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ACRL/NY User Experience (UX) Discussion Group  Design Thinking for Libraries: Planning Small and Large Scale Library UX Projects,  a presentation by Lisa Gayhart, Director of User Experience at NYU Libraries Fall 2024 Meeting (via Zoom) Thurs, Nov 21, 2024 (2pm-3pm) via Zoom Register here: https://acrlny.wildapricot.org/event-5930711 (You will receive a Zoom link in the confirmation email) Lisa Gayhart is Director of User Experience at NYU Libraries. She holds an MLIS ...

Call for Proposals: Critical Pedagogy Symposium: Decentering the West https://mnylc.org/cps/ Introduction The 2025 Critical Pedagogy Symposium (CPS), now in its 3rd iteration since 2021, seeks to provide space for library workers and information professionals of all kinds to collaborate in critical pedagogical thought and critical practice. We want to build community, and to imagine new ways of doing ...

ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee invites you to the Fall 2024 Workshop Program Marketing Your Library: Strategies for Community Engagement and Growth Speaker: Victor Caputo Victor Caputo is the CEO of Supernova Consultants. He began his career as a journalist before entering the library field and worked as Director of Public Relations/Programs for 24 years. He served as a ...

ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee invites you to Fall 2024 program The Neurodiverse Learner in the Library Speaker: William Blick, Assistant Professor and E- Resources/Serials Librarian at CUNY Queensborough Community College · When: Friday, Nov 15th, 2024, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. · Where: Room LL 307, third floor of the Leon Lowenstein building, Lincoln Center Campus of Fordham University. · ...

Registration is Now Open for the 2024 Symposium! https://acrlny.wildapricot.org/event-5884082  ACRL/NY 2024 Symposium: Values in Context: Praxis in the Everyday When: December 6, 2024, 8:30 AM-3:45 PM Where: Fordham University @ Lincoln Center, 12th Floor Lounge, E. Gerald Corrigan Conference Center, Leon Lowenstein Building, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023 In the midst of the recent national and global upheavals, ...

Deadline extended to 10/25 —> Call for Applicants:  ACRL/NY 2024 Symposium Scholarships for Students & Librarians *****Please excuse cross-posting***** Values in Context: Praxis in the Everyday In the midst of the recent national and global upheavals, the ACRL/NY 2024 Symposium will explore the core values of library workers and libraries, and examine how those values manifest in the day-to-day ...

ACRL/NY Call for nominations for leadership positions Are you eager to seize a unique leadership and learning opportunity within a thriving community of academic and research librarians centered around the vibrant hub of New York City? If so, we invite you to consider volunteering for ACRL/NY!  The Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of College ...

*****Please excuse cross-posting***** ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee  Seeking Proposals for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Professional Development Events Dear ACRL/NY, ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee is currently seeking 25/45 minutes sessions and 60/90 –minutes workshop proposals for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 professional development events. All topics related to libraries and professional development of library community are welcome! Some suggestions include, but are not ...

ACRL/NY Professional Development Committee is currently seeking 25/45 minutes sessions and 60/90 –minutes workshop proposals for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 professional development events. All topics related to libraries and professional development of the library community are welcome! Some suggestions include, but are not limited to: Impact of AI and libraries Metadata and content delivery: challenges and opportunities Library services in hybrid work environment The ...

Please join us for a discussion on student engagement. The title and theme for this meeting is “Using Scavenger Hunts to Promote Freshman Student Engagement.” Please RSVP (before November 11, 2024) Our guest speaker for the fall FYEDG meeting is Fatoma Rad, Collection Development librarian at Farmingdale State College. Fatoma has done tremendous work with the freshman students at Farmingdale ...

The Association of College and Research Libraries / Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter (ACRL/NY) is pleased to offer another round of mentoring partnerships for the 2024-2025 academic year. The ACRL/NY Mentoring Program pairs experienced academic librarians with Library & Information Science students or those new to the field to facilitate an exchange of ideas and knowledge, ...

  The Association of College and Research Libraries / Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter (ACRL/NY) is pleased to offer another round of mentoring partnerships for the 2024-2025 academic year. The ACRL/NY Mentoring Program pairs experienced academic librarians with Library & Information Science students or those new to the field to facilitate an exchange of ideas and knowledge, provide opportunities ...

