In case you didn’t pick up on it in the comments to another post here, it is possible for anyone to view the official ACRL Conference blog. I had mistakenly indicated that it was only available to those who could get to the virtual conference (meaning you needed to be registered). Thanks to Marc who [...]

If you like learning to learn about how people learn – and how they learn about learning – you would have learned quite a bit at the talk given by Luz Mangurian, Professor Emerita at Towson University. She talked about how people learn, but took us for a tour of how the brain works and [...]

I had heard that Jerry Campbell liked to use country and western song titles in his articles and talks, but I didn’t get a taste of that until today. The title of this post was just one of the song titles he made use of, and given that this was a panel discussion on “Where [...]

Michael Dyson got the ACRL 2007 National Conference off to a rousing start with a dynamic speech delivered preacher style (he did say he was also an ordained Baptist minister). Covering topics from literacy to hip-hop to Bill Cosby to American anti-intellectualism, Dyson reminded those in attendance that “they will inspire someone to go beyond [...]

That’s the title of a commentary published today at Inside Higher Ed. Written by ACRL President Pam Snelson, this article will serve to inform IHE readers that the library is a vibrant and dynamic resource at their institution, and as Snelson says is “far from fading away in the Age of Google”. Published to coincide [...]