Going Green: Big Ideas, Small Steps
Penn State Great Valley Campus 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA, United StatesGreen 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 …
Meet & Greet
Fox & Hound Sports Tavern Bar and Grill 160 N Gulph Road, Suite 211, King of Prussia, PA, United StatesAssess This!: What, How and Who Cares?
Penn State Great Valley Campus 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA, United StatesAssessment 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 …
From DimDim to Boopsie: Getting Serious about TECHNOLOGY in Libraries
Penn State Great Valley Campus 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA, United StatesWhere 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 …
Happy Hours and Annual Business Meeting
ACRL National Conference in Philadelphia
Patron Driven Acquisitions: Collaborative Collection Development?
Penn State Great Valley Campus 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA, United StatesCollection 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 …
Stepping Out and Stepping Up: Making a Difference on Campus
University of DelawareACRL 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 …
Globetrotting Librarians: Exploring International Librarianship
Penn State Great Valley Campus 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA, United StatesAcademic 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 …
Leading Academic Libraries to Excellence
Howard Gittis Student Center at Temple University 1755 N 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesACRL 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 …
Marketing yourself … Mentoring others
Paul Peck Center at Drexel University 3142 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesFive 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 …