****Please excuse the cross posts**** Call for Lightning Round Talks: Library Marketing and DEI Initiatives ACRL National – Library Marketing and Outreach Discussion Group  (LMODG)- Greater NYC Meetup Summer 2024 Virtual Meeting Friday August 16, 2024 via Zoom (3pm-4:30pm eastern time) Submission form —– >  https://form.jotform.com/220584589715164 Deadline: July 8, 2024 Incorporating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into your library marketing and ...

Call for Presentations, Lightning Talks, Panels, & Posters ACRL/NY 2024 Symposium: Values in Context: Praxis in the Everyday Submit your proposal via this form  (deadline extended to July 12, 2024) In the midst of the recent national and global upheavals, the ACRL/NY 2024 Symposium will explore the core values of library workers and libraries, and examine how those ...

Registration for the LACUNY Institute closes today, Wednesday, May 8, at Noon. No one will be allowed to register after this time.  Registration  Registration is open. Register using the following link: https://lacuny.org/event-5672972 Dates and Times This year’s LACUNY Institute will take place on Thursday, May 9, and Friday, May 10 Thursday, May 9: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 10: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m Modality  This year’s Institute will ...

REMINDER – Call for Proposals: Submit a proposal for NYTSL’s Spring 2024 Program! New York Technical Services Librarians (NYTSL) is seeking proposals for 30-45 minute sessions for our Spring 2024 program:  “NYSTL 101” in honor of NYTSL’s 101st anniversary. This will be an in-person event, scheduled to take place in June and somewhere in Manhattan (exact date/time and ...

ACRL/NY Research and Writing Support group Virtual Mini Writing Sprint (via Zoom) Wed May 1, 2024, 6pm-8pm (via Zoom meeting) Stalled on a writing project? Need a boost to get that manuscript started, fleshed out, or wrapped up? Join the Virtual Mini Writing Sprint! Facilitated by Prof. Danielle S. Apfelbaum, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Farmingdale State College, the Virtual ...

ACRL/NY Open Access Discussion Group Spring 2024 (via Zoom) “Show, Tell, Discuss: Open Access Discussion Group Meeting” Friday, May 3rd from 11 to noon. (Zoom meeting link will be shared after you pre-register on Wild Apricot) Pre-register here: https://acrlny.wildapricot.org/event-5702721 Meeting description: Join us for a community discussion among ACRL/NY members to talk about what people want to see in the future from ...

Please Consider attending the Eastern New York / ACRL Conference May 23rd, 2024 at Binghamton University! We have some great programs lined up for the day! Keynote: Rachel Ivy Clarke, Associate Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies Posters Sessions related to AI, DEI, Instruction, Change, Gaming and learning REGISTRATION and the full program can be found here!  ONLY $40!  Graduate students ...

ACRL/NY Graduate Services Discussion Group (GSDG) Spring 2024 Meeting (on Zoom)   This is a Meet and Greet on Zoom. Date: Thursday, April 25, 4 pm Eastern Standard Time Pre-register here:   https://acrlny.wildapricot.org/event-5689186 Come and join us for a rousting discussion! This is the return of the Graduate Services Discussion Group after years of inactivity. It is time that those dedicated to services for graduate students in academic ...

****please excuse the cross posts*** Registration is now open for LACUNY Institute 2024 (virtual)! https://lacuny.org/event-5672972 Dates and Times This year’s LACUNY Institute 2024 will take place Thursday May 9 and Friday May 10 (10am-2pm via Zoom) Our Keynote Speaker  This year’s ​Keynote Speaker is ALA President Emily Drabinski. https://2024lacunyinstitute.commons.gc.cuny.edu/keynote-speaker/ Program The program for this year’s Institute is being finalized and will be available next week. Conference Theme  “Moving Beyond ...

Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) Call for Proposals   You are invited to submit a proposal for the inaugural Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) virtual conference.   2024 Theme             Prompt or Perish: Navigating Generative AI in Libraries Dates:                       June 11, 12, and 13, 2024 Times:                       1:00-4:00 pm EDT each day   GAIL is a virtual conference aimed specifically at librarians. This conference ...

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 Spring 2024 meeting. FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION: How can we as librarians compete with and possibly utilize AI technologies such as ChatGPT?  Please join our discussion that will cover these themes: How can ChatGPT be effectively integrated into information literacy instruction to support ...

