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ACRL Podcast: Value of Academic Libraries Summits White Paper and Update

Association of College & Research Libraries — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:11:04 +0000

In this podcast, C&RL News Editor-in-Chief David Free talks with ACRL Value of Academic Libraries Committee Co-Chairs Lisa Hinchliffe of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Megan Oakleaf of Syracuse University about the newly released white paper “Connect, Collaborate, and Communicate: A Report from the Value of Academic Libraries Summits” and the history and future of the ACRL Value of Academic Libraries Initiative.

Time: 11:56

“Connect, Collaborate, and Communicate: A Report from the Value of Academic Libraries Summits” (PDF) is freely available on the ACRL website.

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ACRL Podcast: Scenarios for the Future of the Book

Association of College & Research Libraries — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:52:44 +0000

In this podcast, ACRL President Joyce L. Ogburn talks with David J. Staley, director of the Harvey Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching in the History Department at Ohio State University, about his new ACRL research report “Future Thinking for Academic Libraries: Scenarios for the Future of the Book.”

Time: 14:26

“Future Thinking for Academic Libraries: Scenarios for the Future of the Book” is available as a free download from the ACRL website (PDF).

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ACRL Podcast: Environments for Student Growth and Development

Association of College & Research Libraries — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:56:07 +0000

In this podcast, ACRL Content Strategist Kathryn Deiss talks with Lisa Hinchliffe and Melissa Wong, editors of the recent ACRL publication Environments for Student Growth and Development about their book and ways librarians can collaborate with student affairs professionals on campus.

Time: 8:07

Environments for Student Growth and Development is available in print and a variety of ebook formats from the ALA Online Store and Amazon.

To learn more, don’t miss the ACRL e-Learning webcast Environments for Student Growth and Development: An Introduction to Libraries and Student Affairs in Collaboration on Thursday, June 14.

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ACRL Podcast: 2012 Vice-Presidential Candidates

Association of College & Research Libraries — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:28:56 +0000

In this podcast, C&RL News editor-in-chief David Free talks with Trevor A. Dawes and Debbie Malone, 2012 candidates for ACRL vice-president/ president-elect about their potential plans for the association.

Time: 15:03

Complete details on the 2012 ALA/ ACRL elections are available on the ACRL website.

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ACRL Podcast: Value of Academic Libraries – David James and Patricia Iannuzzi

Association of College & Research Libraries — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:08:16 +0000

In this podcast, C&RL News editor-in-chief David Free talks to David James, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Programs, and Patricia Iannuzzi, Dean of University Libraries, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas about their experiences at the IMLS grant-funded Value of Academic Libraries Summits in Chicago.

Time: 12:45

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ACRL Podcast: Value of Academic Libraries – Nancy Marlin

Association of College & Research Libraries — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:31:35 +0000

In this podcast, C&RL News editor-in-chief David Free talks to Nancy Marlin, provost at San Diego State University, about ways libraries can use existing data to enhance student success.

Time: 6:07

The interview was recorded at the IMLS grant-funded Value of Academic Libraries Summits in Chicago.

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ACRL Podcast: Value of Academic Libraries – Troy Swanson

Association of College & Research Libraries — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:02:33 +0000

In this podcast, C&RL News editor-in-chief David Free talks to Troy Swanson, library department chair at Moraine Valley Community College, about assessing the effectiveness of libraries on academic success.

Time: 7:04

The interview was recorded at the IMLS grant-funded Value of Academic Libraries Summits in Chicago.

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ACRL Podcast: Value of Academic Libraries – Andrew Lootens-White

Association of College & Research Libraries — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:22:20 +0000

In this podcast, C&RL News editor-in-chief David Free talks to Andrew Lootens-White, vice president for accreditation relations at the Higher Learning Commission, about the value of academic libraries from the accreditation agency perspective. The interview was recorded at the IMLS grant-funded Value of Academic Libraries Summits in Chicago.

Time: 7:06

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ACRL Podcast: Value of Academic Libraries – Richard Ray

Association of College & Research Libraries — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:19:18 +0000

In this podcast, C&RL News editor-in-chief David Free talks to Richard Ray, provost at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, about the ways in which libraries contribute to academic success.

The interview was recorded at the IMLS grant-funded Value of Academic Libraries Summits in Chicago.

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Meet the Staff: Kara Malenfant

Association of College & Research Libraries — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:24:48 +0000

Editor’s Note: This is the first in an occasional series profiling members of the ACRL staff.

