Finders, Seekers, Info Keepers: Connecting with Today’s Students
2007-11-02 | West Chester University, 700 S High Street, West Chester, PA, 19383, United States
Creating Chat Connections: E-valuating Virtual Reference Transcripts
Marie Radford, Associate Professor at Rutgers University’s School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
“The Library is a good source if you have several months.” Making the Library More Accessible
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Consulting Research Scientist at OCLCpenn

Wrestling with e-Reference Resources
2008-05-09 | Penn State Great Valley Campus, 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA, 19355, United States

Putting Librarians in Their Place: A Fresh Look at Outreach
2008-11-21 | Penn State Great Valley Campus, 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA, 19355, United States

Going Green: Big Ideas, Small Steps
2009-04-24 | Penn State Great Valley Campus, 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA, 19355, United States
Green Libraries
Frederick Stoss, Associate Librarian of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University at Buffalo – SUNY
The Little Green Library
Henry Pisciotta, Arts and Architecture Librarian at Penn State University Libraries
Going Green at Penn State Wilkes-Barre: Abram Nesbitt III Academic Commons
Bruce Reid, Head Librarian at Penn State Wilkes Barre
The Green Library Experience: Building One, Living in One
Ronald Servello, Associate Director of Facilities Planning and Construction at Penn State University Libraries

Meet & Greet
2009-10-29 | Fox & Hound Sports Tavern Bar and Grill, 160 N Gulph Road, Suite 211, King of Prussia, PA, 19406, United States

Assess This!: What, How and Who Cares?
2010-04-16 | Penn State Great Valley Campus, 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA, 19355, United States
Assessment and Three Questions: What? Why? How?
Peter Hernon, Professor at Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Practical Library Assessment
Stephen Spohn, Senior Consultant, Planning and Assessment at LYRASIS
The Rohrbach Library: Moving Toward Purposeful Assessment
Ruth Perkins, Reference and Instruction Librarian; Krista Prock, Information Literacy/Reference Librarian; and Karen Wanamaker, Education Librarian at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Assess This! What, How and Who Cares?
Nonny Schlotzhauer, Social Sciences Librarian at Penn State University

From DimDim to Boopsie: Getting Serious about TECHNOLOGY in Libraries
2010-11-12 | Penn State Great Valley Campus, 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA, 19355, United States
Where in the Library is Carmen Sandiego: Lafayette College Library Open House Becomes Interactive Mystery Game
Rebecca Metzger, Reference and Instruction Librarian at Lafayette College
Migrating to an Open Source Catalog: One Library’s Experience and How You Can Do It, Too
Karen Kohn, Collection Development Manager at Arcadia University
Teaching Infolit in Cyperspace: Jing and Survey Monkey as Weapons of Mass Instruction
Barbara Quintiliano, Instructional Design Librarian at Villanova University
Polls, Polls Everywhere: Using Cell Phones as Classroom Clickers
Sarah Penniman, Access Services Librarian at Delaware Valley College
Adapting New Technologies for an Enhanced Learning Experience
Michael Gutierrez, Associate Librarian, and Lydia N. Collins, Assistant Librarian, in the Reference Department at the University of Delaware
Creating a Sense of Place for the Mobile Learner
William Hemmig, Online Learning Librarian; Brian Johnstone, Digital Resources Librarian; and Margaret Montet, Information Literacy Librarian; at Bucks County Community College

Happy Hours and Annual Business Meeting
2011-03-31
ACRL National Conference in Philadelphia