*** Please excuse any cross-postings ***ACRL/NY User Experience (UX) Discussion GroupSpring 2024 Meeting (via Zoom)How to Run a Usability Study: A Step-by-Step Guide You Can Take to Any LibraryDate: Fri March 22nd at 11am easternPre-register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdeGqrzkrGde47weazQ81WwZpEa82OVspMost of us know what a usability study is. We’ve seen countless articles across both the field of technical services ...

Details or description Cornell University Library stands at the center of intellectual life at the university, fostering connections and knowledge that help faculty, students, staff, and researchers from around the world excel in research, scholarship, and creative expression. It supports and enhances faculty and student productivity through its extensive collections, cutting-edge services and facilities, and a ...

Details or description Resource Sharing Librarian About SUNY Old Westbury: The State University of New York at Old Westbury is a dynamic and diverse public liberal arts college that fosters academic excellence through close interaction among students, faculty and staff. Old Westbury weaves the values of integrity, community engagement, and global citizenship into the fabric of its academic ...

Details or description The State University of New York at Old Westbury seeks a collaborative, innovative, and service-oriented individual for the Reference and Instruction Librarian position. As a member of the Department, the Reference and Instruction Librarian will have opportunities to collaborate within the library and across campus to support student success and provide responsive reference ...

****** please excuse the cross postings*** Call for Proposals: LACUNY Institute 2024 “Moving Beyond the Challenged Librarian: Then and Now”  May 9 and 10, 2024 Virtual via Zoom  Proposal Deadline: March 1, 2024 Notification of Acceptance: March 22, 2024 Submit using the following link:  https://form.jotform.com/240285325486157  The LACUNY Institute invites scholars, librarians, educators, information professionals, and library workers to submit proposals for the upcoming LACUNY Institute ...

​***** Please excuse the cross-posts***** Save the Date! What: LACUNY Institute 2024 When: May 9-10, 2024 Where: Virtually Via Zoom ​ Be sure to save the dates. Further details including call-for-papers, registration, and more will be provided in the coming days. LACUNY Institute 2024 The LACUNY Institute 2024 is LACUNY’s premier event, serving as a conduit that brings together colleagues from across the CUNYverse and several more individuals from ...

We’re excited to support the first annual STEM Information Professionals Mini Conference ! Please find more details and registration ...

Hello ACRL/NY Friends! The next ACRL/NY Executive Board Meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 11, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Please join us! Our meeting for October 11, 2024, will be via Zoom only. Please RSVP here! Your registration confirmation will include the Zoom link. Here is the current agenda We welcome & encourage your suggestions. Please email acrlnypresident@gmail.com with agenda items or other ...

ACRL/NY, a dynamic organization centered in the New York City area, is actively seeking passionate individuals to contribute to our vibrant community. Whether you are engaged in academic or research library work or a recent library school graduate or student looking to enhance your professional engagement, we have three exciting volunteer opportunities available for you: Symposium ...

**** please excuse the cross-posts**** Call for Volunteers —2024-2025 PR Xchange Committee (membership runs from July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025) Greetings! The 2023-2024 PR Xchange Committee seeks volunteers to serve as members of the 2024-2025 PR Xchange Committee. This committee is sponsored and administered by Core, a division of the American Library Association.  Volunteers on Core’s PR Xchange Committee assist ...

SUNYLA Libraries Eclipsing Boundaries Conference hosted by SUNY Buffalo State University June 12-14, 2024 Click for SUNYLA Submission Form   Deadline for workshop and presentation proposals: Friday, March 8, 2024 The Planning Committee for the SUNYLA Annual Conference is accepting proposals for pre-conference workshops, lightning talks, panels, and presentations in the following tracks (poster proposals will be accepted at a ...

**Please excuse the cross-posts** Call for Papers: Marketing Libraries Journal https://journal.marketinglibraries.org Volume 8, Issue 1 (Summer 2024) Deadline for Submissions: rolling deadline (for practical and scholarly submissions) Scholarly Submissions https://journal.marketinglibraries.org/schol-submit.html Practical (Column) Submissions https://journal.marketinglibraries.org/column-submit.html About the Journal Marketing Libraries Journal (MLJ) is a peer-reviewed, independently published, open access scholarly journal that focuses on innovative marketing activities that libraries are engaged in.  Our aim is to publish research and practical examples ...

ACRL/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 ...

**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: ...

**** 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 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. ...

Please 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, 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 ...

Leslie Wong Loock, of Nassau Community College is submitting an application for sabbatical leave, which involves the visitation and interviewing of other libraries and their librarians. She is interested in all types of libraries. If your institution is able to allow her to come visit and speak to the staff of your library, the purpose of ...

