Register Now for 2012 ACRL Spring Virtual Institute

2012 ACRL SPRING VIRTUAL INSTITUTE

Registration is now open for the 2012 ACRL Spring Virtual Institute, Extending Reach, Proving Value: Collaborations Strengthen Communities. Held April 18-19, the 2012 ACRL Spring Virtual Institute unites all types of librarians around the mutual cause of reaching out to our constituencies. Whether they support faculty scholarship and student learning, facilitate connectedness and foster literacy in a town, or reach out online, all libraries operate in the context of a community. The institute will examine how libraries are capitalizing on community collaborations. INNOVATIVE KEYNOTE Keynote speaker John G. Palfrey Jr., Henry N. Ess III professor of law and vice dean for library and information resources at the Harvard Law School, will open the institute on April 18 with a discussion on the Digital Public Library of America, an innovative and broad example of collaboration among many stakeholders and libraries. Palfry is the co-author of Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives (Basic Books, 2008) and Access Denied: The Practice and Politics of Internet Filtering (MIT Press, 2008). LIVE WEBCASTS AND LIGHTNING TALKS The institute features a series of live webcasts allowing for real-time interactions with presenters and colleagues. You won't want to miss this year's offerings including: "Out of the Stacks and Into the Clubs: Student Organizations, Liaisons, and Library Outreach & Instruction" "Concerts and Dances in an Library? An Undergraduate Library as Campus Cultural Space' "The Missing Piece: Providing Outreach and Services to Staff Members" "eScience Initiatives in Higher Education: International Perspective" "Proactively Preventing Plagiarism: How a Library Workshop Affects the Campus Culture" "Doing and Teaching History at The New York Public Library" Lightning talks are five-to-eight minute asynchronous narrated presentations. These lively sessions feature: "The Art of Library Collaborations: Archives and Documentaries"   "See it, hear it: When Oral Histories and Art Collide" "Campus-wide Collaboration Through an iPad Users Group" "Collaboration with Study Abroad Programs: Extending, Proving, and Strengthening the Academic Library" "Information Literacy Inside: Bringing the Research Experience to Students in a Correctional Facility" Registration materials, along with information on group rates, are available on the institute website. Don't miss this opportunity to explore new models of successful campus and community collaboration! Contact Margot Conahan at mconahan@ala.org or call (312) 280-2522 with questions about the institute.

Register Now for 2012 ACRL Spring Virtual Institute