http://acrlog.org Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:43:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I tried to reflect on my first year of academic librarianship and what I should include as advice for other new librarians in my final post here at ACRLog, platitudes such as "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again" kept popping into my head. So I thought ... http://acrlog.org/2009/07/02/onellumss-last-fyale-post-short-and-sweet/ Did you have the opportunity to attend both the 2007 Baltimore ACRL conference and the 2009 Seattle ACRL conference? If so, which did you like better? I did get to both and I really wouldn't compare the two. I think each conference needs to stand on its own. You have ... http://acrlog.org/2009/07/01/9-out-of-10-academic-librarians-surveyed-liked-the-seattle-conference/ Now that the slower summer months are here I'm taking some time to work on a couple of big projects. Lately I've been thinking a lot about online tutorials. We have a large student population and a relatively small library, and I'm always looking for ways to extend our instructional ... http://acrlog.org/2009/06/27/the-pros-and-cons-of-reinventing-the-wheel/ Are you a Librarian Entrepreneur? You might be. Would you answer "yes" to these questions: I am an opportunist. I am a creative genius (or part of a creative work team) I am persistent I am customer focused I connect the dots I am passionate I am a risk taker According to my research in preparation for a ... http://acrlog.org/2009/06/24/tapping-your-inner-entrepreneur/ As Jennifer Howard of the Chronicle reports, collaboration between libraries and presses was a theme at the most recent meeting of the Association of American University Presses, but there seems to have been some heat generated over library/press relations and the open access movement. One option is the "Michigan Model" ... http://acrlog.org/2009/06/22/sustaining-scholarship/ It's now mid-June and the ALA annual conference will be upon us in no time at all. If you plan to be in Chicago now is the time to start thinking about your conference strategy. I hope you followed my advice on getting the hotel you want (see the third ... http://acrlog.org/2009/06/16/five-tips-for-a-better-ala-conference-experience/ It's summertime, so last week I packed my bag and headed off to camp: LibCampNYC, a library unconference held at Brooklyn College, CUNY. This was the first unconference I'd ever attended, having narrowly missed out on signing up for Library Camp NYC in 2007. One of the defining features of an ... http://acrlog.org/2009/06/13/gone-camping/ It's been over a month, and the faculty blogosphere is still buzzing about Mark Taylor's New York Times editorial "End the University as We Know It."  That's not too surprising, since Taylor called for, among other changes, abolishing both departments and tenure.  ACRLog blogger Scott Walter linked to the editorial ... http://acrlog.org/2009/06/11/taylor-op-ed/ Some academic librarians do quite well as solo researchers and writers. Others find they are more productive when they team up with one or more colleagues. Each method has its pros and cons. Going solo you can set your own pace, do things the way you like, and ... http://acrlog.org/2009/06/10/being-a-good-research-partner/ After writing my previous post, our library director brought this report to my attention: "The Changing Nature of Intellectual Authority" by Peter Nicholson, presented at the 148th ARL meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, May 17-19 2006. Apparently I was "scooped" by a good three years, as the ideas in the report ... http://acrlog.org/2009/06/08/explaining-authority-part-2/