinter Meeting and, following approval by the ACRL Publications Committee and ACRL Board, the successful candidate will serve as associate editor from July 2007 to July 2008, before assuming the editorship.

Persons wishing to be considered for the five-year term of editor should communicate their interest by submitting a resume along with a statement of qualifications and names of three references by December 1, 2006 to: Dawn Mueller, Production Editor, ACRL, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611, 312-280-251, E-mail: dmueller@ala.org. Additional information about the Publications in Librarianship series is available from: Charles A. (Tony) Schwartz, Florida International University, Green Library, University Park Campus, 11200 SW 8th St., Miami, FL 33174-2516, (305) 348-2982, E-mail: schwartc@fiu.edu. Finalists will be interviewed at the Midwinter Meeting in January 2007.

ACRL Update Wednesday, November 1, 2006

ACRL Update
Wednesday, November 1, 2006

1. ACRL 13th National Conference Scholarships - deadline to apply is December 1, 2006
2. ACRL invites applicants for IIL Immersion ’07 Program - deadline to apply December 1, 2006
3. Win the ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award! - deadline for nominations is December 1, 2006
4. Applications/Nominations Invited for C&RL Editor - deadline is December 4, 2006

1. ACRL 13th National Conference Scholarships - deadline to apply is December 1, 2006
ACRL is offering 85 scholarships worth more than $45,000 to support participation in the conference for librarians, students and support staff. There are five scholarship categories and all applications must be submitted online and received by December 1, 2006. See www.acrl.org/baltimore (click on "Scholarships") for more details. Scholarships support attendance at the ACRL 13th National Conference and most provide an additional travel stipend. Scholarships for the ACRL Virtual Conference are also available and provide unique opportunities for collaboration, learning, and networking online.

2. ACRL invites applicants for IIL Immersion ’07 Program - deadline to apply December 1, 2006
ACRL's Institute for Information Literacy (IIL) invites you to apply for its first international Immersion program which will be held at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, August 5-10, 2007. Immersion '07 will be four-and-one-half days of intensive training and education for academic librarians. Immersion ’07 will provide you with the intellectual tools and practical techniques to help you build or enhance your instruction programs. A faculty of nationally recognized librarians will offer the program. Program sessions fall into two separate tracks:

TEACHER TRACK. This track focuses on individual development for those who are interested in enhancing, refreshing, or extending their individual instruction skills. Curriculum includes classroom techniques, learning theory, leadership, and assessment framed in the context of information literacy.

PROGRAM TRACK. This track focuses on developing, integrating, and managing institutional and programmatic information literacy programs. Participants selected for the Program Track will develop individual case studies in advance of the Immersion program. Immersion participants will be expected to develop the case studies into an action plan for implementation at the home institution. Complete details about Immersion '07 as well as the online application form and instructions are online at www.ala.org/acrl/events (Click “Immersion ‘07”). Acceptance to the Immersion Program is competitive; to ensure an environment that fosters group interaction and active participation, participation is limited to 90 individuals. The application deadline is Friday, December 1, 2006.

3. Win the ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award! - deadline for nominations is December 1, 2006
2007 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award nominations are due December 1! This award annually celebrates academic libraries that are outstanding in furthering the educational missions of their institutions. $3,000 for each type-of-library award (college, community college, and university) will be presented by Blackwell's Book Services.

We need your help to identify libraries that are deserving of this prestigious award. The Excellence in Academic Libraries Award committee is currently accepting nominations for all three awards, and the deadline is December 1, 2006. More information about the award can be found in the Awards section of the ACRL Web site, www.ala.org/acrl.

4. Applications/Nominations Invited for C&RL Editor - deadline is December 4, 2006
Applications and nominations are invited for the position of editor of College & Research Libraries (C&RL), the bimonthly, scholarly research journal of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The editor is appointed for a three-year term, which may be renewed for an additional three years. Applicants must be a member of ALA and ACRL. Qualifications include professional experience in academic libraries, a record of scholarly publication, editing experience, an ability to meet publication deadlines, an understanding of the scholarly communication process, and a broad knowledge of the issues confronting academic libraries.

Some funding for editorial assistance and travel to relevant conferences is available, and there is a small honorarium for the editor.

Appointment will be made by the ACRL Board of Directors at the 2007 Annual Conference upon the recommendation of the search committee and of the ACRL Publications Committee. The incoming editor will serve a one-year internship with the current editor before assuming full responsibility for C&RL in July 2008.

Nominations or resumes and letters of application, including the names of three references, should be sent to:

C&RL Search Committeec/o Dawn MuellerACRL50 East Huron StreetChicago, IL 60611dmueller@ala.org

The deadline for receipt of applications is December 4, 2006. Finalists will be interviewed at the Midwinter Meeting in Seattle in January 2007.