If you are in an academic library, or looking at academic information (as many of you are), you may want to be involved in a sandbox project from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). You can look through the contributions and information other people are creating, and you are very much encouraged to contribute information yourself! No need to be a member; they want contributions from everyone, so feel free to dive in here and browse around for information that might be relevant to you and your library! Continue reading Contribute to the ACRL Framework Sandbox→
As you know, at CMLE Headquarters, we want to help you stay connected with not only the community of our system, but also the wider library community. So this is another piece of information we pass on for you!
From the Request:
You are invited to participate in a survey designed to provide insight into academic librarians’ perception of change. You will be asked to express your degree of agreement or disagreement with statements or scenarios related to change.
We ask that only academic librarians participate in this survey. We will use this data as part of our research paper to be presented at the 2017 Association for College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference.
The survey will take approximately 5-8 minutes to complete, and you will be able to exit the survey at any time by closing your browser window or tab.
This study has been reviewed by The University of Mississippi’s Institutional Review Board (IRB). If you have any questions, concerns, or reports regarding your rights as a participant of research, please contact the IRB at (662) 915-7482 or irb@olemiss.edu.
Imagine a World where Every Librarian Added One More Reference to Wikipedia.
Whether we admit it or not, most people start their research with Wikipedia. It serves its purpose: to give a general idea of a topic and sometimes where to find more research. Some have criticized Wikipedia and its crowd-sourced, un-referenced content, but what if we were part of a solution to fix this? Enter in #1Lib1Ref, a campaign organized by a few people at ACRL Tech Connect to get librarians to add at least one reference to Wikipedia. Check out the whole how-to on their Wikipedia page.
How can you get involved with #1Lib1Ref? Start by “citation chasing,” finding an article that is in need of citation. You can use this tool to aid in your search. Next, add a citation to a reliable source to benefit Wikipedia readers worldwide. Finally, make sure that when you add the reference to the article, you include the hashtag #1Lib1Ref in the edit summary so that the organizers can track participation.
Read more stories about #1Lib1Ref. Know that next time you are looking for something to do, instead of watching a reality show, add a reference to Wikipedia!
2/18/2015 Update: the framework has been approved! View it here.
Recently it was announced that the final draft of the new Information Literacy framework was submitted to the ACRL Board. This framework will be updating the existing Information Literacy standards which were approved in January of 2000. Following the 10 year review cycle, ACRL took up the task and determined that they should be significantly revised.
The updated Information Literacy framework is a radical shift from the existing IL standards. In it, ACRL has abandoned learning outcomes instead choosing threshold concepts as their main focus. “Threshold concepts are core tenets in a particular discipline that are transformative, irreversible, integrative, bounded, and potentially troublesome” (Meyer and Land, 2006, 7-8).
These changes are applicable to academic librarians, but school librarians and media specialists should be aware of these changes too. As always, high school seniors who are going off to college will need to be familiar with Information Literacy!
The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) recently released a new version of its popular Scholarly Communication Toolkit with updated content. Here are a few key facts about this resource:
The primary purpose of the toolkit is to assist librarians in
(1) integrating a scholarly communication perspective into library operations and programs and
(2) preparing presentations on scholarly communication issues for administrators, faculty, staff, students, or other librarians.
The toolkit provides links to examples of specific tools, including handouts, presentations, and videos for libraries to use on their own campuses, and for library school students seeking to incorporate these issues into their course work.
You will also find short overview essays on key aspects of the relationship between libraries and scholarly communication.
Partnering with libraries for visioning, advocating, and educating
Imagine a World where Every Librarian Added One More Reference to Wikipedia.