Kara Malenfant is ACRL’s Scholarly Communications and Government Relations Specialist.

Kara recently earned her PhD in Leadership and Change from Antioch University. To learn more, listen to the audio discussion above about her dissertation, Understanding Faculty Perceptions of the Future: Action Research for Academic Librarians.

1. Describe yourself in three words: Enthusiastic. Dedicated. Collaborative.

2. What are you reading right now? Currently I’m reading juvenile nonfiction on Chile (to prepare a cultural presentation for my son’s kindergarten class) and Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole for book club. Next up on my list are Academically Adrift by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa and Enhancing Campus Capacity for Leadership: An Examination of Grassroots Leaders in Higher Education by Adrianna J. Kezar and Jaime Lester.

3. What was your background before coming to work at ACRL?: Before I started at ACRL in fall of 2005, I was a librarian for 6 years at DePaul University in Chicago. Prior to getting my MS from UIUC and becoming a librarian, I had worked in nonprofits focused on international humanitarian aid and advocacy. I started on that path after teaching English as a Peace Corps volunteer while part of the first group posted to the Republic of Armenia in the early 90s.

4. What do you do in your role as ACRL Scholarly Communications and Government Relations Specialist? I coordinate ACRL’s scholarly communication activities, government relations advocacy, and am the lead staff member on the Value of Academic Libraries initiative. Recently I have begun working with colleagues on a forthcoming research series and to provide consulting services on organizational development and use of ACRL’s standards for libraries in higher education.

5. What’s your favorite thing about working at ACRL? I’d have to say my favorite thing is the variety. I enjoy being engaged on wide range of national issues that are important to libraries and higher education. I appreciate my colleagues, who are so highly competent, and the way we all work together to support one another. It is an absolute pleasure working with our very motivated members, who are some of the best and brightest in the profession.

6. In your own words: Although I was active in ACRL for years (I served as chair of ACRL’s International Relations Committee from 2003-2005), it wasn’t until I started on staff that I came to realize how truly member driven this organization is. If you have a good idea and are willing to give it some elbow grease, there’s no telling what you can do. ACRL depends on active members to accomplish all that we do for the good of the profession.

Literature Librarians and Faculty Partnering for Academic Success Video

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:30:20 +0000

The ACRL Literatures in English Section (LES) has created a video featuring four professors discuss how working with literature librarians has enhanced their teaching and research. LES developed the video to raise the awareness among university faculty, administrators, and students of the many benefits of the literature librarian-teaching faculty collaboration.

Visit the LES website for more information on section activities and projects.

ACRL Podcast – Char Booth

Association of College & Research Libraries — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:37:30 +0000

In this podcast, ACRL 2011 invited paper speaker Char Booth talks to John Shank about her presentation, “The Librarian as Situated Educator: Instructional Literacy and Participation in Communities of Practice.” Shank is a member of the ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference committee.

Time: 9:07

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ACRL Podcast – ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference

Association of College & Research Libraries — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:21:07 +0000

In this podcast, ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference co-chairs Erin Dorney and Scott Vine talk to John Shank about the benefits and content of attending the conference online. Shank is a member of the ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference committee.

Time: 6:42

The ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference kicks off on at 1 p.m. Central on March 8, 2011 with the preview Webcast “A Future in Transition: Foreseeing Forthcoming Opportunities & Challenges in Academic Reference,” featuring Marie Radford, associate professor in the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information. The preview Webcast is free and open to all, regardless of ACRL 2011 registration. Check the ACRL 2011 website on March 8 for access information.

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ACRL Podcast: Welcome To ACRL 2011

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:37:17 +0000

In this podcast, ACRL 2011 conference chair Pam Snelson talks to John Shank about the upcoming conference and attendees can expect in Philadelphia. Shank is a member of the ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference committee.

Time: 5:12

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Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards – Community College Libraries: ACRL Podcast

Association of College & Research Libraries — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:07:44 +0000

In this podcast, ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards Nominating Committee Chair Scott Walter talks with Debra Gilchrist of Pierce College and Mary Ann Laun of Pasadena City College about what winning the award in the community college category has meant for their institutions.

Time: 12:40

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Visit the ACRL Website for complete details on the 2011 ACRL Awards Program.

