From: Sandra Phoenix Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2015 6:22 AM To: 'Hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org' Cc: 'Hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.org'; 'kjefferson@auctr.edu' Subject: Free Live Webinar - Tuesday, April 21st - Publish or Perish? An Academic Writing Institute for AUC Junior Faculty Greetings Colleagues, I trust you're well. Today I'm celebrating Dr. Nathan Hare. Born in 1933 in Slick, Oklahoma, Hare became an instructor and assistant professor in sociology at Howard University. Hare joined the faculty of San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University) and became the program coordinator of the school's Black Studies program, the first in the United States. This earned him the title "father of Black Studies" by scholars. Hare founded the scholarly periodical, The Black Scholar: A Journal of Black Studies and Research in 1969. He left the journal in 1975 to work as a clinical psychologist in community health programs, hospitals, and in private practice. Free Live On-Line Webinar - Tuesday, April 21st, 3:00 ET - Publish or Perish? An Academic Writing Institute for Atlanta University Center Junior Faculty Description Academic libraries, as scholarly hubs, are well positioned to assist junior faculty members in navigating the world of academic writing and publishing. Paramount to maintaining a successfully publishing faculty is the need to provide a nurturing research environment while assisting them in addressing their unique publishing needs. In 2014 the AUC Woodruff Library offered a new and emerging type of research support by hosting a two-day academic writing institute, funded by the HBCU Library Alliance's Expanding Library Support for Faculty Research in HBCUs grant, to address the research and writing needs of junior faculty affiliated with the four campuses the Library serves. In this webinar, Dr. Rosaline Odom and Ms. Emy Nelson Decker will present their project, entitled, "Publish or Perish? An Academic Writing Institute for Atlanta University Center Junior Faculty," and describe the ways in which librarians developed the writing institute in direct response to the need for research and writing support as demonstrated by junior faculty. The webinar will also provide an overview of the writing institute as it was conducted, briefly analyze the assessment results, and provide information for how this project will continue to evolve within this environment. Learning Outcomes At the end of the session participants will have: 1. Knowledge about the steps involved in developing and implementing a library-sponsored academic writing institute for junior faculty 2. A better understanding about research tools and writing activities that faculty find most beneficial 3. Strategies for delivering multimodal research and academic writing support to faculty research and writing 4. A template for developing an academic writing institute for faculty on their own campuses Suggested Attendance This program is scalable and would be of interest to academic librarians who may wish to implement similar institutes in their own academic libraries. Instructors Emy Nelson Decker is the Unit Head for E-Learning Technologies at the Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library. She holds an MLIS from Valdosta State University and an MA in art history from the University of Chicago. Emy's current interests are centered on emerging technologies as well as new uses of existing technologies within the modern academic library setting. Rosaline Odom is Head of the Discovery & Access Services Department at Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library. She is an alumna of Fisk University and holds master degrees in Chemistry and Library Science from Atlanta University [now Clark Atlanta University], and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the Morehouse School of Medicine. Her professional interests include information literacy, delivery of information services to STEM students, and assessment strategies for academic libraries. Registration This course is designed for individual participation. Paste this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LK8NFY5 into your address bar and register no later than Thursday, April 16th. Registrants will receive log-in information on Monday, April 20th. Stay tuned! Respectfully, Sandra SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.