ACRL Virtual Conference Schedule

Live, interactive webcasts will be offered on Friday, March 30, and Saturday, March 31, 2007.  Two presentations will be paired during a one-hour webcast.  Please note that times listed below are EST. 

Friday, March 30, 2007

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Evaluating Library Instruction: Measures for Assessing Educational Quality and Impact
What is the best source of information about the effectiveness of information-retrieval skills instruction? This study correlates data from surveys, written tests, and a practical literature searching exercise to examine the extent to which students’ perceptions match their demonstrated skills.
Presenters: Katherine Schilling, Indiana University School of Library & Information, Rachel Applegate, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Academic Success: How Library Services Make a Difference
Learn how libraries impact academic success. Academic persistence and success are critical issues for higher education. Based on research findings from California State University, Bakersfield, this presentation will identify library services, programs, and resources which facilitate student academic success.
Presenters: Ying Zhong, California State University, Bakersfield; Johanna Alexander, California State University

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Service Sea Change: Clicking with Screenagers through Virtual Reference
Today’s “screenagers” are totally at home in the IM and chat environment. Find out what these future academic library users or non-users expect from virtual reference services (VRS) and systems and how to evaluate these services based on behavioral aspects.
Presenters: Lynn Silipigni Connaway, OCLC; Marie Radford, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

PennTags: Creating and Using an Academic Social Bookmarking Tool
Librarians at the the Penn Library have created a social bookmarking tool that allows faculty, students, and librarians to tag, create and share content. The presenters will describe the tool itself, and how social software has allowed them to expand library services.
Presenters: Laurie Allen, University of Pennsylvania; Michael Winkler, University of Pennsylvania

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
The Reference Question: Where Has Reference Been?  Where Is Reference Going?
Fifteen years ago technological innovation challenged librarians to “rethink reference.” What has driven change—strategic decisions made by librarians, external forces, or some combination of the two? How must reference change to thrive during the next fifteen years?
Presenters: Jim Rettig, University of Richmond; Jerry Campbell, Claremont School of Theology; William Miller, Florida Atlantic University; Cheryl LaGuardia, Harvard College Library; Brian Mathews, Georgia Institute of Technology
Note: this presentation will be 60 minutes.

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Perceptions of Campus-Level Advocacy and Influence Strategies among Senior Administrators in College and University Libraries
Report on a study of the perceptions of advocacy for libraries in campus-level decision making in four year colleges and universities, specifically examining how libraries work with key individuals and departments to garner support and balancing conflicting expectations.
Presenters: Janice Simmons-Welburn, Marquette University; William Welburn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Beth McNeil, University of Nebraska

Inside the Academic Administrator's Mind: What They Really Think About Library Value and Support
Does your academic administrator value the library? Do you know what information administrators want in order to make informed library funding decisions? Learn the candid, beyond-platitude answers to these questions as gathered through interviews with a variety of academic administrators.
Presenters: Lisa Stillwell, Franklin & Marshall College; Celia Rabinowitz, St. Mary's College of Maryland

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
The New Academic Library — Building Institutional Repositories to Support Changing Scholarly and Research Processes
Institutional repositories are ascending, yet we still must integrate them into campus information architectures. This session will explore the Georgia Tech Library’s collaborations with faculty and campus IT to design a repository-centered, digital infrastructure to support teaching, learning, and research.
Presenter: Tyler Walters, Georgia Tech

Faculty Attitudes About Scholarly Communication Trends and Issues: Tribal Differences at Columbia University
During 2004 and 2005, focus group discussions were conducted with faculty in thirty-five departments in the School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University to identify disciplinary differences in scholarly commmunication practices, priorities and projections about future developments.
Presenter: Jim Neal, Columbia University

Saturday, March 31 

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Virtual Teams: Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing Across Time and Distance  
Multi-campus staffing of virtual reference services has introduced an innovative organizational network in libraries - the virtual team. Learn about the challenges, opportunities, and lessons-learned in the creation of a virtual workspace for collaboration and knowledge sharing at Penn State.
Presenters: Susan Ware, Pennsylvania State University; Courtney Young, Pennsylvania State University

Caution! Hazardous Substances: Recognizing and Deflecting Toxic Personalities in the Library Workplace
This panel will be based in part on a survey of academic librarians about the amount of toxicity in their organizations, and will include three short presentations. Engage in a brief group exercise on identifying toxic situations.
Presenter(s): Mary P. Freier, Associate Professor, University of Illinois-Springfield; Ann Riley, Director, Technical and Access Services, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville; Terrence B. Bennett, Business and Economics Librarian, The College of New Jersey Library

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Moving Libraries to the Network Level: Meeting Users at the Point of Need
Presenter(s): Betsy Wilson, University of Washington; Brad Baker, Northeastern Illinois University; Chip Nigles, OCLC

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Federated Searching: Do Undergraduates Prefer It and Does It Add Value?
This paper reports on research conducted to determine if undergraduates at four different institutions of various sizes and types prefer federated searching to searching databases individually and whether federated searching helps them to locate better resources for their research.
Presenters: C. Jeffrey Belliston, Brigham Young University; Jared Howland, Brigham Young University

Library Mashups for the Virtual Campus: Using Web 2.0 Tools to Create New Current Awareness Resources
Librarians can use Web 2.0 tools to create current awareness mashups (web application hybrids) for campus virtual environments. Steps discussed will be the creation of information profiles for research topics, and methods used to integrate selected content from disparate sources.
Presenters: Adriene Lim, Portland State University; Linda Absher, Portland State University; Kerry Wu, Portland State University

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Designing a Library Environment That Promotes Learning
While learning theories and environmental studies have provided no definitive proof, the researchers believe it possible to establish links between library space design and user behavior. Could this relationship lead to learning-conducive library design? Explore the possibilities of this connection!
Presenters: Diane Holliday, Dowling College; Joyce Gotsch, Dowling College

They Didn’t Teach That in Library School! Building a Digital Teaching Commons to Enhance Metadata Teaching, Learning and Research
The Metadata Education and Research Information Center (MERIC) is a new model of professional education for librarians at various levels. This collaborative Web-based teaching commons provides resources that enhance metadata teaching and learning and encourages collaborative research in information organization.
Presenters: Sherry Vellucci, Rutgers University SCLIS; Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, Catholic University of America