Patron Driven Acquisitions: Collaborative Collection Development?
2011-11-18 | Penn State Great Valley Campus, 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA, 19355, United States
Collection Development Adventures of a Small Consortium: CTW’s Shared eBook Project
Lorraine Huddy, CTW Librarian for Collaborative Projects at Connecticut College, Trinity College and Wesleyan University
Patron Driven eBook Acquisitions: Pulling Back the Curtain
J. Brian Schoolar, Electronic Resources Librarian at Temple University
Exposing E-lec-tron-ic-al Books Through Patrons’ Discovering Acquisitioning
Scott R. Anderson, Information Systems Librarian at Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Stepping Out and Stepping Up: Making a Difference on Campus
2012-04-20 | University of Delaware
ACRL Value of Academic Libraries Initiative
Margaret Grotti, Senior Assistant Librarian and Coordinator for Library Instruction, University of Delaware Library
Stepping Up, Out, and Beyond: Taking Steps to Demonstrate Value
Lisa Stillwell, Information Literacy Librarian and former Deputy College Librarian, Franklin & Marshall College
How Else Can We Engage the Community? The Value of Scholarly Outreach
Darren Poley, Outreach Librarian, Falvey Memorial Library, Villanova University
From Renovation Comes Innovation: Using University Changes to Highlight Successes
Maureen Williams, Reference Librarian and Coordinator of Information Literacy, Neumann University Library
Walking a Mile in Their Shoes: Librarians as Adjunct Teaching Faculty
Larissa Gordon, Information Literacy Coordinator and Reference Librarian, Landman Library, Arcadia University
Calvin Wang, Sciences Librarian and Coordinator of the Tech Resources Lab, Landman Library, Arcadia University
Read more in the April 2012 issue of College & Research Libraries News:
Balcziunas, A., & Gordon, L. (April 2012). “Walking a mile in their shoes.” College & Research Libraries News, 73(4), 192-195.
An Out of Business Library Experience: Outreach and Impact With Student Groups and University Organizations
Cathy Ogur, Business Research Librarian, Lippincott Library of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Promoting Special Collections on Campus
Laurie Rizzo, Assistant Librarian, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
Think Outside the Class: Building Library-Student Partnership Beyond Course Boundaries
Kimberly Grotewold, Adjunct Reference and Research Assistance Librarian, Ganser Library, Millersville University
Erin Dorney, Outreach Librarian, Ganser Library, Millersville University
This event is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, and would not have been possible without the help of the College and Research Division of PaLA.

Globetrotting Librarians: Exploring International Librarianship
2012-11-09 09:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Penn State Great Valley Campus, 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA, 19355, United States
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 of Houston
VuFind and International Library-Initiated Open Source Software Development
Demian Katz, Villanova University
IFLA’s Academic Activities with Global Librarianship
Stephen Marvin, West Chester University
Integrating the Library into the Global University
Larissa Gordon & Michelle Reale, Arcadia University
“I Read; I Travel; I Become” : Reflections on Delivering Library Services to a Community at Sea
Erin Stalberg, Mount Holyoke College
FLYER fall 2012

Leading Academic Libraries to Excellence
2013-04-19 09:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Howard Gittis Student Center at Temple University, 1755 N 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, United States
ACRL President Steven Bell will give the keynote presentation on grassroots leadership in academic libraries. He will be joined by a panel of local speakers that includes directors of two ACRL Academic Excellence award winning libraries as well as a faculty member from Drexel’s iSchool who specializes in academic librarianship. Speakers will focus on what libraries can do now and in the future to move beyond traditional roles and adapt to the changing academic landscape.
Register for the Program now. You can pay by credit card with PayPal (PayPal requires that you have an account with them) or print your registration form and send with a check to:
Sheryl Panka-Bryman
ACRL/DVC Treasurer
c/o Connelly Library
La Salle University
1900 West Olney Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141
Registrations must be received by Thursday, April 11, 2013.
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Marketing yourself ... Mentoring others
2013-11-15 09:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Paul Peck Center at Drexel University, 3142 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
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 paths you open up. Each of us is a brand in competition with other brands. Studies and experience show that the barriers to advancing your brand are often self-constructed. It might be a lack of confidence to demand what you’re worth. It might be a reluctance to push for the higher-risk – and more visible – assignments. It might be someone in a senior position that sees rising talent not as assets, but threats. It might be a reluctance to find or become a mentor. Dr. Peggy Drexler draws on her career researching genders and families, and her extensive studies of people and work to look at the roadblocks we create for ourselves, and how to knock them down.
Thanks to the generosity of Drexel University, this event is free. But, registration is limited. The deadline for registering is November 8th.

