Register for ACRL e-learning webcast, "Leading Change"

Register for now for the Association of College and Research Libraries
(ACRL) e-learning webcast, "Leading Change," to be offered March 20,
2008 at 11 a.m. Pacific 12:00 p.m. Mountain 1:00 p.m. Central 2:00
p.m. Eastern.

ABOUT THE WEBCAST
How can we better understand the effects of change on our organizations
and on the people in them? During this webcast, Kathryn Deiss will
provide several models which can serve as lenses through which to view
change. Tools such as the models and techniques for helping people
through change will be provided.

After this webcast, participants will:
* Be able to use two frameworks for explaining the dynamics of
change
* Understand types of change and that not all change is the same
* Understand and be able to develop strategies for working with
"resistance" to change

PRESENTER
Kathryn J. Deiss is the Content Strategist for the Association of
College & Research Libraries at the American Library Association in
Chicago, USA. In this role she scans the research library world for
trends and best practices, acquires content to publish, and provides
organizational consulting services to institutions. She designs and
provides training and facilitation for libraries, national associations,
consortia, and museums in the United States and beyond. Kathryn has
written and presented extensively on the subjects of leadership,
innovation, coaching and mentoring, planning, organizational learning,
and organizational culture. Kathryn received her B.A. in Sociology from
Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) and her MLS from the University at
Albany.

REGISTRATION
Registration for this webcast is now open. For additional information,
including technical requirements and a link to the online registration
form, visit:

http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/leadingchange.cfm

ACRL and ALA members will receive a registration discount. The seminar
is limited to 60 participants, so register early. Payment may be made by
credit card or purchase order (PO) only.

ACRL member: $50
ALA member: $75
CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $90
Student: $40
Group*: $295

* Webcasts take place in an interactive, online classroom environment
with one user/one login. If you select the group rate, one person must
register, login, and keyboard during the event. A group registration
allows an institution to project the Webcast to participants in the same
location.

ACRL Update - February 20, 2008

1. New ACRL Podcast: 2008 Vice-President/ President Elect Candidates Talk
2. 2008 National Library Legislative Day
3. Help ACRL make 2009 its greenest year
4. Register now for e-Learning opportunities

1. New ACRL Podcast: 2008 Vice-President/ President Elect Candidates Talk
Trying to choose your candidate for ACRL Vice-President/ President Elect in the upcoming election? In the latest ACRL podcast, College & Research Libraries News editor-in-chief David Free interviews the 2008 candidates, Lori Goetsch of Kansas State University and Janice Simmons-Welburn of Marquette University. Goetsch and Simmons-Welburn discuss two important issues facing the academic and research library community and outline their plans for ACRL.

The podcast is available on the new ACRL Insider blog at http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/2008/02/11/acrl-podcast-2008-vice-president-president-elect-candidates-talk/.

Polls in the 2008 ALA election open on March 17. Make sure to get out and vote!

2. 2008 National Library Legislative Day
Be one of the hundreds of library supporters from all across the country visiting Members of Congress to share stories about libraries in your communities and to talk about the needs and accomplishments of libraries in your area during the 2008 National Library Legislative Day. The event will be held from May 13-14, 2008 in Washington, DC. More information on events, hotel accommodations, and registration is available at http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/washevents/nlld/nlld2008.cfm. The registration deadline is Friday, April 4, 2008.

While in Washington, join your academic and research library colleagues at a special ACRL luncheon on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at the Holiday Inn on the Hill. RSVP for the complimentary luncheon by Monday, April 28, 2008, at https://marvin.foresightint.com/surveys/Tier1Survey/ACRL/242.

If you can’t make it to Washington, participate in "Virtual Legislative Day." Find out how at http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/washevents/nlld/virtuallibrarylegislativeday/vlld.cfm.

3. Help ACRL make 2009 its greenest year
The ACRL Green Conference Committee is a new component committee of the National Conference Coordinating Committee. Its charge is to reduce the environmental impact of the 2009 National Conference in Seattle WA, to educate and inform participants about the environmental costs of attending the conference, and to set precedent for greener conferences in the future for ACRL and ALA.

Please help the Green Conference Committee by completing a brief survey about ways to "green" the conference. There are only a few questions; depending on your enthusiasm, the survey should take you five to ten minutes. The survey is available online at https://marvin.foresightint.com/surveys/Tier1Survey/ACRL/246.

Your feedback will be used to shape the committee's work over the next year. The deadline to complete the survey is Friday, February 29.

