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The ACRL EBSS (Education and Behavioral Sciences Section) Research Committee invites you to the
<span style="font-weight: 700;">2026 EBSS Virtual Research Forum</span>! </div>
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The Research Forum offers librarians an opportunity to share their research in education and behavioral sciences librarianship with the ACRL community in a lightning talk format.</div>
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This year’s Forum will be held via <span style="font-weight: 700;">Zoom on Wednesday, May 6, 1:00pm - 2:30pm (Central Time)</span> and features four presentations.</div>
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Registration is open, and we hope to see everyone there! <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">
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The Research Forum will be recorded, and the link will be sent to all who register as well as shared on ALA/ACRL Connect lists.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><u>Featured Presentations</u></span></div>
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<i>Academic Librarians on Reading for Professional Development </i>presented by Amelia Anderson (University of South Florida)</div>
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<i>Assessment Collections in Academic Libraries: Preliminary Results from a National Survey and Interviews
</i>presented by Samantha Godbey (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Amanda Melilli (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)</div>
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<i>Teaching Book Selection as Pedagogy: Librarian–Education Faculty Collaboration in Supporting Preservice Teachers’ Interactive Read-Aloud Decisions
</i>presented by Caitlin Stewart (Illinois State University) and Gui Ying Annie Yang-Heim (Illinois State University)</div>
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<i>Reframing Cultural Competence in Library & Information Science Research </i>presented by Michele A. L. Villagran (San Jose State University) and Jennifer Perez Lara (San Jose State University)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>Katherine S. Donaldson </b>(she, her)<br>
Education & Linguistics Librarian<br>
Liaison to the College of Education, Dept. of Linguistics, and Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health<br>
University of Oregon Libraries<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:kdonalds@uoregon.edu" id="OWAeb2ea046-11eb-7673-56b2-736cae94acc6" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;">kdonalds@uoregon.edu</a> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">|
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><a href="https://uoregon.libcal.com/appointments/coelibrarian" id="OWA837c9013-b566-df34-9dd9-cdadc298f90c" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://uoregon.libcal.com/appointments/coelibrarian" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Schedule
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