Nominations sought for the 2020 KACRL Outstanding Academic Librarian Award!

(posted on behalf of the KACRL Awards Committee)

Hello!

It is time to nominate an outstanding academic librarian for the 2020 KACRL (Kentucky Association of College and Research Libraries) Outstanding Academic Librarian Award!

There are many deserving academic librarians in the state, so please take the time to nominate a colleague!  The guidelines and nomination form are attached.  Please complete the nomination form and submit it, along with a brief supporting statement, to sean.kinder@wku.edu by July 5, 2020.

Thank you,

Sean

Sean Kinder, Chair, KACRL's Awards Committee

Western Kentucky University Libraries

Academic Libraries - KYVL wants to hear from you! What KYVL databases are important to you?

 Hey, academic library blog folks,

The KYVL Collections survey is going out to all KY libraries; please participate! This is your chance to make sure the voice of academic libraries is represented well, by your participation in the survey!

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Which KYVL databases are essential to your library's services? Which ones could you live without? If you could add one new resource to KYVL, what would it be?

Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with the KYVL Collections Work Group as they seek to advise KYVL in evaluation and selection of databases. You will have the opportunity to rate 26 individual KYVL databases.

The target audience for the survey is all Kentucky librarians and library staff; your institution does not have to be a KYVL member.

Please visit kyvl.libwizard.com/f/collections to take the survey, and encourage your colleagues to do the same. When it comes to keeping, dropping or adding a database, your input could make the difference.

The survey will remain open through Sunday, February 9, 2020

Outstanding Academic Librarian Award

It is time to nominate a wonderful academic librarian for the 2019 KLA – Academic Library Section Outstanding Academic Librarian Award!

There are many deserving academic librarians in the state, so please take the time to nominate a colleague! Nominations can be sent directly to Nancy Richey at nancy.richey@wku.edu along with a brief supporting statement and the Word form that was emailed to the Academic listserv 5/28/19 (and to the KLA listserv on 6/3/19)

Nominations will close on July 15th, so if you have know of a deserving academic librarian, please nominate them for the award.

 

This award is given annually to a librarian who has consistently provided outstanding service to the academic library profession in Kentucky. 

Thank you,

Nancy Richey

ACRL Live Webcast - June 12, 2019

The Kentucky Library Association Academic Library Section will be hosting the following ACRL Live Webcast at several locations around the state. Pick a viewing location, and register now!

Controversial Topics and Difficult Dialogues - Strategies for Addressing Misinformation in the Library

Wednesday, 6/12/2019, 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (Eastern), 1:00 PM-2:00 PM (Central)

 Misinformation and fake news are deeply complex and often fraught issues that can be difficult to address in the library. Misinformation is in many respects designed to play on people’s emotions, to polarize issues, and to heighten controversy. Navigating these currents in lessons on media literacy is a challenge many librarians face. This webcast will focus on strategies, techniques, and ideas to empower librarians to confidently tackle topics like misinformation in the library. If librarians are empowered and confident in their ability to address misinformation in the library, then they can better empower their patrons to strengthen their own media literacy skills and grapple with misinformation themselves.

In this webcast, participants will first unpack some of the trends, concepts, and ideas surrounding misinformation, Next participants will discuss and explore strategies and techniques for addressing controversial or polarizing information in the library. Participants will leave with concrete strategies and action plans that they can implement in their own libraries for tackling controversial topics, misinformation, and media literacy. This webcast will incorporate ample time for interactive discussion, reflection, brainstorming, sharing, and questions.

Live Webcast Viewing Locations

University of the Cumberlands

Eastern Kentucky University

Northern Kentucky University

Jefferson Community and Technical College*

University of Kentucky*

*Refreshments provided.

Additional parking and location information is available on the registration page.

Please register now, and share this information with your colleagues. We'll see you on June 12!

Project Outcome for Academic Libraries

Project Outcome for Academic Libraries: Data for Impact and Improvement

Workshop presented by ACRL

Friday, October 25, 2019  •  1-4PM

2019 KLA Conference

Holiday Inn University Plaza, Bowling Green, KY

Project Outcome is a free toolkit that helps libraries easily measure learning outcomes for programs and services and use that data as the basis for improvements and advocacy. Attend this workshop to learn more!

acrl.projectoutcome.org