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Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards – University Libraries: ACRL Podcast

Association of College & Research Libraries — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:02:24 +0000

In this podcast, ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards Nominating Committee Chair Scott Walter talks with Wendy Lougee of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and Jeff Trzeciak of McMaster University about what winning the award in the university category has meant for their institutions.

Time: 14:06

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Visit the ACRL Website for complete details on the 2011 ACRL Awards Program.

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ACRL Podcast: Value of Academic Libraries Report

Association of College & Research Libraries — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:19:07 +0000

ACRL has released “Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report,” a comprehensive review providing academic librarians with a clearer understanding of what research about the performance of academic libraries already exists, where gaps in this research occur, and identifying the most promising best practices and measures correlated to performance.

In this podcast, report author Megan Oakleaf of the Syracuse University iSchool and ACRL President Lisa Hinchliffe discuss the report, the variety of ways to communicate the value of academic libraries, and how academic librarians can become leaders in campus value and assessment.

Time: 25:13

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“Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report” is freely available on the ACRL website.

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ACRL Podcast: Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards – College Libraries

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:05:45 +0000

In this podcast, ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards Nominating Committee Chair Scott Walter talks with Joan Ruelle of Hollins University and Susan Swords Steffen of Elmhurst College about what winning the award in the college category has meant for their institutions.

Time: 12:59

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Visit the ACRL Website for complete details on the 2011 ACRL Awards Program.

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ACRL Podcast: Participatory Democracy in an Internet Age

Association of College & Research Libraries — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:21:56 +0000

On June 26, 2010, the ACRL Law and Political Science Section (LPSS) presented a program entitled “Participatory Democracy in an Internet Age” at the 2010 ALA Annual Conference. The program focused on how the Internet is transforming participation in the political process. The podcast contains an audio recording of the program featuring speakers Bryce Cullinane, deputy director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet at George Washington University; Dave Karpf, assistant professor in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University and visiting fellow at the Yale Information Society Project; and Decker Ngongang, vice president of programs for Mobilize.org. The program was moderated by Evan J. Rusch of the Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Time: 120:01

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Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians

Association of College & Research Libraries — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:43:08 +0000

ACRL has released a new report, “Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians: Higher Education in 2025,” to prompt academic librarians to consider what trends may impact the future of higher education in order to take strategic action now. Authored by David J. Staley, director of the Harvey Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching in the History Department of Ohio State University, and Kara J. Malenfant, ACRL scholarly communications and government relations specialist, the report presents 26 possible scenarios for the future which may have an impact on all types of academic libraries over the next 15 years. The scenarios are based on implications assessment of current trends and reflect a variety of potential futures for higher education. The scenarios represent a variety of themes relating to academic culture, demographics, distance education, funding, globalization, infrastructure/facilities, libraries, political climate, publishing industry, societal values, students/learning and technology.

To learn more about the report and futures research, listen to the latest ACRL Podcast.

The full “Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians: Higher Education in 2025” report is freely available on the ACRL Website.

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ACRL Podcast: 2010 Presidential Candidates Forum

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:20:37 +0000

On January 17, 2010, the 2010 ACRL Presidential Candidates Forum was held at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston. The 2010 candidates for ACRL Vice-President/ President-Elect are Frank D’Andraia (Service Professor in the Department Information Studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York) and Joyce Ogburn (University Librarian and Director of the University of Utah Marriott Library).

Time: 83:49
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ACRL Podcast: Job of a Lifetime – Emerging Technologies

Association of College & Research Libraries — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:14:33 +0000

C&RL News “Job of a Lifetime” column editor Erin Dorney talks with Carrie Bertling Disclafani, David Dahl, and Carissa Tomlinson about their jobs as emerging technologies librarians at Towson University. Read more about Carrie, David, and Carissa in the October 2009 issue of C&RL News.

Time:11:14

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ACRL Podcast: Political Engagement

Association of College & Research Libraries — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:59:37 +0000

On July 11, 2009, the ACRL Law and Political Science Section (LPSS) presented a program entitled “Political Engagement: Facilitating Greater Participation in Civil Society” at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference. The program focused on way libraries can facilitate development of lifelong critical thinking and research skills needed for citizenship. The podcast contains an audio recording of the program featuring speakers Elizabeth Hollander, Senior Fellow, Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University; Nancy Kranich, Lecturer, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University; Holly Sorensen, Assistant Director, Des Plaines Public Library; and Joanne Griffin, Business Reference Librarian, Des Plaines Public Library.

