Archive for May, 2010
Reflections on Service
By now I’m sure everyone’s seen Thomas Benton’s article in praise of academic librarians in last week’s Chronicle of Higher Education. It’s getting a lot of link love in the blogosphere, and was in the top five most viewed and emailed articles on the Chron’s website early this week. I love being a librarian and [...]
Posted by Maura Smale on May 29th, 2010 under Just Thinking, Public Services.
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ACRL 2011 National Conference Update – Paper/Panel Submissions
Just in! Some data on the number of submissions for the contributed paper and panel sessions (plus workshops and preconferences) for ACRL’s National Conference in Philadelphia in 2011. As you might expect – the number of submissions (mostly) continues to increase.
Here’s the data:
Contributed Papers
Number of submissions – [...]
Posted by StevenB on May 27th, 2010 under ACRL News, Professional Development.
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One Idea Can Make A Difference
A few weeks ago I had the great honor of serving as the Emcee for the TEDxNJLibs conference held at the Princeton Public Library in New Jersey. You probably know all about TED and the famous talks. You may be less familiar with TEDx which seeks to replicate the vibe and excitement of the annual [...]
Posted by StevenB on May 25th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Sudden Thoughts And Second Thoughts
Sign of the Times
Here’s an interesting new blog started by the Chronicle, “Campus Cuts“. Too depressing maybe? On the other hand, when posts to this blog grow few and far between that will be a good sign. If you do need some cheering up stay away from the Chronicle and just stick with this.
Something is [...]
Posted by StevenB on May 20th, 2010 under sudden thoughts.
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Making Conferencing Comfortable
Editor’s Note: ACRLog is hosting a team of ALA Emerging Leaders. Each month one of our Emerging Leaders will contribute a guest post, and each will focus on some aspect of gearing up for the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Next up in the series is a personal reflection on being mentored at the [...]
Posted by StevenB on May 12th, 2010 under Conference Blogging, Student Issues.
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