ACRL’s Conference Community

ACRL’s Conference Community

The ACRL Online Conference Community should have all Dynamic Screen Captures ® loaded by the end of this week - March 23rd. We thank you for your patience and will get them uploaded as soon as they are available.

Say Hello!  Introduce Yourself!

Say Hello! Introduce Yourself!

Welcome the ACRL 14th National Conference Community. Take a moment and say hello to your colleagues using the comments field below. Some things to include: Name University Library From where you received your MLIS. A work project of interest. A good book you’d like to share. Favorite phrase. Don’t feel limited to these topics. These are just suggestions. It [...]

ACRL Twitters!

ACRL Twitters!

Use hashtag “#acrl2009″ to tag your tweets that pertain to the conference. Tweets with “#acrl2009″ will show up with all other tweets talking about the conference. You can see the “grouping” here or along the right side of the community under the Flickr stream.

Join ACRL on Facebook

Join ACRL on Facebook

You can always learn about what’s going on at ACRL by using Facebook. Click on “Add to my Page’s Favorites” on the ACRL fan page to get the latest news and discussion. Also keep up with ACRL 2009 on-site events via Facebook.

ACRL’s Green Initiatives

ACRL’s Green Initiatives

As ACRL works toward a more environmentally-friendly conference, we are encouraging attendees to visit the Virtual Conference and download speaker materials. Click on “Conference Formats” to view sessions and access presentation handouts. Listen to the podcast!

Virtual Conference Schedule

Virtual Conference Schedule

ACRL’s 14 National Conference will be featuring live online events as part of its Virtual Conference. Check out the schedule of events below. Click on the session title to access the event. Friday, March 13th at 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. PDT (10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. MDT; 11:00 a.m. - noon CDT; noon - [...]

Blogging the Conference

Blogging the Conference

The Seattle conference will be blogged!  ACRL conference bloggers will be “global correspondents providing online dispatches to a worldwide community of academic library professionals” …

Already in Progress!

Already in Progress!

Get a taste of events leading up to and at the National Conference with the ACRL Insider, the official 14th National Conference Blog and podcasts produced along the way. Don’t forget the conference wiki which is another good online location for ongoing information about Seattle, ACRL’s 14th National Conference, and ways to jump in [...]

ACRL Bloggers Take Over The Emerald City!

ACRL Bloggers Take Over The Emerald City!

The Seattle conference will be blogged!  ACRL conference bloggers will be “global correspondents providing online dispatches to a worldwide community of academic library professionals . . . . [on] any aspect of the ACRL conference, from inside the session rooms, to the exhibits and receptions - even outside the convention center.”  Keep up to date on the [...]

RECORDING:  The Impact of Data: Analyzing Book Use to Test Assumptions

RECORDING: The Impact of Data: Analyzing Book Use to Test Assumptions

14 March 2009

Session Description: This presentation will discuss findings that demonstrate the differences between librarian-selected and approval plan monograph use at KU. Analyzing, Psychology, Sociology, Religious Studies, and Business monographs acquired since 2004, panelists will compare and contrast use patterns based on circulation data and use by different constituencies in each of the four disciplines. This [...]

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RECORDING:  Cultivate Your Bottom

RECORDING: Cultivate Your Bottom

14 March 2009

Session Description:Instead of fretting over reaching the top, librarians should cultivate their bottoms. No one mind contains the knowledge necessary to run a complex organization; the knowledge is distributed throughout the organization. While we should cultivate librarians to take over directorships, our tops, we should be spending even more effort cultivating those librarians at [...]

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RECORDING:  The Web is My Library: Undergraduate Students and Their Research Behaviors

RECORDING: The Web is My Library: Undergraduate Students and Their Research Behaviors

13 March 2009

Session Description: For undergraduate students, research is done online. Is using their library for research a part of their Web use? What can be done to make using library resources and services part of their web research? How can libraries connect with students through web design and applications that meet affective and cognitive needs? [...]

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RECORDING:  Can’t Get There From Here: Achieving Organization 2.0

RECORDING: Can’t Get There From Here: Achieving Organization 2.0

13 March 2009

Session Description: There has been a lot of buzz about Web 2.0 over the past few years and many libraries have devoted significant staff time towards implementing 2.0 technologies. One look at the number of abandoned library blogs, wikis and MySpace profiles tells us that successful implementation of Web 2.0 technologies requires more than simply [...]

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Say Hello!  Introduce Yourself!

Say Hello! Introduce Yourself!

06 March 2009

Welcome the ACRL 14th National Conference Community. Take a moment and say hello to your colleagues using the comments field below. Some things to include: Name University Library From where you received your MLIS. A work project of interest. A good book you’d like to share. Favorite phrase. Don’t feel limited to these topics. These are just suggestions. It [...]

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Virtual Conference Schedule

Virtual Conference Schedule

23 February 2009

ACRL’s 14 National Conference will be featuring live online events as part of its Virtual Conference. Check out the schedule of events below. Click on the session title to access the event. Friday, March 13th at 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. PDT (10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. MDT; 11:00 a.m. - noon CDT; noon - [...]

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