Time: 89:30

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Additional information, including links to selected presentations and a bibliography, are available on the ACRL Web site.

ACRL Podcast: The Library Instruction Cookbook

Association of College & Research Libraries — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:43:18 +0000

ACRL Content Strategist Kathryn Deiss talks with Doug Cook and Ryan Sittler – editors of the ACRL publication The Library Instruction Cookbook – about the editing process, humor in library literature, and their new book. The Library Instruction Cookbook is available for purchase from the ALA Online Store.

Time: 21:30

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ACRL Podcast: Job of a Lifetime – Brian Mathews

Association of College & Research Libraries — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:37:18 +0000

C&RL News “Job of a Lifetime” column editor Erin Dorney talks with Brian Mathews about his work as User Experience Librarian at Georgia Tech. Mathews is now assistant university librarian for outreach and academic services at the University of California -Santa Barbara. Read more about Mathews in the June 2009 issue of C&RL News.

Time:14:17

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ACRL Podcast: Library Rx

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:33:05 +0000

ACRL Content Strategist Kathryn Deiss talks with Martina Malvasi, Cathy Rudowsky, and Jesus Valenica of Slippery Rock University about the causes of, and treatments for, library anxiety. Malvasi, Rudowsky, and Valencia are the authors of the new ACRL publication Library Rx: Measuring and Treating Library Anxiety.

Time:14:43

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ACRL Podcast: Robin Chase Interview

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:12:33 +0000

Robin Chase, cofounder of ZipCar and current CEO of GoLoco, spoke with ACRL 2009 Green Committee member Kate Zoellner and C&RL News editor-in-chief David Free following her invited presentation at the ACRL 14th National Conference in Seattle.

Time: 20:26

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ACRL Podcast: Playing On “Practice Fields”

Association of College & Research Libraries — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:09:05 +0000

In this podcast, ACRL 14th National Conference Virtual Conference Committee Co-Chair Scott Walter talks with Craig Gibson about the contributed paper “Playing on ‘Practice Fields’: Creating a Research and Development Culture in Academic Libraries.” Gibson presents his paper in Seattle from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Friday, March 13.

Time: 12:35

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ACRL Podcast: 2009 Vice President/ President-Elect Candidates Talk

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:45:24 +0000

ACRL Content Strategist Kathryn Deiss talks with Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Kelly Janousek of California State University-Long Beach, 2009 candidates for ACRL Vice President/ President-Elect. Make sure to vote in the upcoming ALA/ ACRL elections.

Time: 13:42

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ACRL Podcast: Gender, Generation, and Toxicity

Association of College & Research Libraries — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:34:43 +0000

In this podcast, ACRL 14th National Conference panelists Mollie Freier and Ann Campion Riley talk with Virtual Conference Committee Co-Chair Scott Walter about “Gender, Generation, and Toxicity: The Implications for Academic Librarians of Gender and Generational Attitudes Towards Competition and Workplace Behavior.” Freier and Riley will be joined by Terrence Bennett in Seattle for a panel session on the topic taking place from 9-10 a.m. on Sunday, March 15.

Time: 10:58

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ACRL Podcast: Mapping Your Path To The Mountaintop

Association of College & Research Libraries — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:24:15 +0000

In this podcast, ACRL 14th National Conference panelists Steven J. Bell and John Shank talk with Virtual Conference Committee Co-Chair Scott Walter about career planning and mentoring. Bell and Shank will be joined in Seattle by Brian Mathews and Lauren Pressley for their panel session “Mapping Your Path to the Mountaintop: Planning Where You Want to Be In Your Career,” taking place from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 14. The session originated in an ACRLog post by Bell in December 2007.

Time: 17:18

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ACRL Podcast: Facebook – Clever Outreach or Costly Diversion?

Association of College & Research Libraries — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:46:40 +0000

Many academic libraries are experimenting with Facebook as a tool for student outreach and community. Harry Glazer, communications director at the Rutgers University Libraries, discusses his experiences in Facebook with College & Research Libraries News editor-in-chief David Free. Glazer’s article “Clever outreach or costly diversion?” appears in the January 2009 issue of C&RL News.

Time: 11:46

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ACRL Podcast Updates

Association of College & Research Libraries — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:00:13 +0000

Over the next week, we will be performing some minor updates to the podcasts posted on the ACRL Insider blog. If you subscribe to either the podcast or main ACRL Insider RSS feeds, you may notice some repeat podcasts in your feed reader. We apologize for any inconvenience.

