ACRL DVC 2018 Spring Program
The Power of Partnerships: Building Institutional and Community Alliances to Transform Research & Learning
April 20, 2018
10 am. – 3:30 p.m.
Hoffman House at Muhlenberg College
325 N. 23rd St, Allentown, PA 18104
All are invited to attend the spring program of the ACRL Delaware Valley Chapter. The program’s theme is community and university partnerships.
Registration – (Closed. This event has passed.)
Directions to Campus
Printable Campus Map – Hoffman House is #72
Parking Information – Questions? Contact pennylochner@muhlenberg.edu
Program Description
Academic librarians cannot work in isolation; we must look beyond our walls in order to better understand the needs of our communities, to make the most of institutional resources, and to provide successful, high-impact programs and services. Collaborating with our stakeholders improves the quality of our services, increases our visibility in the community, and leads to new initiatives.
How does one get started on building relationships? What are the best practices? Where are the opportunities? Join other academic librarians in the area to address these questions and to discuss, share, and learn about ways libraries can develop partnerships across campus. Participants will discover new strategies and ideas from an excellent lineup of speakers. Presenters will share their stories of how they implemented successful initiatives by finding partners in their communities and working with them to achieve common goals.
Schedule
10:00 Registration
10:30 Welcome
10:45 Keynote Presentation, ACRL President Cheryl A. Middleton
11:30 Learning Alliances for Students’ Academic Success
12:00 Building Partnerships around Student Needs
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Bridging Learning Communities with Scratch and Makey Makey
2:10 Collaborations with Faculty: Reaching Outside of the Classroom
2:50 Roundtable discussions & Wrap-up
Presentations
Keynote: 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 Valley academic librarians engage in, the work it takes to build them, and their benefits.
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.
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.
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 and challenges of using basic programming and computing projects to integrate undergraduate digital literacy instruction with community outreach.
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.