[Libs-Or] Attend ACRL National Virtual Conference for *FREE*

[Robin Paynter]

Can't make it to Philadelphia for the ACRL National Conference this year?
Then consider joining your colleagues in Bend, Portland, Eugene, Corvallis,
Newport, or Ashland for the ACRL Virtual Conference (see the end of this
notice for exact locations and don't forget to fill out the survey)!

This is free of charge courtesy of ACRL-Oregon! The Virtual Conference
sessions are scheduled for Thursday, March 31st and Friday, April 1st.


*Sessions:

Thursday, March 31

9:00AM-10:00 AM
Depending On Our Users: Collecting User Feedback to Assess and Improve
Research Consultations*
Reference services are responding to the increasing size and complexity of
the current information landscape in various ways. A new Research Center at
the University of Denver provides students and faculty with hour-long,
one-on-one consultations with a research librarian. The effectiveness of
this model has been assessed with feedback data collected with SurveyMonkey.
We will discuss how this robust data provides important insights into user
demographics, user satisfaction, and student learning outcomes.
*Presenter(s):* Erin Meyer, Student Outreach Librarian and Research Center
Coordinator, Penrose Library, University of Denver; Carrie Forbes,
Instruction Coordinator and Reference Librarian, Penrose Library, University
of Denver

*10:30 AM -11:30 AM
Training Volunteer Library Teachers: Novice to Professional in a Few
Painless Steps*
Most library instruction programs are built on volunteer teachers. Building
creative, professional teachers takes planning and commitment. This session
will explore how to create a teacher training program that systematically
supports novice teachers as they move towards being confident library
instructors. The session will move from what makes a quality volunteer
teacher to how to structure a teacher development program and end with how
to successfully launch a program with no direct supervisory role.
*Presenter(s):* Suzanne Julian, Library Instruction Coordinator, Brigham
Young University

*12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Benefits and Challenges of Academic Librarians in Virtual Worlds*
Hundreds of institutions of higher education have an academic presence in
virtual worlds (VWs), what is the librarian's role? In what ways are
academic librarians professionally involved in Second Life and other VWs? Is
exploring Second Life and other VWs worth the time and effort? Why have many
librarians taken the lead and/or supporting roles in VW environments on
their campus? What are the challenges and benefits of this work?
*Presenter(s): *Robin Ashford, Reference & Distance Services Librarian,
George Fox University; Beth Kraemer, Information Technology, University of
Kentucky; Diane Nahl, Dr., University of Hawaii; Denise Cote, Associate
Professor, College of DuPage
*
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Digital Library Interdependence: Building External Partnerships with
Cultural Heritage Organizations*
How one academic library has groomed external relations with others outside
its university to allow the rich cultural resources they own and manage to
be preserved digitally and made available to scholars world-wide by means of
a substantial digital library. 2011 marks the fifth year of this University
s digital library and the announcement of the fifth major digital library
partnership agreement, undertaking now to digitize another university's
world-class special collection of early printed bibles.
*Presenter(s): *Darren Poley, Outreach lLibrarian, Villanova University


*Friday, April 1, 2011

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Integrating the Library into Online Courses*
What if you could bottle a little bit of the library into every online
course? Libraries at three California State Universities are partnering with
their campus IT departments to create a rich library environment in every
instructor s course. Students can use library resources and services
directly from within the online course container and librarians are provided
with the power to take on an active role in online courses.
*Presenter(s): *Susan Thompson, Coordinator Library Systems, California
State University San Marcos; Thoreau Lovell, Head of Library Information
Technology & Media Services, Leonard Library, San Francisco State
University; Hillary Kaplowitz, Instructional Designer, California State
University, Northridge; Danielle Skaggs, Coordinator of Online Instructional
Design, California State University, Northridge; Christina Mayberry, Science
and Engineering Librarian, California State University, Northridge

*10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Listening to Users . . . Closing the Feedback Loop: Just Do It!*
Libraries can close the feedback loop quickly. Methods for realtime feedback
and library responses, in use at a college library and a large university
library, will be presented,including suggestion boxes and guestbooks, as
well as usability studies, mystery shoppers, and informal student
interviews. Often libraries focus on information-gathering rather than
improvements and responses. If the response is not timely, "short attention
span" customers may lose interest and feel as if their opinions do not
count.
*Presenter(s):* Meg Scharf, Associate Director for Public Services,
University of Central Florida; Lisabeth Chabot, College Librarian, Ithaca
College

*12:00 PM -1:00 PM
When Nontraditional is the Norm: Shifting the Instruction Paradigm for Adult
Online Students*
Adult, online students may be invisible, but they are a potent force and
will be for years to come. How much do we know about them, and do our
instructional activities meet their needs? You ll learn some surprising
truths about adult students in the digital realm, and learn how to apply the
principles of andragogy to create effective library instruction materials
for your adult, online students.
*Presenter(s): *Erin Brothen, Education Librarian, Walden University; Erika
Bennett, Information
Literacy & Instruction Librarian, Capella University; Kim Staley, Reference
Librarian and Liaison to the
School of Public Service Leadership, Capella University

*1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Checklist Manifesto for Electronic Resources: Getting Ready for the Fiscal
Year*
Need to organize how you prepare your current, new, upgraded, or deselected
electronic resources for the new fiscal year? Learn how to innovatively
apply the principles of The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right and
prepare a checklist to manage the myriad of tasks involved in this process.
As a simple, but effective tool, a checklist will help you to make
priorities clearer and prompt people to function better as a team.
*Presenter(s):* Lenore England, Digital Services Librarian, University of
Maryland University College; Li Fu, Digital Resources Librarian, University
of Maryland University College; Stephen Miller, Associate Provost, Library,
University of Maryland University College


*State Locations:
**
**Oregon State University Valley Library in Corvallis *
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/about-valley-library
Site Coordinator: Jennifer Nutefall, Email:
jennifer.nutefall at oregonstate.edu , 541-737-8527

*OSU Cascades Campus Library in Bend shared with COCC*
http://visitors.cocc.edu
Site Coordinator: David Bilyeu, dbilyeu at cocc.edu, 541-383-7563

*Marilyn Potts Guin Library in Newport*
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/guin/
Site Coordinator: Janet Webster, janet.webster at oregonstate.edu, 541-867-0108

*Portland State University:*
Portland State University Library, room 170, Millar Library Building,
http://library.pdx.edu
Site Coordinator: Michael Bowman, bowman at pdx.edu, 503-725-3690

*Southern Oregon University:*
Lenn and Dixie Hannon Library:
http://www.sou.edu/admissions/visitus/findus.html
Site Coordinator: Connie Anderson-Cohoon, Anderson at sou.edu, 541-552-6820

*University of Oregon:*
Onyx Bridge Science Library, Room 22,
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/general/about/campusmap.html
Site Coordinator: Brian Westra, bwestra at uoregon.edu,
541-346-2654 (office) or 541-346-3075 (library)


Please let us know what sessions you are planning to attend by filling out
this survey (Please paste link in browser window if necessary):

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFJYY3RVRUg3TjVZT3JxbWlaZmUxUEE6MQ


Additional questions please contact the individual site coordinators or feel
free to contact me.

Thank you,
Jane Scott
ACRL Board President
jscott at georgefox.edu
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