ACRL Podcasts are available through the ACRL Insider blog, by subscription through our podcast RSS feed, and in the iTunes Store.

ACRL Podcast: The Beauty of “Some Rights Reserved”

Association of College & Research Libraries — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:37:48 +0000

In this podcast, Molly Kleinman, copyright specialist at the University of Michigan Library, discusses Creative Commons and the current state of copyright law with College & Research Libraries News editor-in-chief David Free. Kleinmans’s article “The Beauty of ‘Some Rights Reserved’” appears in the November 2008 issue of C&RL News.

Time:13:45

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ACRL Podcast: Peter Hernon on Assessment

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:28:30 +0000

In this podcast, ACRL 14th National Conference invited speaker and 2008 ACRL Academic/ Research Librarian of the Year Peter Hernon talks with Virtual Conference Committee Co-Chair Scott Walter about assessment in academic libraries. Registration for the conference is now open!

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ACRL Podcast: Greening Seattle

Association of College & Research Libraries — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:31:56 +0000

In this podcast, ACRL 14th National Conference Virtual Conference Committee Co-Chair Scott Walter and Green Conference Planning Committee members Juliet Kerico and Karen Munro discuss environmentally sustainable practices at next year’s Seattle conference. Visit the conference website for more information, including the ACRL 2I009 Green Pledge , eco-friendly hotel practices, and Invited Green Speaker Robin Chase. Registration for the conference is now open!

Time: 5:36

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ACRL Podcast: The Desk and Beyond

Association of College & Research Libraries — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:35:54 +0000

n this podcast, College & Research Libraries News editor-in-chief David Free talks with Sarah Steiner and Leslie Madden of Georgia State University, editors of the ACRL publication The Desk and Beyond: Next Generation Reference Services. They are joined by chapter authors Meredith Farkas of Norwich University, Ross LaBaugh of California State University – Fresno, and Jerilyn Veldof of the University of Minnesota to discuss the book along with current and future trends in reference services.

Time: 29:27

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Erika Linke On The Radio

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:52:58 +0000

On July 22, ACRL President Erika Linke appeared on the WAMU – American University Radio/ Public Radio International program The Kojo Nnamdi Show as a panelist in a segment titled “More Information, Less Knowledge?”. The hour-long discussion highlights the changes in research habits in the Internet Age and “how our online habits are rewiring our brains and our research habits.”

The discussion is archived on the show website in Real Audio and Windows Media formats. Take a listen!

ACRL Podcast: Support SCOAP 3 Publishing Experiment

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:24:08 +0000

Today, ACRL sent a letter to the organizers of SCOAP3, the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics, expressing interest and support of their effort to facilitate open access publishing in High Energy Physics. The letter states that ACRL “welcomes this experiment in new funding models and recognizes its potential to inform scholarly publishing more globally” and “believes that SCOAP3 is a valuable addition to the heterogeneous mix of strategies being undertaken by scholars, publishers, libraries and others to ensure the future of high-quality journals.”

Additionally, the association encourages its members to consider joining the SCOAP3 effort when appropriate, e.g. through an institutional or consortial “expression of interest” providing education and outreach about SCOAP3 to their faculty, library staff and administrators, and finding other ways to analyze and support SCOAP3 where possible.

To learn more about why libraries of all sizes should support SCOAP3, and what they can do to support the effort, listen an interview with John Ober, Director of Policy, Planning & Outreach at California Digital Library, and Kim Douglas, University Librarian at California Institute of Technology. Ober is a current co-chair, and Douglas an incoming co-chair, of ACRL’s Scholarly Communications Committee.

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ACRL Podcast: Eradicating The Rogue Assignment

Association of College & Research Libraries — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:38:38 +0000

n this podcast, Nina McHale from University of Colorado-Denver discusses rogue library assignments with College & Research Libraries News editor-in-chief David Free. McHale’s article “Eradicating the Rouge Assignment” appears in the May 2008 issue of C&RL News.

How do you handle rogue assignments at your library? Leave a comment on this post to discuss the issue and share strategies with your peers.

Time: 11:10

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ACRL Podcast: Become an ACRL Legislative Advocate

Association of College & Research Libraries — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:29:19 +0000

We’re looking to expand our group of ACRL Legislative Advocates and invite you to join. Are you interested in federal legislation and policy affecting libraries, connected in your campus community, and willing to work with your members of Congress for change? ACRL needs you!

