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Chapters Council Meeting, ALA Midwinter-San Diego, CA
ACRL CANDIDATES FORUM AND LUNCHEON You are invited to hear Camila Alire and Charles Kratz, the official candidates for ACRL vice-president/president-elect, speak at the ACRL Presidential Candidates Forum on Sunday, January 11, 2003, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at the Embassy Suites, Monterey Ballroom during the Midwinter Meeting in San Diego. Alire is the Dean of Library Services at the University of New Mexico. Kratz is the Dean of Libraries and Director of Information Resources, Customer Service and Training at the University of Scranton. The forum, organized by the ACRL Chapters Council, will be followed by a light lunch, sponsored by EBSCO Subscription Services.
Celebrating 15 Years of Information Literacy In January 1989, ALA released "The Presidential Committee on Information Literacy: Final Report," which is credited as marking the start of the information literacy movement. Join us at the Midwinter Meeting as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of this groundbreaking document. The AASL/ACRL Presidential Report on Information Literacy 15th Anniversary Celebration will be held Monday, January 12, 2004 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the San Diego Convention Center. This event immediately follows the ACRL President's Discussion Forum.
Online Balloting in 2004 In the 2004 elections, ALA will introduce online voting. Electronic ballot information will be transmitted to all ALA members with valid email addresses in March 2004. As with the paper ballot, members will be able to vote for ALA officers, councilors, and division and roundtable officers via the election web site. ALA members without valid email addresses on file and members who prefer to vote via paper ballot will receive materials by mail. Between now and February 2004, members are encouraged to update their contact information by going to www.ala.org and logging into the members' only area. Professional Development with Impact @ your library ACRL's professional development programs help you keep up with the changing nature of higher education and academic and research librarianship. Save the dates for these distinctive events. Complete details are online at www.ala.org/acrl/events
Share your ideas with a national audience! ACRL's National Conference Executive Committee invites you to submit a proposal for the 12th National Conference, "Currents and Convergence: Navigating the Rivers of Change," to be held in Minneapolis, April 7-10, 2005. The conference will focus on the increased emphasis on interdisciplinary research and technology, which has librarians constantly "Navigating the Rivers of Change" to provide information access that connects people and resources in new ways.
California It's been a busy year for CARL (California Academic and Research Libraries). Our Interest Groups SEAL (Science and Engineering Librarians in Academic Libraries) South, SCIL (Southern California Instruction Librarians) and CARLDIG (California Academic Reference Librarians Discussion and Interest Group) held a joint Meeting in April entitled "Integrating Information Literacy Into the Disciplines: Is Science Different?" at Cal Poly Pomona. In May, SEAL-North sponsored a field trip, with special tours and exhibits to mark the 100th anniversary of the U.S. national wildlife refuge system, at the Don E. Edwards National Wildlife Refuge in Fremont. Also in May, SCIL offered a Spring Program: "Moving from Traditional BI to an Integrated Information Literacy Program" at CSU Long Beach. Dr. Ilene Rockman, Manager of the Information Competence Initiative, The California State University, was the keynote speaker. DIAL (Diversity in Academic Libraries)'s summer program at Hacienda Heights was entitled "New Diversity Perspectives: Practice & Action in Instruction, Gender Studies & Disability Services". Speakers included Susan Luévano, Tiffini Travis & Eileen Wakiji, of California State University, Long Beach, on "If You Can Walk You Can Dance: Adapting & Assessing a Black Studies Faculty Information Literacy Course", Yolanda Retter Vargas of the University of Southern California who spoke on "One Archive: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered Collection at USC", and Stephanie Davis-Kahl of UC Irvine on the "Latest Trends in Disability Services." ABLE South (Academic Business Librarians Exchange)'s Fall Program in October was entitled "Designing and assessing student business research assignments: Strategies for business faculty and librarians." Held at CSU Northridge and co-sponsored