Five Ways We Hurt Our Careers – And How To Stop
Peggy Drexler, Weill Medical College, Cornell University
Purposeful Networking
Tina Hertel, Trexler Library, Muhlenberg College
A Look Inside Swarthmore’s Mentoring Program
Peggy Seiden, Swarthmore College Libraries
Unconference! Breakout sessions on resumes, ACRL/DVC mentoring, promotion/tenure.

Online Learning: How Libraries go the Distance
2014-04-30 09:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Penn State Great Valley Campus, 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA, 19355, United States
With the changing nature of higher education, the focus on MOOCs, expanding online programs, as well as hybrid courses, libraries have continued to enhance user experience. Learn how librarians in the Delaware Valley are supporting students and faculty, leveraging technology, and promoting lifelong learning.
One Step Further: The Benefits of Integrating your Library Tutorial in your LMS
Tracey Amey, PA College of Technology
Service to Distance Learners: Drexel University Libraries eResource Access Issue Reporting and Response System
Noelle Egan, Drexel University
Guide on the Side: Better for Student Learning, Better for Library Budgets
Nancy Bellafante, Drexel University
Synchronous Opportunities: Developing an Information Literacy Webinar Program
Michael LaMagna, Delaware County Community College
Challenges, Communication, and Connections: Effectively Bridging Multiple Locations
Marietta Dooley and Sharon Neal, Alvernia University
Using Blackboard Collaborate for Information Literacy Instruction Sessions in Online Classes
Mary Buchanan and Marilyn Harhai, Clarion University33
This event is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the PA Department of Education and the Commonwealth of PA, Tom Corbett, Governor and would not have been possible without the help of the College and Research Division of PaLA (http://crdpala.org). Show your appreciation by becoming a member. If you are a member-Thank you!

Doing Digital Scholarship
2014-11-06 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Kislak Center for Special Collections at University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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 as the Internet and social networking have transformed communication in our everyday lives, so are they are beginning to expand and transform disciplinary and cross-disciplinary methods of research and scholarship. Large data sets, mapping, data visualization, encoding, analysis, and recontextualizion online are all emerging scholarly trends. In addition to addressing new questions or new methods, products of digital scholarship often include new pathways for access, and engage new audiences.
Please join us at University of Pennsylvania’s state of the art Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts–a vibrant space designed to bring together people, technology, and unique content. Learn about current work in digital scholarship and participate in activities and discussions that will advance your understanding.
Program:
9:00 – 9:45 Registration and refreshments
9:45 Welcome
10:00 – 10:45 Keynote: Dot Porter, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS), University of Pennsylvania:

“Libraries Supporting Digital Scholarship: Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies as an Object Lesson?”

10:45-11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 Digital Scholarship Panel

Laurie Allen, Coordinator of Digital Scholarship and Research Services, Haverford College
Monica Mercado, Director of The Albert M. Greenfield Digital Center for the History of Women’s Education at Bryn Mawr College
Nabil Kashyup, Librarian for Digital Initiatives, Swarthmore College
Matt Shoemaker, Coordinator of Digital Scholarship Service Development, Temple University

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 Doing Digital Scholarship: An afternoon of discussion and Hands-on activity with digital scholarship librarians in the know! TEI, GIS, Digital Projects, Project Management and more!

Bridging Information Literacy Skills: School and Academic Librarians in Conversation
2015-04-16 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Community College of Philadelphia, 18th & Callowhill Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
Please join ACRL/DVC for a day of networking and learning from information literacy leaders who bridge the gap from high school to the college experience.

