In accordance with the Bylaws of the Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter/Association of College and Research Libraries, Inc., ACRL/NY is dedicated to improving library services, encouraging the exchange of ideas and information, providing networking opportunities for librarians and seeking greater cooperation among academic and research libraries. ACRL/NY promotes professional standards, mentors librarians, and enhances professional development through a variety of educational programs. The Chapter encourages local participation in national issues relating to academic and research libraries.
Announcements
- ACRL/NY’s Writing Support Group 12/04/2023ACRL/NY’s Writing Support Group, chair Nandi Prince (New York City College of Technology), invites all members to attend the fall event, held virtually on December 8th! Half-Day Virtual Writing Sprint Stalled on a writing project? Need a boost to get that manuscript started, fleshed out, or wrapped up? Join the Virtual Writing Sprint! Facilitated by Prof. Danielle ...
- Call for Proposals: 2024 PR Xchange Awards Competition (closes March 15, 2024) 11/16/2023**Please excuse the cross postings** Call for Proposals: 2024 PR Xchange Awards Competition Sponsored by the awards and scholarships subcommittee Core, a division of the American Library Association http://www.prxchange-awards.org Submission form : https://form.jotform.com/213354475894163 FAQ: https://www.ala.org/core/awards-scholarships/pr-xchange-awards Deadline: March 15, 2024 We are very excited to announce the call for the 2024 PR Xchange Awards Competition! Libraries everywhere are producing creative and engaging promotional materials: ...
- Register now! ACRL National Library Marketing and Outreach Discussion Group (LMODG) (Greater NYC Meetup) Fall 2023 Virtual Meeting: Artificial Intelligence in Marketing & Outreach Discussion 11/10/2023**** please excuse the cross postings **** Register Now! (Free!) ACRL National Library Marketing and Outreach Discussion Group (LMODG) (Greater NYC Meetup) Fall 2023 Virtual Meeting: Artificial Intelligence in Marketing & Outreach Discussion Thurs Nov 30, 2023 via Zoom (3:30pm-4:30pm Eastern Time) Pre-Register via Zoom –> https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtdO2gqTwsGdcvPPrn56McpZFMQJnGY2LC For our Fall 2023 virtual meeting, we are hosting an open discussion on the ways that libraries can tap into ...
- Join ACRL/NY and Urban Librarians Unite – Sat 11/18 – Research Party at the Greenpoint Branch Library! 11/08/2023Join ACRL/NY and Urban Librarians Unite on Saturday 11/18 for a Research Party at the Greenpoint Branch Library! — Join ACRL/NY and Urban Librarians Unite on Saturday 11/18 for a Research Party at the Greenpoint Branch Library! We will be working together on the Libraries Serve Refugees Project Children (& friends & family) welcome When: 11/18, 1pm – 4:30pm Where: Brooklyn Public Library 107 Norman Ave. ...
- Call for Proposals: SUNYLA Midwinter Online Conference Library Data Part II: Too Good, Too Bad, and Too Ugly 11/08/2023Please excuse cross postings* Call for Proposals: SUNYLA Midwinter Online Conference Library Data Part II: Too Good, Too Bad, and Too Ugly Friday, February 2, 2024 SQL: It’s not just how we get our data. It’s this year’s conference. A sequel — Library Data Part II: Too Good, Too Bad, and Too Ugly Based on the great interest in last ...
Upcoming ACRL/NY Events
- ACRL/NY’s Writing Support GroupACRL/NY’s Writing Support Group, chair Nandi Prince (New York City College of Technology), invites all members to attend the fall event, held virtually on December 8th! Half-Day Virtual Writing Sprint Stalled on a writing project? Need a boost to get that manuscript started, fleshed out, or wrapped up? Join the Virtual Writing Sprint! Facilitated by Prof. Danielle ...
