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Session Reports for the 2018 Spring Program

The Power of Partnerships: Building Institutional & Community Alliances to Transform Research & Learning

ACRL Delaware Valley Chapter Spring Program
April 20, 2018 at Muhlenberg College

Session Reports

On a sunny spring day, librarians gathered to share and learn about libraries partnering with other stakeholders within and outside their home institutions.  To begin the day, program planners experimented with a later start time.  This played out with many early arrivals who took advantage of the extra time to network or visit with other attendees.  Presenters told in-the-trenches implementation stories and lessons learned from their experiences. Here are brief summaries of what was shared along with links to the presenters’ slides.

Continue reading “Session Reports for the 2018 Spring Program”

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Board Meeting Minutes – March 2018

March 8, 2018 ACRL DVC Board Meeting

In attendance

Nancy Bellafante, Stephanie Pennucci, Ellie Goldberg, Sarah Wingo, Carol Howe, Penny Lochner

February minutes (read)

No further edits needed. Minutes approved and ready to post on the blog.

Open Education Week at Millersville U.

Stephanie announced open virtual programming being held at Millersville covering different topics related to open education. The sessions will be recorded.

From stephaniepennucci to Everyone:  http://www.millersville.edu/cae/open-education-week/index.php

Election updates

  • Ballots to be sent 3/16.  Will use Google form.
  • If have any people in mind for nomination, please sent to Martha. She will reach out to them.
  • Current nominations:
    • VP/Pres. Elect – Stefani Gomez (KU)
    • Treasurer – Adam Mizelle (Widener)
    • Director-at-Large – Susan Tsiouris (Widener), Susan Czerny (KU)

Spring Program

Program proposals:

Nancy anonymized and distributed program proposals. After review and discussion the following proposals were chosen for the program:

  1. Building Partnerships around Student Needs
  2. Learning Alliances for Students’ Academic Success
  3. Collaborations with Faculty: Reaching Outside of the Classroom
  4. Bridging Learning Communities with Scratch and Makey Makey
  • It was also decided that we should request presenters to include best practices or explain how what they did is generalizable to other libraries.
  • Presenters will be contacted by March 10th

Student poster – only one person has submitted a proposal so far. If we can’t get more, we will cancel the poster program. Nancy said it is ok for students to be in undergrad programs. Ellie will check with an undergrad lib student in their library.  

Agenda:

  • Nancy shared a  Google doc, “Program Description and Schedule” for discussion including drafts of agenda, program title, description, etc. This is a working document.
  • Registration to begin at 10 a.m. which allows more travel time to get to Muhlenberg.
  • Goal is to have keynote + 4 presentations + discussion at the end. We may provide questions/topics for the tables.
  • Nancy will email Board requesting feedback when Google doc is updated with Event Title, Event Description suggestions.

Marketing:

Marketing is to begin next week. Sign up on Google doc participate in marketing.

Miscellaneous

Legislative Day Travel Grant

  • Would like to get it online next week.  Feedback by 3/12.
  • Comment on amount of $

Drexel – Digital Humanities webinar

  • Will not do the March webinar due to lack of available space.
  • April is next date and will try to set that up.
  • May – need a location

Registration Database Renewal

  • Ellie reports a pricing change on registration database hosted by Wild Apricot: Was $480/yr. , now $540/yr. Now includes unlimited administrators.
  • Ok to renew at the higher rate?

Next meeting

Date: April 12th. Need to discuss long term sustainability of funding/stipend initiatives.

 

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Delaware Valley Chapter 2018-19 Board Member Election Results

The Nominating Committee would like to thank all the candidates who ran in the election. The election ended on Friday, March 30, 2018.

The results are in and the new Board Members are:

Vice President / President Elect: Stefani Gomez, Kutztown University
Treasurer: Adam Mizelle, Widener University
Director at Large: Elise Ferer, Drexel University

Please join us in congratulating our newest board members!

-The ACRL DVC Nominating Committee

Martha Stevenson, Past President
Jessica Brangiel, Secretary
Ellie Goldberg, Treasurer
Sarah Wingo, Legislative Liaison

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Spring Program Registration is Open! Learn about the Power of Partnerships

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. Continue reading “Spring Program Registration is Open! Learn about the Power of Partnerships”

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Ready to Be Heard? Funding Is Available for Library Legislative Day Participation

National Library Legislative Day is a two-day advocacy event (May 7-8, 2018) that brings hundreds of librarians, trustees, library supporters and patrons to Washington, D.C. to meet with their members of Congress and to rally support for library issues and policies.

