Last call for Menucha lightning talks!

We’ll be making our selections for Ignite-style lightning talks to be given at the ACRL OR/WA Annual Joint Conference at Menucha at the beginning of August.  Submit your ideas today! You have 5 minutes and 20 slides to tell your colleagues from Oregon and Washington academic libraries what you think about the future!  What will you [...]

Oregon Library Association 2011 Annual Conference

Oregon Library Association Annual Conference April 6-8, 2011 Communities depend on vital libraries. Libraries depend on vital communities. We survive, and thrive, by building our linked destiny. Talk to your co-workers, your supervisors, your association officers, your leaders. Soon we will ask for ideas and Program Proposals – please watch for it. Tell us your [...]

Are you on Twitter?

Are you an academic librarian in Oregon and use Twitter professionally? Leave a comment/response with your Twitter username, so we can find each other on Twitter. And here’s the hashtag for Menucha 2010: #menucha10 Use it liberally!

Believe it or not, OLA will soon begin accepting proposals for the 2011 OLA Conference.  You may recall that all programs submitted to OLA must be sponsored by an OLA Division or Roundtable.  ACRL Oregon is actively looking to sponsor programs, please do get in touch with us to with your ideas! Some general topics [...]

Save the Date! Menucha

Mark your calendars for October 28 & 29 for the ACRL Oregon/ACRL Washington Annual Joint Conference at the Menucha Retreat and Conference Center! The ACRL Oregon Board is busily planning two great days of programming, activities, and conversation. More details about this year’s conference can be located at: http://www.olaweb.org/page/menucha2010 Don’t forget to submit your ideas [...]

ACRL National Conference 2011 – Call for Proposals

ACRL 2011 National Conference March 30th-April 2nd 2011, Philadelphia, PA Call for Proposals: Contributed Papers Proposal deadline: Monday, May 10th The Call for Conference Participation, featuring descriptions of Conference Tracks, Session Formats, Proposal Requirements, and the Online Proposal Submission Form can be found here: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/national/2011/program/index.cfm Contributed Paper Session Format Details The Contributed Papers Committee invites [...]

Participate at Menucha! Call for lightning talks

Quick!  You have 5 minutes and 20 slides to tell your colleagues from Oregon and Washington academic libraries what you think about the future!  What will you tell them?  Will you outline a dystopic future where Google has implanted a device in our brains, tracking and making available our every thought?  Will you inspire them [...]

Portland approved as the official location for ACRL 2015!

Careful readers of the March issue of C&RL News will note that the ACRL Board of Directors has approved Portland as the official location of the ACRL 2015 National Conference, pending receipt of all letters of support.  The dates are March 25-28, 2015.  Exciting news!

President’s report from Chapters Council at ALA Midwinter

Better late than never, right?  Like so many of you, I returned from ALA only to be thrust into the beginning of the semester whirlwind.  I can’t take the guilt of “Report about ALA on blog” on my to-do list anymore, especially since the report I have to offer is so brief! First, I have [...]

Provide feedback on Menucha 2010 theme

Here’s a chance to help shape the 2010 ACRL NW conference: http://survey.oit.pdx.edu/ss/wsb.dll/s/2bfg11a9 We look forward to hearing your ideas!