- ACRL/NY Information Literacy/Instruction Discussion Group Meeting (November 28)Hello Colleagues, ACRL/NY Information Literacy/Instruction Discussion Group will meet for a conversation on “Navigating Research and Information Literacy using Artificial Intelligence (AI).” Let’s talk about how using AI is showing up in research, literacy, and library instruction across discipline? What role can libraries play to help learners navigate their way using AI? Topic: Navigating Research and Information Literacy using Artificial Intelligence ...
- Call for Proposals: SUNYLA Midwinter Online Conference Library Data Part II: Too Good, Too Bad, and Too UglyPlease excuse cross postings* Call for Proposals: SUNYLA Midwinter Online Conference Library Data Part II: Too Good, Too Bad, and Too Ugly Friday, February 2, 2024 SQL: It’s not just how we get our data. It’s this year’s conference. A sequel — Library Data Part II: Too Good, Too Bad, and Too Ugly Based on the great interest in last ...
- ACRL/NY’s Writing Support Group-Dec 8, 2023ACRL/NY’s Writing Support Group, chair Nandi Prince (New York City College of Technology), invites all members to attend the fall event, held virtually on December 8th! Register now! Half-Day Virtual Writing Sprint Stalled on a writing project? Need a boost to get that manuscript started, fleshed out, or wrapped up? Join the Virtual Writing Sprint! Facilitated by ...
- ACRL/NY’s Writing Support Group: Half-Day Virtual Writing Sprint (December 8)ACRL/NY’s Writing Support Group, chair Nandi Prince (New York City College of Technology), invites all members to attend the fall event, Half-Day Virtual Writing Sprint, held virtually on December 8th! Stalled on a writing project? Need a boost to get that manuscript started, fleshed out, or wrapped up? Join the Virtual Writing Sprint! Facilitated by Prof. ...
- Join us! ACRL/NY User Experience Discussion Group- Virtual Fall 2023 meetingThe New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL/NY) invites you : ACRL/NY User Experience (UX) Discussion Group: Fall 2023 virtual meeting (via Zoom) Tues Nov 14, 2023- 10am-11:30am Pre-register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtdOysqjkiGdM052s_jbp_VD2U261_NgFj Please join us for our Fall 2023 virtual meeting where we will be discussing the topic of empathy and UX design. Suggested preliminary readings: Li, J., ...
- Registration Now Open- ACRL/NY 2023 Symposium: Embracing Slow LibrarianshipRegistration Now Open: ACRL/NY 2023 Symposium Embracing Slow Librarianship Register here ——> https://acrlny.wildapricot.org/event-5435898 This year’s event will take place both in person and live streamed Friday December 1, 2023 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Baruch College, City University of New YorkWilliam and Anita Newman Vertical Campus Center55 Lexington AvenueNew York, NY 10010 Slow Librarianship is a response to an increasingly narrow focus ...
- Deadline: Oct 6, 2023- Call for Applicants: 2023 ACRL/NY Symposium Scholarships Call for Applicants: 2023 ACRL/NY Symposium Scholarships 2023 ACRL/NY Symposium: Embracing Slow Librarianship https://acrlny.org/2023symposium/ Deadline: Oct 6, 2023 In conjunction with our annual symposium, ACRL/NY is offering three different scholarships. Awardees receive a waiver to attend our annual symposium and are also awarded a full year of membership in the organization. For those who attend in person, breakfast and lunch ...
- ACRL/NY Discussion Group: First-Year Experience in the Age of ChatGPT (11/10/2023)ACRL/NY’s First Year Experience Discussion Group co-chairs Carl Andrews (Bronx Community College) and Derek Stadler (LaGuardia Community College), invite members to attend our Fall 2023 meeting. How can we as librarians compete with and possibly utilize AI technologies such as ChatGPT? Please join our discussion that will cover these themes: In what ways do you feel ChatGPT has ...
