ACRL Chapters

10/08/2013

ACRL/NY 2013 Annual Symposium "The Library as Knowledge Laboratory" is now open!
http://acrlnysymp2013.wordpress.com/

Makerspaces, mashups and big data are bringing radical change to higher education. Academic libraries are meeting the challenge of this new landscape with a culture of participation, innovation and collaboration. As librarians’ roles shift from a traditional service-and-support model to that of acti...

08/19/2013

ACRL/NY is calling for poster session submissions for their annual symposium -- this year's topic is "The Library as Knowledge Laboratory" -- https://acrlnyforms.wufoo.com/forms/poster-sessions-application/

11/26/2012

Planning on coming to NYC in December? Why not register for ACRL/NY's annual symposium "Cultivating Entrepreneurship in Academic Libraries"? For more info, see http://acrlny.org/?p=2686

Academic librarians are under tremendous pressure to adapt to changes in technology, declining budgets, “re-skilling,” and cultural or institutional expectations. Through necessity and ingenuity, s...

06/08/2012

Please read and comment on this report:

During the Chapters Council meeting held on January 22, 2012 at ALA Midwinter in Dallas, Texas, a Task Force was formed to create a survey which would explore the relationship between ACRL and Chapters, particularly in regards to gauging the membership’s satisfaction with the current funding situati...

06/05/2012

ACRL/NY 2012 Symposium "Cultivating Entrepreneurship in Academic Libraries" -- Dec 7, 2012 in NYC -- Save the date & call for poster proposals http://acrlnysymp2012.wordpress.com/posters/

Call for Poster Session Proposals: “Cultivating Entrepreneurship in Academic Libraries” The Greater New York Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries Annual Symposium Decemb...

05/03/2012

Please fill out the Chapters Council survey (and encourage your officers and past officers, especially, to provide input):

The ACRL Chapters Council serves as a conduit for information and communication between ACRL National and the local ACRL Chapters. Over the past 4 years, the ACRL Chapters Council has petitioned ACRL National for additional funding to support the local chapters. These requests have not been success...

04/24/2012

ACRL/NY and the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) announce a Call for Proposals for Global Librarian Project. Won't you consider submitting a proposal?

METRO and ACRL/NY Announce Call for Proposals for Global Librarian Project Jason Kucsma : We are pleased to announce a call for proposals for a joint publication of the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) and the Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of College and ...

04/20/2012

New blog post on ACRL Chapters Blog by Tim Dodge, Legislative Network Representative:

This year’s National Library Legislative Day, sponsored by the American Library Association, is scheduled to take place April 23-24 at the Liaison Hotel in Washington, D.C. Click here (http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld) for more information, registration, etc.

03/14/2012

Enjoy the special "Symposium" edition of _Connections_ the ACRL/NY Newsletter

01/26/2012

Some pics from our productive meeting.

01/23/2012

The Winter 2012 issue of Chapter Topics is available!

Chapter Topics is the newsletter of the ACRL Chapters Council and is published two times a year.

01/19/2012

Looking forward to the ACRL Chapters Council Dine-Around on Sunday at 6:30!

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