Teaching with Big Ideas: How a Late Addition to the ACRL Framework Might Make...
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Eveline Houtman, Coordinator of Undergraduate Library Instruction at the Robarts Library, University of Toronto. We see the Framework draft as a part of an ongoing...
View ArticleA Conceptual Model for Interdisciplinary Collaboration
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Laura MacLeod Mulligan, M.L.S., Information Services Librarian, and Dr. Adam J. Kuban, Assistant Professor of Journalism, both at Ball State University. Academic...
View ArticleCollecting Cats: Library Lessons from Neko Atsume
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Kelly Blanchat, Electronic Resources Librarian at Queens College, CUNY, and Megan Brooks, Director of Research Services at Wellesley College. This blog post is the...
View ArticleReorienting Reference
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Judith Logan, Reference Librarian at the University of Toronto. The job title in my email signature is “Reference Librarian.” Every time I send a message to a new...
View ArticleOne Instructional Philosophy to Unite Them All
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Nicole Pagowsky, Research & Learning Librarian and Instruction Coordinator at the University of Arizona Libraries. You can find her on Twitter at @pumpedlibrarian....
View ArticleRevising the Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and...
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Sara Harrington, Head of Arts and Archives at Ohio University Libraries. Your thoughts and feedback are invited! The Instruction Section has charged a Task Force to...
View ArticleRefocusing with Daily Themes: A Strategy for Summer Productivity
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Julia Feerrar, Learning Services Librarian at Virginia Tech. I’m currently experiencing my first summer as a full-time academic librarian and it has taken me a while...
View ArticleStanding in Front: The Lecture in One-Time Library Instruction Sessions
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Amber Gray, Social Sciences and Humanities Librarian at the University of Maine. There’s been some discussion lately, quite a bit of it spurred by a recent New York...
View ArticleUpdate on the Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and...
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Sara Harrington, Head of Arts and Archives at Ohio University Libraries. The Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators are being revised...
View ArticleWhy GLAM Wiki: Wikipedia and Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Siân Evans, Senior Implementation Manager at Artstor. In the fall of 2013, I was thinking about how every year I attend the ARLiS Women and Art Special Interest Group...
View ArticlePublishing Practice: Developing a Professional Identity
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Chelsea Heinbach, MLIS student at the University of Denver; Cyndi Landis, MLIS student at Emporia State University, and Alison Hicks, faculty at the University of...
View Article#libeyrianship: Pop Culture and #critlib in Information Literacy Programs
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Jennifer Ferretti, Digital Initiatives Librarian, and Siân Evans, Instructional Librarian, at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Beyoncé’s new album ‘Lemonade’...
View ArticleBreaking Big: Transitioning from Small to Large Academic Libraries
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Michael Rodriguez, Electronic Resources Librarian at the University of Connecticut. Navigating the transition from large to small academic library employers, or vice...
View Article#WeNeedDiverseBooks in Academic Libraries
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from AJ Robinson, Islamic Studies & South Asian Studies Librarian at Washington University in St. Louis. “Some people don’t expect to see themselves in the library.”...
View ArticleStarting from the bottom and teaching my way to the top
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Jessica Kiebler, Reference/Instruction Librarian at Berkeley College. My journey into the world of librarianship started with my failure to get a job as an elementary...
View ArticleTest for E.C.H.O.
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Marc Mason, Library Undergraduate Services Associate at Arizona State University Libraries. I had one of those days today. One of those rare ones, the kind of day...
View ArticleRoles and Strengths of Teaching Librarians in Higher Education
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Sara Harrington, Head of Arts and Archives at Ohio University Libraries. The ACRL Instruction Section charged a Task Force with revising the Standards for...
View ArticleMake it Work! Starting a Makerspace in an Academic Library, Phase 1
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Hannah Pope, Emerging Technologies Librarian at Appalachian State University. Makerspaces are cropping up in libraries everywhere, but the process for creating one of...
View ArticleInformation Literacy and Fake News
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Candice Benjes-Small, Head of Information Literacy and Faculty Outreach, and Scott Dunn, Associate Professor of Communication, at Radford University. One day in...
View ArticleYour Library Is a (Job-Seeker’s) Wonderland
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Megan Mall, Director of Content Strategy at the American Association of Law Libraries. In my previous position, I worked as a librarian in a university career center....
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