- Pre-Register now! ACRL National- Library Marketing and Outreach Interest Group- Greater NYC Virtual Meeting- Fri Aug 4, (3:00pm-4:30pm)Pre-Register Now! ACRL National Library Marketing & Outreach Interest Group (LMOIG) (Greater NYC Meetup) Library Programs Promoting Mental Wellness: Strategic Planning and Development Pre-Register via Zoom —> https://bit.ly/ACRL-LMOIG-NYC-aug2023-meeting Summer 2023 virtual meeting Fri Aug 4, 2023 3:00pm-4:30pm via Zoom meeting (Eastern) For our Summer 2023 virtual meeting, we present 6 short, lightning round presentations that showcase how libraries develop events and programs that promote mental wellness like ...
- June 16 Professional Development Discussion with Prof. Grace LiuThe ACRLNY Professional Development Committee, ACRLNY Open Discussion Group, and LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable invite you to a Summer 2023 conversation with Grace Liu. Our informal conversation will start with reflections on her current IMLS grant-funded project on Data Quality Evaluation and will continue by talking to her about her professional growth over the past years, ...
- Call for Lightning Round Talks — ACRL National Library Marketing and Outreach Interest Group — Summer 2023 meetingCall for Lightning Round Talks Library Programs Promoting Mental Wellness: Strategic Planning and Development Summer 2023 Virtual Meeting ACRL National Library Marketing and Outreach Interest Group (LMOIG)- Greater NYC Meetup Fri Aug 4, 2023 via Zoom (3:00pm-4:30pm eastern time) Submission form is here Libraries have frequently promoted wellness programs such as therapy dogs or meditation, which are staples in hospitals, schools, ...
- Call for Proposals — ACRL/NY 2023 Annual SymposiumCall for Presentations, Lightning Talks, Panels, & Posters ACRL/NY 2023 Annual Symposium Embracing Slow Librarianship December 1, 2023 Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY) Deadline: June 15, 2023. Please submit proposals using this form. In response to the growing fetishization of productivity in academia’s increasingly corporatized climate, writer and librarian Julia Glassman suggests that library communities might benefit from an approach ...
- ACRL/NY sponsors the Critical Pedagogy Symposium May 17-19, 2023Registration is now open for the Critical Pedagogy Symposium, which will be held virtually May 17th – May 19th, 2023, 12pm – 4pm EST. The virtual event is open to everyone: faculty, students, and the general public. Use this link to register ACRL/NY is proud to once again sponsor the Critical Pedagogy Symposium (CPS.) CPS is ...
- ACRL/NY User Experience Discussion Group “Virtual Meet & Greet” April 20, 2023 (10:30am-11:30am) Eastern TimeThe New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL/NY) invites you : ACRL/NY User Experience (UX) Discussion Group: “Meet and Greet” Spring 2023 virtual meeting (via Zoom) Thursday, April 20, 2023- 10:30am-11:30pm (eastern time) Pre-register via Zoom meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvc-mrqzkqG9HwEY7CUvsiS_0x_wwzfsuv Below is a short questionnaire so we can collect suggestions from those who cannot attend the Zoom ...
- Information Literacy/Instruction Discussion Group (February 17, 2023)ACRL/NY members, please join the Information Literacy/Instruction Discussion Group for a presentation on “You’re the Boss of Your Money: Financial Literacy for our Students Through MoneyBoss Workshops.” College students are woefully unprepared to manage their money. The MoneyBoss workshops were created at LaGuardia Community College to educate students on how to create a budget, learn about their credit, ...
- How Motivation and Increased Productivity can Lead to Burnout (March 3, 2023)ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee’s Spring 2023 program How Motivation and Increased Productivity can Lead to Burnout Speaker: Madeline Ruggiero, Librarian, Queensborough Community College, CUNY WHEN: Friday, March 3, 2023, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. SLIDESHOW PRESENTATION Program Summary Presenter, Madeline Ruggiero, responded to a book chapter proposal after the pandemic related to burnout, hoping to write about being a “self-identified boomer” and ...