Fall Program

Academic Librarianship in the United Arab Emirates: A Potpourri of Challenges and Opportunities Joanna Tillson, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi  Reinforcing Roots: Establishing a Branch Library in Stockholm Carroll Odhner & Carol Traveny, Bryn Athyn College Intensive English Study and Library Instruction: How Librarians Help Improve Academic Literacy Skills of ESL Students Andrea R. Malone, University …

Five Ways We Hurt Our Careers -- And How To Stop The days of outright workplace discrimination have given way to more enlightened times, helped along by Equal Opportunity and a few lawsuits. Still, the workplace is far from a pure meritocracy. It’s not just what you know, it’s the position you create; it’s the …

Recent changes in digital technology have radically transformed the landscape of communication and information. Scholars, researchers, professors and students examine and interrogate the world around them through research within or across disciplines, draw on a variety of texts – often multimodal ones – and use the methods of their discipline to create new knowledge. Just …

Shifting from the old-fashioned repository to a user-centric, “third place” community center, libraries are developing as both place and space. Meeting and reflecting the changing needs of today’s students, faculty and staff is a constant challenge. Developing a building framework that anticipates, to the degree possible, future needs is also a priority. For some libraries …

CritLib, or critical librarianship, is a movement to bring social justice principles into our work in libraries. CritLib aims to engage participants in discussion about critical perspectives on library practice. At this workshop we will explore the CritLib movement, investigate our own assumptions and their effect on  our work and our patrons, and learn from …

9:00 - 9:30: Registration and Breakfast 9:30 - 9:45: Welcome: Nancy Bellafante 9:45 - 11:00: Keynote Presentation: Pamela Newkirk, Professor at NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute; author of Within the Veil: Black Journalists White Media. 11:00 - 11:15: Break 11:15 - 12:30: Moderated Panel Moderator: Tom Ipri, Associate Director for Public Services & Programming, St. Joseph's University Panelists:  Mark Dent, journalist & writer …

9:30-10:00 Registration and networking 10:00--11:30 Panel Discussion Moderator: Justin Hill, Department Head, Access and Media Services, Temple University Libraries Yvette Davis, Director of Outreach and Organizational Development, POWER Interfaith Alex Gil, Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Humanities and History Division, Columbia University Libraries Titus Moolathara, Branch Manager, Free Library of Philadelphia Emily Wagner, Assistant Director, Knowledge Management &  Communications, Amaerican Library …

This year’s program will be focused on incorporating cultural humility into equity, diversity, and inclusion professional development in academic libraries. Sara Ahmed (2012) describes diversity initiatives as frequently being “happy talk” that institutions write into their strategic plans and mission statements to manage their image but then do not integrate into everyday practice. While some …

This Fall, ACRL DVC is taking a breather, too. We are exhausted and from talking to many of you, we know you are too. Instead of hosting our usual Fall Program, we will be holding a brief Chapter Meeting on Friday, Nov. 12th. The meeting will be followed by time for intentional rest where we …