  The 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 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 ...

Tony White, the new director at Purchase College, SUNY, will be in conversation with Dianne Vanderlip, the emeritus curator of Contemporary Art at the Denver Art Museum, and former director of the Moore College of Art Gallery from 1968-1978. In 1973 she coined the phrase artists books. In 1973 Vanderlip was a young curator at Moore ...

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 ...

Call for Applicants: 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 are ...

Click here to register for WLA Registration Payment Options: $20 Students/Retirees $25 Member $30 Non-member Paypal (Please click here to pay). Pay at conference check-in with personal or institutional check, payable to Westchester Library Association Mail Payment to by May 9th to: Donna Gehlmann, WLA, POB 8258, White Plains, NY 10602 Questions: Email: Donna Gehlmann or Elaine Provenzano Membership Become a Member of ...

Are you looking for a community of writers to join? The ACRL/NY Research & Writing Support Group is excited to build a community of writers, writers helping writers. I invite all writers in various stages of their production journey to join on May 17th @ 6pm, on Zoom.  Register to receive a confirmation email containing information about ...

SUNYLA is happy to ask you all to join us virtually for our second annual Future Librarians Day (FLD) on April 21, 2023, from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm EST. What is FLD? FLD is an event that allows students in Library and Information Science (or those interested in academic librarianship) to learn about the various career ...

LACUNY Institute 2023  The Evolving Library through Professional Development May 11 & 12, 2023 (virtually) Register online at https://lacuny.org/event-5147611 If you are a speaker or require a discount code, please email Mark Aaron Polger at markaaron.polger87@login.cuny.edu This year’s plenary speakers are Professor Sarah Aponte (CUNY Dominican Studies Institute), Dr. Brenda Greene (Medgar Evers College), and Dr. Christina Katopodis (Transformative Learning in the Humanities at ...

Call for Proposals : The Evolving Library through Professional Development Proposal Deadline: March 3, 2023 LACUNY Institute 2023 May 11 & 12, 2023 (virtually) Call for Proposals : The Evolving Library through Professional Development Proposal Deadline extended to: March 10, 2023   *****Submit proposals via http://form.jotform.com/230295494444158 **** Professional development is an integral component of librarianship. As a field that’s always evolving and that is intertwined ...

Call for Proposals The Eastern New York Chapter of ACRL (ENY/ACRL) is pleased to invite presenters to submit proposals for the upcoming 2023 Spring Conference “Re-imagining the Library,” which will take place on May 18, 2023, at SUNY Oneonta. Consider this prompt: We are all re-imagining what our positions look like in the current stage of the pandemic. What ...

SUNYLA Midwinter Online Conference 2023 Library Data: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Friday, February 3, 2023 (9:30am – 4:15pm EST) Cost of Attendance: Free to all! Registration is open! Register at this link. Library data is something that we all have to deal with – the good, the bad, and the ugly. Sometimes it can be fun and ...

Call for Proposals: 2023 PR Xchange Awards Competition  ​sponsored by the Awards and Scholarships Subcommittee Core: a division of the American Library Association (ALA)   2023 PR Xchange Awards Competition web-site is here (do not enter “https”) Submission form is here.   ​Updated FAQ (for 2023) is here. Deadline: April 15, 2023 We are very excited to announce the call for the 2023 PR Xchange Awards ...

Come volunteer with ACRL/NY! Are you engaged in academic and/or research library work, or are you a current or recently graduated library school student interested in becoming more involved professionally?  ACRL/NY seeks diverse volunteers to take on active roles within our vibrant community, located in the New York City area. There are two different volunteer opportunities available: Symposium Planning ...

Water Cooler Conversations Ever wonder about what other librarians are having to do at work in their special /academic libraries? What about their rights and benefits? Find out on December 2, at 10:30 am. ASLD Roundtable Conversation Series continues with: “The State of Professional Benefits: An Open Conversation About Status Labels, Benefits and Contractual (and other) Rights ...

Volume 7, Issue 1 (Winter 2023) / Special themed issue: Library Marketing Two Years Post-COVID: Adjusting to the New Normal https://journal.marketinglibraries.org/call-for-papers/ Deadline for Submissions: rolling deadline Aim and Scope Two years after COVID-19, our library marketing planning and activities have evolved. We are now compelled to use more digital marketing tools to communicate with our users more than ever before. ...