Program:
9:00-9:30: Registration and coffee
9:30-10:30: Cathi Fuhrman, Library Department Supervisor, Hempfield School District, Landisville, PA.
The Model Curriculum for Pennsylvania School Library Programs: A Curricular Framework for School Librarians and Implementation in Practice.
10:30 – 11:15: Brenda Boyer, Teacher Librarian, Kutztown Senior High School, Kutztown, PA.
College Ready: Improving Research Skills through Collaboration.
11:15 – 11:30: Break
11:30-12:15: Tim Siftar, Liaison Librarian for Education, Computing & Informatics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
A Summer Prep Sequence for Rising College Freshman.
12:15-1:30: Lunch and Business Meeting
1:30-3:00 Panel Discussion with:
Barbara Eshbach, Head Librarian, Penn State-York
Joel Burkholder, Instruction Librarian York College of Pennsylvania
Laura Wukovits, Library Director, HAAC, Central Pennsylvania Community College
Jeremiah Mercurio, Librarian and Visiting Assistant Professor, Haverford College
Sharon Smith, Adjunct Professor of Reading, Delaware County Community College
This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor, through the College and Research Division (http://crdpala.org/) of PaLA. Show your appreciation by becoming a member of PaLA! And if you are a member – thank you!

Building the Future
2015-11-13 09:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Warner Memorial Library at Eastern University, 1300 Eagle Road, St. Davids, PA, 19807, United States
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 that has meant large-scale renovations or new buildings; for other libraries it has led to rethinking services to provide opportunities for creative and adaptive reconfiguration of spaces. Join us for presentations and conversations about space planning in our libraries.

We would also like to showcase photos of the renovations of attendees’ libraries in a slideshow. Please e-mail your photos to Cathy Ogur at cogur@wharton.upenn.edu with a brief description of your project.

Program
9:30-10am: Registration & continental breakfast
10-10:10: Welcome
10:10 – 10:40: Elizabeth Evans, Point Park University
Don’t Touch the Marble! Working within an early 20th century bank building to move library services into the 21st century

10:40 – 11:10: Deboarah Gaspar, Rowan University
Refreshing the Reference Reading Room
11:10-11:30: Break & morning snack
11:30-12: Joy Dlugosz, Eastern University
Transforming Library Space “for students sake”
12- 1:30: Lunch, Business Meeting & Tours of Eastern’s Renovations

1:30-2: Amanda Avery & Zhong Geng, Marywood University
2-2:30: Rayford Law, Project Designer & Rebecca Vargas, Project Architect
Light & Delight: from tradition to innovation in the new Library at the Princeton Theological Seminary
2:30-2:45: Break & afternoon snack
2:45-3:15: Open discussion of space planning & closing

The Open Alternative: Open Access, Open Textbooks, Open Journals
2016-04-15 09:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Bucks County Community College, 275 Swamp Road, Newtown, PA, 18940, United States
Join us to hear perspectives from across the OER (Open Educational Resources) landscape. Colleagues involved in both nascent and ongoing initiatives will share their experiences, and we will learn about lobbying efforts to encourage the development of OER.

Program:

9:30-10am: Registration and refreshments
10-11am: Bill Hemmig, Dean, Learning Resources and Online Learning, Bucks County Community College
Stacey Effrig, Assistant Professor, Arts, Communication, Bucks County Community College
11:00-11:15am: Break
11:15-12:05pm: Annie Johnson, Library Publishing and Scholarly Communications Specialist, Temple University
12:00-12:45: Lunch & Business Meeting
12:45-1:30pm: Ellie Collier, Discovery Service Engineer, EBSCO Information Services
1:30-1:45: Break
1:45-2:30: Ethan Senack, Higher Education Advocate, United States Public Interest Research Group
2:30pm: Closing Remarks

CritLib: Theory and Action
2016-11-11 09:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Inn at Swarthmore College, 10 S Chester Road, Swarthmore, PA, 19081, United States
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 librarians who have tried to make libraries more inclusive.
Agenda
9:30-10:00 Registration and refreshments
10:00-10:45 Opening exercise: DeVon Jackson, Assistant Director for Leadership Programs, Villanova University
10:45-12:00 Keynote: Veronica Arellano Douglas, Reference & Instruction Librarian, St. Mary’s College
12:00:-1:00 Lunch & Business Meeting
1:00-2:30 CritLib in Practice: Panel and presentations from area libraries
Hiring and Instruction
Jeremy McGinniss, Library Director, Clarks Summit University
Subverting Power: Let the Students Teach
Romel Espinel, Web Services Librarian, Stevens Institute of Technology
Just Do Something About Social Justice
Adam Mizelle, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Widener University
Your Social Identity Snapshot
DeVon Jackson, Assistant Director for Leadership Programs & Cultural Development, Villanova University
2:30-3:00 Closing discussion: DeVon Jackson, Assistant Director for Leadership Programs, Villanova University10 S chestpenpe