Read more about the responsibilities, duties and apply online by July 11, 2008.

In the following interview, Jonathan Miller – Director of Olin Library at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and one of the inaugural group of ACRL Legislative Advocates – discusses the ACRL Legislative Advocate program. Miller says being an ACRL Legislative Advocate is a lot of fun, a great role, and requires just 1 hour a month. Click the link below to listen to the interview. Or right click and save as to save to your computer.

Jonathan Miller on ACRL Legislative Advocates (10:20 – mp3)

Also, please join us in welcoming Michael McLane as ACRL’s new visiting program officer. Mike is director of libraries at The Catholic University of America in DC and will be helping us recruit new ACRL legislative advocates, plan training and assess the program.

ACRL Podcast: Party Photo Phenomenon

Association of College & Research Libraries — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:42:57 +0000

In this podcast, University of Vermont librarians Daisy Benson and Selene Colburn, along with UVM student Matt Linder, talk with College & Research Libraries News editor-in-chief David Free about the party photo phenomenon and using students as models to promote the UVM Libraries Ask A Librarian service. Benson and Colburn’s article on the project appears in the April 2008 issue of C&RL News. UVM Top Model photos are available on Flickr.

Time: 10:56

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ACRL Podcast: A Conversation With Henry Jenkins

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:47:17 +0000

In this podcast, Henry Jenkins, the Co-Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program and the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities at MIT talks with College & Research Libraries News editor-in-chief David Free about presenting online, participatory culture, libraries, and rapper Soulja Boy as the poster boy for new media literacy. Jenkins was the featured speaker at the 2008 ACRL Springboard webcast.

Time: 19:39

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ACRL Podcast: Proposed ACRL Bylaws Change – Interest Groups

Association of College & Research Libraries — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:19:55 +0000

In this podcast, ACRL President Julie Todaro talks with College & Research Libraries News editor-in-chief David Free about the proposed ACRL bylaws change to allow the creation of Interest Groups. The proposed change appears on the ballot in the 2008 ALA/ ACRL Election.

Time: 11:08

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ACRL Podcast: 2008 Vice-President/ President Elect Candidates Talk

Association of College & Research Libraries — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:23:11 +0000

In this podcast, College & Research Libraries News editor-in-chief David Free interviews Lori Goetsch of Kansas State University and Janice Simmons-Welburn of Marquette University, 2008 candidates for ACRL Vice-President/ President Elect.

Time: 16:55

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ACRL Podcast: Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:27:42 +0000

College & Research Libraries News Editor-In-Chief David Free discusses Library 2.0 with Dawn Lawson of New York University and Susan Sharpless Smith of Wake Forest University. Lawson and Sharpless Smith are contributors to the ACRL publication “Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries.” The book is available from the ALA Online Store.

John Waters Talks To ACRL

Association of College & Research Libraries — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:38:59 +0000

An interview with Baltimore filmmaker John Waters recorded at the 13th National ACRL Conference in Baltimore on Saturday March 31, 2007. Waters was interviewed by ACRL President Pamela Snelson, ACRL Conference Program Committee member, Carlos Melian, ACRL member and podcast introducer, David Free, and ACRL Content Strategist, Kathryn Deiss. Waters talks about early influences on his work, censorship, and freedom to read.

Watch 13th National Conference Highlights

Association of College & Research Libraries — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:56:10 +0000

The Baltimore Convention Center played host to about 3100 academic librarians who came March 29-April 1, 2007, to navigate new technologies and cruise the exhibits at the 13th National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. Speakers included filmmaker John Waters and educator Michael Eric Dyson. This video memento of the conference was filmed and edited by American Libraries editors George Eberhart and Daniel Kraus.

ACRL Podcast: Scholarly Communication Research Agenda

Association of College & Research Libraries — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:44:28 +0000

ACRL has issued a new white paper, “Establishing a Research Agenda for Scholarly Communication: A Call for Community Engagement,” resulting from a one-day invitational meeting to collectively brainstorm the evidence needed to manage and influence the changing system of scholarly communication.

Listen to the co-chairs of ACRL’s Scholarly Communications Committee –- John Ober, Director of the Office of Scholarly Communication at the University of California, and Joyce Ogburn, University Librarian at the University of Utah — discuss the report’s far ranging trends. Hear how this report helps delineate the stake of academic librarians and their potential role in the future. Learn about ways librarians could leverage the report to jump-start conversations with faculty and administrators on their own campuses.

