As one of ALA’s 2010 Emerging Leaders, Miriam was asked to post some reflections on blogging for ACRLog. So, of course we wanted to feature it here too!
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Steve Silver awarded sabbatical to research Rare Book and Bible Collection
Posted on June 1, 2010 by Steve Silver (NCU)
Steve Silver, library director at Northwest Christian University, has been approved for a sabbatical during the summer of 2011 to research the founding history of NCU’s Rare Book and Bible Collection. Silver will be researching the details of the initial gift of $1000 and subsequent trip to England in 1911 to purchase Bibles that became [...]
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Adriene Lim (PSU) elected to LITA Council
Posted on May 10, 2010 by psulibrary
Adriene Lim (PSU) has been elected Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) Councilor for 2010-2013. She will serve on the LITA Board of Directors as well as the American Library Association (ALA) Council.
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UO and OSU Begin Sharing E-Books via ILL
Posted on April 20, 2010 by Elizabeth
The growth in e-books in library collections has been both boon and frustration for many patrons, since electronic items are typically excluded from interlibrary loan sharing. University of Oregon and Oregon State University recently began a new sharing partnership that extends to e-books. Argumentation in Artificial Intelligence is the first e-book title OSU has loaned, [...]
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READ poster contest for National Library Week
Posted on April 12, 2010 by Steve Silver (NCU)
In celebration of National Library Week at NCU we requested photos from interested faculty and staff to create READ posters, using software purchased from ALA a couple years ago. We ended up with a total of 10 submissions (which is pretty good for our small institution), all very creative and fun. Students are asked to [...]
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Update from Clatsop Community College
Posted on April 9, 2010 by cwatkins74
Hello from Astoria! I’d just like to give everyone an update from our corner of the world. We’ve been busy this year expanding how we teach information literacy. I’ve continued to teach Lib127 as well as two Humanities classes – an Introduction to Graphic Novels and a Technology and Privacy class. In each class I [...]
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News from PCC- Torie Scott to Mexico!
Posted on April 9, 2010 by tonygreiner
One of our colleagues here at Portland Community College, Torie Scott, has arranged her schedule so that she has several months off. She and her family have temporarily moved to Guanajuato, Mexico, where she is (we hope) leading the good life. Her son, who was in a language immersion school in Portland, is going to [...]
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NISOD award @ MHCC
Posted on March 31, 2010 by Amanda Bird
MHCC librarian Anna Johnson and Sally Wright–a Program Specialist at MHCC–recently received an award for excellence from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. Anna and Sally were nominated by their colleagues in the Teaching & Learning Cooperative (now the Community of Learners’ Enterprise). Hooray to Anna and Sally for their commitment to professional [...]
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Cultural Competency Guidelines for Academic Libraries
Posted on March 30, 2010 by psulibrary
FYI – Robin Paynter (Communications Coordinator) ======================================= Over the last two years ACRL’s Racial and Ethnic Diversity Committee has been working to develop Cultural Competency Guidelines for Academic Libraries. These guidelines may be used by libraries to foster internal development as well as help articulate the library’s role in higher education in incorporating cultural competencies [...]
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Summary Judgment Motions Filed in Georgia State Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Posted on March 29, 2010 by psulibrary
NewsBreaks for Monday, March 29, 2010 (from Infomation Today) Summary Judgment Motions Filed in Georgia State Copyright Infringement Lawsuit By George H. Pike The increasingly testy copyright infringement lawsuit between Cambridge University Press and other publishers and Georgia State University (GSU) over electronic course materials may be coming to a climax. Both sides have recently [...]
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