Symposia

Volunteering to serve on ACRL/NY’s Symposium Committee

is a great way to make professional connections, demonstrate your commitment to the field of academic librarianship, polish your professional portfolio and, most of all, have fun! Members of ACRL/NY are invited to join our monthly committee meetings, held one Friday a month from 11 am to 12:30 pm at Mercy College’s Manhattan campus. Upcoming meeting dates are listed here.

Contact the Symposium Chair, Anice Mills at least 24 hours in advance to be added to the entry list. Our annual symposium is held in December at Baruch College’s Vertical Campus.

Upcoming Symposium

Past Symposia

  • METRO Reports on the 2012 ACRL/NY Symposium, “Cultivating Entrepreneurship in Academic Libraries” 01/03/2013On Friday, December 7th, the ACRL/NY 2012 Symposium, “Cultivating Entrepreneurship in Academic Libraries,” was held at Baruch College’s vertical campus. Each of the day’s five speakers provided examples of entrepreneurship in their personal and professional projects, as well as advice on how staff and leaders can foster entrepreneurship in academic libraries throughout our region. Read the ...
  • Join the 2013 ACRL/NY Symposium Committee 01/14/2013Greetings and Happy New Year! I welcome current members of ACRL/NY to join the 2013 Symposium Planning Committee. ACRL/NY hosts an annual symposium each December that focuses on provocative issues in academic librarianship. The most recent symposium was on “Cultivating Entrepreneurship in Academic Libraries.” http://acrlnysymp2012.wordpress.com/ Our planning committee meets once a month on Fridays at the Mercy College Manhattan campus.  The first ...
  • ACRL/NY Annual Symposium: “Cultivating Entrepreneurship in Academic Libraries,” Friday, December 7, 2012, Baruch College 10/10/2012Academic librarians are under tremendous pressure to adapt to changes in technology, declining budgets, “re-skilling,” and cultural or institutional expectations. Through necessity and ingenuity, some librarians are adapting by seeking out new opportunities for collaboration, innovation and creative service offerings that meet our users’ evolving needs with limited resources. At ACRL/NY’s 31st annual symposium, we ...
  • ACRL/NY Annual Symposium “Cultivating Entrepreneurship in Academic Libraries” Friday, December 7, 2012 at Baruch College 11/25/2012Academic librarians are under tremendous pressure to adapt to changes in technology, declining budgets, “re-skilling,” and cultural or institutional expectations. Through necessity and ingenuity, some librarians are adapting by seeking out new opportunities for collaboration, innovation and creative service offerings that meet our users’ evolving needs with limited resources. At ACRL/NY’s 31st annual symposium, we ...
  • ACRL/NY 2011 Symposium 11/30/2011The Global Librarian: Information Without Borders, Friday, December 2, 2011, Baruch College. Academic librarians serve increasingly diverse populations, across a variety of platforms at home and around the world. As higher education becomes more global – and mobile – physical distance is no longer a barrier to teaching and learning. Through innovative use of progressive technologies, ...
  • ACRL/NY 2010 Symposium 12/07/2010Innovation by Design: Revisioning the Library, Dec. 10, 2010, Baruch College Design impacts everything we do. What does this mean for libraries? Design comes into play as we craft our collections, create instruction programs, construct user-centered websites, renovate buildings, and redesign our policies. It mediates our information-seeking behavior, connects us with both students and faculty, and ...
  • ACRL/NY 2009 Symposium 12/07/2009Emerging Leadership in Academic Libraries, December 4, 2009, Baruch College Leaders inspire and motivate us. Leaders create vision and purpose. But what does it take to be a leader in today’s academic library? How do we mentor and sustain leaders within our organizations? How do we take charge of our own career paths and move into ...
  • ACRL/NY 2008 Symposium 12/08/2008The 21st Century Library: Targeting the Trends, December 5, 2008, Baruch College The 2008 ACRL/NY Annual Symposium, The 21st Century Library: Targeting the Trends, highlights innovations that transform libraries and engage users. Topics of discussion include gaming, going green and next generation catalogs. Visit the full Symposium website for the program, handouts, a bibliography and speaker audio ...
  • ACRL/NY 2007 Symposium 12/07/2007Library 2.0: A New Social Model November 30, 2007, Baruch College Social networking has revolutionized the information infrastructure and expanded our means of communication. The 2007 ACRL/NY Symposium “Library 2.0″ A New Social Model” explores the ways in which this user-minded, participatory framework is transforming all aspects of library services. Visit the full symposium website for the ...
  • ACRL/NY 2006 Symposium 12/07/2006Commercialization and the Academic Library: Mission Statement or Market Share December 1, 2006, Baruch College As the business model increasingly pervades the academy, librarians find themselves responding to a mentality that embraces the “bottom line.” The 2006 ACRL/NY annual Symposium “Commercialization and the Academic Library: Mission Statement or Market Share” explores the commercialization of higher education, ...
  • ACRL/NY 2005 Symposium 12/07/2005Connecting with the Net Generation: Access and Environment Dec. 2, 2005. Baruch College The Internet and search engines have had a profound influence on students in higher education today. How can the library best position itself to work within the Google environment while at the same time expanding the information environment to include more academic access ...
  • ACRL/NY 2004 Symposium 12/07/2004Scholarly Communication: Evolution or Revolution? Dec. 3, 2004. Baruch College Over the last half-century, pressures from a variety of sources have resulted in a radical transformation in the way research has been published and disseminated. The ensuing dilemma affecting the entire process of scholarly communication is the theme of this year’s ACRL/NY Symposium. Visit the full Symposium ...
  • ACRL/NY 2003 Symposium 12/07/2003Operation Intellectual Freedom: Librarians on the Front Line November 21, 2003. Baruch College The format of this year’s ACRL/NY Symposium has been changed to reflect your suggestions. Our five guest speakers will address the audience in the morning. The afternoon program will feature a roundtable discussion session that will be moderated by Rick Karr of National ...
  • ACRL/NY 2002 Symposium 12/07/2002What’s in A Name? Defining Our Profession November 15, 2002. Baruch College This very exciting conference features the following speakers: *Janet Swan Hill, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder. What our title means to  stakeholders: status of librarians, leadership roles, tenure, faculty status, etc. *Mary Reichel, Appalachian State. Peer review, evaluation and promotion. *Ray Metz, Univ. of Michigan-Dearborn. Impact of ...
  • ACRL/NY 2001 Symposium 12/07/2001Learning Outcomes Assessment: A Step Forward December 7, 2001. NYPL Bartos Forum This exciting conference focuses on Information Literacy. It deals with: 1. developing the tools for outcomes assessment, as well as 2. how librarians can form partnerships with faculty to integrate Information Literacy into all curriculum areas. Visit the full Symposium website for the program, speaker information and ...
  • ACRL/NY 2000 Symposium 12/07/2000Information Literacy and the Academic Library: Choices and Challenges November 17, 2000. Donnell Library The 2000 ACRL/NY Annual Symposium “Information Literacy and the Academic Library: Choices and Challenges” was held in the New York Public Library, Donnell Library Center on November 17, 2000. We were fortunate to have two keynote speakers: Betsy Wilson, ACRL National President ...

 

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