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The ACRL Oregon Award for Excellence 2011 goes to …

communicationscoordinator — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:14:25 +0000

This year’s award winner is the UO Libraries’ Oregon Digital Newspaper Program (ODNP). ODNP is recognized for the program’s positive impact on Oregon libraries and residents in digitizing historic Oregon newspaper content and making it freely available to the public through a keyword-searchable database.

The ODNP resource, offers users access to more than 180,000 pages of content from 31 Oregon newspapers dating from 1846 to 1922. Samples of historical research by public users include such varied topics as the 1905 World’s Fair in Portland, Hawaiians in Oregon, bicycling, tattoos, salmon, and even peanut butter can be found on the ODNP blog.

ACRL-Oregon commends this team for their initiative in pursuing grant money to assist in funding the project and their commitment to making searchable historic content more widely accessible.

ODNP is funded through a combination of grants from the Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA), the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Oregon Cultural Trust, and the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.

Karen Estlund, Associate Professor and Head of Digital Library Services at the University of Oregon, will accept the award on behalf of the team at the ACRL Oregon & Washington Joint Fall Conference 2011.

The project database is available now in beta form (http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/)

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The annual ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence recognizes an individual or group who achieves excellence in the field by significantly improving Oregon academic libraries or librarianship.

Think you know someone that deserves recognition? Send in a submission next year for the 2012 award!

PSU Librarians Honored in LIRT’s Top 20 of 2010

Joan — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:51:10 +0000

The scholarship of two Portland State University librarians has been honored by the Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT). Bob Schroeder, Education & University Studies Librarian and General Education Instruction Coordinator, and Adriene Lim, formerly Associate University Librarian and Interim University Librarian, each had articles chosen as one of LIRT’s Top 20 articles in 2010 related to library instruction and information literacy. The entire list of Top 20 articles can be found in LIRT’s June 2011 newsletter.

Professor Schroeder’s article, “Valuing Information Literacy: Affective Learning and the ACRL Standards,” co-authored with Elyssa Stern Cahoy, was published in Portal: Libraries and the Academy.

Professor Lim’s article, “The Readability of Information Literacy Content on Academic Library Web Sites,” was published in the Journal of Academic Librarianship.

Congratulations to both!

Now Accepting Scholarship Applications for 2011 ACRL-Oregon & Washington Joint Fall Conference

communicationscoordinator — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:05:31 +0000

“Live long and prosper: Sustainable solutions for today’s academic libraries”

2011 Joint Conference of the Washington & Oregon

Association of College and Research Libraries

Scholarship Applications are now open! Applying is easy and includes a short essay (500 words or less) on your interest in attending the conference and in academic librarianship.

ACRL-OR awards two scholarships to the ACRL Washington and Oregon Joint Fall Conference annually. The scholarship covers the registration fee for the conference, which includes room and board.

N.b. the deadline is Friday October 7, 2011 (11:55pm)

Questions? Please contact Anne-Marie Deitering, ACRL Oregon President

ACRL Oregon Award for Excellence 2011 – Nominations Now Open

communicationscoordinator — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:56:54 +0000

The ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence is given annually to an individual or group whose project or ingenuity has significantly improved Oregon academic libraries or librarianship.

The award will be presented at the ACRL-Oregon / Washington Joint Fall Conference (October 27-28, 2011 – Pack Forest Conference Center) and the winner(s) will also be recognized at the Oregon Library Association Annual Conference Award Ceremony. The winner(s) receive registration to the ACRL Oregon / Washington Joint Fall Conference, a stipend to attend the OLA Award Ceremony, and an engraved plaque.

Who can be nominated:

Any individual or group that includes at least one employee of an academic library in Oregon may apply. The initiative or project that is the basis of the nomination must have occurred in the previous three years. This is NOT a lifetime achievement award and ACRL-OR membership is NOT required to win this award.

Nomination form available at: https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=ola&formId=104084

Deadline: Nominations must be received by Wednesday August 31, 2011

Questions: Please contact Jane Scott (jscott@georgefox.edu).

Portland State U librarian goes to Uzbekistan

Joan — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:25:11 +0000

Claudia Weston, Government Information Librarian at Portland State Library, was selected by the U.S. Department of State to conduct an American Speaker Program in Uzbekistan. Through this program, the Department of State’s Bureau of International Information Programs arranges for American experts ranging from best-selling authors to Supreme Court Justices, former Secretaries of State, and professional coaches and athletes to engage with foreign audiences worldwide. Claudia will work with the newly built National Library of Uzbekistan in Tashkent and regional libraries throughout the country on the formation of a national catalog, creation of digital information resources, and bolstering the qualifications of library personnel.

Steve Silver begins sabbatical

Steve Silver (NCU) — Mon, 16 May 2011 22:29:40 +0000

Northwest Christian University library director Steve Silver has begun a sabbatical that will extend over the summer. Silver is researching the history of NCU’s rare Bible collection. NCU’s founding president Eugene Sanderson went to England 100 years ago this summer to purchase Bibles, which became the foundation for the current collection. Silver hopes to recreate and document as much about that original trip as is possible, researching in NCU’s archives as well as the rare Bible collection itself. Later this summer he will visit England in the hopes of visiting some of the same bookshops and sellers Sanderson purchased from originally. Silver will be blogging his sabbatical project and experience at: www.silversabbatical.wordpress.com. He will return to his duties in the Kellenberger Library at NCU starting August 15.