by SCIL (Southern California Instruction Librarians), the workshop posed such questions as these: "Do you want to improve the quality of student business research reports? Are you concerned that students rely too heavily on the web for their sources? How can you assess the quality of their business research?" California business faculty and librarians joined together to explore the best strategies for designing and assessing business research assignments. The day included short takes on successful research assignments and assessment examples to prime participants' creativity. Attendees had an opportunity to develop or refine their own research activities, and heard examples from business schools that are building information competencies into their curriculum and using them in student learning outcomes. Activities in the Northern part of the state have included an End of Fall Gathering for CARL-North members at historic Preservation Park in Oakland in early December. The meeting, which included music of the season performed by members of the Baroque Choral Guild, focused on the Interest Groups of CARL-North. CARL members North and South are currently working hard to prepare for the 2004 CARL Conference to be held April 22-25, 2004 in Pasadena , entitled "Mission Architecture: Philosophical Foundations of Academic & Research Libraries". Visit our web page (http://www.carl-acrl.org) to find out more. Judy Clarence Delaware Valley The Chapter annually awards stipends to library school students, living or working in the Chapter's service area, who are interested in an academic librarian career. The winners of the 2003 Student Stipends were announced at the Chapter's spring program on May 30, 2003. The Board received 19 applications from students attending four library schools. The winners were Louise Hyder-Darlington and Mary Metzger. Each winner was presented with a check of $1,500. Additional information on the stipend and the 2003 winners can be found in the Chapter's Fall 2003 newsletter, available online at http://www.acrldvc.org/fall03.pdf. Joe Fennewald Florida
Afternoon Session Fifty-seven people attended the workshop and engaged the presenters in several lively and informative exchanges. The Chapter formally started a mentor program in October, and has began the process of selecting a coordinator who will oversee the tasks of matching mentors with protégées, as well as act as a spokesperson for the program. Information about the program is available here. http://www.unf.edu/library/facrl/mentoring0903.html Some of our Board members have agreed to interview Past Presidents of FACRL and post the summaries on the FACRL web site. We invite you to visit our web site at http://facrl.fcla.edu Mervyn Solomon, FACRL President Georgia The Academic Library Division of the Georgia Library Association/ Georgia ACRL Chapter met at the GLA annual conference, October 22-24, 2003. The conference was held at Jekyll Island, GA and was a joint one with the Georgia Council of Media Organizations. The following Georgia ACRL Chapter officers were elected and will take office on January 1, 2004
The Chapter sponsored the following program events at the conference: 1. "Academic Libraries and the TEACH Act: Serving Distance Learning Programs." 2. Academic Library Division Luncheon. Dr. Ralph Russell, Associate Executive Director, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), was the luncheon speaker. Dr. Russell is the only librarian who serves as an Associate Executive Director of SACS. He is Emeritus University Librarian and Professor of Georgia State University, and the ACRL Research Librarian of the Year for 1995. He spoke about the major changes for academic libraries in the new SACS Principles of Accreditation, which take effect in January 2004. He discussed the changes in procedures necessitated by these new regional accreditation standards.The program included a brief business meeting, as well as the announcement of prizes and the presentation of award checks for the best presented papers. Best paper awards were presented to: Beth Mowry for, "The Elusive Core Collection: A Search for the Sources in Which it Might Lurk." (Cash award presented by Blackwell's Book Services) Susan D. Morris for, "Lending Electronic Theses and Dissertations at the University of Georgia Libraries-New Connections, New Perspectives, Changes for Everybody." (Cash award presented by EBSCO Information Services) 3. "SACS Standards 2004: A Compliance Strategy for Academic Libraries." 4. "Harnessing the Internet: Integrating Web Sites into the OPAC" 5. Presented Papers. Catherine Lee (chair of the selection committee), facilitator.