ACRL Leaders' Reception
2017-03-24 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
ACRL National Conference Baltimore

Fact, False, or Just Flawed: Critically Examining News in the Age of Truthiness
2017-11-17 09:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | University of Pennsylvania Law School
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 for Billy Penn and Politifact
Sarah Hartman-Caverly, reference & instruction librarian at Delaware County Community College
Vanessa Schipani, science writer at FactCheck.org
John L Sullivan, associate professor of media & communication at Muhlenberg College

12:30 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15- 3:00: Lightning Rounds: presentations on library partnerships, programs, resources, and teaching strategies that address news literacy
3:00 – 3:30: Chapter Meeting
This event is made possible in part by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor , through the College and Research Division (http://crdpala.org/) of PaLA. Show your appreciation by becoming a member of PaLA! And if you are a member – Thank you!

The Power of Partnerships: Building Institutional and Community Alliances to Transform Research & Learning
2018-04-27 10:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Hoffman House at Muhlenberg College, 325 N 23rd Street, Allentown, PA, 18104, United States
10:00-10:30 Registration
10:30-11:30 Keynote Presentation: Partners, Partners, and More Partners
Cheryl A. Middleton, 2017-18 ACRL President, Associate University Librarian for Research and Scholarly Communication, Oregon State University
Academic libraries seek out, create, nurture and foster partnerships at many levels, ranging from individual and institutional to national and global. What do these partnerships look like and what are some of the high-level outcomes of engaging in these partnerships? ACRL President Cheryl Middleton will present a variety of examples of partnerships and engage the audience in a discussion about the types of partnerships the ACRL Delaware academic librarians engage in, the work it takes to build them, and their benefits.
11:30-12:00 Learning Alliances for Students’ Academic Success
Elise Ferer, Drexel University
Presentation on the goals and outcomes of Drexel’s Learning Alliance, a formalized group, joined by the library, with members from departments and centers on campus that support academic success.
12:00-12:30 Building Partnerships around Student Needs
Deborah Gaspar, Rowan University
Presentation on Campbell Library’s collaboration with offices across campus to address student affordability issues; projects include a textbook alternative program, financial literacy fair, and a campus food bank.
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:10 Bridging Learning Communities with Scratch and Makey Makey
Chava Spivak-Birndorf, Katherine Ahnberg, and Meagan Moody Stalnaker University of Pennsylvania
Interactive sessions of classroom activities used at Penn Libraries, exploring the possibilities Nnd challenges of using basic programming and computing projects to integrate undergraduate digital literacy instruction with community outreach.
2:10-2:50 Collaborations with Faculty: Reaching Outside of the Classroom
Rachel Hamelers, Susan Falciani Maldonado, and Kelly Cannon Muhlenberg College
Panel presentation and discussion on faculty partnerships outside of the classroom. The panel will discuss three successful initiatives: WWII alumni archive, public health programming, and open access publishing.
2:50-3:30 Round-table Discussion & Wrap-Up

Librarians as Advocates: Leading Activism on Your Campus and Beyond
2018-10-26 09:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Drexel University Learning Terrace, 3300 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
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 Association

11:30-12:30 Lunch
12:30-12:45 Business Meeting
12:45-2:00 Lightning Round: Presentations on action, preservation, partnerships, and privacy.
2:00-2:50PM Roundtable Unconference
2:50PM Closing Remarks

ACRL DVC Winter Social
2018-11-29 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Drexel University Academic Bistro, 101 N 33rd St 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
SLA Philadelphia invites librarians and information professionals from the Philadelphia & Delaware Valley region to join them in welcoming the holiday season! Enjoy the amazing food of Drexel University’s Academic Bistro, connect with colleagues new and old, decorate cookies, bid on a variety of silent auction items.
$40 for members of ACRL–DVC, SLA, MLA, GPLLA.
$20 for students.
Fee includes serious appetizers, cookie decorating, soft drinks, wine & beer.

Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement
2019-04-26 09:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Penn State Great Valley Campus, 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA, 19355, United States
Academic and research librarians increasingly recognize scholarly communication as a core competency of the profession. Whether helping researchers meet their funder’s mandates for public access and data sharing, guiding responsible copyright practice, or supporting new types of scholarship and instruction, librarians are leading change across campus and around the world.
The goal of the structured, interactive program is to equip participants with knowledge and skills to help accelerate the transformation of the scholarly communication system.
At this workshop we have asked the presenters to incorporate their latest targeted modules on the subjects of Accessibility and Open Education.
This workshop is presented by ACRL National. Presenters will include:

Carla Myers, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Scholarly Communications, Miami University Libraries,
Will Cross, Director of the Copyright and Digital Scholarship Center, North Carolina State University

This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor, through the College and Research Division (https://crdpala.org/) of PaLA. Show your appreciation by becoming a member of PaLA! And if you are a member – thank you!”

Chapter Event: free film screening of The Public!
2019-09-29 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Artquest Center at the Steel Stacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, PA, 18015, United States
Join us for a pre-screening social networking event at 5:00pm at Bonn Place Brewery in the Southside Bethlehem — even if you are unable to attend the screening!

Beyond Diversity Speak: Practicing Cultural Humility in your Library
2019-10-25 09:00 - 15:30 UTC | Cedar Crest College, Tompkins College Center, Administration Circle, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA, United States
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 libraries make a concerted effort to provide diversity or cultural competency training opportunities, often the attention is superficial and/or uninformed. Nicole Cooke (2016) stresses the importance of cultural humility in serving diverse populations.
Cultural humility is a cousin to cultural competency, but while cultural competency means learning about other cultures, cultural humility means continuously working to uncover how we and the institutions in which we engage are complicit in underserving some and overserving others and making ourselves accountable for rectifying the disparity. To do this, librarians and libraries need tools to help them reflect on themselves and their institutions, facilitate difficult discussions, and imagine new possibilities.
In the afternoon, Theatre of the Oppressed in NYC (TONYC) will run a workshop devoted to reflecting on some of the ways that systems of power structure how we and our institutions do our work.* Their methodology is based on techniques developed by the legendary Brazilian theatre director and activist Augusto Boal, who based his work on Paolo Freire, who many of us are already familiar with. The workshop promises to be fun, enlightening, and practical and we are very excited to be able to offer it.
* Due to extenuating circumstances, Lorin Jackson will no longer be able to run the afternoon workshop. We are disappointed that she won’t be able to share her expertise, but hopefully, we will be able to work with her in the future.
Schedule
9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30-9:45 Welcome
9:45-10:15 Building Toward Social Justice Practice
Presented by Maisha Carey & Dr. Adam Foley from the University of Delaware
10:15-10:30 Community Reading Group: An Exploration in Cultural Humility
Presented by Molly Wolf from Widener University
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Special Collections Panel:
Elephant Bites: Scoping out a Special Collection Through the DEI Lens
Presented by Gary Galván from The Free Library of Philadelphia
Minding the Gaps: Using the silences in College and LGBT Community Archival Collections
Presented by Susan Falciani Maldonado & Kristen Leipert from Muhlenberg College
Cripples, Prostitutes, and Quacks: Practicing Cultural Humility in Historical Collections
Presented by Caitlin Angelone from The College of Physicians Historical Medical Library
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:15 Chapter Meeting
1:15 – 3:15 Spect-Actor Workshop: Moving Practice into Action
Presented by Theatre of the Oppressed NYC
3:15 – 3:30 Wrap-up
In correlation with this event, the organization is seeking to support the library studies of an individual that is focused on helping to create a more equitable society. A $1000 scholarship will be awarded to a student enrolled in an ALA-accredited program to help offset the cost of educational expenses. To apply, please submit your resume and a 250-500 word essay describing your interest in cultural humility in librarianship. Eligible applicants must reside in, work, or attend school in the chapter’s service area.