2011 Oregon Librarian of the Year!

diane — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:04:47 +0000

One of our own, Anne-Marie Deitering, was named Oregon Librarian of the Year at the 2011 Oregon Library Association Conference. Read more about her good works on the Oregon State University Libraries website. Congratulations Anne-Marie!

The ACRL Oregon Fall Conference Scholarship Winners Are …

communicationscoordinator — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:31:17 +0000

Join the ACRL Oregon Board in congratulating Amy Hofer (Portland State University) and Nyssa Walsh (Oregon Health & Sciences University) — our 2010 ACRL Oregon & Washington Joint Fall Conference Scholarship Winners!

ACRL e-Learning Scholarships – DEADLINE 10/22/2010

communicationscoordinator — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:49:17 +0000

Forwarded on behalf of the ACRL Scholarship Committee:

ACRL e-Learning Scholarships

ACRL is pleased to announce our new e-Learning scholarship program. ACRL is funding twenty e-Learning webcast scholarships in order to help librarians, library school students, and staff maximize their professional development dollars during these challenging economic times.

Purpose
To provide opportunities for librarians, library school students or support staff to update their skills and knowledge by participating in an ACRL e-Learning webcast.

Award
Twenty scholarships will be awarded. Each scholarship covers the cost of the ACRL e-Learning webcast registration fee.

About ACRL e-Learning Webcasts
ACRL webcasts take place live in an interactive, online classroom and are typically 1.5 hours in length. The current list of webcasts is online <http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/index.cfm> ; additional webcasts are continually added to the schedule. Scholarships can be redeemed for ACRL e-learning webcasts offered between January 1 – August 31, 2011.

Technical Requirements
A computer with an Internet connection, speaker, and microphone is required to participate in an ACRL webcast.

How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via the scholarship application form <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N7PTRPJ> . NOTE: Only electronic submissions will be considered. The form does not allow submissions to be saved and resumed. Prepare your answers and have your statement of support before starting the online application. Please double-check all your answers before pushing the ‘submit’ button.

Deadline
The application deadline is October 22, 2010.

Notifications
Notifications will be issued by early December 2010. Scholarships can be redeemed for ACRL e-learning webcasts offered between January 1 – August 31, 2011.

Applicant Criteria
Scholarship applicants must:
* be ACRL members
* complete the scholarship application form <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N7PTRPJ>
* submit a brief written statement (approx. 300 words) that describes how participation in an ACRL e-learning webcast meets your professional needs and goals.

Selection Criteria
The ACRL Professional Development Scholarships Committee will review and select scholarship applicants based on their application and response to the written statement. The committee will strive to achieve both diversity and balance among scholarship recipients and preference will be given to individuals who have not previously been awarded an ACRL scholarship. Individuals may only receive one ACRL scholarship per professional development event.

Questions
Please contact mconahan@ala.org with questions.

Nominations for ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Now Open

communicationscoordinator — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:05:46 +0000

Will your library be the next winner of the ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award? If you think the answer could be “Yes,” please read on!

The ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award, sponsored by YBP Library Services, recognizes one outstanding community college, college, and university library each year for the accomplishments of librarians and other library staff as they come together as members of a team to support the mission of their institution. In recent years, award-winning institutions like Indiana University (2010), Carleton College (2008), and Hostos Community College (CUNY) (2007) have been recognized for the way in which librarians and library staff have come together to engage their students, faculty, and community users to design and deliver innovative services, spaces, and collections that represent the best of what a 21st-century library can be. It’s your turn!

Nominations are currently being accepted for the ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award, and are due on December 3, 2010. If you think you work in an outstanding library that deserves recognition, please review the guidelines for preparing a nomination at <http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/awards/excellenceacademic.cfm>. If you have colleagues at a library that deserves recognition, please share this message with them. ACRL members are an integral part of the award process, and we depend on you to help to ensure that the best of our colleagues are recognized for their work.

Complete information about ACRL’s Awards Program is on the ACRL Web site <www.acrl.org> (click on “Awards”). An article in the September 2010 issue of C&RL News outlines all ACRL awards programs, and is available at <http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/8/440.full>. Finally, you can hear from previous Award winners about what winning this award meant to their libraries in a series of podcasts being delivered all this year through ACRL Insider <http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/> (look for the “Awards” tag).

If you have any questions about the ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award or the nominations process, please contact Scott Walter <swalter@illinois.edu>, Chair of the ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Nominations Committee.

Thanks!

scott

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Scott Walter, M.L.S., Ph.D.
Associate University Librarian for Services and Associate Dean of Libraries
Professor of Library Administration and Library & Information Science
246 Library, MC-522
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801

217-333-0318 (voice)
217-244-4358 (fax)
swalter@illinois.edu
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/swalter/www/index.html