Archive for 'ACRL News'
My Thoughts on ACRL’s Springboard Event
Today was an important day in the history of ACRL. Even from my newly-minted librarian perspective, I can recognize this as a momentous occasion. ACRL listened to the needs of their members and offered their first ever free webcast. Only members were able to participate in the webcast, something that I think is completely reasonable. [...]
Posted by Melissa Mallon on April 2nd, 2008 under ACRL News, Professional Development.
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For Members Only - A Free ACRL Webcast Event
In survey after survey, ACRL members report that access to continuing professional development is the most highly valued benefit of belonging to this association. In response ACRL has moved aggresively into the e-learning environment, and now offers a regular series of programs that members can access from the desktop. About the only negative response ACRL [...]
Posted by StevenB on March 6th, 2008 under ACRL News, Professional Development.
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ACRL Announces Its Big Awards
Yesterday ACRL issued press releases about two of its most notable awards - the Academic/Research Librarian of the Year and the Excellence in Academic Libraries. Who won?
If you had asked me to predict who I thought would be this year’s Academic/Research Librarian of the Year, Peter Hernon would not have been my pick. If you’ve [...]
Posted by StevenB on January 30th, 2008 under ACRL News.
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Top Ten Assumptions Morphs Into ACRL Environmental Scan 2007
If you happened to look over the just released ACRL Environmental Scan 2007 it may have looked familiar. That’s because it is a beefier version of the previously released “Top Ten Assumptions About the Future” which came out around the end of March (there was a session about the assumptions at ACRL in Baltimore). And [...]
Posted by StevenB on January 14th, 2008 under ACRL News, Worth Reading.
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Welcome To Our Fellow ACRL Blog - ACRL Insider
Maybe you thought that one ACRL blog could say it all. Well it turns out that one blog is not enough for ACRL - now there are two. We ACRLog bloggers welcome ACRL Insider to the blogging scene. We think it will help our readers to keep up with ACRL news and developments that we [...]
Posted by StevenB on January 8th, 2008 under ACRL News.
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