While the report begins to outline a research agenda, identifying eight themes with research possibilities for each, public comment is critical to truly create a community research agenda. We invite you to share your thoughts or comment on the ideas presented and thank you in advance for extending this important discussion.

Time: 10:05

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ACRL Podcast: Studying Students – The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:02:05 +0000

College & Research Libraries News Editor-In-Chief David Free talks with Judi Briden, Katie Clark, and Ann Marshall of the University of Rochester River Campus Libraries about their use of ethnographic tools and techniques to understand undergraduate students and their use of information. Briden, Clark, and Marshall are contributors to the ACRL publication “Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester”. The book is available in both a soft-cover print edition from the ALA Online Store and an open access downloadable format.

Time: 16:37

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ACRL Podcast: Visual Literacy Meets Information Literacy

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:06:36 +0000

Randy Hensley (University of Hawaii at Manoa) interviews Danuta Nitecki (Yale University), Loanne Snavely (Penn State University), and Cindy Cunningham (The Corbis Corporation) about visual literacy and its connection to and role in information literacy, the subject of their ALA 2007 Annual Conference presentation on June 24, 2007. The conference session was a program presented by the ACRL Arts Section in collaboration with the ACRL Instruction Section.

Time: 23:48

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ACRL Podcast: Developing Informed and Engaged Citizens – The Imperative for Higher Education

Association of College & Research Libraries — Wed, 30 May 2007 17:10:30 +0000

Couldn’t make it to National Library Legislative Day in Washington, DC, May 1-2, 2007? View the PowerPoint presentation and listen, below, to an interview with the speaker at ACRL’s luncheon during the briefing day. George L. Mehaffy, Vice President for Academic Leadership and Change at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, spoke to academic librarians on, “Developing Informed and Engaged Citizens: The Imperative for Higher Education.” Hear about his work on campuses through the American Democracy Project and why he sees academic libraries as, “citizenship centers” and “more relevant now than ever in history.”

Time: 12:15

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ACRL Podcast: Ever Wonder What The Future Holds?

Association of College & Research Libraries — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:17:07 +0000

The ACRL Research Committee unveiled the top ten assumptions for the future of academic libraries during ACRL National Conference on Saturday March 31, 2007. A panel representing community and liberal arts colleges, research university libraries, as well as an observer of the higher education environment reacted and commented upon the assumptions.

Listen to Pamela Snelson, president, ACRL and college librarian at Franklin and Marshall College, and James L. Mullins, chair of the ACRL Research Committee and dean of libraries at Purdue University discuss the top ten assumptions.

Top ten assumptions for the future of academic and research libraries:

1. There will be an increased emphasis on digitizing collections, preserving digital archives, and improving methods of data storage and retrieval.
2. The skill set for librarians will continue to evolve in response to the needs and expectations of the changing populations (student and faculty) that they serve.
3. Students and faculty will increasingly demand faster and greater access to services.
4. Debates about intellectual property will become increasingly common in higher education.
5. The demand for technology related services will grow and require additional funding.
6. Higher education will increasingly view the institution as a business.
7. Students will increasingly view themselves as customers and consumers, expecting high quality facilities and services.
8. Distance Learning will be an increasingly common option in higher education, and will co-exist but not threaten the traditional bricks-and-mortar model.
9. Free, public access to information stemming from publicly funded research will continue to grow.
10. Privacy will continue to be an important issue in librarianship.

Time: 7:27

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ACRL Podcast: Passionate Policy Wonks Needed

Association of College & Research Libraries — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:26:41 +0000

Are you interested in federal legislation and policy affecting libraries? Are you connected in your campus community? Are you willing to work with your members of Congress for change? ACRL needs you!

Listen to ACRL Government Relations Chair W. Lee Hisle discuss the ACRL Legislative Advocate program.

Time: 3:46

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ACRL Podcast: Craig Gibson On Student Engagement

Association of College & Research Libraries — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:31:11 +0000

Listen to Randy Hensley interview Craig Gibson on the topic of student engagement and the book Student Engagement and Information Literacy. The book is available at the ALA Online Store.

Time: 22:56

ACRL Podcast: 2007 Vice President/ President-Elect Candidates Talk

Association of College & Research Libraries — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:41:54 +0000

Beth Lindsay of Washington State University interviews Erika Linke and Scott Walter, candidates for vice president/president-elect of ACRL.

Time: 16:30