4. Register now for e-Learning opportunities
Registration is now open for two upcoming ACRL e-Learning opportunities. The Webcast “Getting Started with Screencasting,” will be offered on March 11. This two hour session will explore screencasting—delivering screen captures via RSS—and its potential applications in the academic library. Participants will be provided with examples of screencasts, information on various software applications used to create screencasts, and tips for choosing content, preparing, recording and delivering a screencast.

“Electronic Collection Development for the Academic E-library” will be offered March 10-28, 2008. In this hands-on course you will learn to create an academic e-library collection development plan for free and fee-based Web-accessible resources for a patron community of your choice. Students will focus on developing a collection plan for one library patron group of their choice. Patron groups may include: faculty, students, researchers, general public, subject specialists, etc. This collection plan will be developed in five parts. Each part includes lecture, discussion and hands-on activities that will step participants through creating or assessing a collection plan for developing a e-library collection.

Additional details on both e-Learning opportunities, including learning outcomes and registration materials, is available online at http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/elearning.cfm. Contact Jon Stahler at jstahler@ala.org for more information.

Registration closes on March 5. Don’t miss out!

Register for ACRL e-learning webcast, "Getting Started with Screencasting"

Register now for the Association of College and Research Libraries
(ACRL) e-learning webcast, "Getting Started with Screencasting," to be
offered March 11, 2008 at 11 a.m Pacific 12:00 p.m. Mountain 1:00
p.m. Central 2:00 p.m. Eastern.

ABOUT THE WEBCAST
This two hour session will explore screencasting-delivering screen
captures via RSS-and its potential applications in the academic library.
Participants will be provided with examples of screencasts, information
on various software applications used to create screencasts, and tips
for choosing content, preparing, recording and delivering a screencast.

PRESENTER
Courtney Greene is Instruction & Online Learning Librarian at DePaul
University, where she is also pursuing a second master's degree in
Human-Computer Interaction. Courtney is an experienced instructor,
presenting library research instruction, teaching at both the
undergraduate and graduate level for DePaul's First Year Program and
School for New Learning. Additionally, she regularly presents continuing
education sessions for library staff on topics related to technology,
reference, and library instruction through library systems in the
Chicago metropolitan area. Additionally, Courtney has developed
Web-based library instruction for DePaul departments and for the
Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI).
Courtney earned her Master of Library Science degree, as well as a BA in
English and Journalism, from Indiana University-Bloomington.

REGISTRATION
Registration for this webcast is now open. For additional information,
including technical requirements and a link to the online registration
form, visit:
http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/screencasting.cfm

ACRL and ALA members will receive a registration discount. The seminar
is limited to 60 participants, so register early. Payment may be made by
credit card or purchase order (PO) only.

ACRL member: $50
ALA member: $75
CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $90
Student: $40
Group*: $295

* Webcasts take place in an interactive, online classroom environment
with one user/one login. If you select the group rate, one person must
register, login, and keyboard during the event. A group registration
allows an institution to project the Webcast to participants in the same
location.

Register for ACRL e-learning course, "Electronic Collection Development for the Academic E-Library"

Register for now for the Association of College and Research Libraries
(ACRL) e-learning course, "Electronic Collection Development for the
Academic E-library," to be offered March 10-28, 2008.

ABOUT THE COURSE
In this hands-on course you will learn to create an academic e-library
collection development plan for free and fee-based Web-accessible
resources for a patron community of your choice. Students will focus on
developing a collection plan for one library patron group of their
choice. Patron groups may include: faculty, students, researchers,
general public, subject specialists, etc. This collection plan will be
developed in five parts. Each part includes lecture, discussion and
hands-on activities that will step participants through creating or
assessing a collection plan for developing a e-library collection.

The instructor will use examples of well planned and designed
e-libraries on the Web to illustrate each part.

Electronic Collection Development for the Academic E-Library is a
primarily asynchronous seminar, allowing participants to work through
course material at times convenient to them throughout the week.
Participants may also choose to schedule chat time with one another or
with the instructor, as they feel necessary. Specific material and
activities are expected to be covered during each week of the course.
Threaded discussion forums will be available for use in activities and
other course-related conversations.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, you will:

* have developed selection criteria, plan for collection, evaluation,
organization, and maintenance of an e-library collection for the patron
group of your choice at your library.

* have begun identifying, evaluating, selecting, and collecting
appropriate free and fee-based Web-accessible resources for your
e-library.