Working Out Loud: Reflections, Revisions, & Recipes
2020-04-03 | Charles Library at Temple University, 1900 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, United States
Due to the rapidly developing COVID-19 situation, we have decided to postpone the 2020 DVC Spring Program until Fall 2020. We will post the date once it is set. There has been a lot of positive buzz about the Temple program and we look forward to seeing you all there in the fall.
Existing registrations will be refunded.

Please join us on April 3rd at Temple University’s brand new Charles Library for an interesting day of presentations, discussions, and networking. You can REGISTER here or below. The day will focus on the benefits of learning how to “fail forward” and will be kicked off by Eamon Tewell of Columbia University Libraries as our keynote speaker. We will explore the challenges, compromises, revisions, and breakthroughs that have been experienced by our colleagues in many different areas of librarianship and consider the advantages of integrating more opportunities to take risks into our own library communities. We believe that to innovate we need to practice a growth mindset where we feel free to take risks, experiment, and be creative.
Due to early interest in the program, we advise registering promptly to secure your space.

Convening Librarians: Creating community and supporting students during COVID-19
2020-04-03 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
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 underway to have a large meeting via Zoom followed by breakout sessions tackling the issues that are most important to you. We believe that it is more necessary than ever to forge relationships and community during what will be an isolating time for many.
Our preliminary agenda is as follows:

Develop a shared understanding for how COVID-19 and the affiliated closings are affecting regional academic libraries and students
Brainstorm strategies to create community and support students
Crowdsource resources we can use to do this work

You can register and suggest topics for the breakout sessions HERE.

Working out Loud: Critical Reflection on the Next Normal
2020-10-16 10:00 - 14:30 UTC
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, our values, ideologies, procedures, and practices.

Registration is free. Donations are welcome and will go towards organizing future events. We look forward to seeing you there.

Register Here

Schedule

10:00 – 11:30 a.m. – Welcome and KeynoteKeynote Dialogue with Fobazi Ettarh and Eamon Tewell

Fobazi M. Ettarh is currently the Undergraduate Success Librarian at Rutgers Newark. A school librarian by training, she specializes in information literacy instruction, K-12 pedagogy, and co-curricular outreach. Her research focuses on the decolonization of white supremacy in librarianship. She is the creator of the open-access video game Killing Me Softly: A Game About Microaggressions, which leads the user through the personal and professional effects of ongoing microaggressions. Recently, she coined and defined the concept of vocational awe, as seen in the article Vocational Awe: The Lies We Tell Ourselves. She is a 2020 Library Journal Mover And Shaker and author of the blog WTF is a Radical Librarian? which examines the intersections of librarianship, labor, identity and diversity.

Eamon Tewell (he/him/his) is Head of Research Support & Outreach for Columbia University’s Science, Engineering, and Social Science Libraries. Eamon has published and presented on the topics of critical information literacy, library instruction, critical reference practice, and questioning narratives of grit and resilience in libraries. You can find Eamon on Twitter at @eamontewell.

1:00 – 1:45 p.m. – Discussion Session 1Outreach

Rethinking Archival Outreach: Trials & Tribulations of Engagement with Archival Materials, Beaudry Rae Allen

Why Won’t They Return My Emails? Undertaking a Needs Assessment Project to Better Serve Subject Students and Faculty, Sarah Jones and Courtney Eger

Student Workers

Somehow We Manage: Overcoming Student Employee Challenges, Abigail Cengel

Cultivating Student Employees: Developing, implementing, and improving an employment program centered on career growth, Andrew Yager and Franklin Ofsthun

1:45 – 2:30 p.m. – Discussion Session 2Instruction

“Well that Bombed”: How to Quickly Fix a Bad Lesson in 15 minutes, Brendan Johnson

Tech Services

A tale of risk, failure and “success”? Lessons and thoughts on the quest for an open source library management platform at Lehigh Libraries, Sharon Wiles-Young and Chulin Meng

Getting Better All the Time – Villanova University’s Affordable Materials Project, John Banionis, Christopher Hallberg, Linda Hauck, and Marianne Watson
