Archive for June, 2006
ANSS Program At ALA Is Food For Thought
I’m pleased to share another post from our guest ALA Conference blogger, Kim Leeder. Kim is the Special Assistant to the Dean at the University of Arizona Libraries. She also maintains her own blog, Park Ranger for the Intellectual Commons:
Among all the interesting sessions offered at ALA Annual this year, ACRL’s Anthropology and [...]
Posted by StevenB on June 30th, 2006 under Conference Blogging.
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Scholarship in a Read/Write World
There have been a couple of fascinating articles on scholarship and social networking published recently. First, historian Roy Rosenzweig asks “Can History Be Open Source?” He recommends that if teachers are worried about students’ use of Wikipedia, they should consider it an opportunity for information literacy: “Spend more time teaching about the limitations of all [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on June 29th, 2006 under Scholarly Communications, Worth Reading.
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Go Where They Are (And Go Now!)
I’m pleased to share this post from our guest ALA Conference blogger, Kim Leeder. Kim is the Special Assistant to the Dean at the University of Arizona Libraries. She also maintains her own blog, Park Ranger for the Intellectual Commons:
Library news delivered to RSS feeders. iPods loaded with course reserves. Library profiles on [...]
Posted by StevenB on June 29th, 2006 under Conference Blogging, Student Issues, Technology Issues.
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Honoring Ray English - ACRL Academic/Research Librarian Of The Year
One of the best ACRL traditions that occurs at ALA conferences is the reception that follows the ACRL President’s Program. The focus of the reception, other than general schmoozing, is to celebrate the winner of the ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. The winner of the 2006 award, Ray English, Azariah Smith Root Director of [...]
Posted by StevenB on June 28th, 2006 under ACRL News, Conference Blogging, Uncategorized.
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Stopping By The ACRL Booth
ACRL’s booth on the convention floor at the ALA Conference in New Orleans received quite a bit of traffic despite being located off in a far corner of the exhibits (although near the ever popular Internet Room). In this photo I’m at the booth with Lori Goetsch of Kansas State University, and a current member [...]
Posted by StevenB on June 28th, 2006 under Conference Blogging, Uncategorized.
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