6. "Alternative Health @ Your Library." 7. "Higher Education Standards for Libraries (2003): New ACRL Multi-Type Standards. " GA ACRL Chapter/GLA Academic Division members took part in the annual Georgia Library Association Leadership Conference in Atlanta on December 6, 2002. This conference provided an overview of GLA plans for the year, and was an excellent opportunity for Chapter planning for the coming year. At the annual Georgia Library Association awards banquet, the following ACRL members received awards: Dr. George Gaumond, The Nix-Jones Award Iowa ILA/ACRL has had two successful conferences this year. The Spring Conference was held Friday, May 2, 2003 at the University of Dubuque. The theme of the conference was "Know Your Rights: The First Amendment and Academic Libraries". The keynote speech was given by Ralph Gregory Elliot, a partner in the law firm of Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn which is based in Hartford, CT. Ralph Elliot, a graduate of Yale Law School and Adjunct Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, is a speaker for the Center for First Amendment Rights and has taught, written, and lectured extensively on First Amendment issues. Another project of ILA/ACRL is the Information Literacy Forum Challenges, Practices and Questions found at http://www.iren.net/acrl/il/forum.html . It is a place where members can post ideas that may be useful in planning and conducting information use instruction. The ILA/ACRL website is at http://www.iren.net/acrl/ and the newsletters are found at http://www.iren.net/acrl/newsletter/index.html. Visit to learn more Indiana The Indiana Chapter will be sponsoring five programs and our traditional luncheon business meeting during the Indiana Library Federation’s Annual Conference, April 12-14, 2004. Matthew Battles, a contributor to Harper's and a Harvard librarian, will be our keynote speaker and will be signing his book, Library: An Unquiet History. In addition, Mr. Battles will present a program entitled “Reading the Library.” Capitalizing on the strengths of the Indiana University Library system, librarians from The Kinsey Institute will present “Alfred C. Kinsey's Legacy: The Library and Archives of Sexuality and Gender Resources.” Less titillating, but still on the archival theme, “Indiana Materials in Academic Libraries” will focus on Hoosier history and recent efforts to digitize these unique materials. Check out the U.S. Steel Gary Works Photograph Collection at http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/steel/ for an excellent example of recent projects. “Collaborating with Faculty: Investigating How Students Search and Research” and “Overseas Opportunities for Indiana Librarians” will round out our programming. If you’re in Indianapolis April 12-14, 2004, please join us. Ellen M. Bosman, M.L.S. Kansas Wichita State University hosted the annual fall conference of the College & University Libraries Section (CULS) on October 23 & 24, 2003. The conference theme was Bailing Wire and Duct Tape: Keeping It Together, Moving Forward, a topic suggesting that despite budget crises and the changing academic library environment, academic libraries must continue to fulfill their roles in the academic community. There were nineteen presentations on a variety of topics. The keynoter, Dr. Edward Hammond, a futurist, spoke on the Future Of Higher Education And Academic Libraries. Dr. Hammond suggested in his presentation that predicting the future is not a matter of gazing into a crystal ball but is a result of studying the past. Civilization has gone through many ages: hunting and gathering; agricultural; industrial; technological; to a future biotechnological age. Each new age came about as a result of increasing world population. Brice Hobrock, Dean of Libraries at Kansas State University, was presented the Contribution Award for exhibiting distinguished contributions to a CULS library or the larger CULS community. Susan Araas Vesley, Ft. Hays State University, received the Beginning Professional Award given to new professionals for making a positive impact on the quality and role of library service. A noteworthy event of the Conference was the passage of the complete revision of the Section's Bylaws, making them more in conformity with those of the Kansas Library Association and the ACRL. Joseph Forte Kentucky The Academic Library Section of the Kentucky Library Assn. and ACRL Kentucky Chapter sponsored Dr. George H. Pike, Director of the Barco Law Library at the University of Pittsburgh at the KLA Annual Conference in October. His presentation," Digital Copyright: Issues, Development, and Keeping Legal", explored the history of the copyright law in the United States and how the digital world has impacted fair use for libraries. Conflicts between