Participants will end the session with a completed collection
development plan for the e-library collection they wish to develop
including:
* collection plan abstract or introduction
* collection strategy
* collection organization plan
* collection maintenance plan

INSTRUCTOR
Diane Kovacs, Kovacs Consulting
The instructor has been teaching virtual reference related concepts and
skills online and in-person for more than 14 years. She is the author of
The Virtual Reference Handbook: Interview and Information Delivery
Techniques for the Chat and E-Mail Environments Neal-Schuman Publishers
(2007) published concurrently in the United Kingdom by Facet Publishers
(2007) and The Kovacs Guide to Electronic Library Collection
Development: Essential Core Subject Collections, Selection Criteria,
and Guidelines (Neal-Schuman, January 2004). Additional Biographical
Information is available at http://www.kovacs.com/aboutus.html.

REGISTRATION
Registration for this seminar is now open. For additional information
and a link to the online registration form, visit:

http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/ecolldev.cfm

ACRL and ALA members will receive a registration discount. The seminar
is limited to 60 participants, so register early. Payment may be made by
credit card or purchase order (PO) only.
ACRL member: $135
ALA member: $175
CACUL member: Can$195 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $195
Student: $60

Upcoming Spring KLA Conference Apr. 23 - 25

Hello Section Members,

Your Joint Spring Conference Planners have been hard at work planning the spring conference, Unity of Purpose, in Concord with Those We Serve, which promises to be exciting and fun.
Our continuing education begins with the Pre-Conference speaker, Professor Louis Manchise (Northern Kentucky University). His presentation, Preparing, Doing, and Enjoying Negotiating, will focus on the important preparation step for negotiating anything.
We also have an impressive lineup of featured speakers and presenters. George Needham (OCLC) will be our Opening Session speaker on Thursday morning. His presentation, To See Ourselves as Others See Us, will address the findings of three landmark reports on the ways in which librarians and the public perceive, use, and evaluate information.

Our Closing Session, Five Servant/Leaders Who Changed the World, by Dr. Michael Colegrove (University of the Cumberlands), will focus on the characteristics of five servant/leaders who had a major impact on today’s world. We will also have an author presentation at lunch on Thursday by Richard Taylor (Kentucky State University).

The planning committee would especially like to encourage you to attend the Wednesday and Thursday night social events. On Wednesday, come and enjoy good wine, beer, soft drinks, and appetizers while watching your fellow colleagues take each other on at Guitar Hero—or maybe the Wii or Dance Revolution is more your style. Even if you aren’t a gamer, we guarantee you will have fun watching your colleagues!

On Thursday night, we will be hosting an Ice Cream Social with our very own Murder Mystery. You don’t want to miss out on the fun!

For more information and the registration form, please see:

http://www.kylibasn.org/upcomingconf353.cfm

Hope to see you there,

Matt Onion
ALS Chair, 2008

JSC Planning Committee
Matt Onion, ALS Chair
Jason Vance, ALS Chair-Elect
Leoma Dunn, SLS Chair
Terry Buckner, SLS Chair-Elect
Jan Berry, KY Chapter President
Mykie Howard, KY Chapter President-Elect


(Posted on behalf of Matt Onion, ALA Chair 2008)

ACRL seeks presentations for 2009 professional development programs

ACRL invites proposal submissions for a half-day or full-day professional development programs to be held prior to the 2009 ALA Midwinter Meeting or the 2009 ALA Annual Conference. Submissions will be accepted through April 7, 2008.

FORMAT

Professional development programs should allow participants to develop skills related to a specific topic and should focus on interactive learning through a variety of presentation styles. Programs that offer practical tips and cutting-edge techniques are especially encouraged. Proposals should explicitly outline activities that will be incorporated during the session to enable attendees to achieve the session’s learning outcomes. Programs can either be half-day or full-day sessions.

PRESENTATION DATES

2009 ALA Midwinter Meeting. ACRL workshops will be held on Friday, January 23, 2009, in Denver.

2009 ALA Annual Conference. ACRL preconferences will be held on Friday, July 10, 2009, in Chicago.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL

Proposals should be submitted via the online proposal form:
https://marvin.foresightint.com/surveys/Tier1Survey/ACRL/241

The deadline for submissions is 5:00 p.m. PST, Monday, April 7, 2008. Proposals must include the following:

1. Complete contact information for all speakers.
2. Presentation title.
3. Presentation description. Outline the
main points of the program, including its relevance to attendees and how you would incorporate at least one active learning exercise in your session (approx. 500 words).
4. Short presentation description. (approx. 100 words)
5. Support of ACRL Strategic Plan. Outline how your program would support the ACRL Strategic Plan.
6. At least three learning outcomes and how they will be achieved.
7. Indicate whether program will be held at the 2009 Midwinter Meeting or Annual Conference.
8. Indicate whether program has been offered before for ACRL.
9. Program length.
10. Maximum number of attendees.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Proposals will be evaluated by the ACRL Professional Development Coordinating Committee for clarity, originality, and timeliness. Selection criteria are online at http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/2009call.cfm.

