(via Mary Jane Petrowski, ACRL Associate Director) The next ACRL e-Learning webcast will take place on Thursday, June 1. The webinar, titled “Beyond Worksheets: Using Instructional Technologies for Authentic Assessment of Student Learning”, will last from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CST. More information is below. Academic librarians are no strangers to assessment, but figuring out how to…
Day: June 1, 2017
Registration Open for Inaugural OCLC Americas Regional Council Meeting (U. Chicago’s Cronin on Program Committee)
(via OCLC) What does it take to become a smarter library? Join fellow OCLC members at the inaugural Americas Regional Council meeting and address the challenge of supporting increasingly personalized customer relationships while also scaling to meet growth in population, materials and expectations. The two-day agenda is designed for attendees from all library types, and will feature…
Tech Tools Lightning Round Call for Proposals
(via Ariel Orlov, Adler University) The Chicago Distance Library Services Group is calling for presenter submissions for a Tech Tools Lightning Round, to be held on Thursday, July 13, at Adler University in Chicago. Share the free or inexpensive tech tools you use to reach distance or online library users! Tell us about the problems…
Reminder: Registration Open for Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians (July 19-21)
(via Daniel Dotson, The Ohio State University) Registration is now open for the Great Lakes Science Boot Camp 2017. The program will take place from Wednesday, July 19, to Friday, July 21, on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Librarians from all library types are welcome. This yearly boot camp includes talks from scientists and…