the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and digital resources were summarized through a discussion of recent court cases dealing with fair use, extensions of the copyright law, and peer-to-peer copying. The slate of officers for 2003-04 year are: Chair-Elect/Vice-Chair: Rose Davis, Western Kentucky University; Secretary: Susan Henthorn, Berea College; and Treasurer: Nelda Sims, Western Kentucky University. Stacey Nickell Louisiana ACRL/LA President Dennis C. Tucker hosted the Louisiana chapter annual conference at the beautiful Cypress Bend Resort in Many, LA, on November 6-7, 2003. The conference theme was "Librarians as Leaders for Learning: Information Literacy in Today's World." Keynote speaker, Dr. Patricia Senn Breivik, is Dean of the University Library at San Jose State University, Chair of the National Forum on Information Literacy, and a past President of ACRL. Dr. Breivik's remarks were not only practical, but inspirational, as she reminded us never to neglect to take time to rejoice in what we are doing. Several of the breakout sessions focused on this important topic. Other tracks focused on faculty/library cooperation, technology, and reference services. Several vendors gave demonstrations of their new products. Kate Nevins, Executive Director of Solinet, gave a keynote presentation on "Librarians and Change." Vendors hosted the morning break on Friday, exhibiting their wares in the conference hall. Vendors and local businesses provided so many door prizes that every attendee got one! The conference program and notes and slides from some of the presentations can be seen at http://www.nsula.edu/watson_library/acrl/. At its semi-annual meeting held at the conference, the Executive Committee voted to start an electronic mailing list for the Chapter. While there are other statewide library mailing lists, there is none exclusively for ACRL. Some ACRL members participate in some of the other lists, but not all. As next year's conference will be in the northeast Louisiana city of Monroe, the group voted to invite the Mississippi Chapter and to explore the possibility of a joint conference. The chapter's homepage can be found at http://library.mcneese.edu/acrl/. Dennis C. Tucker, PhD, MAT, MLS Minnesota The Minnesota Chapter of ACRL sponsored eleven terrific sessions at the Minnesota Library Associations annual fall conference, held in Rochester, Minnesota on September 24-26th, 2003. Topics included:
Visit the ARLD @ MLA web site to view descriptions of the sessions and presenter names and to view hand out materials from selected sessions. Our Chair, Karen Fischer accepted a new position in the state of Washington, so our Chair-elect, Julie Kelley, graciously stepped forward to accept the official Chair duties over the summer of 2003. To learn more about Minnesota ARLD chapter activities, please visit http://www.mnlibraryassociation.org/ARLD%20Home.htm. Karen Docherty, Nebraska
Glenn Ohlmann, Technical Services Librarian at Concordia University's Link Library, received the Section's annual Distinguished Service Award. At its fall business meeting, the Section voted to donate $500 to the Nebraska Library Association's Louise Nixon Scholarship Fund. A contribution of $300 to the ALA CIPA Legal Fund was also approved. Our annual spring meeting will be held at Concordia University in Seward on Friday, May 21, 2004. The C&U Section's officers for 2003/2004 are: Chair - Robert Nash (University of Nebraska at Omaha), Vice Chair/Chair-Elect - Sara Martin (College of St. Mary), Secretary - Christa Burns (Nebraska Library Commission), Treasurer - Dee Yost (Hastings College), Past Chair - Barbara Cornelius (Nebraska Wesleyan University), ACRL Representative - Kira Barnes (University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Robert Nash Eastern New York The issue of "library as place" was explored at the Fall conference titled "2003: A (Library) Space Odyssey." Having unveiled a new library building in the Spring, SUNY Institute of Technology in Utica was the perfect site. Director Daniel Schabert made a presentation of the process to implement a construction design for a library for the 21st century. From the macro issues of collaboration and design to the micro level of furniture selection and working with (and around) the NYS contract, Mr. Schabert presented a wealth of insight that can serve prospective library projects of all sizes. Panelists from Syracuse University (Pam McLaughlin), Hamilton College (Ken Herold), and SUNY Geneseo (Jeff Liles) shared their approaches to the implementation of wireless technology, which differs quite distinctly in each institution. Eight poster sessions provided detail on smaller renovation projects. Chan McKenzie from Rochester Institute of Technology and Jean Mahalov of the College of St. Rose engaged in a lively "debate" over the installation of coffee cafes in academic librarians. Coffee won. Planning is underway for the Spring conference, "Chaos Controlled: Harnessing Collections in the Digital Age," on May 17, 2004 at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs. James G. Neal, University Librarian at Columbia, will make the keynote address. Deborah Andersen, professor at SUNY Albany's School of Information Science & Policy, will address the topic of scholarly communication and tenure. Inga H. Barnello Greater New York ACRL/NY, the Greater New York Chapter, presented their 23rd annual symposium on Friday Nov. 21, 2003 at Baruch College in Manhattan. The Symposium, "Operation Intellectual Freedom: Librarians on the Front Line" focused on the Patriot act and its implications for us. It was a resounding success, as the evaluations received so far indicate! The format of the symposium was changed from the previous years for a variety of reasons. We had 4 speakers in the morning - Judith Krug, Director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom and Lee Strickland, U.S. Senior Intelligence Service Officer, and Visiting Professor, University of Maryland were the first group, followed by Daniel Lyons, Associate Division Counsel for the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Siva Vaidhyanathan, Professor, New York University, Department of Culture and Communication. The morning session was followed by lunch, where all lunch tables were given index cards and asked to come up with questions for the speakers in the afternoon. The afternoon session (and it was a beautiful day yet it looked as though everyone stayed!) was moderated by Rick Karr, of National Public Radio. We chose this format because of the political nature of the topic. We did not want the question and answer period to become a political soapbox for one side or the other, hence the moderated session. The afternoon session was extremely valuable and while some questions and remarks did come from the floor (as they did for Lee Strickland in the morning), almost all were completely on topic. The importance of the topic cannot be underestimated. CUNY (the City University of New York) had a program on the same topic on the same day, and both were completely subscribed. The program and abstracts are on the symposium site at http://www.acrlny.org/symp2003/program.html#description. Please feel free to contact me for any other information. Ohio For ALAO (Academic Library Association of Ohio), each Fall the big event is our annual conference. Information, Innovation, Inspiration: Making the Connection was held November 14, 2003 in Dublin Ohio. Over 375 attended the conference hearing our featured speaker, Sally
Some additional ALAO Highlights:
Susan Scott South Carolina On October 23rd, Richard Moul, director of the Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries, presented a report entitled "PASCAL: History and Direction." This presentation outlined the partnership goals and progress towards resource sharing among SC academic libraries. Moul's presentation was sponsored by the College and University Section of the South Carolina Library Association. Following the program, the Section held its annual business meeting in which two ACRL Chapter Representatives were elected: John Prtichett and Drucie Gullion. According to chapter records, South Carolina's participation in ACRL has been dormant since 1999. With the election of these representatives we hope to reinvigorate the SC chapter of ACRL. Burton Callicott Washington
Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia Chapter The Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia Chapter of the ACRL (WPWVC/ARCL), held their Fall 2003 membership meeting on November 14, 2003 at Robert Morris University in Moon Township, PA. The meeting began with board members and committee chairs being introduced to the members. Jonathan Miller, Program Committee Chair, promoted the Spring 2004 program. Liz Evans, Nominations/ Elections Committee Chair, promoted the upcoming election. Erike Linke, Chapter President, briefly discussed National Library Legislation Day and asked for members to consider acting as Legislative Liaison. The meeting was followed by a presentation by Carolyn Radcliff on Project SAILS, the Project for the Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills. Carolyn is the SAILS Project Team member and Head of Reference Services, Kent State University Libraries. More information about Project SAILS is available at http://sails.lms.kent.edu. The spring 2004 program will take place April 2nd at Bethany College in West Virginia. The full-day event is tentatively titled: "Darlings or Demons: the digital debates". Michael Bolam Last Updated December 12, 2003
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