Good afternoon: The lead article in the ACRL Update (below) is about an IMLS funded summit on the "Value of Academic Libraries" in which 22 institutions were invited to participate. It's great to see one of our HBCU institutions, North Carolina A&T, on the list. There selection was on the basis of their strength, visibility and professional activity ( I presume). Congratulations! I hope that NC A&T will consider sharing what is learned with the membership of the HBCU Library Alliance via this list when possible. Loretta Parham CEO & Director Robert W. Woodruff Library-AUC 111 James P. Brawley Ave Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2018 "...it is always the right time to do the right thing". Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. From: ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) [mailto:acrl@ala.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:21 AM Trouble viewing this HTML email? 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Definitely! Regards, Vicki Vicki Coleman Dean of Library Services F. D. Bluford Library North Carolina A&T State University 1601 E. Market Street Greensboro, NC 27411 Phone: (336) 285-4151 Fax: (336) 334-7281 Email: vcoleman@ncat.edu Loretta Parham <lparham@auctr.edu> Sent by: hbcu-libadmin-bounces@lists.hbculibraries.org 10/25/2011 05:39 PM To "Hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org" <Hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org> cc Subject FW: ACRL Update - October 25, 2011 Good afternoon: The lead article in the ACRL Update (below) is about an IMLS funded summit on the “Value of Academic Libraries” in which 22 institutions were invited to participate. It’s great to see one of our HBCU institutions, North Carolina A&T, on the list. There selection was on the basis of their strength, visibility and professional activity ( I presume). Congratulations! I hope that NC A&T will consider sharing what is learned with the membership of the HBCU Library Alliance via this list when possible. Loretta Parham CEO & Director Robert W. Woodruff Library-AUC 111 James P. Brawley Ave Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2018 "...it is always the right time to do the right thing". Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. From: ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) [ mailto:acrl@ala.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:21 AM Trouble viewing this HTML email? Display in your web browser. October 25, 2011 - Sponsored by Serials Solutions® Value of Academic Libraries Summits Update ACRL is partnering with the Association for Institutional Research, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the Council of Independent Colleges, to convene two national summits later this year. In the first, a wide range of participants from the higher education sector will discuss the data campus administrators would like libraries to provide and what collaborative assistance is available through institutional research offices. In the second, librarian participants will address strategies to prepare the library community to document and communicate the library's value in advancing the missions and goals of their colleges and universities. With grant funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, teams from a broad spectrum of institutions will gather with representatives from accreditation commissions and higher education organizations for dialog around the assessment of student learning and faculty research productivity. The group will provide advice to ACRL as we address the need to build the library profession's capacity to demonstrate the value of the library. Complete details, including a list of participating institutions, are available on the ACRL Insider blog. The summits are part of ACRL's ongoing Value of Academic Libraries initiative. Nominations Sought for ACRL Board of Directors Higher education is experiencing unprecedented change, providing academic libraries with tremendous opportunities to define new roles related to learning, teaching and research. ACRL is dedicated to enhancing the ability of library and information professionals to dream big and shape our new future. Be a part of shaping that future. The ACRL Leadership Recruitment and Nominations Committee encourages members to nominate themselves or others to run for the position of ACRL vice-president/president-elect, director-at-large, and councilor in the 2013 elections. Once nominated, individuals will need to submit a two-page curriculum vita or resume (if self-nominating, you may include these materials with your nomination). The Leadership Recruitment and Nominations Committee will request statements of interest from selected individuals prior to developing a slate of candidates. To nominate an individual or to self-nominate, send the nominee's name and institution to: Theresa S. Byrd, University of San Diego; Phone: (619) 260-7522; email: tsbyrd@sandiego.edu. The deadline for nominations is November 15, 2011. More information about the ACRL Board of Directors is available on the ACRL website. E-Learning Call For Proposals Submit a proposal for a live webcast or asynchronous online course and share your cutting-edge practices and innovative developments with your colleagues. Check out the ACRL e-Learning Call for Proposals online. ACRL webcasts are 90 minutes in length, including time for audience Q&A. Presenters can use PowerPoint, online polls, white board, and other interactive tools during the webcast. Participants can interact with the presenters via text-based chat or audio. ACRL offers e-Learning webcast presenters a 10% royalty of webcast registration fees, less the Elluminate vendor fees, split between the presenters. ACRL online courses are primarily asynchronous events offered over the course of three or four weeks. Online courses are offered on the Moodle platform. Courses should include weekly readings, discussion questions, assignments, chat sessions, and/or a final assignment. ACRL provides $1,000 for content development for new multi-week courses, as well as a royalty of 10% of the course registration fees, split between the presenters, each time the course is offered. Proposals must be submitted via the online submission form by November 1, 2011. Questions should be directed to Margot Conahan at mconahan@ala.org. Spring Virtual Institue Call for Proposals Don't miss the opportunity to play an active part in the 2012 ACRL Spring Virtual Institute, "Extending Reach, Proving Value: Collaborations Strengthen Communities." Submit a proposal now for an interactive webcast or lightning talk. Submissions will be accepted through December 15, 2011. The institute, to be offered April 18-19, 2012, will explore how libraries are capitalizing on community collaborations in order to facilitate connectedness and demonstrate value. The institute will take place in an online conference community, which will provide an environment in which groups of participants, both small and large, can gather electronically to learn, collaborate, and network. The institute will offer both synchronous and asynchronous sessions which will be archived after the institute for viewing on-demand. Complete details are available in the full Call for Proposals on the ACRL website. ACRL Update is a bi-weekly membership publication of the Association of College & Research Libraries. Visit our subscription page if you received this copy of ACRL Update as a forward and wish to be added to our mailing list. Visit the SafeUnsubscribe page to be removed from our mailing list. Upcoming Events October 31 - November 18, 2011: Creating a "Social Life" for Information Literacy Instruction in Libraries (Online Seminar) November 1, 2011: Next Tech: How Tomorrow's Technology is Affecting Today's Library (Webcast) November 7 - December 2, 2011: Implementing Online Teaching and Learning: Using Moodle and Other Web 2.0 (Online Seminar) November 29 - December 2, 2011: Women's Leadership Institute (Dana Point, CA) December 4-7, 2011: Women's Leadership Institute (Amelia Island, FL) January 20 - 24, 2012: ALA Midwinter Meeting (Dallas) More Event Listings Career Leads From Data Librarian & Manager of the Empirical Reasoning Lab (Barnard College, New York, New York): Barnard College seeks an innovative and service-oriented individual for the position of Data Librarian and Manager of the Empirical Reasoning Lab. The Data Librarian has the opportunity to assist in the development of an exciting new program that provides direct and programmatic support for the faculty's efforts to integrate empirical reasoning throughout the Barnard curriculum. The Librarian will identify, implement, assess, and support the use of technologies across the Barnard curriculum that support both qualitative and quantitative data gathering, management, visualization, and analysis. . . More Job Listings Follow ALA JobLIST on Forward to a friend This email was sent to lparham@auctr.edu by acrl@ala.org | Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Association of College and Research Libraries | 50 E. Huron St. | Chicago | IL | 60611 ************************************************************************************************** The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. 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