(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) The CARLI Instruction Committee is seeking presenters for a panel discussion on fresh approaches to evaluating information, to be presented via webinar on Wednesday, April 1. More information is available here. As our students grapple with various forms of alternative facts, what tools or frameworks can instruction librarians employ to help…
Category: Webinars
Reminder: Registration Open for Free IACRL Webinar “Libraries Are Open for Learning: Using OER to Support Students and Faculty” (Tues., Jan. 28, 1:00-2:00 PM)
(via Michelle Nielsen Ott, IACRL President) Free IACRL Webinar Tuesday, January 28, 2020 1:00 – 2:00 PM Libraries Are Open for Learning: Using OER to Support Students and Faculty Open Educational resources (OER) have quickly become an answer to addressing higher education affordability, increasing student completer success raters and reducing equating gaps, and increasing pedagogical…
Registration Open for January MLA Webinar, “Applying the ACRL Information Literacy Framework to Your Teaching” (Wed., Jan. 15, 1:00-2:30 PM CDT)
(via the Medical Library Association) MLA webinars for 2020 are here! January: Applying the ACRL Information Literacy Framework to Your Teaching When: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. (Central) If you teach or plan to teach, ACRL Information Literacy Framework threshold concepts will help you promote deep learning in your students. Threshold…
Registration Open for “Academia 101: A Crash Course on How Colleges and Universities Work” (Course Lasts Jan. 6-31)
(via Rory Litwin, Library Juice Academy) “Academia 101: A Crash Course on How Colleges and Universities Work” Instructor: Annie Downey Dates: January 6th through 31st, 2020 Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs Price: $175 http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/058-academia-101.php Academia is a world all its own. Understanding how it works is one of the most important things academic librarians…
Registration Open for RAILS My Library Is… Champion Training Webinar (Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1:00-2:00 PM)
(via RAILS) RAILS needs you! Do you like sharing how awesome your library is? Do you need new ways to do that? Would you like to help RAILS help libraries to tell their own wonderful stories? We need you to learn more about the My Library Is… campaign and website so you can help your…
Registration Open for LLAMA Webinar “Message Dissemination During a Crisis” (Wed., Jan. 22, 1:30-3:00 PM CDT)
(via LLAMA) Libraries are public places open to all. Unfortunately, in today’s society this means library leaders and their communications and marketing teams need to be prepared to react to violence and other disruptive events in their libraries. In a 24-hour news cycle world, it is essential that crisis communications be managed quickly and effectively…
Registration Open for January 16 RAILS Member Update (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
(via the Reaching Across Illinois Library System) The next RAILS Member Update is Thursday, January 16, from 10 AM to 12:00 PM. All staff at all RAILS libraries are invited to attend at an available videoconference location or via Zoom. (Choose Zoom as your location when you register in L2, and you will receive an…
Registration Open for Free IACRL Webinar “Libraries Are Open for Learning: Using OER to Support Students and Faculty” (Tues., Jan. 28, 1:00-2:00 PM)
(via Michelle Nielsen Ott, IACRL President) Free IACRL Webinar Tuesday, January 28, 2020 1:00 – 2:00 PM Libraries Are Open for Learning: Using OER to Support Students and Faculty Open Educational resources (OER) have quickly become an answer to addressing higher education affordability, increasing student completer success raters and reducing equating gaps, and increasing pedagogical innovations….
CARLI Instruction Committee Hosting Twitter Chat at 12:00 PM on Friday, Dec. 13 (Topic “New Approaches to Evaluating Information”)
(via Debbie Campbell, CARLI) The CARLI Instruction Committee is excited to host an upcoming Twitter chat! Join us on Friday, December 13, at 12:00 PM CDT, for a conversation on new approaches to evaluating information, #NecessaryEval. What is a Twitter Chat? A Twitter chat is a public Twitter conversation around one unique hashtag! Use the #NecessaryEval…
Registration Open for Free ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee Webinar, “Working on Ourselves: Mitigating Unconscious Bias in Literature Searching” (Mon., Dec. 9. 1:00-2:00 PM CST)
(via Dr. Laura Gariepy, Virginia Commonwealth University) FREE Online Presentation: Working on Ourselves: Mitigating Unconscious Bias in Literature Searching Presented online via Zoom Monday, December 9th 2019 1:00-2:00pm CST Register Here Sponsored by the ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee Unconscious, or implicit, bias in medical research and care is well documented– black patients on average…