Interested in attending this event? ACRL/DVC offers a stipend up to $700 to cover expenses (registration, travel, and lodging). Continue reading “Ready to Be Heard? Funding Is Available for Library Legislative Day Participation”

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Board Meeting Minutes – February 2018

February 15, 2018 ACRL DVC Board Meeting

In attendance

Sarah Wingo, Penny Lochner, Nancy Bellafante, Jessica Brangiel, Martha Stevenson, Stephanie Pennucci, Ellie Goldberg

Resume Review Program in March

  • Guide for Reviewers – Jess has created a rubric for reviewers, action item for the board please provide feedback on the rubric.  Review service will be open for month of March
  • Blog post coming soon on resume review service
  • Outreach – where to reach students?  Add to outreach spreadsheet

Board Positions Nominations

  • Nominating Committee – Martha, Sarah, Jessica B. and Ellie
  • Open positions VP, treasurer and director at large positions, ballot last time went out when PaLA ballots went out

Continue reading “Board Meeting Minutes – February 2018”

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Looking to Get Involved?  The ACRL DVC Board Is Looking for You!

The Delaware Chapter of ACRL is seeking nominees for the following elected offices with voting privileges:

Vice President/President/Past President – This is a three-year term.
Treasurer – This is a two-year term.
Director-at-Large – This is a three-year term.

See the ACRL DVC website for full Board Member Position Descriptions with duties.

Nominations and self-nominations are welcome.  Please submit a bio and brief description of why you want to run. Email information to Martha Stevenson, stevenson@kutztown.edu,  by Tuesday, March 13.

Ballots will be distributed on Friday, March 16. Voting remains open until Friday, March 30.

Thank you on behalf of the Nominating Committee!
Martha Stevenson, Past President
Jessica Brangiel, Secretary
Ellie Goldberg, Treasurer
Sarah Wingo, Legislative Liaison

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DVC Prepares MLIS Students to Spring into Action

Attention MLIS students in the Delaware Valley region – ACRL DVC has more opportunities for you this spring!  Once again, we hope to bolster your professional development and, consequently, available opportunities following graduation.  In addition to our ongoing mentorship program, we are providing two opportunities for you to spruce up your resume:

March 2018 Resume Review for MLIS StudentsResume Review
Anytime this March, submit your resume to dvcmentoring@gmail.com, and we will have two librarians read and respond to your resume with helpful tips to make your experience and skills stand out to employers.  Timely, since many of you will graduate and begin job searching this spring!

Presentation Opportunity
We would love if you share some of your practicum, internship, or fellowship experiences through a poster presentation at our April 20th Spring Program.  Submitting a poster proposal is easy! Simply email dvcmentoring@gmail.com by March 23, providing the following information:

Full Name
Email
MLIS Program
Poster Title
Poster Brief Description

Librarians of the Delaware Valley are excited to support you in your professional development and to make the transition from student to professional smooth.  Whether you are updating your resume or reflecting on your past experiences, we are looking forward to hearing from you in the near future!

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Call for Spring Program Proposals: We’d Like to Hear Your Partnership Experience

Call For Proposals:
ACRL Delaware Valley Spring Program

Program Date:
Friday, April 20, Muhlenberg College

Submission deadline: February 24, 2018
Submit proposal to:  dvcmentoring@gmail.com
(Instructions included below)

Program Description
The theme for the ACRL Delaware Valley spring program is partnerships. 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 university and community relationships? What are the best practices? Where are the opportunities? What are the success stories? Continue reading “Call for Spring Program Proposals: We’d Like to Hear Your Partnership Experience”

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Board Meeting Minutes – November 2017

11/10/2017 ACRL DVC Board Meeting Minutes

In attendance:  Nancy Bellafante, Jessica Brangiel, Jess Denke, Penny Lochner, Ellie Goldberg, Sarah Wingo

October meeting minutes were approved. They will be posted to the blog.

December meeting will be cancelled.  Board will resume meetings in January.  Meeting date needs to be changed for January 2018.  Possible date is January 11th, second Thursday.  Date will be confirmed in the near future. Continue reading “Board Meeting Minutes – November 2017”