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  • ACRL/NY First Year Experience Discussion Group ACRL/NY is pleased to announce the formation of a First Year Experience Discussion Group. The First Year Experience Discussion Group of ACRL/NY (FYEDG) aims to offer platforms for discussion, presentations, workshops and exchange of ideas relating to the role of the librarian in providing service to first-year students in higher education. Topics that may be considered ...
  • Greetings from 2013 ACRL/NY Symposium Chair Greetings from 2013 ACRL/NY Symposium Chair Save the Date! The members of the 2013 Symposium Planning Committee are already hard at work planning and organizing another thought-provoking and informative symposium, to take place on December 6, 2013 at Baruch College, Vertical Campus. Our symposium is titled: “The Library as Knowledge Laboratory.” Makerspaces, mashups and big data are ...
  • New Issue of ACRL/NY Connections Hot Off the Presses The Vol.31, No.1, Spring 2013 issue of our newsletter, ACRL/NY Connections, is newly published. You’ll find not only excellent recaps of the talks at last year’s symposium but also great articles about our initiatives as well as member activities. Check it out!  Share|

Upcoming ACRL/NY Events

For events and jobs postings prior to November 2011, see our ACRL/NY Events and Jobs, our previous blog.

Interested in getting involved with ACRL/NY?

ACRL/NY invites you to become an active member of our organization! ACRL/NY is the Greater New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Association of College & Research Libraries. The Chapter promotes professional standards, mentors librarians, and enhances professional development through a variety of educational programs. In addition to the professional development and networking opportunities, our members receive the ACRL/NY Newsletter and have unlimited access to the many events and programs sponsored by our discussion groups. Each fall, our organization hosts an annual symposium that focuses on current issues in academic librarianship.

If you would like to volunteer to serve on the current Symposium Planning Committee, please email Anice Mills, the 2013 committee chair, at amills@columbia.edu.

We encourage our members to attend the meetings of our Symposium Planning Committee and our Executive Board. All meetings are open to our membership. All questions and comments can be directed to Carrie Netzer Wajda, 2013 ACRL/NY President, at cnetzerwajda@gmail.com.

Meeting Dates for 2013:

January 18
February 22
March 22
April 19
May 17
June 7

*Symposium Planning Committee meets from 11-12:30, Executive Board meets from 1-3
Where: Mercy College Manhattan, Room TBA * directions
Please contact Carrie Netzer Wajda with any questions as well as to be added to sign-in list for front desk security at Mercy Manhattan.

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