Notifications will be issued by May 2008. Visit http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/2009call.cfm for complete details. Questions? Contact Margot Conahan at mconahan@ala.org or 312-280-2522.

ACRL Update

Monday, February 4, 2008

1. Peter Hernon named ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year

2. ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries winners announced

3. Scholarships available for the 2008 ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute

4. Register for "Combating Student Plagiarism" Webcast by Feb. 6

5. ACRL preconferences at 2008 ALA Annual Conference


1. Peter Hernon named ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year
Dr. Peter Hernon, professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College, has been named the 2008 ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. The award, sponsored by YBP Library Services, recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who has made a significant national or international contribution to academic/research librarianship and library development. Dr. Hernon was selected for the award based on his significant research contributions over the past thirty years.

Read the official award press release at www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2008/january2008/hernon08.htm for more information on the award and Dr. Hernon’s career and contributions to librarianship.

2. ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries winners announced
ACRL is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award. Sponsored by ACRL and Blackwell’s Book Services, the award recognizes the staff of a college, university, and community college library for programs that deliver exemplary services and resources to further the educational mission of the institution.

The 2008 winners are McMaster University in the University Library category, Carleton College in the College Library category, and Pasadena City College in the Community College Library category.

Visit the official award press release at www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2008/january2008/academic08.htm for more information on the 2008 winners.

3. Scholarships available for the 2008 ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute
ACRL is pleased to announce the availability of two scholarships to support participation at the 2008 ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute, which will be held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 3-8, 2008. In support of ACRL's commitment to librarians serving diverse communities, these two scholarships are for individuals currently working in Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Tribal Colleges or Universities; or Hispanic Serving Institutions. The scholarship covers the cost of tuition to the Institute ($2,300 value).

The ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute is designed for directors of libraries and those who report directly to them in positions such as associate university librarian or assistant library dean. The program will also be useful for others who are regularly involved in senior-level decision making affecting the entire library operation and involving other important relationships on campus. Complete details about the program are online at www.ala.org/acrl/events (Click “Harvard Institute”).

Complete the application form available at: https://marvin.foresightint.com/surveys/Tier1Survey/ACRL/239. The deadline to apply is February 29, 2008. Notifications will be issued in late March 2008.

4. Register for "Combating Student Plagiarism" Webcast by Feb. 6
Wednesday, February 6, is the deadline to register for the ACRL Webcast "The Role of the Librarian in Combating Student Plagiarism." The Webcast will be presented on February 11, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific, 12:00 p.m. Mountain, 1:00 p.m. Central, and 2:00 p.m. Eastern.

This 1.5-hour Webcast explores the role of the academic librarian in combating student plagiarism and the "culture of copy" that our students inhabit. Examine why plagiarism poses problems for higher education professionals including academic librarians, why use of discipline-based approaches helps combat plagiarism effectively, how to design effective information literacy session assignments to help students understand how they can avoid plagiarism, and more. Lynn Lampert, coordinator of information literacy and instruction at California State University-Northridge, will lead the Webcast. She has specialized in the area of information literacy instruction since she began her professional career as an academic librarian in 1998.

For more information, including details about the Webcast, learning outcomes, and a link to registration, visit www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/plagiarism.htm. Submit your registration materials by February 6!

5. ACRL preconferences at 2008 ALA Annual Conference
ACRL is offering three professional development preconferences in conjunction with the 2008 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Anaheim. All three preconference workshops will take place on June 27, 2008. The 2008 preconferences are “Assessment of Academic Library Effectiveness: Using ACRL Standards for Continuous Evaluation,” “Library Instruction 2.0: Building Your Online Instruction Toolkit,” and “Mindfully Resolving Conflicts: Facilitation for Diversity Issues.”

Complete details about these ACRL professional development preconferences are available online at www.ala.org/acrl/events (click “ACRL @ Annual”). Registration is now open at www.acrl.org (click “Events & Conferences”). The advance registration deadline is May 16, 2008. Questions? Contact Margot Conahan at mconahan@ala.org or 312-280-2522.