Convening Librarians: Creating community and supporting students during COVID-19
Although our 2020 Spring Program at Temple University’s new Charles Library has been postponed until September 25th, the Delaware Valley Chapter of ACRL is planning an online professional development meet-up on April 3, from 10:00am - 12pm to address how to best support one another and our students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plans are …
Working out Loud: Critical Reflection on the Next Normal
Please join us on Friday October 16, 2020 “Working out Loud: Critical Reflections on the Next Normal”. The day will start with a keynote by Fobazi Ettarh and Eamon Tewell followed by a series of discussions based on pre recorded presentations on how library workers have reflected on, revised, and reimagined, and continue to reimagine, …
Critical Connections, Emergent Organizing: Black Library Workers in Community
Led by Andrea Lemoins, who helmed the organization of the Concerned Black Workers of the Free Library of Philadelphia, this workshop will focus on community-building for Black LIS students and academic library workers using organizing principles from adrienne maree brown’s Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds. Register here. Registration for this event is free, though please consider ACRL …
ACRL DVC Chapter Meeting
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 …
The Essential Work: Centering Our Values, Health, and Humanity – Part I: Presentations
The Delaware Valley Chapter of ACRL invites you to participate in our Spring 2022 Programs, collectively titled The Essential Work: Centering Our Values, Health, and Humanity. This program and our guiding questions were inspired by the ongoing uncertainty around and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past 22 months we have been asked to reinvent …
“The Essential Work: Centering Our Values, Health, and Humanity” – Part II: Keynote by Nisha Mody
This virtual keynote address, from Feminist Healing Coach, Writer, and Library Advocate. Nisha Mody, will be on how we can become more trauma-informed in libraries by shifting toward a relational approach rather than a transactional one. She will address the questions: What forces subconsciously take us away from being relational? How can we be more …
“The Essential Work: Centering Our Values, Health, and Humanity” – Part III: Healing in Nature
While some parts of our work can be negotiated, the importance of our individual health cannot be questioned. Plan to join us on Friday June 17th as we learn to find strength and healing in nature.Join us in person at the Wissahickon Environmental Center (WEC) Tree House in Northwest Philadelphia for a Guided Meditation and Nature Walk, …
Annual Membership Meeting
This Fall, ACRL DVC is holding its annual Membership Meeting as a Town Hall, where we want to hear from YOU! Save a spot on your calendars for Friday, November 11th at 2:00 pm to be introduced to new ACRL DVC Board members; say hello to seasoned Board members; as well as ask questions, or …
Wellness and Our Work
Charles Library at Temple University 1900 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesWellness, including mental, physical, social, financial, environmental, and vocational, can be challenging to achieve. Ettarh’s (2018) description of vocational awe is a warning to the modern library worker not to conflate the importance of one's profession and the joy of work with overall wellness and meaning in one’s life. Librarians often overstate the importance of …
Fall 2023 ACRL DVC Membership Meeting/Town Hall
Hello ACRL DVC community! My name is Nicholas Cunningham and I am the ACRL DVC President for the 2023-24 academic year. The ACRL DVC is holding its annual Membership Meeting as a virtual Town Hall via Zoom, where we want to hear from YOU! Save a spot on your calendars to be introduced to new …